There is nothing finer in the summer than a 5 day test match on the radio so you listen continuously while you do your chores, except when it gets very exciting.
Cricket is a game skill, patience and strategy. It can last all day, where you stop for lunch and tea. It’s a bit like chess, but on a field. Anybody can play. It doesn’t who or what you are.
According to that great oracle/journalist/retired cricket commentator Henry Blofeld ‘Limited over matches are an exhibition, a Test match is an examination’.
It is often considered rather ironic that England, a nation renowned for its rain, invented a game that required 5 consecutive days of good weather to play.
Used to have a spare day, to allow a day of rain. So a Test would be scheduled for 6 days. Go back far enough & Test matches were unlimited days, until 40 outs.
I stand to be corrected, but I think our game of 'Rounders' is more like your baseball. As a child cricket was played at village level on the village green. We would take a picnic and so, in my memory, it was always associated with warm, sunny days and treat like food. Just the sound of leather hitting willow (wooden ball covered in leather/bat made of willow) is nostalgic. People used to clap when their team run the opposition 'out' rather than cheer, but it's so long since I've watched a game I don't know if that still happens.
Definitely! According to the description I found, “The main difference between baseball and rounders is the batting. A rounders bat is much shorter at 18 inches (more like a truncheon) and it is usually swung one-handed. Misses or strikes are not called - the batter gets just one ball thrown to them and must run whether they hit it or not.” I’m not sure why people compare baseball to cricket, almost everything is different, aside from you use a bat to hit a ball. Rounders and softball are a much closer comparison to baseball.
One thing he kinda missed out of his explanation is that an over of 6 bowls is not just delivered from one bowler, but from one end of the pitch. After those 6 balls they not only swap bowlers, but then bowl from the other end of the pitch. Also the reason the other batter is there is for when the batters score one run it means the other batter is then up to face the bowler. It can add to some interesting tactics, if you have one strong batter with a weaker batter from further down the batting order. You may then try to score just one run, to bring the stronger batter into play.
Major League Cricket began in the US in the Summer of 2023 in the US. The new season will begin on 4th July 2024. There are currently six teams, Los Angeles Knight Raiders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom. They play the Twenty20 version of the sport. The none batters are usually waiting in the pavilion for their turn to bat. In the video the commentator mentioned other ways of getting out. One of those ways is called 'Timed Out' which means when one batter is out his/her replacement only has a set amount of time to get to the wicket to bat. This type of dismissal is very rare. It is also worth mentioning that there is a thriving lower level game of cricket. In the UK many villages will have a cricket team of amateurs who play the game for fun, with people of all ages playing. In major cities you will find many different cricket sides who play against each other in leagues usually on a weekend. It is not unusual however to find a top class player from another country playing in one of these lower league teams trying to gain experience of the different batting conditions from their home country which will then help them if they get selected at some later point in their career for a Test Match.
I am 70 years old and have been a cricket fan for most of my life. I love the game, especially test matches which can last 5 days. It is so interesting to see you trying to understand it.
Cricket is big in the Caribbean, Bob Marley was a big cricket fan. But generally cricket is played in places where England had a big influence, Africa, India, Australia 👍
Britain did have a big influence in the Caribbean as well as the other areas you mentioned because most of it was part of the British empire (about 15 island nations). As was India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh etc. Pretty much every enthusiastic cricket nation is an ex-colony of Britain.
I love cricket, i grew up watching and playing it. The rules all make sense to me, but hearing it explained like this makes me realise what a crazy game it is. Love it.
What he totally fails to mention is the fact that overs (6 balls) alternate from end to end. If a batsmen scores one run it brings the other batter to strike. After 6 balls "over" is called and 6 deliveries are then made from the other end by a different bowler. The ball is very similar in size and hardness to a baseball. It's made of two halves of leather stitched in a straight line around the circumference, the middle is cork with a harder layer sandwiched between the cork and outer skin.
Never ceases to amuse me when Americans are astonished about 5 day matches yet you don't blink an eye at golf tournaments taking virtually as long... BTW a day's play in cricket is basically 6 hours of actual play with a 40 minute break for lunch and a 20 minute break for afternoon tea. It's a civilized game after all.
Check out "Brian Lara", a Trinidadian former international cricketer. He holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994. 😎
@MrBollocks10 You mean apart from being the holder of the records for highest scoring individual innings in both first class(see above) and test matches(400 not out, v England, 1994) and being universally recognised as one of the greatest batsmen of all time?
@@MrBollocks10 Lara is considered the greatest cricket player, second only to Don Bradman (Australia). Some will argue India's Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest but for me it's Lara
I'm not disputing that he was an incredible batsman, but I'd rate a lower-scoring innings that won or saved a match higher than either of those huge innings in drawn games
Cricket is bigger in USA than people think , i played with a brother of a very famous West Indian player in the mid 80s who went to New York to play , he also played for USA . Two of my Indian friends i played with one an indian international are at this moment coaching in California for a few months which they do every year and not to forget the USA are joint holding this years T20 World Cup in June.
There has traditionally been a reasonably strong team in Hollywood - with British and Australians actors. A former England captain became an actor in later life and moved there - C Aubrey Smith. He founded the Hollywood Cricket Club with players like Errol Flynn, Boris Karloff and David Niven
I love that it can last 5 days and nobody wins but also that it has scheduled meal breaks and that the fielders/players have time to sign autographs DURING play.
This year's T20 world Cup is being partly played in the USA in June. They have a team in it, they are in a group with India, Pakistan, Ireland and Canada.
You asked where the rest of the batting team are when they are not batting. Like your dugout, they are waiting their turn to bat. This however is an English game, so they are in a civilised building called a Pavilion. There they will be fed cucumber sandwiches and cups of tea…..or in a village match, probably a few beers and a pork pie 😂
Cricket is actually by far the 2nd most popular sport in the world, after football(soccer). Its very popular in UK, played in a number of other European countries. Its extremely popular in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and all over the Caribbean. Its also popular in a number of other African countries, South East Asia, Canada & even China. Interesting fact the 1st ever international game was between Canada & USA.
@@johnhall7679 Estimated fans worldwide: Football - 3.5 billion Cricket - 2.5 billion Field Hockey - 2 billion ... Judo - 193 million Judo is not even in the top ten for popular sports. It is estimated that only around 40 million participate in the sport, compared to 265 million who play football. It is not known how many play cricket, but it is played in 125 countries.
