Bete-ombro
{{Short description|Popular Brazilian form of street cricket}}
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Bete-ombro, also known as bets, tacobol, pau na lata,{{Cite web|date=2019-05-27|title=CJ muda rotina dos jovens de Demerval Lobão|url=http://ipads.org.br/cidadaniajovem/2019/05/27/cj-muda-rotina-do-sabado-para-100-inscritos-em-demerval-lobao/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Cidadania Jovem|language=pt-BR}}{{Cite book|last=Castro|first=Paulo V. de|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G0IODAAAQBAJ|title=Selective Memory: Very Selective!|date=2016-04-20|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=978-1-5144-5710-8|language=en}} or taco (all of these names having a word meaning "bat" in them), is a Brazilian bat-and-ball game{{Cite book|last=Cruz|first=Paulo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SCP5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT30|title=Águia madrinha|date=2020-08-25|publisher=Viseu|isbn=978-65-5674-166-6|language=pt-BR}} closely related to cricket.{{Cite web |date=2012-08-07 |title=Esporte inglês "fracassado" perde seu templo e o verão para a Olimpíada |url=https://olimpiadas.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2012/08/07/esporte-ingles-fracassado-perde-seu-templo-e-o-verao-para-a-olimpiada.htm |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=UOL Olimpíadas 2012 |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |title=Cricket Brasil |url=http://cricketbrasil.org/vitoria-cricket-club-no-gazeta-online/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |language=pt-BR}} Two teams of two players each take turns batting and fielding. The batting team runs between two wickets, which are generally plastic bottles (or more reminiscent of cricket, three small wooden sticks propped up so that they all lean on each other),{{Cite web |title=Betes - Bete Ombro - Taco - Disciplina - Educação Física |url=http://www.educacaofisica.seed.pr.gov.br/modules/conteudo/conteudo.php?conteudo=392 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.educacaofisica.seed.pr.gov.br}} while the fielding team can run out batters by hitting a wicket with the ball before the closest batter reaches it. (As there are only two players on the batting team, teams swap as soon as a batter is out.) Bowled, stumped, and caught are other forms of dismissal.
Prince Harry played it on a trip to Brazil.{{Cite web|title=The global game: The answer could lie in the streets|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/premiumfeatures/the_global_game_the_answer_could_lie_in_the_streets.html|access-date=11 April 2024|website=www.thecricketer.com|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web|url=https://zimbio.com/photos/Prince+Harry/Prince+Harry+plays+cricket+local+kids+Brazil/CWJLKDiqHoh|title = Prince Harry Photostream}} Taco has been credited with helping to grow and influence women's cricket in Brazil.{{Cite web|title=How 15 Brazilian cricketers changed the game for future generations {{!}} Sporting News Australia|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/amp/cricket/news/brazil-cricket-women-central-contracts-teaching-future-generations-world-cup-tilt/valw7g9wv1s014b6vxrqual5e?|access-date=2021-08-22|website=www.sportingnews.com|date=31 May 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=How cricket is gaining new ground in Brazil|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/how-cricket-is-gaining-new-ground-in-brazil-1272337|access-date=2021-08-22|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}
Overview
There has been a "World Cup of Bets" held in Brazil, with teams from four cities, in 2016.{{Cite web|date=2016-11-27|title=Vencedora do Mundial de Bets diz que ficou feliz de recordar a infância {{!}} Curitiba e Região, Notícias|url=https://www.tribunapr.com.br/noticias/curitiba-regiao/vencedora-do-mundial-de-bets-diz-ficou-feliz-de-recordar-infancia/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Tribuna PR - Paraná Online|language=pt-br}}
