The Ladies' Guide to Cricket

r, men making vims, ami to put 1.1tom out as soon ns possible. Whnl. do 1 menu l>y making runs P you nsk. Well, a run is made lints : The bowler aims (be ball at the wicket, which the batsmen is defending. The Infter strikes the ball far enough to enable him to change ends wilh his partner before any of the fieldsmen can knock either wicket down with the ball . The batsmen having thus changed places in safety, a ‘ run ’ is scored up to the striker’s name in the scoring sheet.” M iss L iston : “ But sometimes they go on running back­ wards and forwards several times.” S tanley : “ Y e s ! I f the ball lias gone far enough to enable the batsmen to change places more than once— say two, three, four, five, or more times ; in which case a corresponding number o f runs is scored to the striker.” M iss L iston : “ That is clear enough ; but what happens i f the wicket is knocked down ?” % S tanley : “ I f either or both bails, on either wicket be dis­ placed by the ball thrown by a fieldsman, (or by the hand holdiug the ball), before the batsman readies his ‘ ground,’ the latter is out, and has to retire, his place being taken by the next man on the list o f the Shooting Star eleven. Getting out in this way is termed being ‘ thrown out,’ or ‘ run out,’ accord­ ing to the manner in which the bails are displaced, whether by a throw or with the ball in hand.” M iss L i s t o n : “ But what do you call the batsman’ s ground ?” S tanley : “ A line called the ‘ popping crease’ marked with whitewash in front of, and four feet from the wicket. While the batsman lias one foot or his bat behind this line, and on the ground, he is safe, but the moment he leaves this strong­ hold he is said to be ‘ off his ground,’ and is liable to be put out, as just described, if the ball is in ‘ play,’ that is while an ‘ over’ is proceeding.” Mi ss L is t o n : “ I sec! those four feet area sort of Tom Tidier’s ground.” S tanley : “ Precisely so, and he who rashly leaves it, may forfeit Ids w icket!” Mas. C jjestek : “ Now, Mr. Stanley, don’ t make such dr* adful puns, but tells us why the players are all moving about, and changing their places so deliberately r S tanley : “ That is because the Umpire at the bowler’ s end, has just called * over !’ ” Mas. < uk tkh : “ Which is the bowler’ s end, and why has the Umpire called ov e r ? ” i t > njlj 'Y : “ J will try to explain, ami please pay particular of 'cnl ion, a tide i » an important mutter. \ on see there is a jowl r at rtu li <*nd, but ur only one can bowl at a time, they h V- to tuko ii in turn. The howler’ end is that from which t tin hall is being delivered, for the time being. Took now