Cricket Explained for Baseball Fans REACTION

[@doughaslehurst5108]

Unlike baseball, if the ball is struck into the crowd, they are not allowed to keep it. As the ball ages it performs differently.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Also, different types of bowlers can take advantage of the different condition of the ball - fast bowlers get more out of a new ball, slower bowlers who can spin the ball prefer an older ball.

[@hobsonjones8693]

In a recent game between England and Sri Lanka, someone in the crowd caught the ball single handed (while holding a pint of beer in the other hand).

[@VinnBim]

@@hobsonjones8693 Would have been more impressive if he was drinking the beer!

[@AusExplorer]

@@VinnBim caught it in the beer they were drinking ...

[@Bellas1717]

@@VinnBim they'd have to have been an Aussie to pull that off 🤣

[@soundscape5650]

Hey, Australian here. Just wanted to try to answer your questions. (Apologies for paraphrasing.) "What is the ball made from?" - The ball construction is actually VERY similar to a baseball, with one main difference, and that is the lacquer. A cricket ball, when compared to a baseball, is SLIGHTLY smaller, SLIGHTLY heavier, and MUCH harder, especially when new (start of innings), before the lacquer scuffs away. The sewn stitching pattern is also quite different, with the leather pieces kinda split into two hemispheres. "Does the batter's teammate just run back and forth?" - No. When the batters (batsmen) make a run and switch ends, they basically swap roles. This is referred to being "on strike" (for the batter facing the bowler), or "off strike" for the batter at the other end waiting to run. Whoever is at the end of the pitch facing the bowler will play the next pitch. "Does the creator get anything wrong?" - Nope, he does really well. Kinda nails it, actually. The only thing I'd say is that, in reality, cricket terms often pull double-duty to describe entirely different things. For the sake of simplicity the creator avoided that, and did it very, very well. "Can the crowd keep the balls that are hit to them?" - No, they have to throw it back. In cricket, the slow degradation of the ball is part of the game. A ball can only be replaced under very specific circumstances at the discretion of the umpires. So the same ball must always be returned to play. For example, in 5-day test matches, the ball is only replaced every 80 overs. "Can the batters run outside the pitch?" - Yes. In fact, they're required to. The "safe" areas at either end of the pitch, AKA the crease, extend away from the pitch to infinity, so as long as they're in line, they're safe. The pitch itself is carefully prepared, very very short, dry grass, giving it a consistency similar to concrete. The players shoes, often spiked, degrade the surface, so avoidable damage to the wicket is outlawed, forcing batters and even bowlers off the side of the wicket as soon as possible. The umpires monitor this throughout the game, and regularly give out warnings to players breaching the protected areas. "How do they schedule a 5-day game?" - For Test (5-day) cricket, each day is broken up into three "sessions" - a morning session, that runs from about 10am to 12:30pm, a middle session that runs from 1:10pm to 3:30pm, and a late session that runs from 3:50pm to maybe 6pm, depending on available daylight. This applies to all day tests, although recent years has seen the advent of the 'night test', which has a similar structure, just shifted to later in the day, with play beginning in the early afternoon and finishing around 10pm. "How do they sell tickets for a 5-day game?" - Tickets are sold as a single day. So you can go to all five days if you like, but you would need to buy five tickets (generally). Sometimes, if its clear at the start of a day's play that the game is about to come to an end, they will permit free entry to the venue. This might happen at the beginning of day 4 or 5 if one team has victory essentially assured, and a result is expected within an hour or two. Most people generally attend just one of the five days, and will watch the other four on TV. Of course there are plenty of die-hard fans that will attend all five days, especially if they've traveled from overseas to watch their national team play. "Wait, what are the formats?!" - Three main formats - Test cricket (five days, players wear white, played only by national teams), One-Day cricket (games last about 8 hours, 50 overs per innings, players wear team colors, played mainly by national teams), and T20 or Twenty20 cricket (games last about 3 hours, 20 overs per innings, players wear colors, played by professional teams or national teams). Don't try to learn all three at once. Although the rules are basically the same, strategies and play-styles between formats vary wildly. I'll get into how you should get started with cricket at the end. "Scorekeeping, oy..." - The graphical scoreboard is super confusing to newcomers. It's not just you. But the creator does explain it very well. I suggest maybe just watching that part of the video a few times, or just watch a game and spend time with it as play goes on. "Why doesn't England's first innings score (in the example) show their wickets?" - Although its not obvious, its implied that England lost ALL their wickets in making that score. This would have been what triggered the change of innings. Confusingly, in a One-Day or T20 game, they might also show the score like this if the team ran out of overs, rather than wickets. But the gist is, that's the final score the team could manage, given whatever limitations imposed on them by the format. It's also worth noting that the graphic on screen is really just a snapshot, not the full scorecard (which is a whole other can of worms), but the full scorecard WOULD show exactly how England reached that score. *** Some of my other thoughts for newcomers *** - Test matches are played with a red (day matches) or pink (night test) cricket ball, while limited overs matches are played using a white cricket ball. The construction of all balls is identical, the only reason for the change in color being visibility in different lighting conditions. - Bowlers (pitchers) come in different varieties. Fast bowlers utilize speed, as well as "natural variation" to take their wickets. This might include swing (curve balls), or using the way the ball might change trajectory when it bounces on the surface. There are also Spin bowlers, which use their wrists and fingers, and lower speeds, to cause the ball to DRAMATICALLY change direction on the bounce. Both types will use deception and mind games to bring a batsman undone. - Some prestigious games of cricket to look out for: The Ashes - A four- or five-match series of 5-day cricket EACH MATCH, played exclusively between Australia and England for one of the oldest sporting trophies in the world. The Boxing Day Test - A single 5-day match that begins on December 26 each year, played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and a touring nation. The T20 World Cup - Like the soccer world cup, but played between cricketing nations in the 20 overs format (quicker, more exciting games). A very coveted tournament to win, as you can imagine. - A note on fielding positions: I would say don't bother worrying about learning all the many dozens of fielding position names. Unfortunately, commentators LOVE using the vernacular as they discuss tactics and criticisms. My only advice is to watch a few games, and it'll slowly come to you. I find it also helps to know the etymology, but without a cricket tragic in the room, I don't know how you'd get that experience. - FINALLY, which format should you watch? I'd say, WITHOUT A DOUBT, start with T20 (professional) cricket. Although it TECHNICALLY has the most rules, its counterintuitively easier to follow and much more exciting. In particular, for the best bang for your buck, start with the Indian Premier League (IPL). Players are paid NFL-level salaries, and the quality of cricket is incredible. You also get to witness the incredible insanity that is a live Indian cricket crowd (they're absolutely bananas). If you're a die-hard general sports fan, and don't mind a slow burn. I wouldn't dismiss Test (5-day) cricket outright. For me, its by far my favorite format. The rules are simpler, and you get more time to absorb the game, the rules, the vernacular, and the general vibe. It's hard to ignore the time commitment though, if you want to see a game through. Any games that involve Australia, India, England or South Africa playing each other are well worth your time, with the caveats above.

[@katrinabee9846]

Yes, this. Perfectly explained. Would add that a game with New Zealand is worth a watch lol (Bloody Aussies!)

