American Reacts to Cricket Explained for Baseball Fans

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[@martinalloway6980]

That is the clearest explanation to a non cricket fan I have heard. BTW, the 5 day game is amazing. Constant twists and turns as to who had the upper hand.

[@Fercough]

Test (and county cricket) over five (or four) days is the finest sport in the planet. It has everything.

[@willrichardson1809]

Love Cricket and the test is by far my favorite formate, I see limited over is excited but it is designed for the arm chair or casual suporter.

[@robby1816]

Agreed. It's a test of mind & body.

[@hackdaniels7253]

Yes. One day cricket is great, but it does often turn out to be a simple race where the outcome is fairly obvious from quite early on.

[@nicksykes4575]

What he didn't mention, at the end of each six ball over, the next over is bowled from the opposite end of the pitch. So it involves the whole fielding team changing position.

[@crackers562]

Also more detail about different types of bowlers... fast bowler, swing bowler, spin bowler.... they all have different speeds and different actions on the ball. The game usually starts with fast bowlers while the ball is fresh and hard.... then eventually the slower spin bowlers are given some overs as the ball becomes older, softer and able to take more grip on the surface and spin to fool the batsman (baatter). The ball is made of leather with a hard center (not sure what's inside) and just the one seam around the circumference.

[@NikhileshSurve7428]

​@@crackers562This is how a Cricket Ball is made. It has a cork centre & 6 stitched seams. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jX3PfGSCh89ql6ssi=5Hp9tJAO7Y9PSWc-

[@DeepThought9999]

@@crackers562A cricket ball contains a core of cork (lightweight wood) wound tightly in a ball shape by string, all of which is enclosed in the familiar red or white highly polished leather casing of two hemispheres, stitched together with 6 parallel rows of white twine (string).

[@jimcottee9187]

Another little thing - if the bowler gets 3 batsmen out in a row .. with 3 consecutive balls, it's called a Hat Trick .. and everyone goes wild.

[@jasoncallow860]

You may notice that the fielders do not wear gloves, except the wicket keeper. The cricket ball is rock hard so catching it after hit from the bat can be painful...

[@davemadill3782]

I played cricket into my 40's and the swelling on my right palm has only recently reduced😢. I'm 64 now😅

[@ChadeoYT]

I bet. That ball seems like it hurts to catch

[@longi625]

@@ChadeoYT One of my friends played village cricket, he was forever breaking fingers or getting knocked out by the cricket ball. He constantly either had cricket ball stitch imprints on his forehead or broken fingers! Oww!

[@paulblackburn5356]

5 day games and limited over games are different in that in 5 day games the biggest focus is getting the other team out and batting as long as you can. Also, deterioration of the pitch and ball come into it in a big way. Limited over games, the focus is on scoring fast, which means taking risks.

[@RuanAntunes7]

As a South African I’m a huge cricket fan but I also know how Baseball so hearing him explaining cricket like this isn’t weird to me at all

[@TheAverageGuy12]

True cricket fans are 5 day "Test Match" fans. It has its own groove and is much more a mental test then just swinging away at the ball. Think of it this way...what other sport can you watch a bit, take the kids out, watch a bit more, do the shopping and catch up when you get back. The tension ratchets up as the battle builds over the days. Close games are one the biggest highs in sport because of that long battle.

[@thejesusaurus6573]

true cricket fans don't judge what format of cricket people like.

[@YTWorldTraveler]

I grew up playing baseball, but I love Cricket. Both sports are entertaining.

[@stephencohen575]

11.57 ......"Target 222. This means that India went first and scored 222 runs so thats how many runs England have to score to win." No. If India scored 222 then England require 223 to win.

[@focusgaming5425]

Yeap so if target is 222 that's means India scored 221 in that match

[@coltsfoot9926]

For a spectator, the 20-20 games which last about 3 hours are the most exciting. However, staying in a hotel and attending a 5 day Test match is like going on a beach vacation, but with ongoing entertainment. You sit there in the sun (if the weather is good), drinking beer and eating hot dogs. Dozing a bit, and waking up when something exciting happens. The only thing missing is the sea 😂

[@Fercough]

I love cricket and find T20 is akin to fast food, when you really want a 5star restaurant. The Hundred?

[@kenchristie9214]

@@Fercough Along with the constant diarrhea spewing through the PA system.

[@Icipher353]

If you wants the sea as well while you watch cricket, go to a match at Bellerive Oval in Hobart Australia, or Galle in Sri Lanka. Both stadiums are right next to the water.

[@IMTURTLE92]

I don’t know anyone who would fall asleep at a day of Test cricket. It’s well expensive, First Class games maybe but nobody is falling asleep at The Ashes. The atmosphere is like a huge party every day.

[@richardmitcham9366]

Important to note that as well as awarding the batting team a run, wides and no balls are bowled again. In some formats of the game, a no ball will award a run and when the ball is bowled again it is called a "free hit". In this instance the batter can go for a big shot as they can not be bowled out, caught out, out LBW or basically anything EXCEPT they can still be run out.

[@neill392]

When a team appeals, technically they ask "how is that?", to which the umpire replies out or not out. In reality they say "Owzat", and that is an expression you see associated with the sport quite often.

[@nubbinthemonkey]

Cricket is something you can have on in the background, or check in with periodically during the day. It is the second most watched sport in the world behind soccer. Literally billions of fans.

