Yash Burgula, with bat in hand, explains the basic rules of cricket, hugely popular in his native country of India.

Members of the Food Science Graduate Student Association pose for an informal team photo before playing cricket on the mall in front of the Food Science Building.

Cricket players like Keene were encouraged to wear white clothes, since real cricket is played in white uniforms.

Yanyun Chen, a native of China, gets some personal instructions from Balamurugan Jagadeesan, a native of Pondicherry, India.

Even after the instructions, Chen had difficulty making contact with the ball.

Cricket was obviously a hit with Chen, even if her hits were few and far between.

Arpan Bhagat's technique drew the attention of his fellow graduate students waiting their turn to hit.

Association president Kevin Mathias organized the cricket outing. Fortunately, his inability to hit the ball did not dampen his spirits.

Using a tennis ball instead of an actual cricket ball made it a little easier for students like Yenny Widya to make contact.

Orane Blake didn't have any official cricket "whites," so he wore his food science lab coat during the game.

Burgula (right) and his fellow food science graduate students checked out some cricket equipment from the university to play a pick-up game in front of the Food Science Building on Oct. 13, 2005.

Because the group used a tennis ball instead of the much harder cricket ball, batters like Burgula did not need to wear gloves, helmets and shin pads, all standard cricket equipment.