[@HypocrisyLaidBare]

Brit here very good explanation of raised questions

[@jimff5]

A very good explanation, mate! - you forgot to mention in Ashes Matches if one team is cheating - that will probably be The Aussies☝☝🦘🦘🦘

[@AaronRose69]

Brilliant!!!

[@my_uncle_said]

Ok

[@happilyeggs4627]

The ball is extremely hard. Even with padded batting gloves broken fingers are the result of being struck on the hand sometimes.

[@bashab3098]

@@happilyeggs4627 and also the pitch, the lighter coloured brown area where the bowler bounces the ball , is rolled and kept dry towards the game it is prepared over ten days to have a consistent bounce .

[@cheryltotheg2880]

Yeah also that Australian was killed when the ball hit his neck 😢

[@robarnold4104]

I had to give up as wicket keeper after a batsman sliced a ball behind, I got to the ball but it had so much speed it dislocated my left thumb from the socket!!

[@AndyKing1963]

I once hit a 2 off a head high bouncer with the back of my hand (without a glove, my team were collapsing so quickly I didn''t even have time to put one on) - I lasted two runs, retired injured - ouch! I once had a ball batted past me ear and it was actually buzzing like a hornet.

[@happilyeggs4627]

@@AndyKing1963 Much nasty.

[@danzydan2479]

Nothing like being at work with the radio on listening to a test match.

[@walover165]

WFH has been a blessing. A hot summer's day, the aircon on, ploughing through reports, the cricket on in the background...

[@GreatCdn59]

I'll be honest, I'm a Canadian, a big baseball fan, and I've really gotten interested in cricket these last few months. Last week, I found an ODI between NZ and Australia on youtube, and decided to listen to the entire thing during my work day at the office - and it was fantastic! It had that familiar pacing, it was very tactical, the match was long enough that teams batting would go in mini-hot and cold streaks (something you don't get in baseball in the same way) and it lasted for the majority of my work day, so it was a treat. I could see how people listen to it on the radio regularly.

[@shellieeyre8758]

I was listening to the Trent Bridge Ashes test during which Stuart Broad took 8-15; my husband was at work and I was texting him the fall of the wickets - he thought I was having him on!

[@dannyarcher6370]

...getting now work done.

[@fossy4321]

This was a test match so if the first team is out that means all 10 batsmen are out and now the opposition has to try and beat the total made by them. That is why the wickets are not shown-if the second team is in then all the previous batsmen are out.

[@Thoucraggyknob]

As an English cricket fan, I enjoy most iterations of the sport, but my true love will always be test cricket. You can't beat the ebb and flow of the 5-day game. Captains have to be tactical, the wicket deteriorates, which allows for spin bowlers to take advantage. It's very satisfying. As for tickets, you can purchase any one day, or multiple days or the entire test.

[@cheryltotheg2880]

I’m the same. My grandad was my fave person and I used to watch the tests with him in the summer holidays when we stayed with them. Always loved it and I like the cricket whites the coloured kits just look messy to me 😂😂😂

[@davidbrown1594]

I will watch the shorter format & T20 is at last growing on me but like you, test cricket is my passion. I’ve watched England tests in Australia, NZ, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa & Barbados. No way will the longer game ever appeal to an American audience though

[@vinays77777]

lol man... you are funny... they are learning about rules of cricket and you are talking about "the wicket deteriorates, which allows for spin bowlers to take advantage" 🤣🤣🤣... covid cricket fans from common wealth wont understand ur comment 😂😂😂😂😂

[@shmick6079]

Yeah test cricket is by far the purest and most satisfying to watch. I have a hard time taking T20 seriously, given that nobody seems to value their wicket and there’s less opportunity for genuine momentum swings to occur.

[@sueflynn9886]

Mine too, I love test cricket!

[@juliarabbitts1595]

The joy of test matches is you listen on the radio while you do your chores (or work) and only stop when it gets exciting for a few minutes. It’s a wonderful way to be and very soothing.

[@guypainter]

Have you read Bill Bryson's description of cricket on the radio? Bear in mind he doesn't know cricket and he's listening to a radio commentary. Can you imagine anything more incomprehensible to the uninitiated? The way he describes it is one of the funniest things I've ever read. 😂

[@CAbbott71]

We used to have the radio playing outside, and the TV running inside while we were working in the garden. If a bit wicket was taken we would run back inside to watch the instant replay.

[@louisramosa]

My uncles had a dairy farm, and in summer the afternoon milking was often accompanied by the milking shed radio being tuned to whatever cricket game was on at the time. My uncles loved cricket, and I swear the cows did too 😆😆😆, they always seemed totally relaxed when they were listening to it

[@LearnTechnicalSketching-y1e]

@@CAbbott71 I used to watch cricket test matches on broadcast TV with the sound off and the BBC commentary on the radio, best of both worlds, and how can you waste time gardening when a test match is on especially the Ashes series? You can't be that much of a fan.

[@tmac160]

Cricket is the world's best rabbit hole. Enter at your peril. I love it. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@quiddity1977]

A rabbit hole who's pinical is the 2019 cricket world cup final. An insane game!

[@phillipecook3227]

And the only sport in the world to be called after an insect.

[@DasGuntLord01]

You mentioned that your wife finds baseball comforting! Cricket, especially Test cricket, is the exact same for me! Especially since we always had the Boxing Day Test on the TV every year at my Grandpa's place! Really strikes a chord with me! The hum of the crowd, the chatter of the commentators trying to fill three to five days worth of dead air, and the occasional thing happening. It's perfect!

[@lazydamsel]

Yes it's comforting for me too...at least was comforting when I used to watch it regularly. Cricket for me is therapeutic.

[@EessaTube]

When I was in NY in the 70s, I went to a baseball match, Yankees against Red Sox. A little old lady sitting next to me heard my accent and said, "if you're used to soccer you may not realise that a baseball match can take several hours to finish". I replied, "hey, a cricket match can last five days".

[@Anglo-Saxon-Patriot]

That's the only type of cricket to watch, five day test cricket, not the baseball in pyjama's limited over nonsense. Unfortunately, that's where the money is, so it's here to stay.

[@PBMS123]

@@Anglo-Saxon-Patriot BS they both have their place. LO cricket is getting more poeple into cricket that wouldn't otherwise be into it. Test matches being 5 days some people find boring..... LO allows a cricket match to last as long as a football match

[@Anglo-Saxon-Patriot]

@@PBMS123 Oh, I agree, they do both have their place, but I don't have to like LO cricket, and as an ex cricketer who played county cricket and played plenty of both formats, I think I know a bit about the game. Test cricket is a chess match, LO is a lottery by comparison, but yes, they both have their place.

[@008juggy]

Baseball just glorified rounders 😂

[@johnnykingtcb]

​@008juggy baseball is a British sport, invented here. GB were first world champions

[@JD-bt6vi]

The 5 day test match is like the psychological thriller version of cricket, the deterioration of the pitch which affects the likelihood of a catch off the edge of the bat increases the drama dramatically. This pure form is the best.

[@t288msd]

in the scoring section. England scored 287 by the time their innings ended. Their innings ended when 10 of their players were out. 10 'outs' ends an innings

[@fellforit]

Important to note that it ends at 10 players out because while there are 11 players per team, you have to have a player at each end, hence the team being out once 10 are out.

