Streaking field purely for shock and entertainment value or political purposes. The first known instance of streaking in cricket took place on 22 March 1974, the first day of the third test between Australia and New Zealand at Auckland. Half an hour before the end of the day's play, while New Zealand was batting, "a dark-haired young man" ran from near the sightscreen, through mid-wicket and disappeared between the stands near the square-leg boundary. The incident occurred quickly and police did not have time to react. Reports differ on whether the man was completely naked, with some accounts stating that he
Field cricket bimaculatus", "G. campestris", "G. firmus", "G. pennsylvanicus", "G. rubens", and "G. texensis", along with other members of various genera including "Acheta", "Gryllodes", "Gryllus", and "Teleogryllus". "Acheta domesticus", the House cricket, and "Gryllus bimaculatus" are raised in captivity for use as pets. Field crickets are normally in size, depending on the species, and can be black, red or brown in color. While both males and females have very similar basic body plans, each has its own distinguishing feature(s). Females can be identified by the presence of an ovipositor, a spike-like appendage, about long, on the hind end of the abdomen between