@@johnhall7679 Judo doesn't even feature in the top 10 what are you talking about 🤣 The most popular sports are in order: football, cricket, hockey (field), tennis, volleyball, table tennis, basketball, baseball, rugby and golf
It certainly helps that Cricket is the #1 Sport in India {1.4 billion people}, Pakistan {231 million} and Bangladesh {169 million}. Field Hockey is also very popular in India and Pakistan {not sure about Bangladesh} which like with Cricket amps up its spot on these lists.
I have only been to one cricket match and it was a small local game between two rival towns/villages. It was lovely and sunny. Everyone was stting either in deck chairs or smal dining chairs at tables. Tea was served half way through with sandwiches and cake. And the bar was open throughout. It was so British it was unreal. I almost expected Winston Churchill to make and apperance. Despite being british I knew nothing and a friend was telling me what was going on. It was a truely perfect day. Not as exciting as maybe going to a big ground and watching two county teams or an international but really wonderful.
@reactingtomyroots The other nine batters in pink are in the waiting line up area waiting for their turn to bat if and or when one of the batters on the field gets out
Baseball is based on rounders. Which I believe was a game founded in the UK. As soon as you see it, you’ll see immediately that rounders and baseball is pretty similar.
Baseball was invented in the UK and was widely played here in the past before falling out of favour. Derby County football club's home ground until 1997 was called the baseball ground because the Derby Baseball club played there from 1890 until 1898. Football began at the ground in 1895.
Rounders is mostly a school (high school) game in the UK now, especially popular with girls. Very old game, still very popular nationally and internationally, but certainly in the UK it's now really a game for youngsters. Hence the often heard insult Brits use against baseball, that it's "just rounders". Have to say I loved it while I was at school!
@@MrChiddler wrong, the other way round. It’s actually from medieval times. The American version of baseball was taken from it. At least I do my homework.
The best cricket to watch is village cricket. There is always a pub or beer tent. You can sit in the sun, get tipsy and when it's time for tea there is a spread of cake and sandwiches.
Thanks for doing a cricket video Steve. This guy gave quite a good explanation. Other important info is, note that the bowlers arm is always straight. Bowlers aren't allowed to chuck the ball with a bent arm so it's a much more technical action. They also use the ball very differently, they use seam and spin, swing, pace and angle to make it difficult to hit. So much can affect the outcome of a game. Particularly pitch and weather conditions and test cricket in particular, is a much more strategic game than limited overs. It can be very exciting. The very best thing about cricket is the social side. Even a 20/20 game will take a few hours, so it's all about relaxing and enjoying yourself. 50 hours will be a full day, so you take the family, the dog and a picnic and even watch some cricket, go the pub for a few hours, then come back and watch the rest of the game. There's always food and drink and you can always fall asleep, wake up an hour later and carry on watching 😂 Also those 11 players on the field and 9 in the dressing room waiting to bat, are having quality time together and socialising with each other. So much of the fun is about the interaction between everyone who's there together on and off the pitch. As a spectator you can talk to the fielders. Cricket, especially in the uk, is about the enjoyment of relaxing and enjoying the outdoors, weather, food, drink and company. Winning, if it happens is just a bonus. It is impossible to watch a best of video because it could be best of bowling, fielding, batting, eating or drinking 😂 but this probably shows what I'm trying to express. Thank again, really enjoyed your enthusiasm and genuine interest x by the way, gareth southgate ( leading the singing in the video) is our current england football team manager) ua-cam.com/video/qKN4pv4M9sU/v-deo.htmlsi=YADRcMySAVPVyHV0
A dear friend of mine is a volleyball fan and considers cricket to be boring. Though your right of course about relaxing being part of the spectator side of the game, whether you're there, listening to it on the radio, or watching on TV, the building excitement of a great Test match is, in my lowly opinion, something unparalleled. And I say this for those who don't know, cause you surely do ☺. I only wish my friend would realise how little he understands about the game and the amazing skills involved. p.s. you meant to write 50 overs rather than 50 hours.
It's actually quite a simple game. You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
You forgot that the umpires who are always out can also decide if the behaviour of a player who is out towards a player that is in means that he should be sent in; or that a player who is in does something to a member of the team that is out, might be sent in by the umpires who are always out. Whether they are out or in, if they are sent in, they cannot be either out or in for the remainder of the match. 😁
Actually its not if you dig deep into the technicalities of the game. For example, type of soils used in pitches, types bowling deliveries and the effect of conditions on them, dls method etc.
Cricket is really big in the UK. It was used as a pass time by the British military who were stationed in India, who taught the locals the game, which spread to neighbouring countries. So its HUGE over there. Many of British cricketers are often of Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi etc ethnic origin. Baseball itself is based on the British game "Rounders", but that's more of a pass time than a professional game nowadays
British military in Ireland too. Waterville (Transatlantic Cable Station) in Kerry had its own Cricket team, you'll see their team photo in the Exhibition there.
@@CliveBilby Cricket was the main sport in ireland in the 19th century,but from 1884 onwards it died out apart from a few areas when GAA took over.Quintessential hurling counties like tipperary and kilkenny were dominated by cricket.Now cricket hardly exists in those counties bar a few clubs in the bigger towns.i know a man from kilkenny who is in his late 70s and it was still played in his young days and he played it himself though hurling even at that time had taken over as the main sport.Since 2007 there hasw been a resurgence but mainly in urban areas not so much rural areas.
The clip of the SA guy in pink is such an epic one - that's Gibbs, he hit 6 sixes in an over, meaning that he hit a six on every ball bowled to him by the bowler. I'd definitely recommend that you watch some match highlights to see these rules in play and track the progression of the runs etc.
I've never watched a cricket match, but Steve's enthusiasm makes me almost want to go. I'd recommend trying to find out about amateur cricket matches, where it is way more than just a game, and becomes a social event.
In UK there are local teams playing everywhere. Go to your local park, sit and enjoy. English warm summer days are a perfect day for cricket. Then we have tea, then keep playing. Just in case you think all that tea makes them soft, there is usually a bar in a cricket pavillion,along with the tea and cucumber sandwiches,
Most exciting thing about cricket is that the 20 over format will feature at the LA 2028 Olympics. A typical score for 20 overs is around 160-180 runs, for 50 overs is around 300 runs and for test can vary between 250 and 500 runs. If you want to watch highlights of a game I recommend the 2019 World Cup Final between England and New Zealand
And the 2024 T20 World Cup is jointly hosted by Caribbean and US... US hosting games in Dallas, Miami and New York (well Long Island). Teams from US and Canada competing indeed playing the opening match.
