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[@neilgayleard3842]

If you have access to it it's t20 finals day in England. It's both semi finals and the final played in one day in one stadium. With fans of all four teams there at the same time. It starts about 10.30 gmt. Kent county cricket club are involved.

[@Isleofskye]

My secondary School overlooked one of the major English cricket grounds and I paid ONE CENT to watch The Final Tea Time session of the 3 Day County matches there. If we talk about the traditional English domestic game or The Matches over 5 days against rival Nations (TEST matches) the typical team will have 5 specialist Batsmen then one "All-Rounder" who is good at Batting and Bowling, but not Top Class, a Wicket Keeper(the most active player when his side are fielding) and 4 specialist Bowlers who, inevitably, bat at the end of the Batting Order as some can bat well but their job is really bowling. Ignore Baseball now and clear your mind. A Bowler bowls 6 legitimate balls from one END of the pitch. After the first OVER is complete second Bowler bowls from the other END of the pitch. Bowlers can bowl from either END as much as they want but not 2 successive overs. If they had the strength(impossible) in theory, a bowler could bowl half his team's overs in the opposing team's innings. Whereas ALL 11 Players get to bat ( however good/poor they are ) a Captain will only expect around half of his team to bowl as 95% of Batters ONLY bat. At the end of an innings, the Batsmen will have faced an equal amount of OVERS from each of the 2 ENDS....:)

[@paulmaxey6377]

Copy and pasted from my post on Patreon as I watched the video: Just to let you know before I start watching the video, it looks like the IPL (Indian Premier League) is starting again after the mid-season suspension because of COVID. First match back is on SKY on Sunday so not sure what channels or networks you will need to watch it. It might have some matches live on KZbin(?), I don't know haven't looked yet. Anyway I will now watch your video and edit as I go. :P There I didn't go far before my first edit, did I lol? One thing you need to know about India and Pakistan, they hate each other. I don't just mean they are rivals, they REALLY don't like each other. So much so that they haven't had a match between each other except for in tournaments for years. When they meet in them, they have had pitch invasions just so that they isn't a result if one team is winning. Any player can play in any position (the different positions are complicated and have certain names so I will get into that later or I will post a video if I can find one explaining them). The only position that remains the same player through the innings is the WICKETKEEPER, he stands behind the wicket and catches the ball if the batsman misses it. All the others can change throughout the innings and you can change your field at any time. The only change to this is in One Day or 20/20 (both known as 'white ball' games as they use a white ball instead of the red ball) where there is a 30 yard circle inside the field of play and you must have so many players inside the circle. They might explain this later as I am editing this as I watch the video. The bowlers are simply players that can bowl so you can have as many as you want. Some might be part time bowlers, not really classed as a bowler but can bowl a bit if needed. Bowlers are split in to 2 types, Pace and Spin with spinners split into a further 2 types, Wrist and Finger spin. Pace bowlers will take a long run-up and try to get the batsman out using speed and bounce with the fastest bowling around 90mph. Spinners take a short run-up and really on the spin deceiving the batsman, spinners will bowl up to about 55-60mph. Pace bowlers can also get swing which is the ball curving in the air to deceive the batsmen, also they can bowl bouncers (a short ball that bounces and get head height, they used to call them bumpers) and yorkers (which are balls aimed at the feet of the batsman to try and get under the bat. A bowler can bowl any amount of overs in a test match (5 day game), they can bowl 10 overs in a one day 50 over match (if it is a 40 over One Day Match they can bowl 8 overs each) and in a 20/20 20 over match they can bowl 4 overs each. So simply in a one day or 20 over match a bowler can bowl one-fifth of the total overs so you have to use at least 5 bowlers but you can use more if you want but none can bowl over the limit. The problem with test cricket now is that it is only England and Australia that take it serious anymore. The main test series as always been the Ashes that is plyed between England and Australia every 2 years alternating between each country. In fact we are meant to be playing it in Australia this winter but whether it will go ahead I'm not sure. As you say the shorter forms are more popular and just more affordable and you get a result in 3 hours with T20 and 6 hours for a one dayer. Also although they say US dropped the English games, they really just changed them a little and made there own forms. Baseball (by the way there was a football ground in England called the Baseball Ground, it was Derby County's home ground. It was original built to feature baseball but it never took off) is a form of cricket. American Football is just Rugby really isn't it for people who can't take a hit unless they have a ton of padding. Fielding Positions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5e3cqxoZblkY7M Shane Warne explaining Leg Spin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6qriWp9qNeAotE Michael Holding and Ian Bishop explaining Fast Pace bowling: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5bTi52VZpqWfac Wicket-keeping by Sarah Taylor (best wicketkeeper in the world, male or female imo): kzbin.info/www/bejne/aV6bh3WsotJ6r6s

[@georgepiper9937]

Have you ever been to UK

[@farhaan8260]

In India cricket is treated as a religion and the cricketers as almost gods literally. They are mad about it. Every boy and man knows cricket and loves it. Virat kohli is currently the best player in cricket. He is not only a superstar of India but flag bearer of cricket in outside world. U should definitely check him out. As far as football in India goes it is not as popular as cricket but still there are more passionate and crazy football fans than any European nations. especially in states of kerala, goa, kolkata, assam and northeast. Their madness towards European and local clubs is unmatched. Eventhough we as footballing nation is not good as we should be but the love for the beautiful game is not less. We also happen to have 2 century old clubs with the biggest rivalry in Asia. And 3rd oldest tournament in the world.

