Village Cricket

Sorry for the quality of the pic. The bod at the far end, crouched over, is the bowler, the batsman--about to whack the ball--is this end. He'll bring the bat down more or less vertically, rather than horizontally. The speed of a delivery is about the same as a baseball, except it's bowled with a stiff arm rather than thrown, and at the end of a short sprint.
This is not a sticky wicket.