Theres a British expression "knocked for 6", that comes from cricket. Meaning you are stunned/surprised by something. Probably based on the idea of the person in the crowd having the ball come at them on a "6" and being stunned and surprised by it
Hat trick comes from cricket as well: taking 3 wickets in consecutive balls was once thought to be such an impossible feat that when someone first did it, a hat was passed round.
To be stumped on a problem is common in both the UK and US... I don't think "a sticky wicket" (meaning a difficult situation) has crossed the pond though.
I'd say it was the bowler who'd been knocked for six , ie his oponents have ramped up their score due to his mistake- so he feels a bit disgusted with himself.
It depends, a test match, for example, will definitely last for days, but that’s only one format. You can play a game of cricket much quicker by limiting the overs.
Cricket is the summer sport of England. It goes back many centuries. Baseball is a sort of development of cricket, via rounders, a game very like baseball mostly played by children. Cricket was certainly played in colonial America up to the Civil War. Cricket pitches have to be carefully prepared for the bouncing of the ball & running between the wickets. Rounders or Baseball does not need this perfection of ground so can be played anywhere, which means the armies at war could set up games in temporary camps etc. Even after this time cricket continued in the US, even matches between US & Canadian teams. But the simplicity of baseball & ease of making a suitable field meant that this became the preferred game in the US. Cricket, especially the long game lasting over several days, was a 'gentlemans' pastime, because they had the liesure time for this, when the workers didn't. The distance between the 2 wickets is 22 yards, which is a 'chain', a traditional land measure, which did use a real metal chain, with 4 inch links, as this was easy to pull around the land, for map making etc. The distance between bases in baseball is the same 22 yds, indicating the connection between the two games. In cricket the 'in' side us trying to score as many runs as possible, while the opponents in the fielding side are trying to get them out by hitting the wickets, or clean catching balls that the batting side hit. Members of the fielding side take turns at bowling (pitching) because each man can only bowl 6 times in a row, an 'over', then another man must bowl. The none active 9 of the batting side await their turn to bat as each player is got out. When 10 of the 11 are out that innings is over, because the batting side always plays in pairs & this cannot any longer happen. Then the fielding side have their turn to bat, & the former batting side become the fielding side, with all 11 in play, including the wicketkeeper, the only man with gloves, behind the stumps, there to catch the ball. Members of the fielding team change positions in the field according to which of them is bowling, & the batters they are trying to beat. At the end of their innings the team with the highest number of runs wins the game. There are usually 2 innings for each side in a match. The length of time is set by limiting the number of overs (pitches) bowled, that is to 20, or 50 etc per side. The first will last a couple of hours. 50 overs will fit in under a day. An international Test Match has unlimited overs, but two innings per side, & so can last up to 5 days.A good player will regularly score a hundred runs in an innings, even against good bowlers, though reaching 50 is good for most olayers. It is considered very good if a bowler gets 5 players out in an innings, often 1 or 2 is the norm, but just preventing runs is often the aim.
The whole of the 22 yds, from line to lines is called 'The pitch'. The area just around the pitch is called the 'Close Infield' (Silly Point etc). Then within the small marked circle is the 'Infield' (short fielding - Short square leg etc) The rest of the play area is called the 'Outfield' (Deep Fielding - Deep square leg etc.) The inner circle (Infield) is used to determine how many fielders are allowed at any specific time, during limited overs matches, and power play periods.
I remember the amazement when Sir Garfield Sobers ( Gary Sobers back then - from Barbados) scored 6 sixes in one over and I think that was a first for first class cricket. It was a county match in 1968 and fortunately was captured on television. Also not mentioned is another stat that is often quoted - the number of runs that have been scored by any two batsmen in the time that " partnership " has been at the crease.
Cricket is played world wide. A lot of UK villages will have their own team. Cricket bats come in different sizes depending on the height of the player. A full size bat can be 33 and a half inches long. The width is 4 and a quarter inches. In the UK, women/girls play a game called ROUNDERS, which is similar to baseball. Only the batters and wicket keeper wear gloves. Cricket is usually played in " whites". The coloured outfits are for different formats of the game. They stop play for LUNCH and TEA (dinner) during international tests.
In the UK and some other countries there have often been local and county teams and matches basic feilds would traditionally have a pavilion (building) where the batters would hang out and old ladies would make cucumber sandwiches, there used to be big black boards for keeping score.
Hi Steve, my step dad was in a cricket team my mum would accompany him to watch in the summer time she would take a picnic and just relax and enjoy , there a a lot of cricket grounds all over in every town , village 😊
Cricket is an intense psychological battle between bowler and batter. Bowlers use many strategies to outwit the batter and are often tailored to the known weaknesses of the batter. There are two types of bowling; pace and spin. A pace bowler is delivering the ball at speed and controlling the line/length of the ball trajectory to outwit the batsman. Pace bowlers can be extremely fast and many also utilise the swing of the ball in the air to good effect. A spin bowler delivers the ball more slowly but with some form of rotation added to the ball. Spin bowlers deceive the batsman with an unpredictable bounce. p.s. The ball is solid and can cause an injury if you're hit by it (hence the protective clothing). Being frightened of the ball is something you learn to overcome.
Test-match cricket is what taught me about attention span. The game at that time was only available "live" on the radio, so you had to imagine what was going on. There would be highlights on the box in the evening - if you were lucky: it was competing for exposure when there were only three TV channels in the UK. When the game can potentially last 5 days [running from 11.00 to 18.00 each day], it turns into a massive tableau of tactics - far more so than in American Football - but if you remember that an American Football game has a clear ebb and flow to it, when a team can be in charge, but then isn't as momentum shifts, you can apply the same to cricket - over a much longer time scale. And of course the weather can change over those 5 days: if it is hot and dry, essentially the batters find it easier, but when it is overcast and humid the bowlers can make the ball move in the air and/or off the ground much more easily, so it doesn't go where the batter is expecting it to. There are three types of bowler - fast, medium, & slow spinners, who as the name implies spin the ball to make it "turn" in the air and/or off the ground. If you have some rain to the extent that it forces the teams off, the wicket will be completely different in character when the teams come back on... It is the most wonderful sport - but you have to be able and willing to give it the time to unfold in front of you. Which is why test-match cricket is dying - because attention spans are much, much shorter now.
