Bengal-Bengal

Bengal-Bengal is a Bat-and-ball individual or team game. The game is roughly a combination of baseball and cricket and has very non-rigid rules and is not often played in a formal setting. The game involves a batter, pitcher, and fielders (the number of which can very). The purpose of the game is for the batter to hit the ball and score runs and for the pitcher and fielders to get the batter out.
Rules and Game-Play
Bengal-Bengal is played on any flat area at least 25 yards long and 10 yards wide. The pitcher's mound is 10-15 yards form home plate. Two lines extend forward from home plate at 45-degree angles marking the playing field. Any ball hit outside the playing field is a foul ball, batters cannot score runs on foul balls. The batter may use any object to hit the ball and the pitcher may use any type of ball to pitch to the batter.
Objectives
The objective of Bengal-Bengal is to score as many runs possible in the alotted amount of innings. Runs are scored by the batter hitting the ball and comencing to run back-and-forth between home plate and the pitcher's mound, each time the batter returns to home plate after touching the pitcher's mound, a run is scored. The batter will bat until his out. The objective of the pitcher and
fielders is to get the batter out while the batter is running between home plate and the pitcher's mound. Outs can be attained by the ball touching the batter in anyway while the batter is running, or if the ball is caught in the air without have touching the ground (the ball can be caught anywhere, including foul territory, and count for an out)
Team Play
Teams consist of a minimum 3 players each. While one team is batting, the other fields, attempting get batters out and then proceed to bat themselves. After both teams have batted, the inning is over. The team with the most runs after the alotted amount of innings is the winner.
Individual Play
If there is not enought players present ot make adequate teams, or the players choose to, Bengal-Bengal can be played individually.
Before play begins, a preset batting order is established for all players. After a player is out, the next player in the batting order bats. After a full rotation of the batting order is complete, the inning is over and the next inning starts with the first batter. When the alotted amount of innings is complete, the player with most runs is the winner.

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