American Reacts to the Rules of Cricket - Explained!

[@SoGal_YT]

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[@matthewr9506]

Crease is where the batter stands, 41 wickets, or outs. 646 Leg bys, 199 runs four outs

[@robbeaman3542]

You should react to Freddie Flintoff.. One of the greatest British cricket players/bowlers.

[@robbeaman3542]

And they point out the crease at 9:59. It's written in the picture.

[@michaeldruce3288]

Don't get too hung up about the rules, they will come with time. Can I suggest watching a few videos of cricket, especially the hard fought matches between England and Australia. You will enjoy them! Oh yes try and watch the bowling of Shayne Warne, probably the greatest Aussie bowler of all time.

[@Samanimeeditor]

I play cricket daily 🥰🥰🥰🥰🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 cricket is love cricket is life cricket is 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 india

[@DrDaveW]

The wickets are 66 feet (22 yards) apart. It’s the camera angle that makes it look less.

[@Emmet_Moore]

A chain!

[@andrewlemonshark3614]

Four Rods

[@barrygower6733]

@@andrewlemonshark3614 …poles or perches…

[@andrewlemonshark3614]

Got me Barry, I'd have to Google that and not sure that's in the spirit of this chat...

[@ftumschk]

I loved cricket as a kid, and used to practise spin-bowling in the street with a tennis ball, and the lamp-post outside my house was the "stumps". I thought I was pretty good, until I encountered a full-sized pitch at secondary school. I'd seriously under-estimated how far the bowler had to launch the ball, and my finely-honed technique (or so I thought) ended up counting for nothing!

[@ftumschk]

The term "crease" comes from the early practice of marking the batsman's "home" position by making a scratch-mark in the turf; essentially, making a "crease" in the ground. Later, it became conventional to mark the pitch with white lines using quicklime or special white paint.

[@flamingfrancis]

You have confused two different functions. Firstly, there are in fact three "creases" as defined in the Laws of the game. The outermost crease is the bowling crease the centre of which is where the wickets / stumps are located. There is a "return" crease at the side which defines the widest point a bowler can legally bowl from. The batsperson bats on the "popping" crease. What you identified is what a batsman does to take "centre" of their batting stance. If the batsperson so desires they can take their stnce to cover whichever stump(s) desired.

[@ftumschk]

@@flamingfrancis No - I'm not talking about the grooves made by batsmen scraping the ground to centre their batting stance. A couple of centuries ago, the pitch itself was marked by making "creases" in the turf, before they decided to use lime/paint. Besides, I really didn't want to complicate matters by bringing in such arcane concepts as return creases and popping creases. They evolved later, as did the laws of the game. My aim here was to establish why the term "crease" came to be used in the first place, and I did that.

[@ftlpope]

Interestingly I heard Joe Root say last year that his players needed to to 'step up to the plate.' Also said by one of the Hundred TV commentators.

[@rocketrabble6737]

I just use white emulsion diluted; I don't want it to last forever!

[@danpatterson2633]

It’s great how you make a concerted effort to actually understand the rules, I really love that

[@citizenkane4831]

Learn the rules? They are so complecated so it´s worth start a war instead than learning them. Watch Pool instead. That´s perfect watching if you have difficult to sleep.

[@poko60]

@@citizenkane4831 it always is funny when people say cricket rules are compliacted. I've watched a lot of sports and I understand it pretty much in a day. Baseball, football, hockey... The sheer ignorance to learn Cricket in Americans comes from their close mindedness, they think anything they're not atoned to is just weird...

[@mtk3755]

@@poko60 yeah it's not that complicated you know that when even kids know about it. But that's a fact though that cricket rules would be challenging for people who aren't introduced to the rules before and watch other sports that don't have so many rules. Even people who play don't know the rules many times because the keep changing and you're confused.

[@bhavyasharma3224]

@@citizenkane4831 I don't think cricket rules are that difficult . I use to watch cricket cause my father loves to watch cricket and I understood all Rules when i was 6 years old . I love watching cricket 🏏 not only me All the people in India are crazy about cricket

[@rohanmarkjay]

@@poko60 They don't play it in America jackass. Why should they bother to learn something they are not exposed to? I don't think they are closed minded I am sure many would learn it and enjoy it if they were exposed to it. I live in England, there is sheer ignorance amongst most UK people (Most follow soccer and other sports) to learn Cricket. So if there is sheer ignorance to Cricket in England itself. Its a bit of a stretch to expect Americans to learn it. In England they actually play Cricket in the summer and the sport is struggling here because most people follow football and in many cases actually diss cricket. Making a lot of Cricket fans in England keep a low profile because they would be rediculed if they found they were Cricket fans. Thats how it really is England for Cricket.

[@davidhill3542]

Your guess at the graphics was really good for someone new to the game

[@alanmccartney3922]

Also even after five days, test matches can end in a draw. However if the scores are tight on that last day (session) the game can produce the most tense moments of any sport.

[@mikeyhau]

A match can even end in a tie rather than a draw. More cricket confusion.