[@chixma7011]

The England First Innings score of 287 in that 5-day Test Match means they have no more batting pairs to go to the wicket, ie 10 of their 11 available wickets have fallen. They are ‘All Out’ (apart from the last man, of course, whose score is recorded as ‘x Runs N/O’ - Not Out). You’re chasing runs so you’re unlikely to see this after a First Innings, but if your team is really racking up the runs in the Second Innings so that the opposition has little chance of matching or beating your total in the time left, the team Captain may decide to call it a day before the whole of the Second Innings is played. The opposition then has to bat their Second Innings instead, earlier than expected, and if they haven’t been playing that well this is actually quite intimidating. The wording for this is ‘England Declared at 287’, and on the score line at the bottom of the screen it would read ‘England 287 (decl)’. Cricket has a reputation for being slow because of having to retrieve the ball from wherever it might be on the field, or in the crowd, and getting it back to the bowler for the rest of his six deliveries, or else waiting while the bowler is changed and the players out in the field are repositioned, but when the bowler starts his run-up you know that absolutely anything could happen in the next few seconds. Watch some of the insane catches videos where you see these guys doing the most extraordinary acrobatics to try and prevent just one more run from being scored. It’s a fantastic sport and I love it!!

[@TheBunzinator]

And don't forget declarations. A captain may declare his team's inning to be over at any time before 10 wickets have been lost. It happens fairly often in test cricket, and is done for various tactical reasons.

[@MeStevely]

About the 5-day matches. I've noticed that a lot of Americans think it's strange that it could last so long. But they're quite used to golf tournaments lasting 4 days, or tennis tournaments going on for a couple of weeks. Nobody thinks that's weird.

[@guyfaux3978]

For THAT matter, the World Series or any other seven-game playoff series.

[@oopsdidItypethatoutloud]

It's best not to mention how long it takes for 5 test series to play out 😂

[@MrWattsi]

Great point

[@georgedyson9754]

@@guyfaux3978why is it called the World series when no other country is involved?

[@rmstew]

@@georgedyson9754 It was originally sponsored by World Whisky; that's the reason it's called the World Series.

[@zwieseler]

A cricket ball is harder than a baseball and bounces because of the pace a bowler generates when they bowl (pitch) the ball. Next off, watch Shane Warne’s top wickets (outs). He’s a spinner and you won’t believe what he can do with his bowls (pitches). Regarding the 287 runs for England, the outs aren’t shown because that score was achieved by the whole team coming out to bat. So all out for 287. Then Indians first innings would have begun. As far as watching matches goes, try the 20-20 for starters.

[@larey12]

Just to put things in persepective the guys in bat are facing a rock hard ball (18 grams heavier than a baseball) hurtling towards them at 160km/h with some bowlers. There have been deaths when hit on the head, heart, neck or lost an eye with the ball. There's even been a death when a guy was hit on the head when he was wearing a helmet. I played rugby but would put cricket as a much more dangerous sport.

[@StephenWestrip]

It also bounces because the square (that rectangle in the middle as you referred to it) is very hard. It is protected from rain and moisture when a match is not being played (although not every day of the year).

[@Leebo13]

His best quote concerning the popularity of the game in Australia: "There's nothing we love more than beating the English at their own game".

[@sohagshah-wm1to]

The fact is that Test games are most exciting and that drawing a match is sometimes also harder than winning

[@Miss_Beehaven]

England 287 means that England are ALL OUT which is why India are batting. What he didn't mention was when the bowler has completed his over, the incoming bowler bowls from the opposite end of the strip to him

[@peterfhere9461]

If the players haven't changed ends then the bowler starts the next over bowling at the batter at the other end.

[@Isleofskye]

I was an "expert" in THe 1960s as my Grammar School overlooks The Oval and I knew all(then) 17 County teams but apart from a Test Match day's highlights that is the only cricket I, occasionally, watch but, surely, an Umpire can independently give a player out with the encouragement of an appeal? He didn't mention the bowler's maximum allotted amount of overs in limited cricket.

[@daz_n]

@@Isleofskye MCC Law 31.1: "Neither umpire shall give a batter out, even though he/she may be out under the Laws, unless appealed to by a fielder. This shall not debar a batter who is out under any of the Laws from leaving the wicket without an appeal having been made."

[@Isleofskye]

@@daz_n Admittedly,I have only been watching Cricket since The Edrich/Boycott.Graveney/Cowdrey/Barrington/Dexter era of the Mid 1960's but I never knew that. LOL Was it ever, thus?

[@daz_n]

I believe it was in the original 1744 rules “They are not to order a player out, unless appealed to by the adversaries”

[@PeloquinDavid]

As a Canadian, my only real exposure to cricket was when I lived in Australia. I sort-of understood it after a year or so, but I found that cricket (in the summer months) was always playing in, say, hospital waiting rooms and proved to be a splendid way of killing a few hours in a hospital.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Yeah theres no other sport on in the summer. The foory codes, afl and nrl are over. So cricket gets a couple of months in the spotlight.

[@francislaverty9262]

2 batting stations (A&B) each with a different batsman. The bowler (1) bowls 6 deliveries at batting station A, whichever batsman is at batting station A can score runs (the batsman will change if an odd number of runs are scored off a delivery). After 6 balls, bowler (2) bowls 6 deliveries from the opposite end of the pitch - towards batting station B at whichever batsman is standing there. This is repeated after each 6 deliveries i.e. 6 at batting station A followed by 6 at batting station B. First class cricket can last up to 5 days but play normally starts at 11am (sometimes 10:30am) and finishes when the required number of overs have been bowled for the day (circa 90 overs) meaning play normally finishes between 6 - 7pm. There are intervals for drinks, lunch and tea. In Britain, the weather plays a big part as rain causes cessation of play and this eats into the time available for the game. To win a test match, one team has to bowl out the other team twice with a total run score less than theirs (i.e. team A first innings 300 runs, team B first innings 250 runs, Team A second innings 320 runs (total 620 runs over 2 innings), team B second innings 310 runs (total 560 runs) so Team A wins. Tickets are bought for each day and in cases where a day is rained off or insufficient overs bowled (14 overs I think) tickets are refunded. If the England score was 287, then they have lost all 10 wickets (otherwise it would state 287 - 6 or 7 or 8 etc)

[@steddie4514]

"Outs" are often referred to as dismissals 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Maladjus101]

What an awesome couple. Love that you’re so genuinely interested in other countries. Keep it up, doing a brilliant job.

[@johnt8998]

Cricket balls are definately not rubbery. I remember we were playing cricket at school, and a boy got his nose broken when the ball hit him in the face. The ball is rock hard!

[@Isleofskye]

Watch videos of 1960's Yorkshire Captain: Brian Close standing as close a you can to the Barsman without any protection and getting hit from very close range and carrying on as if nothing happened.

[@rishabhpb]

Been hit in the face as well, needed stitches and could've been a lot worse.

[@stevesoutar3405]

@@Isleofskye Cricket balls are made of cork, with a leather case stitched on, and a raised seam around the centre, which helps the bowler made the ball cut left or right, with different amounts of spin and speed to defeat the batsman When you catch one, it stings like hell, and you can break a finger if you get it wrong ! Every British schoolkid (just like every school kid in India, Pakistan, Australia or Jamaica) learns this the hard way at school

[@Isleofskye]

@@stevesoutar3405 Thank You, Steve. Happened to schoolmate; Jim Draper at my Grammar School Playing Fields in 1967...

