Imagine the ultimate cricket fantasy: you and a bunch of your friends are playing in your backyard, and out of nowhere, world-class cricketers like Ben Stokes and KL Rahul join you for a match or two.

Set the stumps up about 10 metres apart for older kids, or about 6 metres for littlies. The batters stump is best put against a fence if in a backyard. If just two players, choose your batter and a ...

It’s a Sunday afternoon in early March, and a woman is glued to her television in Fort Worth, watching her favorite batter send the ball out of the park in a masterful display of hitting. But it isn’t ...