While a few bats became templates for additions to ... By contrast, bat and ball is the antithesis of modern professional cricket; the former as fluid and forgiving as the latter is rule-bound ...

The white uniforms were replaced with flashy, colorful jerseys (though we must feel sorry for the poor cricket ball, which went from ... Anybody who could wield a bat, or roll an arm could become ...

Cricket is a simple game in that one team tries to score more runs than the other team by hitting a ball with a bat. But like many sports, it has layers upon layers of rules and variations.

Australia is through to the Cricket World Cup final — but despite starting brilliantly with both bat and ball against South Africa at Eden Gardens, they were made to work so hard to get the job ...