Chertsey, the town where I grew up, has a cricket club older than the US. The rule governing the width of the bat came about after, in 1771 a Chertsey player turned up for a match against Hambledon, and used a bat the same width of the wicket.
It’s cricket season in Australia right now! A cricket bat is basically a triangular prism, with the widest face at the front and the bat tapers off slightly. It’s quite heavy and the style of batting is very different from other bat sports. The Pitch is 66 feet long. The cricket ball covered in leather, is harder and heavier, and slightly bigger than a baseball. At any point during a cricket match, there are usually 13 players on the field - 11 from the bowling side and two from the batting side. Everyone not on the Pitch is fielding. They break for meals as well of course. All the footage in this video is from international and test matches. What is going to catch you off guard watching cricket is the language of the game, eg out for a duck, silly mid off, etc. Have fun!
Baseball is the reverse of cricket in many ways - in baseball runs are hard and outs are easy, in cricket runs are easy and outs are hard, and it’s the bowler that changes with the frequency similar to a batter. There’s also no bullpen so all bowlers are playing on the field elsewhere until it’s their turn to bowl. With the oval field you also have a lot more flexibility about where fielders are positioned - and it’s the on pitch captain that makes decisions in contrast to many US sports where it’s off field and non playing coaches that make decisions
The bat has a flat face no more than 4½ inches in width. On the reverse face, the wood (willow) tapers to a ridge to give it strength. At the edges, the depth of the bat is usually about ½ inch. The laminated handle of the bat is splined into the blade. A cricket ball is almost exactly the same size as a baseball, but heavier: 5½ to 5¾ oz in weight and 2.8 to 2.86 in diameter versus a weight of 5 to 5¼ oz and 2.86 to 2.94 inches diameter. The cricket ball is also harder, and stitched with a single seam joining two leather hemispheres, there being several rows of stitching parallel with the join. The ball has to be bowled overarm. A bowler whom the umpire considers is pitching or throwing the ball will be no-balled. There are six valid balls per over. If the bowler delivers a no-ball or a wide, it does not count towards the six in the over. The only people who wear gloves are batsmen and the wicket-keeper. Batsmen wear gloves that protect the backs of their hands and fingers against being struck by the ball as it is delivered to them. These gloves count as part of the bat. The rest of their bodies count as their leg, so they can score runs if the ball is deflected off their gloves, and equally, they can be caught out, or bowled (played on) if the ball is deflected on to their stumps. If the ball is deflected off their “leg”, if they are not given out leg-before-wicket, they can also score runs, which are called “leg byes”. Again, the ball might alternatively hit their wicket, and they would then be given out “bowled”. They can't be caught out after a deflection off their “leg”. Cricket may be played on any field, of any shape or size. It doesn't really matter: it's the same field for both sides. Some grounds might have a tree or other obstacle within the boundary. Local rules will apply in this case to deal with any complications that arise. You should appreciate that in a match scheduled to last several days, the anticipated weather can form a crucial part in the outcome of the game and affect the tactics adopted. The result of many first class matches is a draw, especially if rain or bad light have curtailed the available playing time. If things go badly for them, and a team realistically cannot win a match, they will play for a draw, and the final innings may consist entirely of a succession of batsmen concentrating on not getting out, rather than trying to score runs. The other ways of getting out not mentioned are: hit wicket, timed out, handled the ball, obstructing the field, hit ball twice, and retired out. If you are injured or taken ill while batting, you may leave the field and come back later in the innings after the fall of a wicket. If you leave for any other reason, you are out and cannot resume your innings.
A good summary. I just want to point out handled the ball has recently been removed as a mode of dismissal with aspects of it being incorporated into obstructing the field.
Yes... baseball is derived from cricket in many ways, the main being the distance from home plate to the pitcher mound. When Abner Doubleday was designing the game he took the length of a cricket pitch as a fair distance for the pitcher to deliver the ball to the batter.
He barely covered the basics of this great game. Nothing better than a summers day at the cricket, especially if it's a test match. The game has a massive, rich history. The ultimate occasion is the Ashes Series played between England and Australia every two years. It isnt uncommon for teams to score 5 or 6 hundred runs in an innings, but the average would be around 350 to 400.
A sunny day, a park with the local team, sit under a tree with a jug of Pimms. Sublime. Love cricket; perfect summer game. The sound of leather on willow......
There are about 6,000 school, collegiate, and amateur cricket teams in the US. There is even a national team which plays T20 on an international level. Most players in the US are from families who moved to the US from South Asia, the Caribbean, or Australia. In 2021 there were estimated to be about 250,000 players in the US. There is a minor league of teams from Texas, PA, Boston, Indiana, and CA.
17:03 yeah you got it figured out. The rest of the batting team will be waiting in an area like the “dugout” for their turn to bat, or to support their if they’ve already been in and out. If the batting team loses 10 wickets, their innings ends and either the teams swap or the result is determined. The innings can also end after a predetermined number of overs (the swapping of bowlers after every 6 balls), but I’m sure that will be covered later in the video.
Just one small mistake: 50 overs 'one day' cricket matches have approx. '300' balls per innings (not 600 as stated in the video) which is 50 overs x 6 balls per over = 300 ! I say approximately because there can be extra balls delivered for 'no balls', or 'wides' etc. Other than that, a great explanation !
I never realised that cricket is this complicated since I've been watching and playing it since my childhood. It's such a beautiful game and I agree that it's extremely hard to explain to new people. It takes time to learn and once you learn the game, you will appreciate it a lot.
So one of the oldest international games played yearly is The Ashes between England and Australia this is something which you should do a video on and is one of the game’s strangest and longest running traditions.
@23:00 P2 is indicator for "Power Play 2" - Power plays forces the fielding team to set their players aka fielders very close to the inner pitch or in the Inner circle- which allows the team batting to play more aggressively & chose to play more aerial shots & take more risks. So in Limited overs match 2 Power Play are forced on fielding teams- . 1st powerplay is forced from 1st over & 2nd powerplay is upon the decision of Fielding Caption .
@@101steel4 They are only 6000 players in the netherlands doubt if its a very popular sport there and probably the same for kenya.If you exclude bangladesh,pakistan,sri lanka and india which comprise the Indian subcontinent you are left with 160 million as opposed to 1.7million people on the subcontinent nearly ten times the rest of the world.I am irish and ireland is a test nation now but its not popular here at all we just good team.
