The Ladies' Guide to Cricket

IN moaning thereby tlmt the bat covers the stump named. |{<,X(T wants middle and leg, and says so. Ho means the umpire to tell him when the bat is exactly between those stumps an(i shifts it about, according to the former’ s directions, until tin- words ‘ middle ' and 4leg ’ are pronounced.” M rs . C h e ste r : “ 1 should have thought it best to have the bat opposite the middle stum)).” L over : “ So some think, but many batsmen prefer this guard to the exact centre, as the leg stump is generally the weakest. I mean by that, the most difficult to defend. How­ ever, against a right-hand over the wicket, or a left-handed bowler, the batsman usually takes the middle, or the middle and off stumps as his guard. I l i ! no run there ! The stupid fellow has run himself out thus : l i e hit the ball between mid- off (No 8) and cover point (No. 7— see diagram), and called on his partner to run. But the ball, not travelling very fast, was neatly fielded by cover-point, and returned to the bowler, who knocked off the bails with it, before Boxer could rcacli his -destination. In regard to calling one’s partner to run, it is the practice for the striker to decide, in all cases, when the ball is hit in front o f the wicket. I f he thinks a run can be made, he cries yes ! if not, no ! His partner judges all hits or extras behind the wicket.” Miss L iston : “ Is there any advantage in such an arrange­ ment?” / w L over : Y e s ! fo^ by this division of responsibility each batsman judges those runs which he can see without turning his head to look behind him. As Boxer called, he has only himself to blame for being what is termed run out. Do you know the difference between that and being stumped out / Miss L iston : “ Y e s ! Mr Stanley told us that when Johnson lost his wicket.” (See page 8.) L over : “ Now please notice the telegraph. It --------------- says 45 — 5 —0, the total remaining unaltered, since when a man is run out, the run which lie was " attempting does not cou n t ; and the same rule ® holds good when a player is even though a run was completed before the ball found __ 9. a resting place in the catcher’s hands. Ill (Half o f the ten Shooting Star wickets being lown we give our readers a spell and begin a fresh chapter.) 45 5 0