Gully Cricket with its own quirky rules is very popular all over the Indian subcontinent and my area is no different. I remember playing it with rules like, One Tappi OUT, Full Toss OUT, Sheesha Toda OUT etc. and it has just been brought to my notice that a new rule has been added... B.B.W...
My mum isn't a big fan of the game as it is an enemy of her daily soaps which she has to forego on match days. So when she came to me inquiring whether a new rule called B.B.W. has been introduced, I was intrigued.
The facts of the matter are as such....
We live on the first floor and there is a playground in front of our building, more often than not, the voices of players of various games floats in to our flat. Listening to these sometimes sublime sometimes asinine conversations makes for a very interesting way to kill time which I for one have a surfeit of. This evening my mum was at a loose end as the Cable TV had conked off and hence was standing in the balcony watching kids at play, when she heard a commotion and the following conversation...
Bowler: Howzzat, B.B.W!!!
Batsman: What is B.B.W.? I'm not out!!!
Bowler: Your bum blocked the stumps.... so you are out B.B.W....Bum Before Wicket!!!
If this is not innovative I don't know what is...
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