[@poko60]

@@mikeyhau A tie is when both teams score the same runs, in a tournament format where a win is needed they play a tie breaker like many other sports. A draw is when both teams cannot compete for some reasons. But I've not seen a cricket draw in a long time, the matches are either delayed or played at a different date. Never ends in a draw these days

[@barney992]

But if some game time is lost to weather or anything, up to an hour can be added to a day if a chance of a result . but in about 90 overs or about 7 hours per day their is 3/4 hour for lunch . 1/2 hour for afternoon tea and a small break between them decided by umpires . One test in Sri Lanka in 17 or 1800's went for 9 days , then only stopped because the boat had to leave.

[@davidwright7193]

@@poko60 Drawn games are still very common in test, first class and single innings formats. It just means that the game hasn’t finished in the allotted time. You can’t get a draw in a limited overs match unless a game is washed out by the weather. In a test you can have 5 full days play and still not finish 2 full innings a side or get a result. To get a tie both teams must have the same score after the game is finished.

[@davidwright7193]

Particularly when you have ten to get with the last man in

[@peterwebb7133]

Cricket doesn’t have rules. It has laws. Same thing in practice, but very important terminology to use.

[@oscarsusan3834]

Down the rabbit hole we go. Definitely the best ,most convoluted , intro ever and it said it all.

[@LKeogh-mc8fk]

Best to keep watching vids on cricket and you’ll pick it up, it’s called test cricket as it’s mentally and physically testing as it lasts 5 days , in my opinion it’s the best format

[@markmorris7123]

Yep,, by far the best.. But not easy for a casual to get into.

[@farhaan8260]

Yeah just came from watching ENG vs IND. What a test match Could go till last ball

[@Markus117d]

I've always thought Test cricket, Was because it was a test of the participant nations teams..

[@johnleonard9090]

@@markmorris7123 there’s always test match special to listen to 😛

[@stu2333]

Absolutely 👍

[@davidmurphy2903]

It's called 'Test Cricket' because it is a test of all that makes a cricketer, especially endurance. Additionally, cricket, like football, is an international game. The ultimate goal for sports people in most of the world is to play for their country. The progression in cricket goes like this. Play your heart out for your local team to get selected by a big club Play your heart out for your club to try to get selected for your state/province/county Then play with everything in you to gain selection to play for your country. This is the main reason it's called Test Cricket. A player might perform well against his or her compatriots domestically, but how will they perform against the best players of another country? The best way to find out is to select those performing the best in your domestic competitions (best bowlers, batters, fielders) and 'Test' them against the best players of another country.

[@fossy4321]

There must be two batsmen because if one run is scored the batsmen have changed ends, and now the second batsman is defending the wicket the ball is being bowled to. And yes the "crease" is the long white line in front of the wickets, I really like your videos, keep them coming.

[@hasibalfuad9652]

Discovered you from Football videos. You are learning cricket now! Love from Bangladesh.

[@grahamstrong995]

Greetings from Elgin, Scotland where we are one of the few teams in history to have bowled an opposing team out for 0 runs. You seemed to have picked this up very quickly - just a couple of points though: that hox is actually made up of a number of creases it gets a bit complicated so best to remember that the batsman is considered 'in' they get past the line drawn across the wicket (about 3 feet in front of the stumps). The pitch or wicket (the bit between the stumps) is 22 yards long. The batsman can stand where he likes - I typically stand a foot or so out of my crease but a batsman would stand with his back foot 'in' the crease when facing a slow or spin bowler to avoid the chance of being stumped. Thanks for taking the time to learn the greatest game ever played..!

[@toddavis8151]

A cricket ball is cork covered in leather and is very hard. Sadly Australian batsman Philip Hughes was actually killed when he was hit in the neck by a quick delivery

[@gary.h.turner]

Just to note: in cricket, the singular of "innings" is (weirdly) "innings", not "inning" like it is in baseball. So, in test cricket, for example, each team plays a "first innings" and a "second innings".

[@nicksykes4575]

I think your getting confused. When the first over is bowled and they switch ends, the first batsman isn,t finished. A different bowler bowls 6 balls to his team-mate. Then the original bowler bowls another 6 balls to him. They carry on like this, switching ends every 6 balls until one of them is judged out in one of those 10 ways. then the next batsman replaces him. So a complete innings is when 10 of the 11 batsmen are out. (remember a batsman can,t be on his own).

[@stevehendon4076]

9 ways....you can't be timed out if you are at the crease 😊😎

[@nicksykes4575]

@@stevehendon4076 Yea, I said 10 cause that,s what it said in the commentary. If I had said 9 it would of just added to the confusion.

[@stevehendon4076]

@@nicksykes4575 We like confusion 🤯

[@sangfroidian5451]

Good luck with understanding the names of the fielding positions, if you ever get that far!! :D

[@experimentnation3612]

Facts 😂

[@hasibalfuad9652]

That's a silly point you made mate! :D

[@anthonynicholson5193]

@@hasibalfuad9652 I'm glad you slipped that on in. 😂

[@stevehendon4076]

Bad cricket jokes....you're all long off😎

[@stevehendon4076]

I think my wife likes cricket because the other night I heard her talking to a friend about a third man 🤣🤣🤣😎

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

The front line in front of the stumps is " The crease "

[@johnmcgurn8921]

Hi SoGal, I really admire you taking on the game of cricket although the video you were watching is not the best I have seen explaining the rules. I’ve seen a video based on graphics rather than live action which is easier to understand although you have made an excellent job of grasping the basics. Well done!

