“The first time, instead of windmilling with my arm locked, I throw it like a baseball. That’s a no-no. It’s called chucking. I’m a chucker. Sunny explains. “Full-arm action,” he says. “Can I show you?” He places my fingers along the seams. I wind up and clean bowl Deepchand. I’ve gotten him out. The kids give me high-fives. “Pretty good,” Sunny says.”

The author is learning how to play cricket, but not enough yet. He is still used to American sports, namely baseball, and since cricket is similar to baseball, he acts as if it is baseball. Eventually he gets one successful cricket pitch, but he is still slowly learning the concept. He should stay in India more to learn about the game, or even travel with some of their teams and learn from there.”