[@Isleofskye]

@@VinnBim Heaven forfend! NO! As you, probably, know, they were in Camberwell along Peckham Road by St.Giles Church and moved to Sutton in 1975. My Grammar School: Archbishop Tensions overlooked The Oval and the really clever kids had their Latin lessons on the roof while their teacher watched the cricket. Occasionally, we would pay 2 old pence to watch Surrey in the tea time session though they were not my team. This was 1965-71 in the days of Edrich, Barrington, and Geoff Arnold. Sadly our school lost its status and by 2023 no one wanted to go to this Comprehensive and it closed forever. Good Luck. Are you an Old Wilonan, my friend?

[@Richie_]

The game with the "stick" is called hurling.. Irish love it.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Id you are hurling you are having a spew 🤢

[@jonathanocallaghan9202]

Brian Lara of the west Indies once scored 501 runs in one 1st class match. He was at bat for nearly 8 hours.!!

[@whattiler5102]

Of course, that was not even close to the 20th 'longest' innings in first class cricket.

[@larryfroot]

If there was any weakness in Lara's game is that he got nervous in the 490's.

[@ront2424]

​@@larryfroot😂😂😂😂😂

[@Zak_Nike]

​@@larryfrootlol

[@gailstevens6831]

I am a test tragic and I can't wait for summer, when test cricket is played in Australia. I love the 5 day test, as there is much more strategy involved. If you attend a five day test, you pay for each day. There are 2 breaks in the day - lunch and afternoon tea, as well as a couple of breaks for drinks. If there is rain, all play stops. Any questions, please ask!

[@AussieDave69]

I’m Australian and grew up with Cricket as a kid I played cricket and baseball baseball was fun to play but watching it is like watching paint dry I remember when the West Indies were the best team and the series a series against Australia was one of the greatest sporting events I had the pleasure of being there Australia won 😊

[@skullman424]

R u excited for BGT this year ???

[@Zak_Nike]

who won Bruce? haha, well done 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@mikepinhorn1596]

Thanks for showing this clip. I'm not a real cricket fan, but it reminded me of growing up in the early 50's and 60's, when I used to listen to the radio (we didn't have a TV then) where the now long dead commentators would describe every ball, every pace, as well as painting a vivid picture of what was happening around the ground, hearing the thump of a leather ball striking the willow bat and the crowd applauding. Their accents were, by today's standard, 'plummy' or high class and delivered at slow, measured pace, puntured with anecdotes and humour. An age lost forever.

[@whattiler5102]

Test match radio commentaries on the BBC are still there every summer. I couldn't live without them; so much better than the telly commentaries. Lots of people watch it on the telly, with the sound off, and the radio commentary on.

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@whattiler5102I watch the TV coverage with Test Match Special playing

[@brynjones5361]

You may notice that the fielders don’t have a glove. However hard the ball is hit, and however hard it travels towards you, you are expected to catch the ball with your bare hands.

[@rmstew]

Exception: the wicket keeper has two gloves

[@jayweb51]

Each bowler usually specializes a specific type of bowling action; you have Pace bowlers, Swing Bowlers or Spin Bowlers. Each type of bowling can have different styles of bowling. There are five different techniques used by Pace bowlers, two different techniques used by Swing bowlers and eight different techniques used by Spin bowlers.

[@paulknox999]

the bowler(pitcher) can bowl fast, slow, spin they can make the ball curve in the air they can make the ball bounce at a strange angle off the floor. The ball is harder than a baseball and has a leather stiched seam running all the way around the ball. the bowler can make use of this seam to help them move the ball around. Also you will see the bowler shining one side of the ball but letting the other side get roughened up, this difference between the 2 sides of the ball then helps the bowler to bend the ball as it flies through the air.

[@babennberry]

In 20-20 you have less time at bat, so scoring runs is more important than keeping wickets. This makes for more daring (entertaining?) batting. 20-20 is like a rock concert, while Test cricket is a music festival.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Test Cricket is Chess dude. 5 days of Chess. The Ashes series is still the best but for a modern audience its a tough sell.

[@mervinmannas7671]

I’m not a cricket fan at all and don’t watch it. But when staying with some friends in the country I was invited to watch a match between his town and a nearby team. It was a warm day, the cider was refreshing and we all broke for tea, scones, cake and sandwiches at the change. Blissfully British

[@nickbyrne3299]

Sounds like something from a Famous Five book..

[@lucydog3376]

It's only British if they lost the game.

[@dannyarcher6370]

Now THAT'S cricket...

[@MatthewForman-b9o]

We had our wedding in the Cotswolds ( a very beautiful area of England),At a 16th century coaching inn called The Fleece . We wanted a very English/ UK feel to our afternoon so we arranged for a Morris Dancing troup and at 3pm ( after much Perry/ Cider was consumed) we had a cricket tea served in the courtyard. Our friends from overseas loved it. It really got our marriage and the party started.👍🥂🍻🏏🕺

[@normawithers4447]

​@lucydog3376 It's only cricket if it ended in a draw.

[@marcshackleton4357]

Please watch a game of 20/20. its quick, batters cant just stand at the crease, they have to attack the ball. It's a great way to understand the game and realise how fast paced and dramatic it can be.

[@bashab3098]

There is a rhythm to a game of cricket and that is part of the attraction, each time 6 balls have bowled , they bowl at the other end of the ground , which is why their are two sets of wickets ,another point is that as a spectator you get to watch from two different positions without moving .

[@wozzablog]

There used to be a similar rhythm in Baseball before the damned pitch clock came in, except it was the batters there facing around 6 or so pitches before moving on. So an over was for the batsman rather than the bowler as it were

[@jenscee7679]

The fact that cricket is the number one sport in India, makes it one of the most popular sports in the world.

[@adalderson6269]

The game you were thinking off is hurling which is played in Ireland 🙂. Cricket is awesome!!

[@Sinbad_Bay]

And hurling is more awesome-er. The 2024 final was a brilliant game.

[@RNTV]

I've never seen or heard of hurling. I look it up to be sure. It was definitely Lacrosse I was confusing it with.

[@mattwills2011]

Hurling and Lacrosse is very similar... Lacrosse more common in America though

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

@@adalderson6269 Didn’t Irishman Eoin Morgan, legendary England white ball skipper with Test caps play hurling? Or was it hockey or both. Incredible wrists Eoin.

[@adalderson6269]

@@RalphBrooker-gn9iv as far as I remember Eoin was a hockey player

[@klein_karoo_permaculture]

7:51 Not quite. Both batsman are 'at bat', to borrow a baseball term, simultaneously. If one hits only a single run, it's the other batsman's turn as he's on strike (unless the over (6 balls) has finished in which case the first batsman will be on strike again at the other end of the wicket.