[@kingspeechless1607]

The oldest format of cricket is not test matches. A test match is an international game between two national teams, e.g England vs Australia. Before tests were ever played starting with Australia vs England in 1877 there was English domestic club cricket and then the organised English County Championship which now has 18 'first-class' county teams that ultimately supply the players that are selected to represent the national team. There are domestic first class teram structures in the other major cricketing nations. To qualify as 'first class' a game must be played between two teams of 11, they play two innings each in the game (if needed) over either 3 or 4 days and it must be conducted under the official laws of cricket. Test cricket is played up to a limit of 5-days. A day consists of three sessions of two hours each.

[@DJJ212]

Cricket is an amazing game! Just a note on an inaccuracy in the video, referring to one of the ways to get out. "Hit Wicket" is not when the batsman hits the other set of stumps after he plays a shot. Hit Wicket is simpler than that; it's when you hit your own wickets with your bat. In the example given in the video, the batsman at the other end CANNOT be out, unless the bowler manages to touch the ball as it comes back to him off the bat. If this happens, it's a run out, as explained in the video, as the non-striker batsman is out of his crease. Great job on figuring it out! Best way to learn is to watch it, and you'll soon pick it up.

[@geoffpoole483]

Cricket is mainly played in England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, and the Indian sub-continent where the game is HUGE. Famous cricketers past and present include Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Ian Botham, Viv Richards, Imran Khan and Steve Smith. England and Australia contest a series called the Ashes. In the 1930's England adopted a controversial bowling technique known as "bodyline" which really upset Australia to the extent that politicians got involved. You might find the game of rugby (both league and union) worth reacting to. Both forms of the game are very physical.

[@jonathanhalloran8807]

The fact that Americans know nothing about cricket while Aussies, English and Indians know everything about baseball speaks volumes about America

[@rohanmarkjay]

Aussies, English and Indian don't know everything about baseball. They have heard of it maybe the famous teams like New York Yankees and LA Dodgers but thats about it there knowledge of Baseball. I understand Aussies know a bit about baseball. Thats because American sports are very popular in Australia. However most English people and Indians are clueless about baseball. Even though American culture food, movies, music etc is popular in both countries. I don't understand your comment. Why should they follow Cricket if they have their own sports over there. Your comment that Aussies, English and Indians know everything about baseball is just stupid and not true. Go to England or India and you could live your entire life in either country and not come across a game of baseball. In Australia they play a bit of Baseball but it still be rare for you to run into one. So your comment just is just stupid. Probably says volumes about you and the type of person you are.

[@macroman52]

And the fact that baseball is played by some teenage school-kids in Australia.

[@ricklorimer9984]

@@macroman52 I've met all 3 of them.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Yanks are a vacuum of anything remotely relates to knowing anything. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

​@@macroman52You mean T ball not baseball

[@michaeljg67]

From an Australian cricket fan ... that was entertaining, well done!

[@tarifulsajid4349]

Qr

[@markschwartzkopff7442]

I thought it was excruciating. They need to have an expert there answering all the stupid questions immediately.

[@johnwelford1580]

Cricket is mainly played in former member countries of the British Empire, but has spread beyond them in more recent years.

[@guyellory784]

The oldest International cricket match took place in New York between the America and Canada in 1844, 20 years before the civil war. Cricket was very popular in the US at one time.

[@tonybravado9993]

Why/when did it become unpopular?

[@akshat_khare]

I think people got biased against cricket for being English . Baseball got to be considered as patriotic . Maybe same thing happened with tea .

[@tonybravado9993]

@cricketexplained8526 Thank you for your answer.

[@NikhileshSurve7428]

​@@tonybravado9993I'd consider 2 or 3 main reasons for it. Baseball was increasingly promoted as American made & therefore seen patriotic to play it as opposed to Cricket being a remnant of British Imperialism even though baseball too was brought to US from England by English immigrants. Professionalism wasn't encouraged in Cricket, in fact professional players were looked down upon in Cricket, same problem existed with Rugby which eventually led to the Union & League split. Baseball on the other hand encouraged professionalism making it an easy decision for athletes to switch sport. Then in 1909 ICC was formed (then Imperial Cricket Conference, now International Cricket Council) who banned membership for countries not in the British Empire which hurt Cricket activities in countries like US, Argentina, etc where Club Cricket was doing well & US was said to have a national team good enough to beat even some English County teams.

[@ravisabi]

You understood much more than anyone tried in first attempt.

[@tymmjupp1510]

Test cricket is so-called because it is meant to be the supreme "test" of the player's skill, technique, commitment, stamina and fitness.

[@ss14111429]

Test cricket is the toughest form of cricket perhaps the best format. There are many cricket players that are famous, in fact each country that plays cricket has produced some genius players.

[@alfmalf3310]

The oldest international cricket match was USA against Canada at the St. George’s cricket club New York in 1844

[@ParsleyParsnipsGaming]

In terms of innings it's bowlers not batters. You can keep batting until you're out in theory.

[@nigelhamilton815]

The 5 day Test Match is a version of sport and a social occssion. The antics of the fans are often a integral part of the event. Most people just attend for one day out of the 5.