[@aaronrothwell7729]

Test cricket is still the pinnacle of the game and greats are defined by their test performances

[@catherinewilkins2760]

You seemed surprised that there was a tea break in the game, over here everything stops for tea.

[@murugamoorthy7156]

Yep...

[@tonym480]

there is even a song about it; kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpuZiXapeN6aibM

[@ianprince1698]

just stopping for tea.

[@Hi-kq1vi]

Maybe it was the serving maid. 12th Man put a stop to that.

[@rocketrabble6737]

@@Hi-kq1vi That wasn't actually the norm to have tea brought out by maids even back in time. I was disappointed they did not bring out lounge chairs as well (for the amateur players of course).

[@generaldreedle2801]

T 20 may bring the money but if you want to be considered a great player you have to do it in Test cricket. For me that will remain the ultimate test of any player and no amount of crash bang wallop stuff is going to change that.

[@thatindiandude4602]

Never thought I would see the day India will be an exciting test side. And rely on their fast bowling to win.

[@oscarsusan3834]

@@thatindiandude4602 Umpires from neutral countries is the best thing to happen to sub continent cricket.Took 20 years but it finally opened up the local talent pool to make touring teams more competitive and that’s led to success and more respect.

[@thatindiandude4602]

@@oscarsusan3834 yes and no. As much hated as he is, Viral Kohli is, he recognised the importance of fitness and pace bowling. And the biggest change is mindset and mental strength. The previous Indian teams would stand there and stay quiet to the sledging. The new generation of Indians have no problem dishing the sledging back to Aussies and English. And thirdly, IPL. A lot of Indias bowlers initially made their mark in IPL.

[@thatindiandude4602]

@@oscarsusan3834 also, apart from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have taken a nosedive in cricket. As much as people go on about the Ashes, the Indian team has given cricket the most exciting test cricket in the last decade or so last year and this year.

[@Hi-kq1vi]

@@thatindiandude4602 Yes, only 40 years or so after the West Indies worked it out & after decades of Pakistan producing endless great pace bowlers. I disagree on the sledging & attitude-it was Ganguly who turned that around & the 2001 series win in Australia under him was the real turning point, Kohli is just carrying it on.

[@neilgriffiths6427]

Golf tournaments last over 3 or 4 days, so cricket isn't the only world sport that takes more than a couple of hours to play.

[@oscarsusan3834]

And don’t get me started on the Tour de France😵‍💫

[@markthomas2577]

I know it's difficult but you've got to completely forget baseball when you're looking at cricket.

[@pranavgandhar4604]

Yes cricket game sense is different than baseball Applying baseball logic in cricket that cricket experts dont describe are seen some baseball vs cricket video. Like bigger bat in cricket, easy to score runs But they dont know how rest of things are managed to counter this advantage of batsman ! If u got that rest of things , u will know cricket. Cricket has complex vocabulary, also some terms like pitch have different meaning in cricket, Wicket has 3 meaning in cricket !!

[@AbenZin1]

Oh look, it's very simple: You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's 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 a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out, he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time, and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including the not outs, that's the end of the game.

[@eddisstreet]

The old jokes are the best

[@decam5329]

In India, cricket is more popular than anything. ANYTHING.

[@jpgale]

I am lead to believe the order or priority in India is 1) Cricket, 2) Religion, 3) Family

[@cvs0202]

Sorta but cricket is a religion in India.

[@humanfirst2110]

@@jpgale no

[@dharmendramishra1672]

IPL is starting from 19 September, if you want to watch it you can, watching the sport will make you understand even more

[@davidhyams2769]

Each team will have a number of bowlers, each specialising in a different bowling technique. When any one bowler is in play, the others form part of the fielding team. And the team captain will decide at times during the match to "rest" a particular bowler (who still has to field) and put another bowler in play. And because the bowlers are part of the 11 man team, they also have to know how to bat, since each team member has to take a turn as batsman. The best batsmen are usually put into play first, and the bowlers later on, although there are some "all-rounders" who are good at both.

[@davidwright7193]

A bowler who is an even worse batsman than usual is a rabbit as the give the side a short tail. Occasionally you will get a bowler who can’t bat at even that standard (eg Devon Malcolm) who might be called a ferret because they are sent in after the rabbits….

[@danielh4032]

The first international cricket match was the US v Canada

[@johnwhear9600]

Cricket is one of those thing you have to be born and bred on. It is the 2nd most watched sport in the world (after soccer). There are 3 forms of the game (played at the same time). Test cricket over 5 days (but actually playing time is about 6 hours per day) - ODI, played in a day, about 7+ hours of actual playing time - T20, with about 3+ hours of actual playing time.

[@patrickcooper7869]

There are various types of bowlers in cricket - pace or fast bowlers like Michael Holding,Stuart Broad and Dennis Lillee;spin bowlers like the great Shane Warne and Muralitharan (further sub - divided into off spinners and leg spinners),and medium paced or swing bowlers like James Anderson or Glen McGrath.