[@andrewdavie386]

One major difference, for me, between cricket and baseball is that in cricket it's perfectly OK for the bowler to try and hit the batter with the ball. The fastest bowlers are touching 90-100 mph, and that bounce before it gets to the batter means that the ball can/does deviate very late and is angling upwards towards your head. Many batsmen get hit - and here the big difference - when a batter is hit there is no outrage and running-on-the-field to fight from his/her team-mates. It's a part of the game, and skilled bowlers are appreciated for their ability to do this. The payback, of course, is that skilled bowlers are usually poor batters - so when it's their turn to bat they in turn are "marked men" who will no doubt have fast bowlers trying to hit THEM. Even with protective equipment, several batters have died from being struck by the ball; for this reason there are now limitations on the number of times per over a bowler is allowed to bowl dangerous "bouncers" - and also batters are required to wear protective helmets. Being an unskilled batsman, like I was, trust me.... facing an angry fast bowler who is doing his very best to hurt you is very scary indeed! And of course your team mates and HIS team mates all think that's a hoot and fair play.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Good stuff Andrew. All the protective equipment is fine but ive noticed some modern batsman have a bad habit of no longer watching the ball in flight, they just duck and get it on the noggin or body. In the old days vs West Indies the batters were wearing caps and they damn well watched it straight past thier head to the keeper.

[@keithstevenson6892]

Cricket is a great game... 5 Day matches (tests) that can end in draw which can be part of a series of 5 tests over 2 or 3 months that can also end in a draw... 25 days of 8 hours a day ending in a draw.... Yet still entertaining throughout

[@PerryCJamesUK]

What was that game you play in primary school here in the UK. Is it Rounders? That seems similar to Baseball, not that I know for sure though.

[@dimwitdave9344]

@@PerryCJamesUK Yeah rounders was fab. We played it at my secondary school on a field next to the staff car park. It was a very basic version of baseball. I would just backhand the ball under the cars. Easy run 🙂 The bat was much shorter than a baseball bat and it was usually (in my experience) played using a tennis ball or rubber ball.

[@annicecooper8105]

​@@dimwitdave9344rounders certainly more akin to baseball than cricket is really. A proper rounders ball is solid like a cricket ball. Bloody hurts when it hits you at speed which is probably why lots of schools use a tennis ball. 😖🤕

[@JJ-of1ir]

Growing up this game used to be played everywhere on our village greens on Sundays in Summer. We had picnics during the games - always a great treat. We children used to play cricket ourselves at every chance we had during the summer when the REAL cricketers weren't playing. Baseball is very close to the game we play over here called 'rounders'. Football and rugby in the winter though.

[@patriciaburke6639]

In June, the T20 World Cup Cricket Series was held in New York, in a specially built Stadium, to huge crowds.

[@Chris53George]

In test matches play is for six hours per day. Play starts at 11.00 until 1.00pm; then 1.40 to 3.40 when they go off for tea, then 4.00 to 6.00pm and clos of play. All this is, of course, weather permitting. You may also notice that, with the exception of the wicketkeeper, none of the fielders is wearing a catching glove. Bare hands only is the rule, and yes, the cricket ball is extremely hard and can cause real damage if the bowler is getting it to you at 85 - 90 miles an hour. Wonderful game, full of courage, skill, teamwork, and tactics.

[@leohickey4953]

Tickets: for multiple day games you buy a separate ticket for each day's play. You get a refund for any days where there is no play (either because of rain or if the game finished before your ticket applied). You also get a partial refund if there is only a short amount of play.

[@liramu69]

Test Cricket is the longest format of the sport of cricket, .It is the "Real test" of a cricketer's skill, endurance, and temperament. It is a format of international cricket where two teams in white clothing between 2 countries, compete over a match that can last up to five days with six hours of play each day. It consists of four innings (two per team), maximum of 90 overs has to be bowled per day as the longest playing time. A team wins the match by outscoring the opposition in the batting or bowl out in bowling, otherwise the match ends in a draw.

[@richardjames3022]

In cricket you can be called out if you take too long to reach the crease, now very rare, so you will see two batsmen crossing on the field or as they come from the pavilion. It was one of the 'ways out' not mentioned in the video. Others include hitting the ball twice and obstructing a fielder.

[@punchiauntie]

Terminology is important. A bowler cannot "throw" the ball. It must be bowled. The bowling arm should be straight when the ball is bowled. Due to certain cricketers having the inability to straighten their arm, they are allowed a dispensation of 15% bendage to the elbow. Because of his double joints Muttiah Muralitharan (brilliant Sri Lankan spinner bowler) was accused of chucking (throwing) the ball. He was tested at a top sports facility in Australia and it was found that this was his natural bowling action, In fact the doctor who tested him started that ALL bowlers have bent elbows to approximately 15 degrees. So - remember - no one is allowed to throw the ball when bowling to the batsman.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Muttiah Muralitharan can.

[@KGardner01010]

M&J - in baseball, the pitcher and catcher decide which way to use the next ball . . . whereas in cricket, you have different bowlers who do various bowls and speeds - such as slower bowls with spin, medium (with straight or spin), and fast bowlers who hurl the ball down at the wicket and batsman! . . . Only the wicketkeepers wear gloves by the way - and I think the hard leather cricket ball is also just a little heavier than a baseball . . . The stitched seam running around the centre is how the spinners are able to get the ball to veer so much on a bounce . . . 11 players on each team, but when the 10th batter is put out - he then doesn't have a running partner so that teams innings is over and they swap over . . . In a Test Match (the long one) - Depending on how many you have scored (typically over 400) - the batting team can then "declare" and put the other team in to bat - then if they get them all out before reaching their total can get them to follow-on = play at bat yet again, trying to get them all out before they can still reach their 1st total . . . There is more involved including those basic points - but that's the main gist of it . . .

[@StephenJarvis-pi5zu]

If you can't understand Cricket think how I feel as a Brit. I started watching a recording of American Football World Series match. In 2012 and still haven't finished watching the game.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

They do have alot of ad breaks eh

[@CatholicSatan]

The best form, imho, is full on test cricket - a _five_ day marathon. This is when the strategies, the tiny little edges (and the weather) coupled with top sportsmen (watch Shane Warne bowling, for example) can, although others might complain it's slow, have you on the edge of your deck chair (sipping a Pimms) for a week.

[@mallockracer]

Or listening to it on the wireless.... "Botham could not quick get his leg over".....lol

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

totally agree.

[@DiceSully]

I always agreed with Stephen Fry, Test Matches can be boring, but those (sometimes) long periods of building makes those moments of excitement or the tension at a close game all the more fulfilling.

[@amalpurandare7283]

When england scores 287 ... it always means all their 10 wickets are out.

[@DEWDLES]

I love cricket 🏏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 used to go watch my Dad play as a kid . He was always seething when he was out lbw because of course he was NEVER out 😂

[@neilt6480]

Your dad was Bill Lawry?

[@peterhoz]

When the batsmen run, they're meant to run outside the rectangle ie off the pitch. The pitch is very very short mowed grass, so if you scuff it up it can help the bowler get an odd bounce so you try not to run on it so as not to scuff it up.

[@JamesMiller-fz9ty]

When I was a young man I had a French girlfriend. It blew her mind that technically you could play a test match for 25 days, 5 x 5 day tests, and still end the test match in a draw with no winner.