[@adrianhughes8143]

I played Cricket at Secondary School and it's a great game to play and the rules to play the game is so easy to understand. Score is called Runs NOT points. The player behind with the gloves is called a Wicket Keeper. You stand in the box which is called the Crease. The best International teams are England, India, Australia, Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh, New Zealand plus others. 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@dresdyn100]

It's the angle of the camera that makes the "pitch" or batting/bowling area look so short, side on it's a lot longer. From memory, from the pitcher's mound to the home plate is around 18m or about 60ft. The distance between the stumps (wooden things) is 20.12m or 22yds. So great to see you wanting to learn about cricket! It'll take a while.

[@iamphull]

Crease is that long white line ahead of stumps..so a batter has to get over that white line while running..

[@aplund]

This is definitely one of the more thoughtful reactions to cricket out there.

[@aplund]

@Aarshey Tripathi A very Indian question. Yes, Swedish.

[@mtk3755]

@@aplund I had the same question and you know why 😅 I'm glad you are not hailing from Indian subcontinent or ppl would mock nonstop😅

[@brontewcat]

Actually cricket was very popular in the US pre Civil War (according to Wikipedia at least) and the first international match was played between a Canadian team and an American team in the 1840s. They were not national teams so it would not have been considered a test match

[@brontewcat]

@SynthMusicFan 501 That is interesting.

[@tymmjupp1510]

The T20 world cup is coming up in a couple of months, so now is a great time to get familiar with the game. All the biggest cricket playing countries will be represented, plus a few up and coming nations.

[@ajitjalady]

You got the crease thing right. It is the long line on either ends of the pitch , just before the wickets. An over is 6 balls. 19.2 in the scoreboard - means 19 overs are completed(19x6)and two balls of the 20th over have already been played. It also means that 4 balls of the 20th over are remaining.

[@pauldocmusic2411]

You need 2 batsmen at a time , both might bat in same over depending on runs scored. If they get one or three runs they have swapped positions. So next bowl is to the other batsman. So in an over they could face 3 bowls each if that makes sense

[@fredbailey2076]

Bodyline is a tactic devised for and primarily used in the Ashes series between England and Australia in 1932-33. The tactic involved bowling at the leg stump or just outside it, but pitching the ball short so that, on bouncing, it reared up threateningly at the body of a batsman standing in an orthodox batting position. A ring of fielders ranged on the leg side would catch any defensive deflection yes it can get nasty

[@taipan1237]

Just to add some more history of the game the first ever international game was between Canada and the U.s. in 1844 at the St Georges Cricket Club in New York

[@mrgyani]

What? Really?

[@taipan1237]

@@mrgyani yes if you look fo videos of cricket in america on you tube they give the history of the game.

[@andrewlemonshark3614]

Baseball was played in the UK in olden days. Mentioned in Jane Austen's Nothanger Abbey (1817). Derby County football club played at the "Baseball Ground" until 1997.

[@flamingfrancis]

That game is / was Rounders...Has almost nothing in common with baseball. It has ten "stations" spaced around a circular track.

[@chrisvowell2890]

Hi SoGal, You might be interested to know that the world's first international cricket match was between the US and Canada. (It was also the world's first international sporting contest of any type!) It took place at the New York Cricket Club in downtown Manhattan - at 30th and Broadway, where Bloomingdales was later sited. Canada won by 23 runs - YAY!

[@andypayne7019]

Batters stay in until they are out. There are 11 players per team, but you can only have 5 pairs of batters. The 11 players is considered, not out, when the rest of his/her team is out.

[@yotelex]

Well done, you picked up a lot of information there and you got the idea of many of the features for Cricket. I think you did very well for an obscure topic. Gold Star at least! Crease: You were correct, it's that long white line you noticed at each end. Distance: The wickets are 66 feet apart. Baseball is 60 feet to home plate. While it looked very short, that was just due to the camera angle (and telephoto lens). Ball: The cricket ball is slightly smaller and slightly heavier than a baseball. 100 mph has been reached when bowling, but rare. 90-95 mph is more common. Floor: Never heard the ground called "floor" in cricket before :)

[@shaunjp2211]

The most famous test match is between England and Australia for the Ashes. It’s called this because Australia beat England 29/08/1882 at the Oval for the first time on English soul. The next day it was published in a news paper that English cricket had died that day and the bails were cremated and put in a urn. That ever since the two countries have competed for the urn , Ashes Test Matches.

[@nickshale6926]

Check out the KZbin channel ’Cricket for Americans’ hosted by Nick & Gabe. 12 months ago they didn’t know the 1st thing about Cricket. Now they live and breathe it!

[@andyp5899]

He suggested watching the Indian Premier League because they televise many of their matches and the quality of play is good

[@K_B11ss]

It's hilarious when she asks questions in the beginning that get answered later in the video. Chill we'll get to that later 😂 Not bad how she deciphered the graphics 👏🏿

[@dave_h_8742]

Yes this is sooo annoying, watch the video THEN ask the questions not answered.

[@bline5891]

As it turns out, the real history of baseball is a little more complicated than the Doubleday legend. References to games resembling baseball in the United States date back to the 18th century. Its most direct ancestors appear to be two English games: rounders (a children’s game brought to New England by the earliest colonists) and cricket.

