Motai madi Cricket is essentially the stripped down version of the most popular game in India, cricket. It is a rage almost everywhere in India, Particularly in few Places in Chennai including , Natesa Nagar 4 th,5th 3rd ,,2nd ,1st main roads.
Rules
The game requires the most minimum of investment with the mandatory entities being a ball , a bat , few bottels of water ,broom stick for cleaning and a 1 rupee coin for toss. Tennis balls, specially made for cricket and slightly heavier than usual tennis balls, or rubber balls are normally used. Broken Antenna or windows s serve as stumps at the batsman's end while a piece of brick serves as the stumps at the bowler's end. When sticks and canes are not readily available, two stones with a gap of around 1o inches is kept on the ground. The players assume the stumps at an imaginary height. This leads to many interesting events as to whether the ball would have hit the stumps or not had the had the stumps been there for real. Sometimes the stumps are drawn on the walls. The advantage, there isn't a need for the wicket keeper , but there are frequent instances when the bowler / batemen need to go 2 or 3 floors down to collect the ball.
An interesting aspect of motai madi cricket are the rules that apply while playing. These rules have been devised to cause the least public inconvenience while playing. Several innovative rules ( e.g. Half out / Full out, One pitch catch, ball touch body out of terrace out ,1g , 2 g , no extras ,
One-Man Gaaji, Last-Man Gaaji) are seen in , which make the game more interesting. While hitting a ball as far as you can in a cricket stadium is rewarded by runs, doing the same might shatter a few glass panes or lose the ball in to nearby houses , streets and thus put the future of the match in jeopardy. Hence batsmen with ultra aggressive instincts stand a very good chance of getting out very soon.Each venue carries its importance when the venue specific rule comes into play.One more interseting aspect is the batting team to field in the play area , the batsman too does the fielding setup along with the bowler to save his wicket .
Rules
The game requires the most minimum of investment with the mandatory entities being a ball , a bat , few bottels of water ,broom stick for cleaning and a 1 rupee coin for toss. Tennis balls, specially made for cricket and slightly heavier than usual tennis balls, or rubber balls are normally used. Broken Antenna or windows s serve as stumps at the batsman's end while a piece of brick serves as the stumps at the bowler's end. When sticks and canes are not readily available, two stones with a gap of around 1o inches is kept on the ground. The players assume the stumps at an imaginary height. This leads to many interesting events as to whether the ball would have hit the stumps or not had the had the stumps been there for real. Sometimes the stumps are drawn on the walls. The advantage, there isn't a need for the wicket keeper , but there are frequent instances when the bowler / batemen need to go 2 or 3 floors down to collect the ball.
An interesting aspect of motai madi cricket are the rules that apply while playing. These rules have been devised to cause the least public inconvenience while playing. Several innovative rules ( e.g. Half out / Full out, One pitch catch, ball touch body out of terrace out ,1g , 2 g , no extras ,
One-Man Gaaji, Last-Man Gaaji) are seen in , which make the game more interesting. While hitting a ball as far as you can in a cricket stadium is rewarded by runs, doing the same might shatter a few glass panes or lose the ball in to nearby houses , streets and thus put the future of the match in jeopardy. Hence batsmen with ultra aggressive instincts stand a very good chance of getting out very soon.Each venue carries its importance when the venue specific rule comes into play.One more interseting aspect is the batting team to field in the play area , the batsman too does the fielding setup along with the bowler to save his wicket .
Some of the finest talents got nurtured and blossomed on the terraces of Natesa Nagar . Notable were SP / Naani ( for their agressive shorts ) , Kutti Karthi for his first paced fielding , Peformer Pradeep for his performance & last but not the least the formidable pair of Vidhya & Natti , the deadly duo of Mottai Madi , who can wreck in to any batting lineup at any point of the game as well as glasses of neighbouring houses ...
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