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

@@JamesMiller-fz9ty My partner is French. I live in France since 2008. Very close to her eldest grandson. He LOVES cricket. I’m no coach. He loves batting and bowling. He has obvious eye/hand/ball talent. I can’t coach bowling and can only teach him , 9 years old, so much about batting. He has a ferocious square cut but can’t play in the V. I got him to watch Ponting playing straight bat shots (GOAT imho). But it is an alien concept. Incidentally, for Mike and Jess, it’s called ‘bowling’ because the original way of delivering the ball to the batter was underarm and along the ground like the lawn game bowls. Early cricket bats were more like hockey sticks.

[@oddviews]

A test match is only 5 days, 5 test matches (25 days) is a SERIES

[@geoffdevall9179]

@@RalphBrooker-gn9iv France are the reigning Olympic Silver medallists. Although that was in 1900 and only France and Great Britain competed

[@priyamd4759]

23:50 England lost all 10 wickets or "declared" their innings thinking they had enough score and time is short to wind up India to win and avoid a "Draw". Not in this case as it is 1st innings. Declare works in 1st innings of team batting second or second innings of the team that played the first. It is basically a gamble by the Captain of the team declaring the innings closed, to save on time. It can backfire if the opposing team makes required runs in the remaining time!!

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

I’m English. I love cricket. This is a very good video. Your reactions are smart. I love first-class cricket. You pay for each day. The domestic version of 1st-class cricket is 4-days long potentially. I don’t like what we call ‘white ball’ cricket: that’s what in the video are called ODIs and 20/20s. The white ball games are also sometimes called the pyjama game because of the coloured clothing.

[@mallockracer]

I do like a good test match, I get the excitement of a T20 but you loose so much in strategy and match craft and guile which the test match provides in abundance..

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

@@mallockracer Nobody remembers T20s. Instant gratification then nothing. Each to their own I guess. There are some Test matches and also series and 1st-class games that are deep in my soul.

[@mallockracer]

@@RalphBrooker-gn9iv Then again there is nothing quite like stumbling across a game of village cricket on a barmy evening...

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

@@mallockracer Yes!!! That too. You just sit and watch and it’s like you belong there. You get to see pure brilliance and total circus!!! Normally with a good pub within hitting distance.

[@j0hnf_uk]

The one other thing you have to remember about test cricket is not only does a test last up to 5 days, but that they have 5 test cricket matches where they play different teams.

[@drcl7429]

On the scorekeeping, it doesn't show outs for England because we can assume they are "all out" or they "retired" (only really happens in 5 days) meaning they think they scored enough. So if the scoreboard did show it, it would always say 287-10 which is redundant.

[@daz_n]

Or they ran out of overs in a limited over format. So they could have been 287-4 but the target needed to win would remain the same, in this case 288.

[@desthomas8747]

Village Cricket can be fun, the teams could be from local villages only a few miles apart, friendly rivalry ! As a cricket player and fan liked the way you did the comparison of the two games. I have lots of American friends who prefer your Football to our Soccer because of its high scoring. Your Baseball could be compared to our Rounders (normally played in schools).

[@Me-gy7yk]

The five day test match is by far the most interesting format and can be the most exciting as well. A test match is chess, limited overs is checkers. There was a time when test matches were timeless (in theory) and would carry on until there was a result. There was an instance where a timeless test, the last to ever be played in 1939, had to be called as a draw because England had a boat to catch to go home after twelve days, three of which had no play at all because of rain. So nine days of actual play.

[@lordflashget8780]

A wicket ( the ground between the stumps) can be grown and nurtured in a way that favours the home bowlers, the variables in cricket are unfathomable, spin bowlers to speed bowlers, short leg to slip, when appreciated with understanding of rules and tactics it is truly a wonderful sport.

[@klein_karoo_permaculture]

23:47 You're not seeing England's wickets as they've already lost all their batsman in the previous innings of play. Not to complicate things further but, if a side is batting particularly well during their innings, they can choose to declare if they feel they're in a powerful position before all their batsman are out. For eg, you're batting and it's the end of day 4 of a 5 day test match and your opponents need to score a large amount of runs on the last day to win. You could elect to declare your innings so that the opposition has to chase down your total. Once a batting side has declared though with batsman in hand, there is no going back to that innings and restarting it with the remaining batsman. If they lose from this point, they lose.

[@francogouws3948]

To add to permaculture's comment, an innings always contains a maximum of 10 wickets (i.e. 10 of 11 players are out), and no partner batter remains for the one who is not out yet. So when the outs (wickets) of the previous innings' score are not shown, it is because regular fans will understand this to mean "for 10 wickets".

[@cutthr0atjake]

The tesms only switch over when all of the batters were got out. Thats why when they're fielding you don't see how many are out (They all are)

[@AlanJones-kc4us]

The first international match of cricket was between US v Canada, even though both sides were mostly filled up with British ex-pats. T20 cricket (20 overs per side) makes its Olympic debut in LA in 2028

[@Benafex]

Gotta send you a cricket ball! Extremely hard. And its up to the batsman if he even wear a helmet. Its also completely legal and a good strategy to 'bounce' the batsman. That basically means aiming for their head. Unfortunately there have been a few fatalities even with protective gear.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Dont forget the sandpaper

[@Benafex]

@tigerwarsaw99 hahahaha. The old juniors trick was to put the ball in the freezer overnight. Not sure if it actually made it swing more but it was definitely doing the rounds.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

@@Benafex nice one 😂 once my glittering junior career got past the tennis ball stage to the hard ball it was time for a long tea break of quitting. That things a damn missile!

[@Kevinlinnane]

Hi guys, love your channel, firstly, I wish I could find a Jess … what an incredible lady you have Mike !!! Ok a cricket ball is rock hard and coated with leather with a seam stitched around the centre. If you get hit on your body it can seriously hurt you, broken bones are not uncommon, in fact an Australian cricketer recently was hit on the back of his head and died in seconds after being hit. Doom and gloom I know!!! Anyway cricket is a very complex game on the face of it , but like most things time watching helps understanding quite quickly. Love your reactions to comedy , especially when Jess gets grossed out , it cracks me up 😂👍😂

[@glastonbury4304]

Totally agree on finding a Jess...sod the cricket...😂😂

[@Kevinlinnane]

@@glastonbury4304 👍🤣😂👍

[@whattiler5102]

In England a test match day begins at 11am, with a 2-hour session. At 1pm the play stops for lunch, which is for the benefit of spectators as well as players and umpires, to have some food and drink, answer the call of nature, or do whatever else you wish. Lunch lasts 40 minutes, so the second session starts at 1:40 until 3:40, when there is a 20-minute break for 'tea'. The final two hour session begins at 4pm. All these timings are based on good weather and no interruptions. In essence, an 'ideal' test match day, is six hours of play. A full uninterrupted test match is thirty hours of play over five days, if it goes the full distance.

[@garyjordan4735]

As many people have already stated, cricket balls are very hard. I googled the fastest speed a cricket ball has been bowled. It came out at 161.3 kph, or 100.22 mph. Cheers.

[@shankedit65]

Thommo was faster but it was before radar

[@Foadiafya]

@@shankedit65 so he says

[@shankedit65]

@Foadiafya I watched him live I promise you he was faster by a lot. Sitting square leg Marshy was more than a pitch back as keeper and you could not see the ball from side on it was so fast

[@Foadiafya]

@@shankedit65 before my time unfortunately, must have been exciting to see (as long as you weren't on the receiving end).

