The episode starts with Bandit telling a story about a time when he, Stripe, and Pat tried to get Rusty out in a game of cricket. The game is taking place on a kid’s birthday, and Bandit catches a tennis ball and hands it to Bluey, who is bowling. Bluey bowls to Bingo, who knocks over the plastic stumps with her bat and gets out. Stripe is up next and scores six by driving Bandit’s delivery straight into a neighbor’s yard. Pat calls out to see who hasn’t batted yet, and Bluey mentions that Rusty hasn’t had a turn.
Rusty is busy demonstrating fielding technique to his little sister, Dusty. Bluey gets bored and suggests playing tiggy instead, saying that cricket is just about hitting a ball around the grass. Bandit disagrees, saying that cricket is about more than that, and they’ll stop playing as soon as they get Rusty out. However, Bluey warns him that they’ll never get Rusty out. Bandit makes a gentle delivery to Rusty, who drives it straight for four, narrowly missing Bandit. Bandit’s pride is wounded, and he asks Rusty if he’s okay with him swinging the ball.
The scene cuts to Rusty’s house, where he’s playing cricket with his brother Digger and sister Dusty. Rusty takes his cricket seriously and is seen training on his own by bouncing a tennis ball against a wall with his bat. Back at the park, Rusty easily handles Bandit’s swing, cutting it to gully and scoring multiple runs. The dads come up with a plan to get Rusty out, but it backfires as Rusty has practiced for this exact situation. At home, his square cut would accidentally go through the kitchen window, infuriating his mum. Rusty has been carefully perfecting his square cut, practising until he can bounce the ball off the side of his house to knock a tin can off the top of a stick. Stripe takes the ball from Bandit and asks Rusty if he can handle spin bowling. Rusty has had plenty of practice handling rough wickets and easily hooks Stripe’s delivery out to leg side.
Bandit comments that every batter has a weakness, and for Rusty, it’s pace attacks. Pat asks Rusty if it’s okay if he has a go, and Rusty looks frightened as he remembers playing against his older brother’s mates, including a terrifying pace bowler called Tiny. The scene cuts to Rusty’s past, where he’s playing against Tiny and gets hit by a fast delivery. However, with encouragement from his dad, who is on deployment, Rusty learns to face his fears and plays a pull shot, scoring a four.
Back at the park, Pat bowls a ferocious short-pitched ball, which Rusty pulls out to leg side. Chilli calls out that it’s time for lunch, but Pat is determined to get Rusty out and makes him return to the crease for one more. Rusty pulls out to leg side again, and Pat bowls with everything he has. This time, Rusty chooses to hit a full toss straight to his little sister, who catches it and gets him out. Bandit explains to Bluey that this is what cricket is about. The episode ends with Rusty praising his sister and imagining himself playing cricket at the Gabba, where he’s an adult version of himself, dressed in the Australian national test cricket team kit.