Although only one player can bat at a given time both batters are in play, they both run, if they only score one run then they’ve swapped and if it’s in the same over that second guy is now going to be the one the bowler is bowling to. It’s a partnership, both can be out depending on where the ball is thrown
If you want to see how wild bowling can be I recommend Shane Warne's "how to bowl leg spin" tutorial. Thanks for the reaction matey, hoping to see your reaction to the next Ashes series!
Nothing better than a 5 day test. Summer's day, warm beer. If it doesn't excite you, there's always alternatives, 20/20s etc. Limited over Pyjama games and so on. Steve, if you can get in to this, it will be one of your best choices ever. God's wonderful game! As an Englishman, although it pains me to say, if you want to see one of the greatest bowlers ever, look up the late Shane Warne, leg spinner supreme, the GOAT. But for a freak of nature, he was unfortunately born an Aussie, not his fault, he couldn't help it. A sad loss to this world. In answer to how high the score can go, 4-500 are not that unusual. BUt usually you will find a team, batting first, setting a high score will "declare" and finish their innings. This then sets a total to beat for the opposition. So, declaring at 500 for 5, five wickets lost, five hundred runs set as a target. This means the opposing team has to beat that.
That is the best explanation of the game for baseball fans that I have seen yet. There is much more detail to learn, for instance alternate overs being delivered from opposite ends, the other 5 ways of getting out. Various factors that have a bearing on the way the game goes are too numerous to take in in one go eg weather conditions, pitch condition, whether the batter is a recognised batting specialist or principally in the team for his bowling skills. Remember the same ball is used for 80 overs in test cricket unless it becomes severely misshapen.
I moved to the UK from the US eleven years ago, My British husband is a huge cricket fan, and he has tried to explain it to me. It STILL makes no sense to me. 🤣 ETA: Baseball is more akin to Rounders in the UK.
Baseball and cricket evolved together, there was a version of baseball played in Britain in the 18th Century, Jane Austin mentions it in her 1803 novel Northanger Abbey. But baseball as you know it today was codified in the US.
That was a good explanation. My Favorite is Test Cricket, especially The Ashes, against our Arch rivals Australia. Steve, watch any Test match and you will learn a lot more about this wonderful game. Incidentally, when they take a break during a Match it is officially called stopping for Tea.
A cricket ball is slightly smaller but heavier than a baseball ball. Cricket ball circumference between 8 13/16 and 9 inches, weight 5.5 to 5.75 oz. Baseball ball circumference 9 to 9 1/4 inches, weight 5 to 5.25 oz. Cricket is not the only game where matches can take several days. Professional golf, snooker, and chess can all do so. Professional cricket has existed for at least as long as the USA. The highest ever score is over 1000 but 2-400 is usually in professional matches. In the amateur games I played we never passed 150.
Cricket is a far more intricate game than it looks. Think of it as "chess on grass". In the 1930s England played the Ashes series in Australia and deployed a controversial technique called "bodyline". This almost resulted in a diplomatic incident between Britain and Australia. Regardless of which team one supports the skills of the players can be a joy to watch. One example is "the ball of the century" bowled by the late Shane Warne to Mike Gatting.
Cricketer here, Devon Capped and helped out the local mens team when they short of players and a Cricket coaching qualification. The most reason was the cream teas in between play. Most mis understood matches are the Ashes, mainly stays in Australia because they keep trouncing us but it’s a great game to watch.
8:03 A bowler can also full toss the ball which is a bowl with no bounce straight at the wicket, if it is below the batters shoulders it is in play meaning it wasn't a no ball/fowl. If you can full toss it at the batters feet that is a good strategy because it's harder to dig out, unless you are a good batter.
To add a few bits of info for you. The bat is a maximum of 4" wide. The ball is very hard, it is a cork ball covered in leather with a pronounced seam, it is then effectively varnished, it will soften very slightly after a number of overs, and I do mean slightly. When the batsman take 1 run the person that was at the non strikers(bowlers) end will face the next delivery, unless it was the last ball of the over. At the end of each over (6 balls) the next bowler will bowl from the opposite end of the pitch, which is why the field is round/oval. A T-20 match will normally only last around 3 hours. The bowlers all have a 'style', so there are spin bowlers, medium pace and quick bowlers, a spin bowler will bowl the slowest (~50mph ish), a quick bowler will bowl at 90-100mph. The batsmen will wear pads, on the legs as will as a box (cup), batting gloves, helmet and various other pads depending upon personal preference. The only fielder tht is allowed to wear gloves is the wicket keeper (catcher) A few other cricket videos that might appeal: Shane Warne (the master of spin bowlers, imo) Chris Gayle (50 runs in 12 balls) Spectacular cricket catches
Major League Cricket. Begins July 5. 6 teams, 21 total matches played in TX and NC. Many top international players and upcoming domestic players. 7 games per team. 4 playoff games. Ends July 28.
To further complicate bats, and speaking as someone that worked at a county cricket ground equipment store, bats vary in weight. We had an on-site bat maker who could tailor bat weight, handle length and blade length to best suit individual players. The batting team wait in the pavillion, essentially a dug out, until they are up to bat. The second batter on the field is so the 2 batsmen pass each other as they score runs....then whichever batsman is at the correct end receives the next ball. They basically run from the pitching plate to home base and whichever is at home base receives the next ball. At the end of each over (6 balls) the bowling switches ends...think of it as the home plate and pitching plate direction is reversed. You're right in thinking days stop until the next day. Usually end of play for a day is due to poor weather conditions or its getting dark. We do have floodlit games and night games at a county level which are played overnight with massive floodlights to illuminate the pitch. These are generally the T20 format. When I worked at Essex County Cricket Ground, games would start around 11am and finish around 6pm (depending on weather and light), with a lunch break around 1. In terms of highest scores, England scored 498/4 in a 50 over One Day International game against the Netherlands in 2022. For individual batting scores...in 2016 an Indian named Pranav Dhanawade got the world record and beat the previous 116 year old record when he scored a ridiculous 1009 (not out) over 2 days whilst aged 16 and playing for his school.
The other 9 players of the team that are batting will be sipping tea and eating crumpets in the pavillon. You might find one or 2 of them snoozing or asleep, someone else doing a crossword, another on the phone to his wife/mistress/bookie
The batting team will be in the ‘pavilion’ (sometimes, it really is a big pavilion) watching the match. The next in the batting order will be already padded up ready to go out onto the pitch when one of the batters is out. Test matches can be 5 days. Often from about 10am and the day ends about 6pm (usually when the light makes seeing the ball difficult). But there is a lunch break about noon, and an afternoon ‘Tea’ break as well. If both teams complete both their innings before the 5th day… the match will finish early.
