This is the Friends of History, Domating Society.

I'm John Bachelorette, Jeremy Zakis, my cricket instructor.

Jeremy's been teaching me the difference between T20 cricket,

which has played fast, perhaps over three hours.

You just keep playing quickly.

And the test cricket, five-day test.

And last week came up a penalty that can be

visited upon a team that accidentally

the batter steps in front of a line, the crease line,

and the ball comes in and hits the wickets.

That's a leg before a wicket you're out.

Meaning you can't score anymore runs.

I've also learned about how you run from one wickets to the other wicket.

And then you can run back for two runs, but you better make it.

Because they'll throw the ball and knock down the wicket in front of you and you're out.

Now it occurred to me to ask about the bat.

The bat gets involved in all of these things.

And Jeremy did his research and I learned that the bat for the cricketeers

is about as complicated as artificial intelligence.

It might even be more complicated.

It's the type of wood, how you maintain it,

whether it's a rainy day or a dry day,

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