[@Groffili]

Now that was very interesting. I've never been into (these sort of) teamsports, but for most of the common ones, I at least have a basic understanding of the way it's played. And now I've learned something about cricket! Awesome! If I may make a suggestion about a sports I personally like to watch... please do a video about snooker!

[@waynec3563]

The video skipped over a few things and got at least one thing wrong. There are 11 players plus substitutes. One player is nominated as Twelfth Man, but more than one substitute can take the field. However, the substitute players can only field - they cannot bat or bowl. The exception to that is the Concussion Substitute, which was introduced a couple of years ago. The Concussion Substitute is activated when a player is diagnosed with concussion and can no longer take part in the game. The Concussion Substitute must be a similar type player - a batter replaces a batter, a bowler replaces a bowler, but a bowler cannot replace a batter. I think that the bowler even has to be a similar type (can't replace a slow bowler with a fast bowler of vice versa). The traditional term for the players on the batting side is "batsman/batsmen", but batter is becoming more common now because of the rise of the Women's game. Regarding "wides" (which covers the ball being wide of the batter or too high to reach), one run is scored and the ball has to be re-bowled. The batters don't have to run if they hit the ball. Runs can be scored when the ball deflects off the batter's body (so long as they tried to hit the ball or evade it). This is called a Leg Bye If the wicket keeper (equivalent to catcher) fails to stop the ball after it goes past the batter, without hitting the bat or the body, the batters can also run. This is called a Bye. In certain circumstances the batters will try to run even if the wicket keeper has taken the ball. If the ball is a Wide and the fielding team fail to stop the ball the batters can run, just like a Bye. The batters can continue running between the creases until they won't make it to the other end without being run out. Typically they can run 1 or 2, sometimes 3. The Adelaide Oval in Australia used to have a very long boundary on the axis of the pitch, which would sometimes allow the batters to run 5. The wrong part is the description of "Hit Wicket". Firstly, only the batter can be out "Hit Wicket". The other batter (the non-striker) cannot be out "Hit Wicket". The example shown is actually a possible run out (the bowler deflects the ball onto the stumps when the non striker is out of his ground). The batter can hit the ball into the stumps at the other end without either batter getting out, but it usually means that they will not be able to score a run. Her eare some examples of Hit Wicket kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zme0ipmlnKigZsk

[@soyelx4888]

It’s called a “BAT!”

[@johnwhear9600]

The crease is that long white line that runs across (perpendicular). The bowler can't put their foot over the crease (that would a 'no ball' an illegal delivery). At the batsman's end this is the 'safe' line that must be crossed before a run out can be called (think of it as a baseball plate). The reason why there are two batsmen at once is so they can score runs 'up and down' the wicket (as opposed to baseball by doing a lap around the diamond). Also at the end of an 'over' (6 legal deliveries), the batsmen stay where they are and the whole fielding side swaps ends. (Remember a cricket field is 360 degrees, not static like baseball). When they swap a new bowler bowls from the opposite end.

[@DeepThought9999]

The batsmen run up and down the pitch, not wicket. A wicket is what the batsman is defending.

[@johnwhear9600]

@@DeepThought9999 Thank you old sock, but I was trying to simplify something rather complicated. Shall we argue the pros and cons of the front or back foot rule? Let's not.

[@melvyncollins7305]

The first cricket game I remember watching was with my Grandad in 1981, the famous Ashes tournament between England and Australia. That was an incredible Test match. I think there is quite a bit about it on KZbin.

[@johnleonard9090]

Ready for the next one in December?

[@brontewcat]

I remember watching that series in December 1980 with my grandmother. Although the gamevmight have been a one day game because it was early December. I remember nothing of the game. What I remember was over the game they were playing Beatles songs. I suddenly became aware of the songs, and I thought I don’t remember popular songs being played at cricket matches. Then one of announcers menthol music, and said it was I’m memory of John Lennon, who had just been shot in New York.

[@rohanmarkjay]

Same here I was living in London in 1981 a 7 and half year old kid. I was channel surfing watching British television and there was the Cricket. The Ashes and guess who came into bat Ian Botham. I did not understand the match situation at the time. But the next 2 1/2 hours to three was some of the best most exciting sport I have seen on tv. As a guy with a beard called Ian Botham the most amazing cricket innings ever. Smashing it allover the ground against a very skillful and formidable Australian bowling attack. Its was the ashes 1981 I had seen it live and experienced how exciting Cricket can be and from that summer on I was a Cricket fan for life. Still remember watching the match at my fathers home in London in summer of 1981 live. It was the best cricket ever. From that period on I knew who Ian Botham was and Dennis Lillee and Bob willis etc and I was a cricket fan for life. I later came to enjoy Sri Lankan cricket and their style of play and rise in the cricket rankings. Since my father was Sri Lankan and a big fan of Cricket and the Sri Lankan Cricket team. However it was the Ashes 1981 and Ian Botham that first made me a Cricket fan for life at seven and a half years of age in Summer of 1981.

[@andrewlemonshark3614]

The subtle difference between Baseball and Cricket has been usefully described as this. In Baseball, the fielding team tries to consistently pitch and defend so the opposing batsman can't score. When the batsman scores (a home run) it's a big deal. In Cricket, the batsman tries to consistently not get out, and progressively score points (runs). When the fielding team gets a batsman "out" its a big deal.