[@shankedit65]

@@Foadiafya Tony Greig Thommo broke his foot

[@kevinfitzsimons5105]

AS an Irishman who came to Australia, I cared not for cricket. I sat beside a fan that told me... Now look... Captain has put fielder 1 in x position, he has put fielder 2 in y position he has told bowler to bowl THERE,,,, it will go one of three places X,Y or stumps..... it went to X.... Hve been hooked ever since

[@rikimarco1826]

A cricket ball is primarily made from a cork core, wrapped with string, then covered with a leather exterior stitched together to make 4 quadrants, with a prominent over-stitched seam joining the 2 hemispheres. The heavy seam gives the bowler a chance to 'swing' the ball through the air or to deviate off the ground. At a maximum of 163g, the cricket ball is heavier than a baseball ball, but is also smaller, with a circumference of between 224mm and 229mm.

[@dimwitdave9344]

Just to add to this, the swing (curve ball) is magnified by the bowlers rubbing one side of the ball (at the seam) against their clothing to keep that side shiny. The other side of the ball becomes rough as the game moves on due to being hit etc. Eventually the difference between the rough and shiny side of the seam results in one side moving faster through the air than the other causing the ball to curve. Some bowlers were expert at using this effect to take wickets. Spin bowlers would add a spin effect to the bowl as it left their hand so that when it bounced in front of the batsman it would bounce off at an angle. Another comment on here has suggested a Shane Warne video, probably the best example of a spin bowler.

[@dimwitdave9344]

As douglashirst noted in another comment, because of the 'work' done on the ball by the bowlers to maximise the swing effect it is vital that if a ball goes in to the crowd it is returned to the field of play

[@neilt6480]

An important difference from baseball totally ignored in the og video is that in first class cricket, one ball is used for 85 overs, possibly more, and can only be changed if it is lost (hit out of the ground, for instance) or the umpires judge that it is "out of shape" or too badly damaged. Then a replacement ball is chosen which is in as close to similar state of wear as the original.

[@thomascampbell9207]

In case you’re interested in watching (arguably) the best domestic T20 competition, the Big Bash competition starts 15th December - 27th January here in Australia. You may have highlights available in the US. I’m sure you will end up loving cricket if you follow the season and pick a team to support ❤ Thanks for the videos

[@zinnia2980]

The most famous Test Matches are between England and Australia called The Ashes . There is a film and many documentries made of the notorious Bodyline Series where the English bowlers were accused of targeting the body and not the wickets as Australia had one of the greatest players ever in their team. Cricket balls are really hard, and can be very dangerous if you are struck by one especially on the head. I played netball, rounders, football and cricket (my brother had a team with his friends) when young and I got really injured with a cricket ball. My leg was black and blue for weeks, it took ages to recover and it was so painful.

[@neilt6480]

"one of the greatest players"? Beyond doubt THE greatest cricketer ever.

[@MrWattsi]

Just remember, literally a billion more people prefer cricket to baseball

[@jackdaw1328]

A friend of mine cheerfully mentions this quote often. Test Cricket would never take off in the states. As Americans would never stand for a game that lasted 5days and still ended in a draw. Oh and as mentioned before , the ball is hard and heavy. Think of a small leather bound cannonball that is slighly deformable.

[@alhewat7775]

Maybe take a butcher's at the film about the Bodyline series between England and Australia. Best game ever. Get the BBC test match special on at 10.30. Play starts at 11.00, lunch at 1.00, tea at 3.40, close of play,6.00 if they finish the 90 overs. Never miss it. Aggers, Sir Geoffrey, Blowers, CMJ... I listen to every second of all five days. It's like breath. Cricket is all about the bowlers. Can't win if you don't take all 20 wickets. Watch more cricket.

[@vaudevillian7]

Thanks for checking out my suggestion! Cricket is the 2nd biggest sport in the world (largely thanks to the Indian subcontinent) I’m a Vols fan too by the way…

[@RNTV]

It was great being introduced to a new sport. Thank you friend! Go big orange 🧡🤍🧡🤍

[@Isleofskye]

@@RNTV BOTH players score runs when it is their turn to bat.He implied just one did though only one per shot. After 6 deliveries( an over) another bowler is needed but he bowls from THE OTHER END so, tactically,if a genuine Batsman is still there near the end with one of hi teammates who bats at the end ( Number 8,9,10 or11 in the batting order ) the better batsman may try to get ONE single run of thel last ball of the 6 deliveries: Over so he retains the batting. That "287" in a 5-Day match means his team are ALL OUT that is 10 players out leaving one batsman "Not Out" with no remaining Partners. HIGHEST SCORE for ONE player in a Test Match is 400 FOUR HUNDRED in 2003/4:)

[@ajaysivanandan2589]

Most dangerous sports game cricket❤

[@JamesHyde1986]

This might have been answered in the comments already but in case not: The reason that it didn’t show how many wickets England had lost, only their score is that England had already finished their innings and lost all their wickets. Unlike in baseball where each team completes an innings at a time, going back and forth, in cricket an innings refers to the entire team batting before the other team has their turn. To simplify it, imagine 2 baseball teams are playing each other. Team 1 has their 9 innings in a row. Then the teams swap and the second team has their 9 innings in a row to try beat Team 1’s score. The use of the term innings is confusing as they mean different things in each sport. But essentially once a team has finished batting and the other team has taken their turn to bat, it doesn’t really matter how many wickets were taken, just the score as that is the target the second team is trying to beat.

[@nemesismcc]

One point that wasn't made clear, the bat's men, when running between wickets, if a single run is made, the other bats man stays in the crease and takes the next ball, this applies with all odd numbered runs, 1-3-5, and the same applies when an over is finished, the bowler changes ends, the bats men do not, also a runner can be nominated for a player who is able to swing the bat, but has a injury that makes it hard for him to run. Also Jess touched on "how the ball bounces, and must be made that way, the ball is in fact hard, not soft, and is covered in leather, the reason it bounces is due to the fact the area between the wickets is rolled to compress to soil and make it hard. Trust me I know from experience you do not want to be hit in an unprotected area with a fast moving cricket ball, ( and the bats men not only wear leg pads and padded gloves but a a "box" to protect the family jewels lol )

[@michaelpearl-r8w]

Cricket was first played in England, so in a test match the game will stop each day for lunch and then for tea.

[@Jimthehumanoid]

You gotta eat!

[@dre7767]

I'm in South Africa I played rugby in the winter and cricket and water polo in the summer at school. My dad played baseball.

[@thelibraryismyhappyplace1618]

Watching Springboks in a final: 😬😨😰🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Watching Proteas in a final: 😬😕🥺😭😭😭😭😭 Yes, I am 🇿🇦😂

[@jontuson2078]

I believe that lacrosse was originally played by native Americans. It is played by a few people in the UK.

[@oddviews]

But mostly in Ireland

[@carolineb3527]

We played lacrosse at school (in England). I was goalie, which means I was certifiably insane. I was shocked when a few months ago I looked at my old school's website and saw that they now play hockey. Bunch of cissies! 😁😁

[@gailstevens6831]

It is also played in Australia. Apparently it is being revived for the next Olympics.

