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Street cricket.
Drag to aim, tap to hit the tape ball. Over the wall is six. A window is out.
About Street Cricket
What happens
The tape ball is a tennis ball wrapped in insulation tape, about 70 g. In the air it is slowed by drag and curved by its spin, so a lofted hit with backspin carries further.
On the road it keeps about 62% of its bounce speed, and friction swaps sliding for spin, so it skids and then grips.
The bowler changes pace (about 45 to 80 km/h), length and line every ball.
Drag to aim: sideways sets the direction, upward lifts it. Tap as the ball arrives and the bat comes down along the arrow. On time is the middle of the bat; early or late is an edge, and edges go anywhere.
Street rules
Over the far wall is six. Into the far wall below the top is four, on the full or along the ground.
Into a house is out, and a broken window is out (and someone has to ask for the ball back).
One tip, one hand: the boy at mid-off can catch it after one bounce.
Inspired by A street in Kolathur, Chennai, India.
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