[@longi625]

As an Englishman I agree with this! It's something you can drop in and out of at anytime and it's still loads of fun. As a boy, I played cricket more than I should have with my neighbours on hot lazy summer nights. Ahh..... Que wistful thoughts...... Now I have kids I can teach them cricket! YAAY! Also, cricket is like Le Mans, you can go out the night before get absolutely munted, then come home around 5am and watch this all day long and be as happy as a pig in shit! Ace!

[@deankeith830]

yes a perfect sport for the radio while driving /working/doing housework or gardening

[@Dave.Thatcher1]

As a 76 year old born and bred Englishman , I have never really understood cricket, and this vid cleared a lot of things up for me!.....Btw, I'm not really a "sporty" person which probably accounts for my lack of the rules etc!

[@davidobrien7235]

I call BS

[@completelyuselesstrivia5319]

Brilliant explanation, very clear outline to non-cricket fans. However, there are thousands more nuances to the sport, even long-term cricket fans don't know all the laws

[@anishraja9655]

And all the positions! Silly mid -on, square-leg, fine third man, straight long stop, and the list goes on ...

[@kanevard]

Maybe a few bits about bowling were missing like they are bowling not throwing so with a straight elbow. The ball bounces so something about seam and spin bowling, also the ball can be polished for swing like a curve ball and it is ok to aim for the batsman with a bouncer ... so the things you cant do in baseball would be useful as well

[@timrozitis961]

It's a reasonably good explanation/simplification. Really the biggest difference between the two is that cricket is attacking (it's more about scoring runs) and baseball is defensive (it's more about getting people out), although in cricket there's probably as many stats kept about batters and bowlers. Once you dive into it, you soon find there's plenty more nuance - different types of bowlers (broadly Quicks (raw pace), Swing (fast bowlers who get the ball to deviate through the air) and Spin (bowlers who don't necessasrily bowl as fast, but instead try to trick the batter by having the ball turn once it bounces) - but again, scratch the surface there and there's many sub-categories in each of them depending on which way they moce it, how fast they bowl, which arm they use, what specific technique they use). Like you did with footy (good win by the Dees last night, BTW), you might be opening quite the can of worms....

[@ChadeoYT]

I wouldn't mind watching a shorter game on TV.

[@josephlerz6889]

@@ChadeoYT I always liked Cricket more then the Baseball for the batting type of sports, for the yorkers which is a term basically just when a fielder or bowler smashes the wickets with the cricket ball or runs the player out before he runs back over his cress line for safety zone, it wasn't until 2013 the Australia's made a T-20 cricket which was basically a 4 hour cricket game with state coloured teams called the Big Bash, there's two teams for Sydney & Melbourne respectively and other teams for Tasmania and the other states too You get all the dose of cricket with all it's home runs and all that but your not watching a game for 8 hours 5 times per week which is what made me start with my cricket fetish Also there's fast bowlers that come running in from far really fast to deliver a bowl and then we have spin bowlers which spin the ball as they bowel delivery's Can you react to a Shane Warne best bowl video, he tragically recently passed on but his the amazing bowler worth reacting too

[@lohiasam3495]

Don't they all try to score more runs and playing a more defensive to get the opponents out for lesser runs.

[@josephlerz6889]

@@lohiasam3495 you win games by accumulating the most runs unless you win by eliminating 10 players with wickets Sometimes they say you won the game by this many wickets or this many runs, but that's the gist with it

[@lohiasam3495]

@@josephlerz6889 you also win games by bowling out the team for a lesser score!

[@kevinabbott3890]

Cricket 100 is the most recent (professional in 2021) and fast paced. 100 balls in total, bowlers have 5 balls per over and can play 2 overs (10 balls) consecutively. But no more than 20 balls in total. After 2 overs they bowl from the opposite side. And cricket might get to LA 2028 Olympics!

[@YobboBear]

Keep an eye out for Major League cricket coming to the US in July

[@shmick6079]

The video got one important detail wrong. The “target” number of runs on the TV scorecard is not actually the score that the bowling team reached - it’s actually their score +1. The target is the score the batting team needs to win the game (not tie it).

[@ChadeoYT]

Thanks for clearing that up. Cheers!

[@jamesmatthews291]

One key point that's quite subtle but wasn't mentioned in the video is the nature of the attack. In baseball, the attack is (predominantly) the batters. The pitches are relatively consistent - baseball pitchers are magicians, yes, but there's still limits to the variety they can deliver. In cricket, it's (predominantly) the *bowlers* who attack - the sheer possibilities that come from the state of the ball, the state of the pitch, the weather(!), which side of the opposite wicket they bowl from etc. etc. are bewildering.

[@kramdoogs]

An exceptional basic introduction, kudos to the writer/narrator.