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Patrick, Angus Fraser was a good swing bowler also

[@patrickcooper7869]

@@paulguise698 - fully agree,Paul 😀

[@jeperstone]

Test Cricket is the pinnacle. T20 is for people with short attention spans

[@TechnoArpan]

Test is also more time investment, not everyone has as much time. test is much more fun to play than watch, in my experience

[@pratikpainter6105]

Real cricket fans are always follow test cricket

[@sangfroidian5451]

Cricket and Kabaddi are far and away the most popular sports in India, football comes in as third most popular. India are ranked 105th in the world of football, but are ranked first in Cricket. Kabaddi is a uniquely Indian sport which is basically a game of team tag or dodgeball without the ball, but you'd have to check that treat out for yourself!! ;)

[@deathadder4999]

No football is second most popular sport.

[@charlestaylor9424]

I used to enjoy watching kabaddi on TV in the UK. It was on Saturday morning on Channel 4 for a couple of years.

[@sangfroidian5451]

@@deathadder4999 Well, top Kabaddi players are paid more than top Football players in India and almost 3 times as many Indians watch Kabaddi than Football over a season

[@sangfroidian5451]

@@charlestaylor9424 Yes, I found it fascinating when it replaced Sumo in that time slot and was pretty upset when they eventually took it off.

[@charlestaylor3027]

@@sangfroidian5451 I used to like the Rodeo when sky showed that - especially bull-riding. I liked Sumo too.

[@jandrewhill63]

In India , cricket is by far the most popular sport

[@mtk3755]

Yes it more like a religion here though ngl it might be losing audience

[@hasibalfuad9652]

Yo. Found your videos long ago through Football. Never thought you'd check out cricket. I'm from Bangladesh so even though Football is a part and parcel of my life right now but grew up watching cricket. The sport world is only Football and cricket for me. Hope you like the sport. Love from Bangladesh.

[@rjrastapopoulos1595]

T20 cricket is like a whodunit which is purely for entertainment. Test cricket is like serious literature.

[@ftumschk]

As others point out, it's usual for a cricket team to have ~5 bowlers, two of whom will bowl for a longish stretch before the others take over. This minimises fatigue, but also adds variety, and exploits the various skill-sets possesed by different kinds of bowler: The opening pair of bowlers will typically be "fast bowlers", whose technique is suited to the fresh cricket balls used at the start of every innings. Fresh cricket balls are harder, more aerodynamic, and have more bounce; characteristics that can be exploited by fast-bowlers to devastating effect. As the ball gets more worn as the innings progresses, the next set of bowlers - usually "medium-pace" specialists - are brought on. Their bowling techniques will typically get more out of an aging ball than a fast-bowler can. As the ball gets softer and more worn, a third kind of bowler - typically "spin-bowlers" - take over, as their technique of spinning the ball works most effectively with an older ball's interaction with an "older" pitch. Eventually, the old ball will become so worn that it's replaced by a fresh one, and the fast-bowlers are brought on again. In test cricket, new balls are brought into play every 80 overs. It's not quite as rigid as that, but it's broadly the gist. The key take-away is that there are different styles of bowler, each with their own strengths, which may be deployed tactically depending on the conditions and how the game is going.

[@chrisholland7367]

Best international test match is between England and Australia otherwise known as the" Ashes "

[@gamersplatform1574]

These two are really minnows , used to be good teams but now they're minnows lol

[@krishmajumder1411]

@@gamersplatform1574 are u for real? Australia are still one of the best and England are nowhere near as good as they once were but by no means minnows!

[@sreeharie821]

That's only in the minds of English and Oz fans.

[@pranavgandhar4604]

See test rankings in recent 5 years😂

[@pranavgandhar4604]

😂most players in ashes struggles in chennai pitch in india It is not team,its about playerd who make team great Execept few names none of the english and australian players can survive on green and spinning track

[@fookdatchit4245]

Well done Sogal for sticking with cricket, I hope you get to like it. A very interesting game.

[@atherstone55]

Test cricket is still the best

[@gigabyte1739]

Cricket is a really nice game when you dive deep into it and most of the ardent followers of cricket always like Test form of cricket more than T-20 because that is where the beauty lies. Test is like a war played for 5 days with too much emotions and too much analysis and hardwork. T-20 has its own advantages though.

[@phillee2814]

Yeah, it makes money for already rich investors. It's not cricket, it is a corruption of the real sport and a business instead.

[@nedeast6845]

you summed it up brilliantly:) I think all cricket fans love any form of the game, but IPL is for amusement, Test cricket is for the true art, science, and heart of the game

[@cgxrabbit1033]

In test you put Ur body in lines. I was not much emotional about it but the border gavaskar trophy when The Aussies came with those bodyline bowling against Pujara,i realised what real cricket is. U need a heart to play

[@TechnoArpan]

Personally, test is much more fun to play than watch

[@jameshumphreys9715]

The laws of cricket explained by Stephen Fry is a good one to watch.

[@chrisshelley3027]

I really like your reaction to this video, you often seem to be embracing a certain aspect of another culture and then it's almost as though you pull the rug from under our feet and come down on the T20 (more American) side, it made me laugh when that happened, its still good that you are looking at cricket though, others have had a peek but certainly haven't gone into the depth which you are doing, oh, don't forget that Baseball is a British invention and a version of it is commonly played in the UK, but it is more for fun than as a serious sport. Thank you for the effort that you put in to finding out about the subjects that you post, I don't know of anyone else except for Jay Foreman who does so much research, it shows in what you post and the accompanying material, take care :)

[@Raven-fh2yy]

As far as watching a five day test match... most don't... they will watch when they can and the rest of the time the radio commentary is playing in their ear... I grew up in an era without any real live international tv broadcasts and I used to listen to test matches in England from Australia all night on my little transistor radio.

