Cricket: It is never too late to get started

Cricket is a game that involves 22 players at a time but that should not discourage you to start playing the game. I still remember those late evening cricket games in my childhood when I  stayed in a compound with 6 houses in them. There were three others of my same age and every evening we would plan the game for the next day .Nevertheless like any typical Indian kid, our popular choice was cricket.
At international level, cricket is very much a male dominated game but it was not so in our schooldays. We were two boys and two girls. The concept of two teams playing against each other was not practical and each one of us used to play as individuals. The winner was the one who scored the maximum runs. When one of us is batting, the rest of us form the bowling side. It was fun because we used to make bats out of any wooden planks lying in the backyard or from the wider edge of the coconut leaf . The wicket used to be old tyres , branches of trees  or stack of bricks. I still remember the gradual migration from a rubber ball to a tennis ball. It ate up a huge portion of or pocket money. Our parents were really not bothered if we played cricket or not. But things are different today.
There are more parents attracted to this game due to the popularity and money that the Twenty20 format has brought to the game. Therefore there are more kids playing the game now, out of their  interest or demand from their parents. But one good thing is that they don't have to hunt around the backyard to get their cricket bats and the rest of the kit. The beginner's cricket kits are very affordable and widely available. There are even indoor kits available so that kids can start playing at very early age. The most important factor is that the parents need not waste time going to the store to buy the cricket gears for the kids as they are widely available on online stores.
It is never too late to play cricket for fun. It can be played in a big ground with a lot of people or in the indoors but the backyards and gardens can be a good venue as well. Therefore it could be a completely energy draining game or just a few minutes of pure fun. Also, there are stuff available for people of all ages, choose the right stuff and get started. Wait a minute, there are a few pieces of cricket equipment that you can’t do without – Cricket bats, cricket balls and the stumps. Go cricketing guys.