The batsmen waiting to bat, and also those batsmen already 'out' are usually sitting in a building called the pavilion, which houses the dressing/locker rooms. Very often the club's season ticket holders (members) will have a tiered seating area in front/within the pavilion which will often be, although not always, the best viewing seats in the ground. Freeze video at 18.19 to see the famous pavilion at Lords Cricket Ground in London.
Another interesting thing is that there are different types of bowlers (fast, spin etc) and certain types are preferred on certain pitches or certain weather conditions.
To clarify about the two batters on the field. When the batter facing the bowler hits the ball and runs the other batter that's at the bowlers end runs as well and ir they stop at 1 run then the batter that was at the bowlers end is now the batter facing the bowler. They both score runs for themselves. Runs that are scored from their hits are added to their score. Hope that helps.
One day i explained my friend cricket and first i told him that u can bounce the ball and he immediately said thats lame because u will think that the ball will come straight and u can hit it were ever in the field thats were u r wrong bc there is different kinds of categories in bowling like spin,pace,swing,fast bowling spin is a fascinating technique so when u are ready to hit the ball the bowl bouncess and it will turn and u are confused and u will leave the ball and the ball turns and hits the stumps spin is not that fast a spinners maximum pace is 110 or slightly more and u will acquire turn according to the pitch if the pitch is good with spin it will turn like crazy and here comes swing which the ball swings in the air were its insanely hard to hit the ball so more simply the ball will turn in air and the directions of it are called are inswinger and outswinger inswinger means the ball will swing into the batsman and most of the batsman will defend it and outswinger is were the ball will swing out to the batsman and he will try to hit and it swings out so there is big chance that it will be caught and fast bowling is on its name it recquires more pace like 140,150 and even 160 and its insanely hard to hit it cricket is magical game and its one of the goat of all sports and most of the techniques like i mentioned are dependent on the pitch but most skill bowlers will bowl the ball in any condition
There are situations where you would necessarily want to hit a 6 / Home run and would instead opt to play more defensively - so there is more nuance and strategy than just hitting 6s
We live down the road from our local cricket ground - when they're playing Test Match cricket, people arrive for around 09:30 and play carries on until about 18:30 each day. T20 Matches tend to be evening time, and the matches will still last 3-4 hours.....
Equestrian has a three-day event where the competitors have a day of show jumping, a day of dressage and a day of cross country. Also, in cricket the batter at the non-striker's end is batting in partnership with the striker so if one run or three runs are scored, they swap roles. This also occurs at the end of the over when the bowlers come in from the other end. If a full ball (full toss) is bowled it is seen as a gift for the batter as he/she does not need to worry about variation in bounce as a result of the spin imparted by the bowler or the position of the seam.
Well done in your initial questions and understanding. You asked intelligent questions, and generally seemed to understand the explanations when they were given. One of the best things about Test cricket (5 day games), in particular, is the "nuanced" play that can happen - the fielding team can spend ages applying pressure to the batsmen - getting the fielders in close, getting the bowler to bowl to the batsman's "weaknesses", drying up the ability for the batsman to actually score any runs - all intended to get the batsman to make a mistake... and the batsman has to counter and break free, forcing the fielders to try and stop free scoring play instead of getting them out. There is also the "ability" of the 2 batsman - one batsman may be the "best batter", while the other is a good bowler - but not a good batter (in cricket ALL 11 players have to bat). So the good batsman has to "protect" the bad one - by ONLY scoring 0/2/4/6 runs (so the bad batter stays at the other end) BUT at the end of the over (6 balls) the (new) bowler comes FROM THE OTHER END, and the batsmen DON'T change ends. So the "good" batsman tries to score 1/3/5 runs on the LAST ball. And the fielding team of course tries to prevent all of this.
There is nothing finer in the summer than a 5 day test match on the radio so you listen continuously while you do your chores, except when it gets very exciting.
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But only with the good Test Match Special commentators. I've given up....
Only purists can resonate this!
Radio 4, Test Match Special, listeners sending in cakes...
I've never found my chores getting exciting.
I used to think cricket was boring till someone kindly took time out to explain it to me! Is actually one of the most interesting sports ever.
I used to think cricket was boring till someone kindly took time out to explain it to me! Then I KNEW it was boring... j/k
Yeah once you know the rules and the scoring system it makes it really interesting and the players are so talented
Cricket is a game skill, patience and strategy. It can last all day, where you stop for lunch and tea. It’s a bit like chess, but on a field. Anybody can play. It doesn’t who or what you are.
Cricket 🏏❤
Yup, it may not look it but it's a great game. I always thought those who thought it was boring just didn't know enough about it.
According to that great oracle/journalist/retired cricket commentator Henry Blofeld ‘Limited over matches are an exhibition, a Test match is an examination’.
A test match is exactly that. A test of every faculty.
Not daft, old Henry.
It is often considered rather ironic that England, a nation renowned for its rain, invented a game that required 5 consecutive days of good weather to play.
that's why we had to expand the empire so we could get 5 sunny days to play cricket 😀
@@JasonEdney-wp7pe The sun never sets on the empire... Neither do the rain clouds..
or rather the game went on for five days due to numerous rain breaks
Used to have a spare day, to allow a day of rain. So a Test would be scheduled for 6 days.
Go back far enough & Test matches were unlimited days, until 40 outs.
@@robby1816 and yet there was draw as the team had to leave after 9th or 10th day as they had a ship scheduled to leave..
I stand to be corrected, but I think our game of 'Rounders' is more like your baseball. As a child cricket was played at village level on the village green. We would take a picnic and so, in my memory, it was always associated with warm, sunny days and treat like food. Just the sound of leather hitting willow (wooden ball covered in leather/bat made of willow) is nostalgic. People used to clap when their team run the opposition 'out' rather than cheer, but it's so long since I've watched a game I don't know if that still happens.
Definitely!
According to the description I found, “The main difference between baseball and rounders is the batting. A rounders bat is much shorter at 18 inches (more like a truncheon) and it is usually swung one-handed. Misses or strikes are not called - the batter gets just one ball thrown to them and must run whether they hit it or not.”