[@tom_curtis]

Two points: At one point the person you were watching says that in the event of a wide or a no-ball, one run is added to the score. What he missed was that the wide delivery (or no-ball) needs to be bowled again. In addition, a batsman cannot be bowled, stumped or caught out of a no ball (though they can of a wide); and in both cases the ball remains in play so that batsman can score runs. Thus, of a no-ball a batsman may score a six, so that seven runs are added to the total (six from the boundary, plus one from the penalty) and ball is bowled again. On the other hand, batsman may attempt a run of a wide or no-ball and be run out. The second point relates to the long form of the game. Many baseball fans think that a four or five day match must be boring (and sometimes the are). But baseball has five (and even seven) game series - which are considered to be very exciting. A test match is no different from that, except that scores accumulate from one day to the next rather than the winner being decided by the first to win a particular number of days play. You still get the momentum shifts between the two teams that make a series so interesting; and which do the same in cricket. You even get circumstances where one team is absolutely thrashed in the first two days play, but comes back to win. What is more (and this is the most exciting of all), in Cricket you can get a tied test. A tied test requires that both sides end their innings twice (either by declaration, or the loss of 10 wickets); and that at the end of that, both teams total runs scored are identical. It has only happened twice in over a hundred years of test cricket (both times involving Australia).

[@neilweir-smith8228]

Small correction: You can't be bowled or caught off a wide because by being wide it is no where near the wickets and if the batsman hits a wide ball that negates the wide and it is not called a wide anymore. Also, a test is drawn if you get to the end of the five days and all four innings have not been completed with no winner being able to be declared. aka, ran out of time to determine a winner, then the match is considered drawn. (they used to play until a winner was declared but that occasionally led to games running into double digit days, I think, so once TV came into the picture it needed to be capped for scheduling reasons).

[@nomancricket]

As pakistani cricket player and coach. Best of luck Usa ❤ as gaining cricket popularity. I think usa players nowadays have more opportunities. Recently seen that joe root cricket academy also built on Florida. That really will shape the young players

[@sultan1017]

He forgot to explain bowling that is pitching. You run in like a javelin thrower, jump at the last moment, while winding up to rotate your arm to release it when you land and then slow down after releasing the ball.

[@craigedwards2940]

Watch Glenn McGrath.

[@waratahdavid696]

So many variables and changes of fortune in the test matches. Also note 2 factors to keep in mind, The ball deteriorates and changes behaviour. The pitch deteriorates and changes behaviour.

[@SomeYouTubeGuy]

1 thing that can take a while to figure out especially when watching on tv is the distance between the wicket and the batsmen and the wicket and the keeper. Keepers can stand a significant distance back from the wicket when fast bowlers are at their peak, but they will come really close when a spin (slower) bowler is on for example. Same goes for batsmen, they will usually setup with one foot planted behind the crease but can take several big steps down the wicket (pitch) to attack a short (length) ball. It looks spectacular when they get it right, but it also leaves them at risk of being Stumped when they get it wrong.

[@josmith9662]

Anyone mention that the ball is smaller, harder, travels really fast and only the wicket keeper wears gloves?

[@paulqueripel3493]

And batsman! Along with helmet, pads, box.

[@TheToledoTrumpton]

Couple of things. 1. Overs are bowled from alternating ends of the pitch. 2. Bowlers/Pitchers can't pronate when they pitch, in other words they cant throw the ball, and have to keep their elbow straight. 3. Bowlers are allowed to shine the ball, but they can't rough it up. 4. Bowlers can bowl from either side of the wickets/stumps, and there is a line marking how wide of the wickets/stumps they can go. This creates more variety than baseball. 5. The game has 2 umpires, one behind the stumps at the bowlers end, and one 15 yards square of the batters end wicket, to the bowlers right. They stay their end and swap roles every over. 6. Nearly all national and international players are professional these days. 7. Some estimators have the Cricket world cup in 2015 between India and Pakistan as the second most viewed event ever with 1 billion people estimated to have watched it.

[@cricketexplained8526]

Only in the major cricket countries would they be definitely professional. Since there are 80 countries that play T20, I'm not sure that all of those 80 countries have professional structures.

[@TheToledoTrumpton]

​@@cricketexplained8526 The divide between professional and amateur sport, I thought, is whether there is a rule against being paid, not whether you are actually paid.

[@cricketexplained8526]

@@TheToledoTrumpton You may be right. I don't actually know. Either way, just saying that I can't assume that, say, the Serbian national cricket team are professionals.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

This is definitely the best representation of cricket for Anyone from a non cricket playing country 👍🏻

[@ChadeoYT]

I thought it was very informative

[@harryflashman9495]

I agree. An excellent explanation.

[@carlmanvers5009]

If you ever wanted to know why test match cricket is to entertaining and beloved, check out highlights of The Black Caps playing England 2023 (played in Wellington). And then if that wasn't electrifying enough the same team put on another enthralling last ball display against Sri Lanka in the same season (played in Christchurch). Five days might seem like a slog, but when it's on it's like being on holiday.

[@AaAa-on4mx]

Ok, like you said, correct you if you're wrong. This is not so much a correction, as a point of clarity: The idea of appealing for a wicket. I felt that the explanation, although not intentional, was slightly inaccurate. So, when a batsman is clearly out by being bowled, caught, run out or stumped, the noise you hear from the fielding side is not an appeal but a cheer. The batsman is clearly out, and in most cases would leave the field in a gentlemanly fashion. However, in the event of close run outs or LBWs, fielders will tend to appeal to the umpire for a decision or a 3rd umpire review. 3rd umpire reviews are slow motion review using 'Hawkeye' slomo camera replay, and the decision will come from the 3rd umpire that is monitoring the slomo camera. This technology is also used in the event of 'questionable' catches, resulting from incidence where the catching fielder may have allowed the ball to touch the round during the catch, or where the batsman may be in doubt that the ball came off the bat or glove. BTW, any part of the bat, including the handle, and the batsman's gloves on the hands holding the bat, are considered to be part of the bat. Thus, a ball hitting any part of the bat or the gloves, when caught, will be an out. In any of these cases, the batsman may appeal for a review. Batsman may also call for a 3rd umpire review of an LBW decision.