[@phillee2814]

yeah, it used to be that BBC2 was the cricket channel in the summer. Whole matches covered with news of others broadcast between overs and at lunch and tea breaks.

[@philipandrew1626]

"It covered a lot of the bases". There are no bases in cricket. Lol.

[@anonymous4531]

Cricket is the most popular sport in India and has been for years. No other sport match it's popularity in India but football,hockey, Kabaddi, badminton,etc are also fairly popular

[@ThirteenthOfFour]

Nothing like having Scarlett and Stephen Fry in the same video

[@changingclips]

From my experience you don't watch a whole Test match you dip in and out, and have it on in the background while doing other things. To go and watch you pick a day or two (out of the 5) when you hope you may see some good action, take a picnic and just enjoy the atmosphere and if you are lucky some cricket as well. If the cricket is a bit dull some a merry crowd can provide more entertainment. (certainly in England where there are no limits on alcohol consumption!!!). The Test format can be thrilling as there a lot of time invested in one game and there so many factors that can change and influence strategy. If you are looking to watch a game, one of the most exciting in recent years in the one day format is the 2019 World cup final between NZ and England. I don't know if you can get the whole game but highlights the "last over" is available on KZbin.

[@aravindraj9045]

Test cricket is the superior form of cricket. The Ashes is the Superior Sporting event.

[@msohrabalminhaj862]

A bowling Team have to use at least 5 bolwer. In T20, 20 over per innings/Team. Each bowler get maximum 4 over or 24 ball to pitch. Country here cricket is more popular than soccer (real football). -India, pakistan, Bangladesh, sri lanka, nepal, afganistan, Australia, new zeland, keniya, Papua new gunia, Carribean.

[@humanfirst2110]

Bhutan too

[@phillee2814]

South Africa is easily the best of the dozen or more African nations where it is popular.

[@msohrabalminhaj862]

@@phillee2814 a nation no need to be strong in a particular sports. Football is popular sports in greece, they never compete in wc.

[@krishmajumder1411]

@@phillee2814 Cricket in Africa is restricted to South Africa and Zimbabwe (the two full members) as well as Namibia. To some extent growing in Rwanda as well. It used to be flourishing in Kenya as well.... but now oh now it physically hurts to see the state of Kenyan cricket.

[@timspiers6225]

Few people can sit and watch a whole Test Match so luckily for us there is the radio. BBC Test Match Special has ball by ball comentary of the entire Match. So just make sure that you have a radio or that it is on in the car.

[@jeetroychowdhury5490]

Yes in india cricket is more popular than football.

[@direwolf7491]

Yes, you are right there are specialised bowlers. Each team have about 4-6 bowlers who switch between overs(6 legal balls). These bowlers will bowl about 10 overs each in a 50 over match.

[@davidcook7887]

Every country wants to beat England at all sports that England play. They up their game for it. This should make England better at all sports that England play. Strangely some sort of odd phenomena occurs that, after centuries, needs to get sorted out!

[@cvs0202]

Basically England invents the games, then let's the rest of the world get really good at that game.

[@fabulousaardvark4776]

Just watch the crowds for the Ashes in Australia this winter. 90000 Aussiestake a day. Just like they go to the golf/tennis for a day. Most world sports are not as specialised position centric as US football/baseball. Imagine the Mets pitcher batting at 3 or 1st base rotating positions with left field then shortstop. There are many highlight videos of great games/players in Test cricket which will show how the game is played. Anything from the 2005 Ashes will be good I suggest the 2nd Test where England won by 2 runs out of 1176 scored. Very tense finish.

[@brontewcat]

You won’t be seeing that many Australians watching the Ashes this year. Large parts of the country is still in lockdown, including Sydney and Melbourne. Even though many of the restrictions may have been lifted there will not be capacity crowds as the authorities will be encouraging physical distancin

[@antonyhobbs1144]

A five day Test match is divided into three sessions per day the morning session at 11 am until lunch at 1 pm ( lunch 40 minutes ). The afternoon session from lunch until tea at around 3:40 pm ( tea 20 minutes ) . The final session from tea to the end of the day's play usually between 6 - 6:30 pm ( this depends on how many over have been bowled that day )

[@DrDaveW]

If the bowler was directly inline he would fall over the wickets. Tea - cucumber sandwiches (no crusts), little sausage rolls, vol-au-vents, Victoria sponge cake.

[@nicksykes4575]

What he didn,t explain is, at the end of an over, another bowler bowls at the other batsman at the opposite set of stumps. When his over is finished, the first bowler has another over from his end of the pitch. This is called a bowlers spell, and lasts until the captain decides to replace him with a third bowler. Most teams have 4or5 good bowlers but most of the rest are adequate. Btw the first international match was between the USA and Canada in 1844.

[@sampeeps3371]

Cricket is like a religion in India. they like volleyball and hockey too. But Cricket has no equal there

[@vaudevillian7]

I liken a test match to a Baseball series, even though that’s mostly 3 games, but given there’s sometimes double-headers within it it’s not dissimilar to how you might approach going to watch a Test Match

[@aravindraj9045]

I take days off to watch test cricket and its absolutely worth it!

