[maryfield48]

Good job, MPA.

For the record, the stumps (wickets) are exactly 22 yards apart.

Just to keep things confusing, the term "wicket" can at various times refer to:

1. The stumps (3 wooden poles referred to by MPA that must be protected by the batsman).

2. The specially prepared rectangle of turf between the two sets of stumps, where the bowler bowls the ball at the batsman.

3. An out, as in "England has lost 3 wickets" means that they have had three batsmen out.

As is supposed to be the case for Washington DC's street layout, I suspect that cricket is designed to be as bewildering as possible to fox invaders.

Edit: No. 2 above is also referred to as the "pitch".