“The game comes from Great Britain,” Trinity Cricket Club moderator Mr. Chittissery Mathai said. “It was created as a gentleman’s game. There is no physical contact between players.” The game was created when the British empire still spanned around the world, allowing the game to gain popularity in places like Australia, New Zealand and India. Only recently has the game become more popular in the United States. Cricket is sometimes compared to baseball, but the rules are quite different. Two teams of 11 players face off in the sport. They take turns as “batsmen” or as “fields” at the end of each inning. Two batsmen play at a time, while all 11 fielders stand outside of the pitch. The playing field features a “cricket pitch” in the center of the field — a 22-yard strip with targets called “wickets” behind each batsman. One of the fields is the bowler, who throws the ball for the batsman to hit. The batsman must run to the other side of the pitch and back. Each crossing of the pitch counts as one run. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins. The rules have been altered to better suit the Trinity club’s playing field, convocation hall in the Communication Arts Center. For instance, if a ball touches the wall of the room after being hit, it counts as an out. This is to prevent people from hitting too hard and possibly breaking windows. Trinity’s Cricket Club was formed by Mr. C-M., a physics teacher, for the 2008 school year. Since then, the club has grown – gaining about 15 members in the last year alone. It’s only the second high school cricket team to form in the country, but cricket teams are common among colleges. The club holds meetings after school every Tuesday in the convocation hall to play for about an hour. Members encourage those who might be interested to attend a meeting to see what it’s all about. Senior Jack Werner, a team member, said, “I’d recommend (the game) to anyone.” “I really like the people who play it and the intensity of the game,” fellow team member senior Sean Burba said. The atmosphere at the meetings isn’t all business. Members joke about recommending the club to professional cricket players and trying to list the club’s “sponsors.” While the competition in the game is fierce, it’s all in good fun.