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Enjoy Playing Gully Cricket
You know that feeling when a bunch of kids drags a tennis ball and a broken bat into the narrowest lane you can find and declares it the pitch? That’s gully cricket in a nutshell. No dress code, no fancy gear—just bare feet or old sneakers, a couple of bricks stacked as stumps, and the excitement of whoever shouts “Over!” first. It’s amazing how a worn-out tennis ball can inspire the same passion you’d get watching a million-dollar stadium match on TV.
Rules? Well, they’re as flexible as the players’ excuses for missing a catch. A waist-high wall can mean six runs, but only if the fielder doesn’t catch the rebound off the neighbor’s window. LBWs are usually a no-go unless someone feels generous, and the umpire is often the oldest kid around or someone’s dad strolling by. You’ll rotate batsmen whenever someone scores a duck or simply tires out—whichever comes first. And yes, arguments over whether that chirpy “no-ball” call was valid are totally part of the fun.
What really sticks with you, though, isn’t the score but the laughter and the fierce camaraderie. You learn to take your turn nervously watching an arching screwball, celebrate every shaky boundary as if you’d broken a world record, and keep chasing the ball until the street lights flicker on. Even years later, when life moves indoors and screens replace alleys, you can’t help but smile remembering those sun-baked afternoons when gully cricket ruled.