[@robertyoung2755]

Glad you have started trying to understand Cricket, the best sport in the world in my opinion, well Test cricket is anyway. There is a test match on at the moment between England and India at Lords the home of cricket. we are currently on day 3. One thing I would like to point out they are not rules of cricket but laws of cricket. Love watching your videos, keep up the good work.

[@mtk3755]

What a test match it was 5th day thriller 🔥

[@neilgriffiths6427]

Hey SoGal! What the vid didn't show is that, when the two batters are running between the creases, if they get to the other end, and think they can go back before the fielding team can get the ball back, they can again run between the creases - so get two runs (runs, not "points"). Sometimes, if the fielders are badly placed, they might even get three runs by...well, running... Point is, during the same over, the batter the bowler is bowling to probably changes during the over (because they have swapped ends by running). Which is why you need two batters.

[@sodyouall9206]

Am from the U.K. and found this helpful! It’s such an old complicated game 💁

[@johnnoble2901]

Dear SoGal, Cricket was played in North America before 1776, and I suppose afterwards for a while. It is still played in the USA wherever there are enough British or West Indians or people from India or Pakistan or elsewhere in the Commonwealth who want to make up a couple of teams. Most likely in NYC or Los Angeles. I'm pretty sure it is played in those places, so there may even be somewhere near you. The Crease is the area inside the white lines near the wicket. If you want a game played in Britain that is like baseball - look for Rounders, which is probably like Softball without the diamond. In UK we say that is the real ancestor of Baseball.

[@BluegroperAuWeb]

If you are going to start learning cricket best watch a T20 game. Its fast and furious compared to a 5 day game which can be extremely slow.

[@circus1701]

And next week SoGal learns the rules of the Eton Wall Game.

[@michaelgoodman7410]

Just wait till she tries to learn “Mornington Crescent”

[@circus1701]

@@michaelgoodman7410 The beauty of Mornington Crescent was if someone came new to the programme, it actually sounded like a real, very complicated game.

[@MichaelHill-we7vt]

the main cricketing countries are England, Australia, India, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Bangla Desh, South Africa, then Ireland, Holland, Afghanistan, to name a few (if I have overlooked anyone, its by accident, and I apologise if I have done so! ) The oldest international rivalry in cricket is England vs Australia, although India vs Pakistan is very intense, to say the least! When it says that a test match can last five days, it means the game is played from usually ten am to six pm each day, with a 45 minute break for lunch and a twenty minute break for tea. The game can end at any time during the five days that are allotted to it, if both sides finish their two innings and a result has been reached. Test cricket is considered the "purest" form of the game, because a test match is exactly what says, a test of fitness, skill, stamina and tactics....the shorter forms of the game are more about excitement and speed, and these are the games that will draw the bigger crowds. To a newcomer like yourself, probably one of the toughest things to get used is the bewildering array of terms and expressions used in the game, many of which sound utterly insane.......the fielding positions have exotic and bizarre sounding names like silly mid-off, square leg, cow corner, backward point, long off, gully, leg gully and deep mid-wicket, to name but a few..then you have maidens, Googlies, Yorkers, reverse swing bowling, no-balls, cover drives, square cuts, and wides, leg-byes and off-spinners, and of course, not forgetting half-volleys and a good old-fashioned full toss................it's a simple game, honest!!

[@charlestaylor9424]

Cricket is essentially played in the countries of the empire.

[@stevehendon4076]

Including the US of A 😊😎

[@scanspeak00]

Originally, all cricket was test cricket, i.e. 5 day matches. In the mid 1970s World Series cricket was created which was a 1 day game (50 overs per side), usually ending under lights. This is my favourite game because it combines a lot of action and suspense with strategy. Finally in 2003 came T20, 20 overs per side - very fast paced game but mainly just about smashing the ball at every opportunity. All 3 forms of cricket are still played, test in the most prestigious, T20 the most commercialised. Test cricket is really like chess, so many strategies and skills at play - from the weather, the condition of the pitch and how it varies over 5 days, the types of bowlers chosen (fast, spin or swing), the order of batsmen, placement of fielders, and so on.

[@Raven-fh2yy]

The distance from the pitching mound to home plate is based on the length of the cricket pitch (Cricket predating baseball) and is virtually the same... the distance between the wickets is 66 ft although the bowler delivers the ball slightly closer than that and the batsman stands in front of his wicket reducing the delivery distance to pretty much the same as Baseball.

[@johnrebori9131]

Major League Baseball distance from mound to Home Plate is 60ft 6 in. :-)

[@davidmurphy2903]

Be aware that bat-to-boundary distances in cricket are usually much less than bat-to-fence distances in a ballpark. Any home run, even the shortest home run fences would, almost always, be a six in cricket, whereas many sixes in cricket that barely go over the boundary would be very catchable by the warning track in almost all ballparks.

[@carokat1111]

It's popular in Australia. We love to beat England! The competition between Australia and England is called 'The Ashes', after the original bails were burnt and kept.

