It is summer and naturally very hot unrelenting ! the author writes about Mambalam gully – story is more or less in every street / lane / by-lane / santhu of Triplicane, Mylapore and more. One can relate what he writes as most of us have had the experience of playing street cricket when Sun scorched – he writes:
‘the lamp post is our wicket at striker’s end; at non-striker’s end, just a stone!’ – which brings another dimension – ‘current’. If you collect a throw with your foot on the stone, it qualifies as ‘breaking the wicket’ for run ...