[@PFNel]

There's an excellent channel called Cricket for Americans. The two presenters, Nick and Gabe, have been learning about cricket for approximately the last two years. And you know what? Now that they know a lot about the game, they still say that test cricket is their favorite format.

[@shreyaskalnad970]

after understanding cricket for 2 years, they are now doing a video for other americans explaining ‘what is cricket’, ‘rules explained’ etc 😁 super cool 👌

[@barna_de]

Correct about substitute bowlers. For example, in 50 over match, one bowler can bowl a maximum of 10 overs none of which can be consecutive. And most teams have like 4 designated bowlers and then a 5th position that can be bowled by an all-rounder who is someone who is good at both batting and bowling.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

A cricket team consists of 6 batting specialists and 5 or 6 bowlers. Usually the two best batsmen bat first, as they're expected to score the most runs. There's usually one batsman who is also a decent bowler and is classed an all-rounder. Each bowler will have a different technique eg spin, pace, slow. Two bowlers will bowl alternate overs for a length of time, then the captain gives them a rest while two other bowlers take over. The condition of the pitch or ground (area between the two wickets) can critically influence the bowlers' efforts to get the batsman out. I suggest you look at some slow motion footage of how the ball travels through the air once it's left the bowler's hand. Fascinating.

[@Impactor07]

When's the next vid coming? Love these reactions btw.

[@25dimensionsfrancis42]

Fast bowlers can take a long straight run but spin bowlers come in at an ngle.

[@lachlanmyers7301]

In cricket everyone has to bat but not everyone has to bowl. There are pace bowlers (varieties of fast and medium) and spin bowlers, there is a wicket keeper (similar to a catcher in baseball) batters and all-rounders. Wicket keepers have the role of wicket keeping and most modern keepers are expected to be good batters as well. Batters may sometimes bowl (depends how bored or desperate the captain is as they choose the bowler for each over) but their main role is to be good at scoring runs. There are opening batters (they are the 2 that will start the innings) and middle order batters which generally bat between 3rd and 6th with the keeper normally being 7th. All-rounders are the only players that are expected to be good at both batting and bowling, some may bowl spin while others may bowl pace. All-rounders aren't overly common there's normally only 1 or 2 in a team as they take the spot of a batter or bowler and generally they aren't as good as someone who specialises in those roles. Pace bowlers are normally quite tall and wicket keepers are generally quite short but there are some players that don't fit the typical build and for spin bowlers and batters it doesn't really matter how tall they are as height can provide pros and cons in those roles

[@allenwilliams1306]

The field can be any shape or size, and is rarely oval. It is rarely level, it can have bumps, ridges, or crowns in it: there may even be the occasional tree. Obviously, it is the same for both sides, and that is all that matters. Bowlers are specialists, and are broadly of three types: fast bowlers (they have a straight run-up and try to deceive the batsman by pace, or sometimes un-nerve them by targeting their body); swing bowlers (medium pace with straight or slightly oblique run-ups who try to deceive by getting the ball to move from side-to-side in the air, a bit more slowly, and with more variation in speed and direction); spin bowlers, who have short run-ups (often only a few paces and concealed from the batsman behind the umpire) who bowl slowly, but get the ball to move unexpectedly off the bounce. However, bowlers only have six consecutive deliveries (the over), then another bowler has an over from the other end of the wicket, the first bowler taking up a fielding position. A bowler will usually have a “spell”, during which they return every other over for a period of time, determined by the team Captain. Attacking bowling takes place when the fielding side is primarily trying to get wickets. Defensive bowling is when the primary objective is to make it difficult for the batting side to score runs. Anybody on the fielding side is allowed to bowl (except the 12th man, or substitute, who can only field). The wicket keeper almost never does, though, because he is all padded up for close catching, and somebody else would have to pad up to take his place, were he to bowl. Limited overs cricket is perversion. 50 overs games have some limited interest, but T20 is vile: I would never watch it, let alone pay to see it.

[@glastonbury4304]

You have a number of bowlers each specialising in a particular type of bowling like fast bowlers, spinners, medium pace etc etc

[@grahamjeffries1058]

A team of 11 usually consists of 6 batsmen, 1 wicketkeeper (wears the pads behind the stumps (wicket)) and 4 bowlers. ALL of the 11 bat but the best batsmen start the innings. A score of 100 runs by a batsman is considered a milestone. Only 10 batsman need to get out as there needs to be 2 batsmen in the middle at a time. A bowler bowls 6 balls (an over) from 1 end then another bowler bowls 6 balls from the other end. A captain can place fieldsmen anywhere on the field in Test matches (up to 5 days). There are restrictions in T20 and T50 games A score of 4/150 is 4 wickets out and 150 runs scored. A team must choose when to be aggressive in their hitting according to the number of batsmen out and the runs scored otherwise their side might be ALL bowled out with a low score that the opposition can easily chase. Hope that helps.

[@Edd25164605]

An American and Cricket?. Wasn't gonna miss this ha ha

[@iainmalcolm9583]

A 5 day test match sounds long but the baseball World Series lasts between 4 and 7 days (last year was 6)

[@phillee2814]

Or the NHL final, which has taken Lord Stanley's Challenge Cup to hand around.