[@farhaan8260]

Don't worry We will beat them for u As we have already beaten u earlier this year. U can beat them later this year

[@thatindiandude4602]

@@farhaan8260 you talking about India? Man, why do you have to talk smack 😐 India is not doing well right now 😔

[@davidbrent2046]

We are the England boys let’s make some noise

[@mtk3755]

@@davidbrent2046 you could make all the noise you wanted but now we have made you quite in lords now mate💪

[@edwardspencer9397]

@@mtk3755 First learn to spell. It is 'quiet'. Even brits know better hindi than you. Pehle seekh ke aaja!

[@Paldasan]

One thing that the video missed at the level of the introduction the video was aimed at, is that the two batters can run back and forth more than once for multiple 'points' off a single bowled delivery. So whilst a single delivery might be hit for a boundary scoring 4 runs, a ball might pull up short of the boundary but in the time that the fielding teams takes to get to the ball and throws it back into a position where the bails could be removed the batters could crossover 2, 3 or even 4 times (often indicated as 4 "all run" to not confuse it with a normal 4 runs from the ball reaching the boundary).

[@phillee2814]

Which is why the rarest is a 5, because it is all run, and mostly batsmen will not even attempt running if they believe it is a boundary (four), so 5 virtually has to involve some level of mis-fielding, or occasionally an injury in sliding to stop the ball. In over half a century watching cricket at all levels from village cricket to test matches, I've only ever seen a couple of 5s, other than overthrows. In one, the fielder tripped as he threw and the ball went straight up and landed on him, in trying to see where it was he got on top of it, it rolled, and he went down again. This comedy of errors led to 5 runs being scored. The other was a near boundary four in which the fielder slid behind the ball just inside the rope to stop it, slid over the rope injuring himself, leaving the ball sitting just inside the boundary, and it wasn't until another fielder arrived that the ball was returned - the first having been the only one who believed he'd be able to stop a boundary, he was not backed up. I've heard of others, like fielders being knocked out by the ball, fielders running into each other trying to catch the same ball. The highest score from one ball is actually seven - a no-ball hit for a boundary 6, although in theory, a series of really comical misfields could result in even more.

[@stevenholt4936]

Ignore the the ridiculous 100. First class cricket is the pinnacle, particularly Test cricket. England is playing India right now and it is gripping.

[@ausmarkb]

Probably not the best explanation of cricket but I enjoyed your genuine attempt to understand it. The fact that you mention the anticipation of what might happen with each ball is a fair indication that you get it and will enjoy it.

[@ftumschk]

Fun fact: The first ever international cricket match was played between the USA and Canada in New York in 1844.

[@nedeast6845]

Test cricket is called Test cricket (always Test is capitalised with a T) because it is literally a "Test" to see how good you are; not many can play it for 5 days, the best are our heroes, like the England vs India recent Test at Lords

[@stevehendon4076]

CRICKET. 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. 😊😎 Simples

[@arthurerickson5162]

😅I have that on a tea towel!! (Given to me a number of years ago by a very good friend who was also quite a good cricketer🏏.)

[@stevehendon4076]

@@arthurerickson5162 I was just trying to help 'SoGal' 😉😊😎

[@andrew7648]

@@arthurerickson5162 I was about to type exactly the same thing. How Cricket is that, "I have this on a teatowel" HAHAHA

[@stevehendon4076]

@@arthurerickson5162 good afternoon...my last gf was of the German variety and I used to take her to cricket matches.....she couldn't understand why all the players wore the same colour...despite my best efforts to explain 🤣🤣😊😎

[@jameshumphreys9715]

That reminds me of Mind your language kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGTKamZ9jZuNnKs

[@sampeeps3371]

Watching an American stumble through cricket is the cleanest best pleasure

[@saintlyknight3186]

When you queried what a crease was you actually stopped the video at the exact right time. The white box on the ground you can see is essentially the crease

[@wembleyford]

The important difference with Test cricket (the sort that can last up to five days) is that there's no fixed number of overs (6 balls) that a team will have to bat against. This means, in theory, if one side is good enough they could spend all or most of the game batting and never get have all their batsmen bowled or run out. The trouble with this is that if both teams don't get to play a full innings then the game is declared a draw, no matter how far in the lead one side might be. This is how a game that can take five days to play can still end up without a result. This means there are hugely strategic elements in play about when a team should decide to stop batting to give the other side enough time to play, who should go first, how fast to bowl, etc. etc.

[@Ubique2927]

The wickets are ‘One Chain’, ‘22yards’, ‘66 feet’ apart.

[@Danger_Mouse_00]

It's not only the bat that hits the ball. If the ball touches the hand that in contact with the bat and is caught or the ball comes back onto the stumps and knocks of a bail its out.

[@EvsEntps]

We need Rugby next!

[@TheIppoippo]

Definitely!

[@tsandman]

Then Australian Rule Football... Then Hurling... Then Sepak Takraw... or any other "less known" sports

[@anthonynicholson5193]

Watched my All Blacks win another bledisloe cup tonight and then was able to watch the AFL afterwards

[@4Fox_Shake]

Yes , last weekends British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa was historic. squidge rugby is a good chanel

[@BM-wf9uf]

I'm a bit more old school with cricket. I prefer Test Cricket to the shorter forms of the game, there is something pure about sitting down for five days and doing nothing but watch bowling and batting.