I’m not sure why people compare baseball to cricket, almost everything is different, aside from you use a bat to hit a ball. Rounders and softball are a much closer comparison to baseball.
Yes, similar to softball.
I played rounders as a kid and netball
@@fabshop6359 Yes, this. I think there was another game before rounders that either one or both came from.
Its a Welsh game. It was played by Celts @@fabshop6359
One thing he kinda missed out of his explanation is that an over of 6 bowls is not just delivered from one bowler, but from one end of the pitch. After those 6 balls they not only swap bowlers, but then bowl from the other end of the pitch.
Also the reason the other batter is there is for when the batters score one run it means the other batter is then up to face the bowler. It can add to some interesting tactics, if you have one strong batter with a weaker batter from further down the batting order. You may then try to score just one run, to bring the stronger batter into play.
Steve, the other nine batters are sat in the pavilion which is a lot posher version of a dugout in baseball.
Major League Cricket began in the US in the Summer of 2023 in the US. The new season will begin on 4th July 2024. There are currently six teams, Los Angeles Knight Raiders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom. They play the Twenty20 version of the sport.
The none batters are usually waiting in the pavilion for their turn to bat. In the video the commentator mentioned other ways of getting out. One of those ways is called 'Timed Out' which means when one batter is out his/her replacement only has a set amount of time to get to the wicket to bat. This type of dismissal is very rare.
It is also worth mentioning that there is a thriving lower level game of cricket. In the UK many villages will have a cricket team of amateurs who play the game for fun, with people of all ages playing. In major cities you will find many different cricket sides who play against each other in leagues usually on a weekend. It is not unusual however to find a top class player from another country playing in one of these lower league teams trying to gain experience of the different batting conditions from their home country which will then help them if they get selected at some later point in their career for a Test Match.
I am 70 years old and have been a cricket fan for most of my life. I love the game, especially test matches which can last 5 days. It is so interesting to see you trying to understand it.
There is no doubt that the level of strategy and the stakes are much higher. But it does require a deeper understanding to appreciate.
cricket insults between the batter and catcher (keeper) are legendary. and is known as sledging.
A cricket 'dug-out' is known as a Pavilion.
also called as dug-out
The batman's Holding, the bowler's Willey.
lol, that’s an old one
@@seanclark6438well here is one Lillee caught Dillie bowled Willie
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@@jacktattisHow about Stokes Foakes & Woakes in consecutive order in the lineup? It could happen.
@@paulbennett772 You never know
Cricket is big in the Caribbean, Bob Marley was a big cricket fan. But generally cricket is played in places where England had a big influence, Africa, India, Australia 👍
I believe there are cricket clubs in Los Angeles because of the large West Indian community. I think there is even a Compton Cricket club.
@@vladd6787 there are also a number of cricket teams that have been founded by Indian and Pakistani businessmen who have moved to the US for business.
When I was in Jamaica walking along the beach I came across the locals playing a cricket match on the beach. It was great.
Also in South Africa, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kenya, and many other countries.
Britain did have a big influence in the Caribbean as well as the other areas you mentioned because most of it was part of the British empire (about 15 island nations). As was India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh etc.
Pretty much every enthusiastic cricket nation is an ex-colony of Britain.
I love test matches. Sitting in a deckchair on a summer's day. Nothing better
Can't wait for the real "mind blown" moment when he realises a Test match can last 5 days and end in a draw... 😂😂😂
or go for 5 days and end in a TIE!
@@YobboBear or last 5 days and not a ball be bowled
@@GazzaLDN looking at you Sydney Boxing Day tests 😂
The rain stopped play on the fourth day ,,, and continued.
Hahahaha 😂🤣
I love cricket, i grew up watching and playing it. The rules all make sense to me, but hearing it explained like this makes me realise what a crazy game it is. Love it.
What he totally fails to mention is the fact that overs (6 balls) alternate from end to end. If a batsmen scores one run it brings the other batter to strike. After 6 balls "over" is called and 6 deliveries are then made from the other end by a different bowler. The ball is very similar in size and hardness to a baseball. It's made of two halves of leather stitched in a straight line around the circumference, the middle is cork with a harder layer sandwiched between the cork and outer skin.
Also it's six legal deliveries, so you might actually bowl more than six if no balls or wides occur.
And this is why you need two batters on the pitch at any time.
This was an overview, by an American no less, rather 'than totally failing to mention' a specific of the game.
I got to know how the end changes after 7 months of watching the game man, and I am an Indian lol
@@itsthe_elf so you've known this since you were 7 months old then?
Never ceases to amuse me when Americans are astonished about 5 day matches yet you don't blink an eye at golf tournaments taking virtually as long... BTW a day's play in cricket is basically 6 hours of actual play with a 40 minute break for lunch and a 20 minute break for afternoon tea. It's a civilized game after all.
Don't forget that golf is from Scotland
Check out "Brian Lara", a Trinidadian former international cricketer. He holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994. 😎
Why?
Why him?
Is there something interesting about him?
@MrBollocks10
You mean apart from being the holder of the records for highest scoring individual innings in both first class(see above) and test matches(400 not out, v England, 1994) and being universally recognised as one of the greatest batsmen of all time?
Angus Fraser, who bowled at Lara both times he set the Test record, was asked what Lara's weakness was?
He replied, "He gets tired in the 300s".
@@MrBollocks10 Lara is considered the greatest cricket player, second only to Don Bradman (Australia). Some will argue India's Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest but for me it's Lara
I'm not disputing that he was an incredible batsman, but I'd rate a lower-scoring innings that won or saved a match higher than either of those huge innings in drawn games
Spin bowling is just an amazing skill to watch practiced at top level.
Watching Shoaib Akhtar bowling is just amazing
Cricket is bigger in USA than people think , i played with a brother of a very famous West Indian player in the mid 80s who went to New York to play , he also played for USA . Two of my Indian friends i played with one an indian international are at this moment coaching in California for a few months which they do every year and not to forget the USA are joint holding this years T20 World Cup in June.
There has traditionally been a reasonably strong team in Hollywood - with British and Australians actors. A former England captain became an actor in later life and moved there - C Aubrey Smith. He founded the Hollywood Cricket Club with players like Errol Flynn, Boris Karloff and David Niven
Correct, a lot of West Indians living in the US and Canada play regular cricket there. Lots of touring teams goto the US for matches.
A lot of people don't realise that the first ever international cricket match was played between the US and Canada in Manhattan.