[@brucelamberton8819]

In non-limited overs cricket (i.e. Tests) a bowler can bowler as many overs as they are physically capable. The only rule is they can't bowl two consecutive overs. So you need to have a minimum of two bowlers, one bowling from each end.

[@tarudaneditz]

Here in India.. football is a game... While cricket is a religion.

[@annieaussie9161]

Cricket is virtually a religion in India and their players are treated like gods. I am a cricket tragic and have even designed my pool area so I can watch every minute on the pool TV. I can swim one lap between balls when the spin bowlers are on, two laps when the quicks are bowling and four laps between balls when England is bowling, regardless of how fast the bowler is.

[@gamersplatform1574]

Not really Gods 😂 but ya vety big celebrities

[@malcomflibbleghast8140]

every player can bat and bowl. but each team tends to have specialist batsmen and special bowlers.....normally 4 of each. all roounders are rare.

[@tabariecalderon5993]

Check out the Caribbean T20 tournament called CPL

[@andrewclayton4181]

I don't know a lot about cricket, but I know it is full of subtleties. Bowlers have different qualities, some are fast, some apply spin, others pitch the bounce in awkward places. The captain of the team will select the bowler he thinks will have the best chance of getting the batsman out. But he can't keep using the same man as he will get tired. A great deal of thought has to be applied, especially on the long test matches. He will also vary the position of the fielders, their positions are not absolutely fixed.

[@jandrewhill63]

Try and find a crictket video from the recent hundred tournament. Even shorter than T20. And a ladies league ran in parallel. The Birmingham Phoenix semi final game was spectacular

[@phillee2814]

How appalling. I mean, they can play games like that, but like T20, it is not real cricket, and they should find a name of their own, like ADHC - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Cricket.

[@jandrewhill63]

@@phillee2814 the hundred is a good intro to cricket to learn the basics, but I love test cricket as well, with the gradual ramping up of tension over five days. The nuances intrigue me still. And it's so funny when you have an exciting draw after five days !

[@williecoulter1091]

BTW It was an australia named Kerry Packer who was behind the start one day cricket at the time it caused an uproar !

[@rocketrabble6737]

The bowler cannot bowl from the 'exact' middle of the pitch because that is where the wicket is and the bowler's end umpire stands a short way behind that wicket. The bowler can bowl from either side of the wicket but cannot make contact with that wicket as he/she runs up to bowl and it is not in his or her interests to block the view of the umpire. What the video glosses over is that at the end of an over of six legal deliveries by bowler #1 a different bowler (#2) will bowl the next over from the OTHER end of the pitch; the wicket-keeper has to go to the other end and in general terms the fielders rearrange themselves 180 degrees to fit the change of end. At the end of this over the #1 bowler can bowl again from the original end. The number of overs bowled by individual bowlers varies according to type. A fast bowler with a long run up may only ball 4-8 overs in a spell before taking a break from bowling. A slow bowler might bowl 10, 12, 16 overs assuming he/she is bowling well and the captain is happy with what is being bowled. A common formula for traditional cricket teams would be something like 6 specialist batsmen, a wicket-keeper/batsman, and 4 specialist bowlers; say 3 quicker bowlers and a slow spinner. Ideally for an even better balance you would have an all-rounder who is skilled in batting and bowling; these players, if successful, are particularly highly-valued; but as the the expression has it; 'they don't grow on trees.'

[@ianp1986]

With the bowling, it depends on the form of cricket. In limited overs, a bowler can only bowl a certain number where as in a test it’s unlimited. 2 bowlers alternate between overs. Generally spin bowlers can bowl for a longer spell at a time than fast bowlers because they’re not running in etc

[@williamwelbourn7932]

Test cricket is still the impiric value of the game. Most modern players will say it's the thing they aspire to. I love all forms of the game but grew up on test cricket. I was there when Dennis Lillee broke the world record for test wickets in 1981 at the MCG, the roar of the crowd was unbelievable.

[@darrellpowell6042]

Baseball derived from TWO English games. Rounders and Cricket. Both games were brought over by the English who created the 13 colonies. US citizens can't erase their British roots that easy from history, as they try to do so everyday.

[@carlosbernard8859]

You missed so great Champions League football matches today. Love this cricket video too.

[@dylankeville1026]

A bowler when in the batting line up are in the low down order and won’t score many runs usually as they aren’t especially good at batting but good at getting people out

[@LJSpit]

With Test Cricket you can go and watch the game, watch it on TV or online, hear it on radio and or keep up with the scores on radio/online. As a batsman (one of the eleven players) could be in for more than one day (depending on how good they are) very large score can in runs can be made in an innings. So you can follow the game at any time, watch replays (these days) to see the highlights. It is a very strategic and tactical match. Hoe you enjoy it. We are crazy for it here is Australia. ;-)

[@martingibbs1179]

This year there was a cricket tournament in the UK called 'the hundred' which had an Americanised feel to it and I believe was considered a commercial success. It was nice and short but the play style in a short game is completely different to the style in a test game. Very few people actually watch all of a test match most people just either go for a day or tune in occasionally to keep apprised of the score.

[@michaelgoodman7410]

I would also add that generally you would have the test match on the radio in the background while you were doing other things (work, gardening, washing the car). The commentary on the radio is more of a conversation this is interspersed with updates on the score and state of play. In the US you can find the commentary via the BBC KZbin channel (get to it via bbc.co.uk/cricket when there is a game on).