When introducing cricket to Brazilian audiences, Brazilian media sometimes compare it to bete-ombro. {{Cite web|title=Gringos fomentam "pai do bete-ombro" no Paraná|url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/esportes/gringos-fomentam-pai-do-bete-ombro-no-parana-98unzaoejcdw37sbch5j6lowe/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Gazeta do Povo|language=pt-BR}} Bete-ombro may have been more popular in the 1990s than it is now. {{Cite web|title=Grupo de amigos organiza campeonato amador de bets|url=http://www.gcnoticias.com.br/esporte/grupo-de-amigos-organiza-campeonato-amador-de-bets/6970216|access-date=2020-09-18|website=www.gcnoticias.com.br}}
= Rules =
Each of the two fielding players stands behind one of the wickets (called "alvos" (targets) or "casinha" (small house)https://vamosbrincar.org.br/brincadeira/jogo-de-bets/"A {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122101127/https://vamosbrincar.org.br/brincadeira/jogo-de-bets/ |date=2021-01-22 }} dupla que possui a bola tem por objetivo derrubar a "casinha" através do lançamento da bola, conquistando assim o "betes"." in Portuguese), and each of the batters in front of one of the wickets. Whichever fielder has the ball throws it to the batter at the opposing wicket, with the other fielder being a de facto wicketkeeper. The batter may try to hit the ball; if he misses, he must place his bat in his crease to avoid being stumped (unlike cricket, the batter's body can't be used for this purpose),{{Cite web |title=Brazilians play cricket too |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/toby-chasseaud-meets-the-people-who-work-to-develop-cricket-in-brazil-560083 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}} which is generally a circle drawn on the ground in front of the wicket.http://www.educacaofisica.seed.pr.gov.br/modules/conteudo/conteudo.php?conteudo=392"Uma circunferência de 60 centímetros de diâmetro é desenhada em volta de cada alvo, formando a base." If the batters decide to run, they must cross bats with each other every time they pass each other, with the batters scoring a point every time both of them run from their crease to the opposing crease.http://www.educacaofisica.seed.pr.gov.br/modules/conteudo/conteudo.php?conteudo=392"Durante o tempo em que a dupla adversária corre atrás da bola, a dupla de rebatedores pode ficar alternando de lado no campo, *sempre batendo os tacos no meio da quadra* e sempre encostando o taco na circunferência da casinha, validando o ponto."
Similar to the Bat flip#Cricket, there is the "wet or dry" method of deciding which team bats first in bete-ombro: first, one side of the bat is wetted, and then the bat is thrown up in the air. The team that correctly calls whether the wet or dry side of the bat will fall face-up chooses whether to bat or bowl first. (Unlike a cricket bat, both sides of the bete-ombro bat are flat, so it wouldn't be possible to call "Hills or Flats").{{Cite web |date=2014-11-04 |title=As regras do jogo de taco |url=https://www.blogadao.com/as-regras-do-jogo-de-taco/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.blogadao.com |language=pt-br}}
There is a rule reminiscent of strikeouts in baseball: if the ball goes behind the batter 3 times, then they are out.m.efdeportes.com/articulo/o_jogo_de_bets_aprendizagem_regras_e_fundamentos/263"Os jogadores com as Bets, ataque, não podem rebater para trás da "casinha" em que estão defendendo mais de 3 (três) vezes, se isso acontecer a dupla adversária, defesa, terá o direito as Bets. (Regra do 3 para traz)." The game ends when one team gets 12 or 25 points, though there may be additional conditions. http://portaldoprofessor.mec.gov.br/fichaTecnicaAula.html?aula=26345"O jogo acaba quando uma das Duplas conseguir marcar 25 pontos (betes), ou 12 pontos para jogos mais curtos"
In culture
In some parts of Brazil, the expression "largar os betes" (to drop the bats) is used to mean "to give up".{{Cite web|last=Reis|first=Dalmir Jr.|title=Brincadeiras do Passado: Taco / Bets|url=https://www.propagandashistoricas.com.br/2014/01/brincadeiras-do-passado-taco-bets.html|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Propagandas Históricas {{!}} Propagandas Antigas}}
See also
- Plaquita - a very similar version of cricket played in the Dominican Republic
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuuN-BC0E_o (video) Educando - Largandos os Bets]
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