[@dmwallacenz]

That was a really good explanation and covered the key points nicely. Over-simplified in parts, of course. And the only way to really understand how cricket works is to actually watch a game.

[@piglos]

Another thing about cricket, your age isn't as much of a limiting factor as it is in many other sports. I played my first cricket match when my 14yo played his first match in seniors. It was also my first cricket match as I didn't play as a junior, or later. I was 53. I also accompanied my 2nd son on his first cricket match.

[@twatinahatsmith7428]

There are 12 full members of the ICC that can play full test match cricket. 98 associate members including the USA.

[@stue2298]

This a pretty good video explaining cricket for americans. If you like stats, huge hits you will like T20 cricket, the game last about 3 hours. In July major league cricket has it's inaugural season in the USA, so I am excited to see how americans take to T20 cricket. Not many people have time to watch cricket all day long, but there is highlights on TV that cover the days play which most cricket fans will watch.

[@garethjones6082]

But a nice day your local cricket club, picnic in the sun is really great plus you don't intently watch a one day or a test as intently as other sports.

[@dansharp2860]

@@garethjones6082 There's nothing better than having a test match on the TV during a summers day while you do something else. The roar of the crowd and the commentators going up an octive will tell you if something important happened. They then replay it 20 times so you never miss anything. Most productive sport to watch.

[@woopimagpie]

Or the age old tradition of having Grandstand on in the background, which is ball-by-ball radio commentary for those who can't watch. Plenty of shops and workplaces in Australia and England will have the cricket on the radio across the summer, with employees and customers alike able to follow along or just get an update on the game. It's pretty cool. I've been in shops more than once where everything stops momentarily because someone just got a wicket or made a century. And during an Ashes series pretty much the entire country is glued to it. Test cricket is like no other sport, it's truly amazing.

[@kramdoogs]

The great thing about ‘Test Cricket’ ( which can go for 5 days) is when the wife says “when are you going to mow the lawns?” and you reply “yeah sure dear just after this game”

[@pureholy]

He did not mention that if the hall goes into the crowd it comes back. The state and age of the ball effects how it behaves in the air. In limited over cricket there is a new ball for each innings. In unlimited over cricket I believe there is a new ball every 80 overs. If the hall is lost or becomes unusable before then it is replaced by on of a similar age. The captain of the bowling side does not have to take the new ball when it is offered - new balls favour faster bowlers, so if your spinner if having success with the old ball you might keep it a little longer.

[@woopimagpie]

It sounds like quite a stretch for someone who has never had any exposure to cricket, but once you develop a more complete understanding of what exactly is taking place watching a five day Test Match between two evenly matched teams can be one of the most rewarding experiences a person can have. The way a game can ebb and flow, with each team holding an advantage at various points, and the way it can meander along being pretty uneventful for a long period for it to then explode into a short burst of ridiculous excitement that turns the whole game on its head is why we love it. The unpredictability is what makes it great. Even though international teams are ranked, the difference between the top and bottom of the world rankings isn't that big - the lowest ranked team can beat the top ranked team if they have a good day. It can, and does, happen. Undoubtedly the greatest contest in cricket is The Ashes - a series of (usually five) Test matches between England and Australia. It means more than just about anything to both those countries to win the Ashes. It's one of the oldest contests in sport, the first match was played in 1877, and the legend of the Ashes began in 1882 when Australia defeated England, in England, for the first time. The trophy is a small ceramic urn reputed to contain the ashes of a bail that was burnt to symbolise the death of English cricket, England having been beaten by a bunch of heathen colonials, lol. To this day the Ashes remains arguably the fiercest rivalry in cricket, the games are hard fought, often with very close results, and the spoils for the victors are considerable. Both England and Australia play in many international tournaments and series against many different countries, but ask any player from either of those two nations which contest they want to win the most and the answer will ALWAYS be "The Ashes".

[@ChadeoYT]

This is an introduction to cricket for me. I am a baseball fan

[@user-we8ue9qy9l]

@@ChadeoYT But however about the (5 Five) Ashes Test Cricket Match Games between both Australia & England in Australia being played in (5 Five) Cities which Starts in Perth then later on in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney & finally Finishes in Brisbane &/or Vice Versa which Starts in Brisbane then later on in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide & finally Finishes in Perth of course.

[@ianlayton6949]

The other thing from a fans perspective is that (in England at least) cricket is arranged on a county basis - and people in England very much identify with their county (perhaps like states in the US? 🤷) so there's a whole layer of rivalries between neighbouring counties that add spice to the sport.

[@clickonmike]

Best explanation of cricket I've seen so far.

[@TJSaw]

If Americans start watching T20 cricket, I guarantee you guys will love it.

[@ChadeoYT]

I plan on it!

[@Fercough]

That is very true. Give a test match a go, once you have the fundamental knowledge in place.