[@humanfirst2110]

100 is ruining cricket

[@dalehogan1038]

Tea breaks in cricket is like morning tea at work. To help you understand how cricket is played it's best to forget about baseball as it may have somethings similar to cricket, like getting caught out can have many ways you may not be caught out, etc. To help you understand how cricket is played it might pay to google how it's played as that can give you a more comprehensive explanation on how cricket is played, how to score runs, how innings are played, about the bowlers, batsmen, the positions played, how the ground they play on is marked out. You may not know all the rules of baseball but not many people other than players know all the rules of cricket, myself included. Once you get a better understanding of how the game is played the more you will enjoy it.

[@angelovas5227]

Watch the highlights of a game ,maybe u'll connect the missing dots😀

[@Feargal011]

As an ex-bowler (medium pace left arm swing), the oblique angle taken to the crease - The Line Beyond Which You Must Not Bowl (or you will get a No-Ball penalty) gives better chance to swing the ball towards the batsman (sorry - we don't have a better word - yet) or away from her/him. Angling the ball is designed to force the batsman to defend the wicket or tempt him/her to swing at it outside the line of the stumps. Either way, it gives a chance for an edge off the bat so the batsman may be caught out. I should really include a glossary.

[@philippahusain7778]

I'm a test cricket gal myself. x

[@mtk3755]

Aye good to see people liking test more

[@Mundarapilly]

Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI), the governing body of Indian Cricket is the most wealthiest and influential cricket board in the world. It is so influencial that there was a recent controversy when BCCI told foreign players not to play in a league conducted by Pakistan in 'Pakistan Occupied Kashmir'(POK). And they were warned, if they play in the league, they would not be allowed to participate in any kind of Cricket realated programs in India. And all the players who were to play stepped back.

[@starrynight1657]

I remember there was a dispute with the Commonwealth Games. Some shooting sport isn't on the list of compulsory sports for the games and the organisers in Britain didn't opt for it. An Indian official threatened to pull their whole team out of the games completely unless it was staged. Eventually they compromised and India was to hold the shooting in India, while the rest of the games took place in Britain.

[@waynec3563]

Substitutes are not allowed to bat or bowl, unless they are the concussion substitute. Substitutes are only allowed to field.

[@lachlanmyers7301]

In limited overs matches bowlers are capped at 20% of the total innings. For example in a T20 Match bowlers can't bowl more than 4 overs each and in a 50 over 1 day match bowlers can't bowl more than 10 overs each. In test cricket there is no limit for how many over they can bowl but they can't bowl 2 overs in a row

[@leegodsar]

hi SoGal this may interest you the film is historical Bodyline is an Australian 1984 television miniseries which dramatised the events of the 1932-1933 English Ashes cricket tour of Australia. if you don't see this you will regret it.

[@leegodsar]

body line 1984 episode 1 on youtube

[@mrgyani]

No bowlers are speciality players in cricket too. Most teams need ~5 bowlers who must be rotated after every over.

[@marklawson656]

Cricket the second most popular sport in the world

[@ajs41]

A few facts: 1. Cricket and baseball were about as popular as each other in the United States until about 1900, which was obviously a long time after the US became independent from the UK, so the colonial thing probably isn't an explanation for that. 2: Test cricket is still a profitable business in England, Australia and a few other countries, particularly when the best teams and players are playing each other. Pakistan vs India will get big crowds, for instance. 3. People say 5 day cricket is a bit silly, but they forget that golf tournaments also take place over many days.

[@davidwright7193]

If the bowler was directly in front of the batsman they would fall over the stumps at the other end. Bowlers bowl in one of 2 delivery styles over the wicket where the delivery arm is on the stump side of your body or around the wicket where the delivery comes from the arm furthest from the stumps. When you come in to bat or when the bowler changes the umpire will tell you what is going to be coming at you (eg right arm over) to allow you to choose your guard (where on the crease you stand) and adjust any sight screens (big white/black panels that give a good background to see the ball against) appropriately. What the ball does in the air or off the pitch that is for the bowler to know and you to find out. Bowling is a specialised role, more so than baseball. A side will usually want at least 4 bowlers in the 11 and those will be a mix of different styles probably 3 fast and one slow and the 3 fast bowlers will be different as well in if and how they move the ball in the air (swing) or off the pitch (seam). There is even more variety in slow (spin) bowlers but it is quite rare to see more than one in a team outside India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka. For a good team you will also hope to have an all rounder, a player who both bowls and bats but genuine all rounders (one who scores more runs per wicket than they concede) are rare so often even Test sides don’t have one. At least 5 members of the team are chosen just for their batting and the 11th man will be a wicket keeper (the only specialist fielder). If you don’t have an all rounder for a limited overs game you will need a 5th bowler (probably a 4th fast(ish) bowler) for a single or double innings game you will take a 6th batsman.

[@markwilliamson2864]

That was a fun intro, sorry to hear YT blocked your original video, how annoying.

[@stephenparker6362]

Hi, I've already put in a lengthy comment on Patreon so won't repeat it here. A very enjoyable video and a very useful summary of cricket. Once you get used to it its not as complicated as it may seem.