[@davespruce4362]

Cricket fan and ex club player here, love my cricket but would never run Baseball down, different sport for a different audience but lots of fun .

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

I'm from England U.K. and grew up a fan of cricket. In my 20s I twice worked on a U.S. summer camp and feel in love with baseball. I now love both sports. They are different of course but also have some similarites - especially the fast reactions needed in the field, fast thinking and fast throwing.

[@jontuson2078]

The bowlers come from the same end each time. Therefore, if you only make one run, then the other batter will face the next ball. This leads to tactics where a strong batter will attempt to protect a weaker batter by avoiding running singles.

[@klein_karoo_permaculture]

Bowlers swap ends each over (6 balls) so a stronger batsman will 'protect' the weaker until the over is almost over. He'll then be very keen to run a single so that he can be on strike again when the next over starts at the other end.

[@gamortie]

12:58 there was one memorable 20 over game where one team was completely out - 10 batters - for 15 runs!! This was in a format of the game where the batters try to smack the ball around, and scores of up to 200 are not unheard of…..

[@elbee1845]

You’ve gotta love England. Where else would a professional game stop for tea?

[@whattiler5102]

Don't forget lunch. The breaks are for the benefit of spectators as much as the players. Who has got the attention span to play, or watch, for six hours without a break?

[@davidbrown1594]

As a fan of both sports, I would love to do a video with you guys watching cricket clips, answering your questions & pointing out some other differences between the 2 great sports cricket & baseball.

[@elainecampbell8227]

During test matches, the teams stop for tea. Not sure how many times in the course of a day, but these breaks are built into the schedule.

[@josephtyrrell9499]

So in England it starts 11 am lunch is at 1pm till 13:40 (so 40 mins) then 13:40 to 15:40 is the afternoon session then they stop for 20 mins for tea then from 16:00 to 18:00 pm or 18:30 depending on how much cricket has been played during the day

[@josephtyrrell9499]

In short those are the timing hope this helps Elaine

[@wolfen210959]

There are 2 scheduled breaks, lunch and tea, and depending on the weather, there could be refreshment breaks, particularly on warm days.

[@leohickey4953]

Yes, play typically starts at 11am and continues until about 6pm, with two intervals: "lunch" (a 40-minute break taken at about two hours into the match) and "tea" (a 20-minute break two hours after the post lunch restart). In hot weather there'll also be a couple of very short breaks where water/juice will be bought onto the field.

[@PeterLogan-m5h]

Cricket in the USA was replaced by baseball which is a development of rounders, which is a gitl's game 🙂 No insult intended, guys 🙂

[@K9Weddings]

The bowlers (pitchers) bowl 6 balls in an over. The next over will be another bowler who bowls from the opposite end. Some cricket pitches may have a slight slope and some bowlers may have a preference for bowling from a particular end. Bowlers are either fast bowlers (90 mph plus) or spin bowlers (much slower but the ball direction unpredictable once it bounces). Even fast bowlers can get limited movement of the ball (called swing) because of the way the ball is held. The ball is very hard and has a stitched raised seam which contributes to the movement. There are a couple of different ball manufacturers that use very different seams. Test cricket which is 5 days is usually played with a red ball. Limited over cricket (game completes in one day) is often played with a white ball. The bowlers will often shine one side of the ball on their trousers (leaving red marks on their trousers). A ball with one dull side and one shiny side can move more unpredictably. The game was invented in England but the reason it's popular is because every country within the commonwealth plays it (Commonwealth countries used to be controlled by the UK). Cricket is the national sport in India with a huge population which is why it's so popular globally. Other nations that take cricket seriously include Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the West Indies and of course England.

[@klein_karoo_permaculture]

And India... They take it very seriously!

[@suemoore984]

There are currently about 90 countries that play cricket, but not all have professional teams

[@SPVFilmsLtd]

23:43 - That's because England's first innings are completed. When they return to bat for their second innings, the wickets will go back to zero and they will start their batting order from scratch all over again. The point of getting batters out is to end their innings as early as possible to prevent them from scoring runs, that's all. Once the side has finished batting, how many outs they had become irrelevant so its not worth keeping track of.

[@dimwitdave9344]

I think you are probably thinking about Hurling. An Irish sport that I won't even pretend to know the rules to but it looks like a cross between field hockey and Aussie rules football

[@johnnyuk3365]

Being of Irish extraction I love watching Hurling. It is said to be the fastest field sport in the world, not sure if that has been scientifically proven but watching it, it would seem to be so.

[@RNTV]

Never heard of hurling. I had to look it up, but it was definitely Lacrosse I was thinking of.

[@dimwitdave9344]

@@RNTV I had vague memories of watching Hurling as a kid so I too looked it up after posting my comment. It looks like an incredibly fun game

[@clumsytriangle2436]

ODI cricket (50 over games) are so exciting. Test cricket is for die hard fans. South African here. Rugby and cricket are major sports in our country.

[@steddie4514]

Test cricket is just that...a TEST of endurance and stamina 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@davidcarter4247]

Batters run outside the pitch to minimize damage to it and to avoid colliding with each other. They are often running watching the ball instead of each other. The more damaged the pitch becomes, the more unpredictable the bounce of the ball which advantages the bowler.

[@torresilk4277]

There is no way USA will accept a game that takes 5 days and can still be a draw. 😁

[@TheCeleron450]

Or even a tie. It has happened twice.

[@clivegilbertson6542]

G'day Guys! One thing which he left out is that when a bowler finishes his over the next bowler will bowl from the opposite end of the wicket which means most of the fielders will also change positions... You might like to check out the different styles of bowling like fast, medium pace and spin bowling.... Cheers!

[@HarryBarrow-e3u]

A cricket team will contain members that are specialists: several very good batters and several very good bowlers, both fast bowlers (fast and usually straight), spin bowlers that can make the ball jump up or sideways when it bounces, and stream bowlers that can make the ball swerve in the air. There are all-rounders who are good at both batting and bowling.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

We aussies like to rub some sandpaper on the ball so it does wacky things 😅. Anyway cricket is pretty easy to understand. 'Warne comes in from the paddington end and bowls a flipper which the batsman edges and hits straight to silly mid wicket and is out for a golden duck' Any questions?

[@ronwellington2516]

The bowlers alternate between each end and there are at least 4 specialist bowlers, but any one of the players may bowl an over. Two batters are required because if only one run is scored the second batter then faces the bowler….

[@archibaldchuzzlewit1848]

I like it when one team successfully pulls off the famed ChunderPuff Ploy. That's when cricket (or "Crikey" as natives call it) gets really good.

[@hermandobernardes722]

I love a test match, especially on the radio, very cathartic, interesting , funny, it's on in the background, and some test matches can culminate to exciting finishes.

[@douglasboyd6235]

18:16 To explain the timing of test (or first class for four-day domestic matches), play starts with a two-hour session, then a 40-minute lunch break, then two more hours of play, then a 20-minute tea break, then two more hours of play. Each day a minimum amount of overs is expected to be bowled (100 per day in a four-day match or 90 per day in a five-day match). Certain stoppages (innings changes, rain, bad light in day matches) can affect the number of overs. If a team is deliberately taking too much time to bowl to slow the game down to keep the other side from winning, they can be penalized with fines of their match fees or suspensions of that team’s captain.