[@joshuaclinton9647]

He said that it might be more popular than baseball in more countries that is actually the case its the second most viewed sport behind soccer and the t20 format has over 100 different nations playing it. to add to that a 5 day game that concluded last week is said to have been viewed by over 1 billion people due to it being a newly created "final" in the 5 day format between the 2 top ranked teams in the world and one of the teams being India and its their national sport

[@stevenhaeding4955]

Without reading all the comments so someone may have already said this and you will find this somewhere at many cricket clubhouses across Australia. Cricket is simple You have 2 sides, one out in the field and one in Each man that’s in the side that’s in goes out and when he is out he comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out When they are all out the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out Sometimes you get men still in and not out When both sides have been in and out including not outs that’s the end of the game. I hope this information clears things up. 👍😂

[@MrDanmjack]

Good thing about test cricket is you don’t have you watch all 5 days. You can just catch up once in a while

[@gkkes]

I agree with other posters, that this is the best explanation out there. Overs aren't explained well in general. Bowler A from one end delivers 6 balls. Then Bowler B from the opposite end delivers his 6. The ground deteriorates where the balls bounce and also where the bowlers foot falls. The longer the match the more this deterioration affects the bounce. Batsmen often pair right and left handers, causing the bowler to adjust slightly the path of the ball for each change of batsman. Also, every time a single run is scored the fielding team have to change positions in mirror image. A great show of strategy. Play is generally in 2 two hour sessions, beginning at 11am with a 40 minute break for lunch at 1pm and a 20 minute break for tea at 3.40pm, play ending at around 6pm.

[@rw-xf4cb]

Cricket is definitely becoming a world sport - with USA coming very soon into T20 and teams like Canada, Netherlands, Afghanistan, UAE, Malaysia, Honk Kong its slowly becoming competition for the current world game of Soccer. The only problem I see is in a lot of these countries they usually don't have the grounds for games like the main countries (England, India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies (Jamaica, Barbados etc), Pakistan etc) - with small grounds it will be difficult for fielding teams to restrict the flow of runs and thus see 400+ scores.

[@YTWorldTraveler]

Consider the lengthy "season" and playoffs in baseball when comparing it to up to 5-day Test Cricket.

[@brucelamberton8819]

I picked up a slight mistake regarding the target score in limited-overs cricket. The narrator said "the target was 222 which means India batted first and scored 222 runs". No, the target (for victory) is always one more run than the opposition scored, which means in that game India scored 221 runs batting first.

[@tonycasey3183]

I am not a cricket fan, but I am an ex-resident of Headingley - a test-match ground in Leeds. My friends and I would get cheap - or sometimes free - tickets for the end of the day, take a picnic and a few bottles of wine or beer in to the ground and have a lovely afternoon. I don't know if you can still do that, but it made the game tolerable for me to share with my cricket-fan friends. Similarly, at my local amateur ground, you can take booze and food and sit at the boundary to watch and catch up with friends as a game goes on in the background.

[@bgmlover23]

Cat enjoying too

[@ChadeoYT]

Always!

[@sportsfaninternational1614]

Slight correction. When the target is 222 for team B (in this case England), it means that the team A (in this case India) made 221 runs, and the target for team B to win is always 1 run (minimum) more than team A. Even if team B loses more wickets than team A in their quest to score the runs needed for the win, that is irrelevant. In other words, team A here scored 221 runs. And let's say that they lost just 5 wickets. Now, team B comes in, and their sole goal here is to score 222 runs for the win. It is completely irrelevant how many wickets they lose (unless they're what's called All Out, in which they lost 10 of their 11 batsmen/women). If they get to their target of 222 runs and lost 9 wickets, they still get the win, because the only thing that counts is the amount of runs. Hope that helps.

[@aadityakumaragarwal9632]

P2 means powerplay 2 There are 3 powerplays In P1 only 2 fielders are allowed outside of 30 yard circle In P2 only 4 fielders are allowed outside of 30 yard circle In P3 only 5 fielders are allowed outside of 30 yard circle And there is an innings timer, which means that the bowling team has to finish there bowling overs with that time limit (1.5 hrs for T20) and if they are not able to finish then an extra fielder has to stay inside the 30 yard circle

[@aussierhino471]

Good explanation - the only thing that is missing is to explain that the bowlers seek to swing (curve) the ball or spin it off the pitch to deceive batters into making errors to get them out, or to restrict their abilit5y to score. Also might be fun to describe bouncers/intimidatory bowling.

[@neilfennell1691]

The narrator mentioned that professional cricket is relatively new. Not the case. Professional cricket has been around for over 100 years. There is a large amount of amateur cricket at the lower levels of the game, but in the first class game (County level and upwards) cricketers have been paid for many years. The narrator may be referring to the relatively new Indian super league where the top players (normally national players) from around the world play for the duration of the league before returning to their teams back home.

[@woopimagpie]

I think he's referring to the more recent era where players make enough money from playing cricket that they don't have to work other jobs, as was the case for many years. Even as late as the 1970s players were paid to play, but then they had to go and work day jobs when not playing in order to earn enough money to live. Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket in the late 1970s was the start of the modern "professional" cricketer, and of course modern tournaments like the IPL and the Big Bash in Australia pay millions to the big players, even an up-and-coming modest player can earn pretty good bucks playing T20 nowadays.

