2024 Major League Cricket

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When did Texas change it's name from the Super Kings?

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They didn't. I could not find an all-teams graphic with the SK logo. So, here it is. Go Super Kings!

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Can anyone explain the game like im 10?

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It is a very complex sport - a true thinking man's game - but I'll give it a shot. Think baseball.

T-20 is the most abbreviated format of the game which takes about 3 hours.

Other formats include one day cricket and Test Cricket (4-5 days for one match, the real cricket).

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Batting team:

Two batters. See ball. Hit ball. Score runs by running between two sets of wickets (pictured below) like bases.



Ball hit to the rope but bounces first (ground rule double) = 4 runs. Ball hit to the rope without bouncing (homerun) = 6 runs. 360 degree field (pictured below).

Batters bat until out (wickets broken, fly out, run out, or bowl that would have hit wickets hits batter's pads without contact to bat). Once the designated amount of balls are bowled (120 per team in T-20) or all 11 batters are out, teams switch and the other team bats.

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Bowling team:

Throw ball and try to break wickets with the ball. Catch ball when popped up before it hits the ground. If ball is hit on the ground and batters try to score runs, throw ball back to teammates at the wickets to try to knock over the wicket before the batter returns "safe".

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The goal is to score as many runs when you bat and stop the other team from scoring that many when they bat.

Am playing MLC season long fantasy with few friends so have to set up a lineup for every game and thus am getting invested in watching unlike last year when I did not.

Wish the game yesterday would not have been rained out, would been fun chasing 200 with way they started.

And here is a slightly longer version of Jomboy explaning how cricket works to baseball fans:

Ricky Ponting