Kissa Cricket Ka Part III

Everybody who has played gully cricket in his life knows the Law of Elevation: If the ball reaches a stationary altitude above sea level which is different than the one you are playing at, it constitutes a wicket.



i.e. If you are playing on a small ground surrounded by buildings, anyone hitting the ball on a terrace/balcony is considered "out". And while playing on a terrace, any ball which reaches "ground level" is "out". And not just "out", the batsman has to go and get the ball...





Now, we were playing at my friend's place, on his terrace (the normal rules: below is out, touch is 1 run, no running needed and one-tup catch-out). After hitting a few shots which ricocheted off the terrace wall, and came back (and that's a six!!!), I got out, and my friend started batting.



First ball, a feather touch, dropped just near the legs, the ball meanders through the gap towards the boundary wall. We are almost sure the ball would not reach the wall, given its speed.



Now, I have already said, that cricket is a game of chance... and some people are even less lucky than a person hit by meteorite.



The ball somehow crawled to the wall. Now, as luck would have it, there was a slight curve at the edge between the terrace floor and the wall. The ball went up the curve gracefully, and in a slow-motion went over the wall...



Perhaps the first time in the history of The Game when the batsman wished somebody had fielded the ball before it reached the ropes... There were no printable words in the first reaction of the batsman...



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