[@YTWorldTraveler]

A 5-day Test Cricket match, or even a 3 or 5 match series, is no diiferent than a "season" of 160 games, then playoffs and World Series in baseball, IMHO. They both end with one winner.

[@BroomeBlocker4]

So the P2 means that it is the second power play. The first 10 overs of a match you are only allowed 2 fielders outside the inner circle, called a powerplay because if the batter hits over that circle, provided he doesn't hit to those 2 fielders he is basically guaranteed runs. In the second power play which lasts 5 overs, they are allowed 4 people outside the circle and must be used between the 10th and 40th over. The last power play must be taken in between the 40th and 50th over and 5 people can be outside the circle. It basically tempts the batters to hit more. It is also a good chance for the fielding side to get some wickets as a batter tries to knock the ball out of the park he increases the risk of getting an edge or smacking straight to a fielder. Also when you said the target was 222, you said India scored 222, when they would of scored 221, obviously to win you have to beat them so 222 is the target score.

[@MetaFootballTV]

Brian Lara got 400 not out in test cricket, almost 200 in ODI and 501 not out in first class cricket.

[@TheBluebirdkev]

5 day and ODI is like the difference between chess and checkers.

[@mlee6050]

Yay I now know how to read the scoring, I worry if 5 runs and 135 wickets lol

[@YTWorldTraveler]

To me, neither sport is "better" than the other. I enjoy watching both baseball and cricket.

[@mej6519]

that was a great explanation of the basics of the game, i would highly recomend watching a t20 game, its fast paced(for cricket) there is always a run chase,(last team that bats has to chase a total of runs scored by the team that batted first). but you seemed to have grasped the basics pretty well. cricket in the usa is kinda like our sunday village games, but you are progressing quite well as a cricketing nation. there are variations and specialist bowlers, spin bowlers are slow paced but can spin the ball of the deck. there are mid paced swing bowlers(the ball moves in the air and swings left or right). there are pace bowlers, speeds around 95mph, in the pace bowlers arsenal is something called the bouncer, this is a ball that is bounced off the deck at pace and heads for the top of the torso or head, its used as a form of intimidation and is deadly if not played correctly.

[@raymondadams7570]

you can watch a 5 day test match and it could be a draw because it got rained off on the last day

[@MrPicklerwoof]

Could have done with a few comments regarding the different types of bowling and attacking/defensive fielding.

[@kevinpugh3291]

After 6 balls, an over, the bowling changes end. Often, if a batsman has his or eye in, at the end of the over the batsmen try to change end, score one run. Then the batsman who is on fire, will continue to face another bowler but from the other end.

[@chrisblinman9150]

I would add that in test cricket in order for a team to win not only do they need to score more runs than their opponents but also have bowled them out twice (take 20 wickets). If they fail to bowl their opponents out twice then the match is tied regardless of runs scored. Unlike in limited overs cricket where you simply need to score the most runs. Its called test cricket because you are tested with both bat and ball

[@coltsfoot9926]

Not quite right. If the team not bowled out has scored more runs than the other team, then the match ends because they have won. The not bowled out draw occurs if there is a team still batting when the five days time limit expires.

[@chrisblinman9150]

@coltsfoot99 that is what I meant, but you can't win a test match without ending your opponents innings twice and scoring more runs than them.

[@way2deep100]

It is not true at all to have asserted that professional cricket is a novel concept; there have been professional cricketers for over 100 years. What is relatively new are the extremely short-form versions of cricket where teams adopt dynamic-sounding names and wear colourful uniforms with players names and numbers (euphemistically the 'white ball game'). Many of these teams and others now carry title sponsors' branding, which may be what the video's narrator means by professional. One thing which was not explained is that the idea in the long-form game (which is usually less than 5 days at non-international level) is to amass more runs over two innings than the opposition but to take only as long doing so to allow time get the other team out twice. So a team may retire or "declare" even when they are not "all out" if they believe that only this will give them enough time to get their opponents out whilst remaining ahead. If they succeed in doing so, they win. If they fail to get them out but their aggregate score over the two innings is not exceeded, a draw is awarded. But if the responding team manage to exceed the aggregate score they have been set, the responding team obviously wins with a wicket (not-out batter) or several wickets (players yet to bat) in hand. So running up a massive score is only an advantage if you can also leave time to get all the other team's batters out before they beat it. There can be different philosophies and different circumstances at play here. Some captains declare to tempt the other team to try to win, which obviously makes for a more exciting spectacle. Other captains build a score that gives the other team no option but to defend because to attempt to win would seem foolish. Rarely would a captain declare to intentionally give the opposition an even chance of winning. However, back in 1968, West Indies captain Garry Sobers famously declared around 200 runs ahead to give opponents England a "sporting" 50/50 chance of winning a game West Indies could not realistically have otherwise lost. The traditionally pedestrian England team knocked off the score within the just under 3 hours left, won the game and consequently the series. Over half a century later, many West Indians still have never forgiven Sobers. Team innings usually alternate, so team A's first innings is followed by team B's first innings, but if team B batting second's reply is 200 or more short of the team A batting first's score, team B can, at team A's behest, be told to take their second innings immediately ("follow on"). If their aggregate over the now-two innings still does not reach the total set by team A so far, team A will have won by an innings plus the difference in the runs scored since their one innings outscored their opponents' two innings. While it is rare for a team to recover from a following-on deficit to win, which would necessitate building enough of a lead from 200+ runs behind to nevertheless outscore and then also dismiss the now-chasing team before this new advantage is eroded, it does occasionally happen.