[@richardcoulson6005]

Much admiration to you for trying to understand, probably, the most difficult game in the world to understand. It's probably not as difficult as you think - there are many formats. Watch some of the 100, that's probably the easiest to understand and a good start

[@mtk3755]

I wouldn't recommend 100 if you know that it's literally different than other formats where concept of overs have been scrapped. It'll be hard for her to transition from 100 to regular cricket.

[@AaAa-on4mx]

Well, actually it is the ground. We have no idea why this guy called it the floor. Floors are usually indoors

[@markwilliamson2864]

The cricket season in England runs from about mid-April to mid-September. In the English winter the England national team tours one or more of the other Test playing nations.

[@tommyau2006]

Kudos to you....... You have done really well figuring out this game. It is a great game

[@DrDaveW]

Don’t worry about the pauses. It’s you trying to interpret it that makes it interesting!

[@lrtaralte]

There's no rules in Cricket, there are LAWS, and there is no point, there are run

[@BlueShadow777]

No, you are perfectly right about ‘the ground’ vs ‘the floor’. It’s *not* a “UK thing”. I’m in the UK snd we’re not *all* illiterate idiots like this narrator must be… The “floor” is an artificial surface (usually indoors), while the “ground is a natural (usually outdoors) surface. This is one of my ultimate *hates* when people *incorrectly* refer to the ground as the floor. You are also right regarding the ‘crease’. They should explain that too rather than expect people to magically understand what it is.

[@bondhudey8065]

Watch Netflix's Cricket Explained. You will understand why he said Indian cricket first.

[@ianhardy5915]

Another wow from me. You really like to take on the difficult subjects. You’ve grasped the very basics and you’re right, the description in the video wasn’t the most helpful. The ‘crease’ is the longer white line (4ft) In front of the wickets (also known as ‘the stumps’) The batter has to be stump side of this line with either their bat or a part of their body to be ‘in’ or safe as you might call it in baseball. The remaining lines on the ground form what is known as the ‘popping crease’ and they all have various impacts on the rules of the game. For example, the bowler has to have part of their foot behind the crease line when they bowl otherwise this is a no-ball, the batting team get one run and the bowler has to bowl that ball again.The ball is very hard, particularly when it is coming at you in excess of 90mph. The protective padding is compulsory for obvious reasons (a very well known and experienced Australian international cricketer died only a few years ago having been hit on the head… even though he was wearing a helmet) it’s a bit like a goaltender in ice hockey maybe? There is a whole lot more to cricket most of which will be equally confusing so good luck but it is a wonderful game.. I’m actually sat watching day 3 of a Test Match between England and India as I write this…..

[@tonys1636]

All this protective gear worn these days, all we had back in the 60's was the pads and a box, getting hit there was more painful than a hit on the head, which I occasioned a few times ending up in A&E a couple of times with severe concussion. What made one time embarrassing was the ball came off my bat! It was caught by the keeper so I was out, caught behind, on the scoresheet not retired hurt, knocked self out, for everyone to see years on.

[@wembleyford]

Yup, next stop the Duckworth Lewis method? Including all the calculus

[@mtk3755]

@@wembleyford oh don't even mention that 😂 it'll take ages and still you won't understand it

[@mtk3755]

@@tonys1636 ya it still boggles my mind how they used to play at that time

[@Pete856]

Cricket is not boring. Even in a test match, which is usually the slowest form, the battle between the bowlers and batmen can be really interesting, even if the scoring is slow. In T20, the batting team has to get a move on, and this can cause drama on just about every ball that's bowled.

[@tobydawes6007]

would you ever play cricket? Its an amazing sport

[@stue2298]

The Hundred and T20 are very very similar. The normal 6 ball over for T20 and a 5 ball over for the The Hundred. The are full matchs of The Hundred on Sky Sports Cricket on KZbin.

[@mtaylor44]

I really like cricket, but my gosh, it can be like watching baseball on valium.

[@starrynight1657]

There's a lot of different formats though, unlike baseball I think.

[@shreyaskalnad970]

‘the hundred’ format lasts for 2 n half hours or lesser

[@StephMcAlea]

The Hundred also has a Welsh team based in Cardiff.

[@devonbestek3064]

You are really smart! Love the way you figured out everything by yourself! You were 99% right about most of the things you assumed!!!

[@andrewclayton4181]

I'll give you a bit more info. The cricket pitch is 22 yards long. 66ft. The crease is the line about a yard in front of the wicket. Top cricket nations:- England. Australia. New Zealand. India. Pakistan. The west indies. The competition between England and Australia is particularly fierce. It is known as The Ashes. The trophy is a tiny urn ( salt cellar size) containing the Ashes of a burnt wooden cricket stump. The two countries have fought for it on the cricket field since 1870 (?) The Indians are most fervent for the game. The rule about a no-ball giving a run to the batting side is new to me. ( but I'm not a sports fan, so what do I know?) The game can be slow if the batsman is playing defensively. Just blocking the ball and not going for runs. Over a test match, which will last days, all sorts of subtleties start creeping in. Playing for a draw. Praying for rain. It starts getting beyond me.

[@deanstuart8012]

Cricket proves that God is an Englishman with a sense of humour. He enables the English to create this wonderful game and then makes the rest of the civilised world better at it than us.

[@graemebayles6652]

Test cricket is an incredibly tactical game. Which bowlers bowl from which end of the ground depending on the wind can make a huge difference