Car cricket

How do people make up these car games? I had been oblivious to the game 'Car cricket' until Wednesday 25th June. Kate taught me how to play. 

• A car is one run
• A van is two
• A lorry is four
• A motorbike causes a wicket

Simple. Yet, boring. You should know that I can be very impatient. Apparently, so can Kate. Waiting for a motorbike to come past can be excruciatingly dull. So, I invented 'Road kill car cricket'. 

I know what you are thinking: "That is a horrible game to play!" or "Why would you even think of that?", but it is actually quite interesting.

• A small bird or hedgehog is one run
• A pigeon or rabbit is two
• A fox is four
• A deer or LUA (Large Unidentified Animal) is six
• A balloon on the road is a no ball (resulting in one run)~ explanations will occur later in this blog
• If a car overtakes you it is a wide (also resulting in one run)
• Finally, if you hit an animal that was previously alive, you are out

Now, I should probably have mentioned that Kate will always stick to the speed limit; she hasn't been driving for that long. Also, her car, which isn't very large, can not really go very quickly. That is how the rule about overtaking cars came about. 

And the balloon...

To win, we needed 40 runs. Alas, a balloon appeared on the road. Should we completely ignore it or take it as a chance to win this game? I took a chance.  

"Look, Kate, a balloon! How about we say a balloon is a no ball? It is, after all, not a dead animal, but also, not a piece of rubbish." 

Thus, the rule about balloons.

We had no one to play against but the thrill of the game caused us to make up a run count and chase it. Sadly, we did not get the 40 runs required to defeat the imaginary team we were up against. A score of 39 made it a draw. Okay, I guess.

Not anywhere near Kate's normal 'Car cricket' score of 222, but we were getting there...