Cricket:101

I am not really a very morning person...and that did really get me into a soup today . I got up with a start at 9 in the morning...pretty sure I had heard a tornado warning siren , only to realise the phone was ringing !!!

Friend: "hey ...still sleeping ..its 9 already ..yada yada yada ."
Me: "hmmmmm...no not sleepin..... zzzzzzzzz"
Friend : "blah blah blah ....so u game ???"
Me : "ya ok ...sure ...zzzzzzzzz."
Friend: "Great, see ya in 20 mins...byeeee " (click)
Me:"hey wait ...what for " ????

anyways ...literally dragged myself off my cosy warm bed , washed and changed (did i brush ??? can't remember)..to cut a long story short ...turned out I had okayed to be a part of the "ladiez criket team" :-O
The desi student association here has cricket tournaments every year ...and this year the gals wanted to be a part of it too !! (now if only I can lay my hands on that gal !!) Not that I had a problem with the sport ...I just did'nt know a freakin thing abt it, other then the fact that the players on TV got to drink pepsi during the break :-). Ok...I do love to exaggerate :-) I can tell the difference between the ball and the bat , and which one can be thrown and which one should'nt.
So the games are in two weeks , and we needed to "learn" it asap. The last time I remember I had batted was during our dept sports day in IIT. First ball ...i smacked it real high into the air...ended up quacking back to the pavilion !!! But this time I was determined to learn a thing or two about this game ...heck...if those villagers in "Lagaan" could do it , I sure as hell could too ! One of the "guys" had graciously volounteered to teach us some "basic survival skills" needed to atleast last a couple of overs . Turned out not one but three of the guys took time off from their busy schedules to coach us :-))...and we were 4 girls there !
We huffed and panted our way thru the 2 hr long gruelling schedule (hey, its not easy for us girls to stand there with that heavy bat in our hands and even hit that ball shooting down towards us ). Frankly, it was not all that bad ...we did do a pretty decent job today , although the boys did not agree . Turns out we have to report to practice everyday at 7 in the evening...damn ...I will have to miss all my favourite sitcoms till the games now ...well I guess if you really want to achieve something , you have to be willing to sacrifice :-)
So today I learnt quite a bit about the game ...
...that I should wear a cap .
...get my water bottle .
...and when fielding, you cannot chat about food receipes or sunscreen lotions with other fielder gals.
..."I could have chipped my nails" is not a valid excuse for missing a catch !

I think its going to be great !!

:-D