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re: Cricket on ESPN2 - few questions
Posted on 4/6/14 at 12:25 pm to VermilionTiger
Posted on 4/6/14 at 12:25 pm to VermilionTiger
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This 5 minute video does a great job of explaining the basic rules of the game. I highly recommend watching it - LINK
I think if I compare cricket to baseball, it will make it easier for you to understand.
1. Cricket has 11 players on each team. Each team has about 6 batsmen, 1 wicketkeeper (catcher) and 4 bowlers (pitchers).
2. In cricket each team gets to bat for a fixed number of balls (pitches). Each team gets to bat once. You try to score the maximum runs possible in the number of balls (pitches) allocated to you for your inning. The other team tries to get 10 of the batting team's players out which signals the end of the inning. The team batting second tries to outscore the first team. They also have the predetermined number of balls (pitches) in which to outscore the other team.
3. In cricket there are two bases (called ends). The game always starts with two batters and they continue to play until they get out. Also they don't always have to run every time they hit the ball, so the batsmen spend much longer time batting than in baseball.
I know almost everything there is to know about cricket. I should, given my name. I can answer any questions you may have about the sport of cricket to help you understand better. Cricket is pretty damn entertaining once you get the hang of it.
Remember these simple rules and you will be fine:
1) In cricket you don't have to run if you hit the ball if you think you can't complete the run safely.
2) In cricket you have to use a minimum of 5 bowlers (pitchers) in every game and each bowler gets to bowl (pitch) 6 balls at a time and then he switches with the next person.
3) In cricket a ball hit into the crowd (home run) results in 6 runs. If the ball rolls to the boundary (rope/advertising hoarding) along the ground, it results in 4 runs.
4) The runs are high in cricket because every hit that results in a batsman reaching the other base (only two bases in cricket) results in a run. So if you compare it to baseball, it is like a batter scoring 1 run for reaching the 1st base, 2 runs for reaching the 2nd base and so on. Also in cricket the batsman keeps playing until he gets out. Doesn't matter how many runs he hits or how many times he rounds the two bases.
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 1:08 pm to heypaul
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heypaul
Can you talk about 20 overs a little more.
I'm not 100% clear on what it means....
I understand that's the 'new' format for the game (Twenty20) but what's an over?
International Cricket (think major league, but between countries) basically has 3 major formats: Test Cricket, One-Day International Cricket and Twenty20 cricket.
1. Test cricket: Is the traditional form of the game which purists love. It lasts 5 days. There are a total of 90 overs or 540 balls/pitches per day (90 overs = 6 * 90 = 540). Each team gets to bat twice in the 5 day span. This is the only format in cricket where there is more than one 'inning'. A team can win the toss and elect to bat or bowl.
Read more about test cricket here (especially about the part of the 6 possible results): Test Cricket
2. One Day International (ODI) cricket: In the late 70s, to take advantage of flood lights and color television, a new format of the game was introduced called ODI cricket. Here each team only get to bat once and they each get 50 overs or 300 balls/pitches (300 = 6 * 50) per inning. They try to score as many runs as they can in the 300 pitches and the other team tries to chase that score down. This format of the game lasts about 8 hours. Each team has to use a minimum of 5 bowlers and one bowler can bowl a maximum of 10 overs or 60 balls/pitches (60 = 6 * 10).
Read more about ODI cricket here: ODI cricket
3. Twenty20 cricket: Is more of a recent phenomenon. People found 8 hours to be too long and wanted a smaller format. So they reduced the number of balls per innings to 120 from 300. The game is exactly like ODI cricket, but in just a shortened format. Each bowler can bowl a maximum of 4 overs or 24 balls. So a total of 5 bowlers bowl a total of 120 balls. Old school traditionalists aren't big fans of this format since it emphasizes hitting 4s and 6s more than the traditional cricket batsmen ethos of patience and the art of batting for a long time without losing focus. But Twenty20 brings in the big bucks and the most ad revenue.
Further reading for Twenty20: LINK
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VermilionTiger
Are outs recorded the same way?
And how many outs are you allowed?
Can you strike out?
A batsman can be out many different ways. He can be bowled (ball hits the wickets behind him), he can be run-out (like baseball), he can be caught in the outfield on a fly-ball (like baseball) or he can be out 'Leg-before-wicket' (LBW) where the ball hits his leg, which if it wasn't in the way would have hit the wickets (umpire's judgement call).
A team is allowed 10 outs per batting inning.
There is no strike out in cricket. You can swing and miss as many times as you want. You can hit the ball and stay your ground. You can refuse to play a shot, but you have to make sure it doesn't hit your wicket first - See this example of a batsman choosing to let the ball go, but misjudges it and lets it hit his wickets - Rickey Ponting bowled by Waqar Younis' late in-swing
Here are a few good videos that explain the laws of cricket - Laws of cricket
This post was edited on 4/6/14 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 4/6/14 at 1:51 pm to stendulkar
Good stuff
Like I said I've learned everything on my own, but that clears up few things.
Like I said I've learned everything on my own, but that clears up few things.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 2:56 pm to heypaul
quote:The British need to learn there are sports out there like NFL/College Football.
Americans need to realize the world don't revolve around NFL/College Football
See how easy that is?
Posted on 4/6/14 at 3:01 pm to heypaul
I really enjoyed watching cricket. I really wish espn concerned it's self more with this than 5 hours of skip bay less and other talking heads going over the same damn subjects.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 3:45 pm to PrimeTime Money
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The British need to learn there are sports out there like NFL/College Football.
See how easy that is?
they have...
they LOVE the NFL/NCAA games that have been played in the UK
What's your point?
Posted on 4/6/14 at 4:12 pm to PrimeTime Money
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The British need to learn there are sports out there like NFL/College Football.
Well the NFL and NBA has played games there. I doubt it would ever become a mainstream sport there but if there wasn't even a little bit on interest I don't think they would keep going back.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 5:10 pm to itawambadog
I work for a UK based company and most of the guys I work with are big NFL fans.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 6:03 pm to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
Most Europeans have a wide interest a variety of sports...
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