Just came across this amazing description of a version of cricket played off the coast of Papua New Guinea:
"Trobrianders played cricket according to a number of rules which
departed from the MCC-defined game. These included no restriction on the
number of players per team (as long as the sides were even), throwing
rather than bowling, a smaller-sized wicket, the incorporation of
elaborate dances at the fall of each wicket and feasting at the end of
the game (though of course all international cricketers now seem to have
their own versions of each of these), and a convention whereby the home
side always won."
from Dominic Malcolm's fascinating Globalizing Cricket: Englishness, Empire and Identity
Friday, 13 June 2014
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