A clever modification for street cricket.
A clever modification for street cricket. When rubber or tennis balls are unavailable, children source a small, immature, unripened calabash gourd. Once dried in the sun, the gourd shrinks into a incredibly dense, lightweight, and perfectly spherical ball that mimics the weight of a standard cricket ball without damaging makeshift wooden bats.
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