Cricket for the first time

So Jason found a way to talk some of the people from the office into playing a game of cricket with us. So Kiran, Amit, Josin, and Vimal brought us to a field to play. Kiran plays for the Fidelity team. We even got our cab driver, Vinay to join us. We learned the basics and began. I did not realize that, essentially, everyone on the team is a bowler (Pitcher). They rotate around the entire team in the field after each throws a certain number of pitches. The batsman (batter) has a lot of rules regarding what parts of the body, the ball can hit. I'm glad we used a tennis ball because the real ball will leave big bruises.
One of the big mysteries for me was the position the batsman holds the bat during the pitch. In baseball, we are taught to hold the bat up high before we swing. I've seen some footage of cricket matches where the batsman is typically holding the bat down low during the time of the pitch. I now understand that this is to maximize the protection of the wicket.
Thanks to one of my high school English teachers, Mr. Spencer, I know what a "sticky wicket" is and we did not have one for our experience. Do you know what it means?

Needless to say, Jason and I had a lot of fun and took some pictures. I will post some here when we get them off of Jason's camera.

When we went into the offices later that day, Kiran had presented us with a Cricket bat and ball. That was SO kind.

Many thanks to the team for taking so much time out of their day to show us Cricket.