Cricket

Throughout my time in Australia so far, I have had a few experiences with the sport of cricket. The first time I came across it was when I was in Brisbane for the weekend and it was on in the hotel room. I tried to watch it for about an hour but struggled because I could not pick up the rules from the broadcasting. I camera kept following the ball after it was hit but it took me a while to understand how the players were getting runs. I eventually realized that if they hit the ball to a certain point they get either four or six runs automatically depending on how far they hit it. After I understood this I had an easier time watching it on television. Since then, I have seen it on TV a few times at the bars and a lot of people always seem to be watching it.

I also came across cricket when I was at the Sydney Olympic Park for a field trip. There was a lot of families out in the park because it was a nice day and many of them were playing cricket. It looked like with the little ones they had a plastic paddle and plastic ball because the ball was not going very far. It was nice to see the adults playing with the children because it really seemed like a fun social thing for families to do. I also noticed at the school that I have been teaching at that many of the boys play cricket during their lunch period. They organize the games themselves and seem to really enjoy it. I would like to try and hit a ball with a cricket paddle because I am curious how difficult it is to make it go far!