[@mikelavoie8410]

Shame about needing to re-edit. It seems that KZbin's standards are either completely arbitrary, or more likely, 100% automated with no human input. A video I was really looking forward to from another creator got blocked for including *public domain* NASA footage that was used in some BBC documentary 30 years ago. "Any objection is overruled!"

[@bushchat28d]

OK - team players in cricket. Eleven players per side, one is the designated WICKET KEEPER - the equivalent of the baseball catcher, they stand behind the stumps and retrieve every ball that batsmen fail to hit. Wicket Keepers very rarely bowl, but as everyone else in the side, they do have to bat. Then we have players who are good at batting (BATSMEN) and do nothing else, players that are good at bowling (BOWLERS) and do nothing else and some players who are competent at both skills, who are deemed ALL ROUNDERS - they can bat and bowl. When a team is fielding/bowling, balls are delivered in sets of six, called an over. Though technically every person within the fielding side CAN bowl, its usually only those who can do it really well and there's typically four or five in each side. So a team may comprise six batsmen, a wicket keeper and four bowlers. Overs are bowled from alternate ends of the pitch initially by, say, bowler A and bowler B. After a while, say half a dozen overs each, these bowlers may be replaced by bowlers C and D but they can return at any time to bowl again. In TEST cricket there is no limit to the number of overs an individual can bowl and in some innings, bowlers may be called upon to bowl 20, 30 or even 40 overs. In limited over cricket, bowlers can only bowl a maximum of four overs in a 20-overs match, or 10 overs in a 50-overs match - both of those variants of the game are completed in one day. Test match cricket is the hardest, lasting potentially up to the end of the maximum allowed five days. :-) OH - and cricket in INDIA and PAKISTAN is GIGANTIC!

[@CARLOS62B]

T-20 is too short for cricket .. but it makes it exciting to watch. Yes` Test Cricket is the best for sure ... but County Cricket is rather good too. If you want to see Good cricket .. just watch any overseas team play .... India or West Indies .... Bangladesh or Jamaica are just a few of the great teams that spring to mind for great entertainment.

[@huwgriffith1138]

In India cricket and hockey is huge. Some grounds in India hold 100,000 fans.

[@harshg1536]

A team consist of balance number of specialized batsman(hitters in baseball) , bowlers(pitchers) and all rounders who can do both but are mostly very good in one category and alright in other(except very few who are very good in both)

[@peterrivet648]

For really fast, intense cricket there is nothing to beat the informal version played on the street in India. I've seen it in Kolkata and it was a world away from the formal version we have in the UK.

[@rowansimpson6558]

There are designated positions within in the eleven. Often, in a test match, a team will have six batsmen, a wicketkeeper and four bowlers. Each bowler will bowl throughout the match.

[@pinkskud1]

We don't watch the 5 day test matches, we check the score on the radio every couple of hours.

[@stephenlee5929]

Hi, I think something you are missing when looking at cricket vs baseball is the pitch (ground/field). Forgive my ignorance but does it make much difference in baseball where you play? In cricket it does, some pitches are good for fast bowling (often West Indies and Australia), some are good for Medium Pace with Swing (England) and some are best for Slow with Spin (India). I get the impression that a good pitcher plays as well at any field? Not so for Bowlers. You asked about do all players have to Bowl, no. All player bat. Its very rare that all a players will bowl, as a minimum a team must have 2 bowlers in alder to alternate them, in limited overs games (T20 or 40/50/60 overs games) there is a limit on the number of overs each bowler can deliver, this means a team must have 5 bowlers, most players 'can' bowl.

[@gazlator]

To answer your question about bowlers; yes, in theory you could just keep swapping a pair of bowlers at either end of the pitch after each over - and that does in fact tend to happen for long spells. But bowling is a hard, physical effort, and after a while, you'll almost certainly want to give another "fresh" bowler a go. You should ideally have at least three or for experienced bowlers in your team in order to give them all a spell at bowling.

[@tonyholmes198]

Hello again. Baseball was originally based on the English game of rounders, so again like the language you speak it was imported from England 👍

[@RobertWhittaker1]

Technically anybody can bowl, but in reality it is specialist. In one day/t20 you have to have 5 people bowl, but not in 5 day cricket. But the reality is you can't bowl all day. So yes a player does swap back in alternate overs, so 2 bowlers will bowl multiple overs between them. Then one or both will be swapped out for a set of overs. Then they normally swap back.

[@seriozha3254]

Test cricket is the true test of cricket players. it's not like we sit and watch the full match all five days. 1 day has around 8 hours of play. I just check the scores from time to time and if it starts to get interesting, I watch it for few hours. 1 day of test cricket has 3 sessions of 2 hours each. The 3rd session gets extended to 2-3 hrs coz 90 overs needs to be bowled in 1 day and if sun sets u can't play. If ur in the stadium, it's like a picnic. U have to take a day off to watch test cricket. But most of test cricket is scheduled to include weekends. It's fun.

[@donepearce]

There will be several bowlers on the team, each with a speciality. Fast bowlers, spinners, swing bowlers - all sorts.

[@oldman1734]

Don’t forget baseball (first reference 1744) was invented in England as well as most other sports. And is still played by children and now known as Rounders.

[@joealyjim3029]

Yes cricket is more popular in India, its absolutely huge over there. Theyre very good at it as well, from 2016-2020 they topped the ICC ranking for test teams.