The animal is dead before the game starts. I fail to see the difference between this and football where a pigskin ball is used. Does it really make that much difference whether the skin has been taken off the animal and tanned or not?
My question is do they later eat the calf or goat later or just leave it to rot?
a.cricket
The difference is that a headless, decomposing calf is much more unsightly (not to mention smelly) than a pigskin (football).