[@drisk1974]

He didn't mention fast balls and spin balls

[@andrewtims9524]

When you watch a test match (5 day game ) remember that the bar is open , you get to drink beer for 5 days whilst watching the game ,makes a difference 😊

[@ChadeoYT]

Sounds good to me

[@leohickey4953]

Might be worth adding here that a day's play typically begins at 11am and finishes at around 6pm and there are two short meal breaks called "lunch" and "tea" when the players leave the field. There might be some organised on-field entertainment planned for the lunch break. Since it's a summer game and is often played in warm countries there may also be a couple of additional drinks breaks to rehydrate. These days that would be isotonic sports drinks, but back in the day (1970s or earlier) would have been something from the bar.

[@stevethomas5849]

The length of a cricket wicket is 22 yards or 1 Chain.

[@chrisjones2224]

Only one thing I would say, tgat is common to all the cricket explained videos is,,they never explain that play alternates between each end of the pitch, ot to borrow from this baseball comparison, the pitcher throws from the mound to home plate, then home plate to the mound.

[@ChadeoYT]

Great explanation

[@chrisjones2224]

@@ChadeoYT it complicates the game even further, as obviously the batsmen face a different bowler at each end (as the bowlers/overs alternate) the pitch can 'play' slightly differently, or what's called natural variation

[@afc358]

A five day Test Match can be the most exciting sport in the world!

[@gaphil2610]

Only wrong is when he explained the target in ODIs. He said the same number of runs(221 or 222 I forgot) .. but you need one more runs than opponent

[@geoffstokes]

First Class cricket is not necessarily test cricket. Each country has their own internal, regional competition where their best players play in a competition against one another. That is first class cricket. In most countries now, it consists of 4 day matches. Test matches are considered the pinnacle of cricket and are exclusively played between nations. Their are, for example, famous test series battles between Australia and England known as the Ashes series, which is a 5 game series. Whichever team wins the most games, wins the Ashes trophy.

[@kevinmassey7675]

You cannot beat a day out at the cricket, especially England vs Australia in the party stand (,Hollies stand) at Edgbaston

[@BCOZ-nb2lo]

You said, when explaining the information at the bottom of the screen, that the number 222 after the word 'target' indicated that the team batting first had scored 222. This is incorrect. Unless the Duckworth Lewis system is being applied due to a rain stoppage, the target is actually one more run that the team batting first scored.

[@theamesavenue9834]

This is a very good tutorial video from a baseball perspective!

[@dansegelov305]

I really don't know what that narrator was talking about... Cricket doesn't have rules. Cricket has laws.

[@ChadeoYT]

Hahaha

[@user-we8ue9qy9l]

@Chadeo the narrator from this &/or that Cricket film clip explaining the Laws &/or Rules & the Terms of Cricket had forgotten to mention the Cricket Term of a DUCK & what the Duck means that a Batsman has FAILED to Score a single run for his &/or her Team in which that he &/or she came on to the Cricket Pitch that he &/or she either got Bowled Out, Caught Out, Stumped Out, Runne'd Out, LBW Leg Before Wicket, With OUT Scoring a run for their Batting Team at all in the Very (1st First) Bowl from the Bowler who Bowled the Ball to Him &/or Her, of course.

[@Lrs12359]

I’ve played both and with a few errors this is pretty good.

[@rw-xf4cb]

The shorter the game format the less memorable. Test cricket is a giant arm wrestle when two teams are close in capability. 2001 Australia versus India where Australia made India follow on thinking they would walk over them and win for Laxman to be the wall and thus turn the game around with Dravid is always in my mind. It made Australia never again try to force a follow on as they were in such a commanding position to lose the game at the end and then with India spinners and pitches crumbled a team who had won 16 tests in a row. I was watching it back then and thought finally Australia will win a series in India (already 1 up only to see them go home with their tail between their legs!). 2005 England versus Australia is another but there are so many impressive games - ODI has some but T20 is played so much that its being drunk on sugar candy the high is there until the next one there is little other than World Cups where it matters. 20/20 (T20) if you mess up there is really very little chance to recover, ODI a bit more and Test well the my original story shows a team almost down and out if they can just hang on can stop the other winning or even turn and win the match. Thats the amazing thing about the long format of the game if you don't win the game then its a draw and then you can have a psychological edge in that the powerful team didnt beat you and you held out to the end. There have been many victories where the lesser team didn't lose and drew the match that its almost a victory! People don't like that Test cricket can result in a no result a draw or in some situations a tie but depending who you are barracking for the draw/tie is as good as a win!

[@MrFarr007]

The five version is a bit better than the limited over game. Limited over cricket is exciting. But the reason they call the longer version "test cricket" is that what it is, it is a test of the players cricketing abilities. It is played in 3 x 2 hour shifts a day. And the fun of the game is that almost anything can and often does happen. There is a sense of purity and tradition regarding test cricket. Only 10 nations play the game and they are all former British Colonies.

[@johndowds5770]

Cricket has always been professional.

