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It’s a zoo out there! All sorts of colorful descriptions are used for a badperformance on the field. Didn’t score any runs while up to bat? That’ssaid to be out for a duck. It’s a golden duck if it is a player’s first time upat bat in the game. Poor batsman? Be prepared to call the player a rabbit.Even worse batsman? That player is a ferret.UB Cricket Club president ParthParikh is an all-rounder—meaning heperforms well at batting and bowling.Most cricketers are skilled in only oneof the two disciplines.Fashion on the field. When playingwith white balls during games of OneDay International (ODI), players wearbrightly colored uniforms. The gameof Test Cricket uses a red ball anduniforms are plain white.White balls (left) and red leather balls(right) are used for specific types ofprofessional cricket. Red synthetic (top)and yellow tennis balls (bottom) are forpractice and street play, respectively.UB club members and quarterfinalfinishers in the 2013 American CollegeCricket National Championship.By Julie WesolowskiJiminy Cricket!There’s a ball and a bat, but put down your peanutsand crackerjack. UB’s Cricket Club brings thebeloved British pastime across the pond and ontothe Western New York campus.
Stumped yet? So are the players.When a batsman misses the ball andsteps out of his crease in play, thewicket-keeper can grab the ball andbreak the wicket before the batsmangets back into his crease. Beingstumped is just one of 10 ways ofgetting out in the game.Rhymes with cricket... Behind thebatter is the wicket. It comprises threestumps (wooden posts) topped by a pairof bails (wooden crosspieces that sit atopthe stumps).There’s bowling too? Move overpitchers and catchers. In cricket, thesepositions on the fielding team arecalled bowlers and wicket-keepers.Sobab Bhatti is team wicketkeeper.The wicket-keeper isthe only member of the fieldingside permitted to wear glovesand external leg guards.They might be the best UB teamyou never heard of. And theyplay cricket. Formed officially in2011, the UB Cricket Club playsits games with little fanfare andwithout much of a playing field.Most of the time they play in anempty residence hall parkinglot at UB’s Governor’s Complex.And yet the young teamis already making a name foritself. Finishing in the top eightduring the quarterfinals of the2013 American College CricketNational Championship, theclub beat teams from PennState, Texas A&M and Harvard.Beginning with modest membershipof 15 to 20 players, theclub now boasts approximately200 members.
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