[@user-jb2sy7jp1o]

Test match between Australia and West Indies on at the moment I'm in the kitchen cooking dinner and listening to the cricket.

[@steveward287]

he didnt talk about the differences in the balls. The seam on the cricket ball is very important as is its polishing through the match

[@eddaines237]

Not a bad explanation to be honest. Clearly, like all sports the ‘fun’ comes with the emergent properties… how a particular bowler will arrange the fielding positions and evolve how he’s pitching during an over to exploit a batsman’s weakness. The different ‘pitching’ or bowling styles such as spin or fast bowling and so on. But - this is a good beginning.

[@carlwells9504]

One thing that gets left out is the ball condition is allowed to worsen and is seldom changed- this is part of the strategy.

[@ChadeoYT]

I like that. MLB goes through 100 balls a game.

[@rossprentice4975]

Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world only behind soccer

[@grimreaper-qh2zn]

Yes, pretty good explanation of enough to enable you to understand most of what's going on. As a UK Cricket fan (my County team is Lancashire) I do watch Baseball sometimes on TV. I have picked up a lot of the rules. The complication to me is that you almost need a Phd in Statistics to understand the commentators. I guess that is second nature to US Fans but it does confuse us simple minded Brits somewhat. In the early days when Cricket was regarded as an Amateur game (pre 1962) Teams could have one Professional Player (sometimes he would be the Captain). The Professional player had to go into the Ground via, what you might call the Trademan's entrance, whilst the Amateur's went in via the Players Entrance (!!). If you want to watch a game I would suggest you watch a T20 game as that is only 20 overs a side and the complete game is over in 3 hours and is more exiting as a general spectacle (teams play in many coloured outfits as well). The longer forms are generally called the "Red" ball game and the limited over game the "White" ball game (you'll never guess why!). You will then need to get into some of the more esoteric terms like Full Toss, Yorker, Off-Break, Googly, have fun!. By the way the Batsmen hit in the neither regions have got protection. It's called a "Box".

[@kimn9802]

I'd suggest the professional player wouldn't use a tradesman's entrance as he'd be a 'gentleman'...more likely the other way around. May be wrong...

[@grimreaper-qh2zn]

@@kimn9802 Sorry but you are wrong. The Professional was regarded as, dare I say it, "Not quite Cricket"

[@woopimagpie]

Who could forget "Ganguly's copped a googly in the goolies!". Or "The bowler's Holding the batsman's Willey". And don't forget the Left-arm Chinaman. Where would we be without cricket terminology?

[@kimn9802]

@@woopimagpie Or Lillee caught Dilley bowled Milli Vanilli..😎

[@thehotbaker7853]

The wides and no-balls are delivered again. Which means in an over you have 6 balls to deliver, but you have delivered a wide ball, one wide ball.. then that ball is delivered again and in total you deliver 7balls in an over cz that wide ball is not counted as fair delivery. Also to mention, the cricket ball is much harder and bit heavy than a baseball ball. And the players catch them with bare hands. Unlike baseball where players have gloves on.

[@MetaFootballTV]

The bowling/ bowler variants is quite interesting and could have been touched upon in more detail, albeit being an introduction to the the sport video.

[@jonlight670]

In One Day or T20 the target score is not the score the other team got. That’s the score to win. So if England got 120 then the target for whoever is playing them is 121. Also after an Over of 6 balls is bowled. The new bowler bowls from the other end. So everyone on the fielding team moves “over” the wicketkeeper is at the other end etc.

[@Ingens_Scherz]

Very good. A couple of details are incorrect (e.g.: definition of formats), but a great introduction for baseball fans.

[@tifts9719]

Basically the wickets are strike zone but u get out if the ball hits them

[@rohankore3504]

Another key thing is in limited over cricket match a bowler can ball maximum of 20% of total overs so you need at least 5 good bowlers in your playing 11 who can complete the overs. Anyone can bowl the over out of 11 players even wicket keeper can come to bowl and someone else can take his position. The 20% limit is due to the fact that bowlers especially fast bowlers undergo extreme physical stress while bowling and they are very susceptible to injuries. That's why a bowler cannot ball 2 consecutive overs becoz its very stressful to the body.

[@TG-mr6bc]

One thing you forgot. Cricket is very dangerous. A guy 6ft 6inch tall runs 100 yards toward you and hurls a lethal hard ball at you at over 90mph. Not only does the ball swerve but it hits the deck and from there life becomes very dangerous and unpredictable. Not for me!!!

[@sckumar6812]

Cricket demands mental strength as well as physical strength at same tym

[@Fercough]

Cricket needs mental and physical prowess. It requires leadership, the ability to understand other people and how to inspire them. You need a grip on maths and psychology as well as stamina and a natural ability. It's called a "Test Match" for good reason.

[@MetaFootballTV]

The easy comparison to make would be baseball=rounders.

[@truedardii]

I'd say watch Jomboy clips of him explaining cricket clips He gets most of it right and translates it to baseball terms where he can

[@ingramdw1]

Great explanation. Americans interested in watching a match should definitely start with the T20 matches as they are much shorter. Test matches are of course up to 5 days and so require more commitment. 5 days might sound boring, and they can be, but test matches have their own form of excitement in that strategy comes into play. A test match can be like a chess game, with a strategy played out over several days.