I love that it can last 5 days and nobody wins but also that it has scheduled meal breaks and that the fielders/players have time to sign autographs DURING play.
This year's T20 world Cup is being partly played in the USA in June. They have a team in it, they are in a group with India, Pakistan, Ireland and Canada.
You asked where the rest of the batting team are when they are not batting. Like your dugout, they are waiting their turn to bat. This however is an English game, so they are in a civilised building called a Pavilion. There they will be fed cucumber sandwiches and cups of tea…..or in a village match, probably a few beers and a pork pie 😂
Baseball more than likely came from our game called "Rounders"
It was invented in England to provide a game for footballers to play in the Summer. They were too thick to understand cricket.
@@allenwilliams1306Harsh. #Baseball is quite nuanced.
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You said it!😂
"Fast paced" !!
... that sums cricket up.🤭
Cricket is actually by far the 2nd most popular sport in the world, after football(soccer). Its very popular in UK, played in a number of other European countries. Its extremely popular in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and all over the Caribbean. Its also popular in a number of other African countries, South East Asia, Canada & even China. Interesting fact the 1st ever international game was between Canada & USA.
Actually its not Judo is after football. Every country in the world does Judo not so cricket.
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Estimated fans worldwide:
Football - 3.5 billion
Cricket - 2.5 billion
Field Hockey - 2 billion
...
Judo - 193 million
Judo is not even in the top ten for popular sports. It is estimated that only around 40 million participate in the sport, compared to 265 million who play football. It is not known how many play cricket, but it is played in 125 countries.
@@johnhall7679 Judo doesn't even feature in the top 10 what are you talking about 🤣
The most popular sports are in order: football, cricket, hockey (field), tennis, volleyball, table tennis, basketball, baseball, rugby and golf
It certainly helps that Cricket is the #1 Sport in India {1.4 billion people}, Pakistan {231 million} and Bangladesh {169 million}.
Field Hockey is also very popular in India and Pakistan {not sure about Bangladesh} which like with Cricket amps up its spot on these lists.
@@johnhall7679 Nobody watches judo champ.
Silly comment.
I have only been to one cricket match and it was a small local game between two rival towns/villages. It was lovely and sunny. Everyone was stting either in deck chairs or smal dining chairs at tables. Tea was served half way through with sandwiches and cake. And the bar was open throughout. It was so British it was unreal. I almost expected Winston Churchill to make and apperance. Despite being british I knew nothing and a friend was telling me what was going on. It was a truely perfect day. Not as exciting as maybe going to a big ground and watching two county teams or an international but really wonderful.
According to Wiki there are 500 cricket teams in the USA with many leagues.
That really surprises me!
@reactingtomyroots The other nine batters in pink are in the waiting line up area waiting for their turn to bat if and or when one of the batters on the field gets out
@tommysaroda4446 Batsman not batter 🤦
@steddie4514 I know, and I understand your correction. I only said Batter in case the guy who reacted to the video was confused with the terms.
@@steddie4514 The Woke movement will be out to cancel you for not accepting batter as the correct term!
The first test match was played between Canada and the usa
Baseball is based on rounders. Which I believe was a game founded in the UK. As soon as you see it, you’ll see immediately that rounders and baseball is pretty similar.
Baseball was invented in the UK and was widely played here in the past before falling out of favour. Derby County football club's home ground until 1997 was called the baseball ground because the Derby Baseball club played there from 1890 until 1898. Football began at the ground in 1895.
Rounders is mostly a school (high school) game in the UK now, especially popular with girls. Very old game, still very popular nationally and internationally, but certainly in the UK it's now really a game for youngsters. Hence the often heard insult Brits use against baseball, that it's "just rounders". Have to say I loved it while I was at school!
Rounders is it fact based on baseball.
@@MrChiddler wrong, the other way round. It’s actually from medieval times. The American version of baseball was taken from it. At least I do my homework.
@@ianroper2812 baseball is mentioned by Jane Austen. Well before it existed in America. Sorry. My homework is better than yours.
When not batting, batters either stay in the suite or clubhouse or a dug out in T20 matches.
The best cricket to watch is village cricket. There is always a pub or beer tent. You can sit in the sun, get tipsy and when it's time for tea there is a spread of cake and sandwiches.
Thanks for doing a cricket video Steve. This guy gave quite a good explanation. Other important info is, note that the bowlers arm is always straight. Bowlers aren't allowed to chuck the ball with a bent arm so it's a much more technical action. They also use the ball very differently, they use seam and spin, swing, pace and angle to make it difficult to hit. So much can affect the outcome of a game. Particularly pitch and weather conditions and test cricket in particular, is a much more strategic game than limited overs. It can be very exciting. The very best thing about cricket is the social side. Even a 20/20 game will take a few hours, so it's all about relaxing and enjoying yourself. 50 hours will be a full day, so you take the family, the dog and a picnic and even watch some cricket, go the pub for a few hours, then come back and watch the rest of the game. There's always food and drink and you can always fall asleep, wake up an hour later and carry on watching 😂 Also those 11 players on the field and 9 in the dressing room waiting to bat, are having quality time together and socialising with each other. So much of the fun is about the interaction between everyone who's there together on and off the pitch. As a spectator you can talk to the fielders. Cricket, especially in the uk, is about the enjoyment of relaxing and enjoying the outdoors, weather, food, drink and company. Winning, if it happens is just a bonus. It is impossible to watch a best of video because it could be best of bowling, fielding, batting, eating or drinking 😂 but this probably shows what I'm trying to express. Thank again, really enjoyed your enthusiasm and genuine interest x by the way, gareth southgate ( leading the singing in the video) is our current england football team manager)
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A dear friend of mine is a volleyball fan and considers cricket to be boring. Though your right of course about relaxing being part of the spectator side of the game, whether you're there, listening to it on the radio, or watching on TV, the building excitement of a great Test match is, in my lowly opinion, something unparalleled. And I say this for those who don't know, cause you surely do ☺. I only wish my friend would realise how little he understands about the game and the amazing skills involved.
p.s. you meant to write 50 overs rather than 50 hours.
It's actually quite a simple game.
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
You forgot that the umpires who are always out can also decide if the behaviour of a player who is out towards a player that is in means that he should be sent in; or that a player who is in does something to a member of the team that is out, might be sent in by the umpires who are always out. Whether they are out or in, if they are sent in, they cannot be either out or in for the remainder of the match.
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LOL That's MY explanation! I thought someone would put it in here. It's so simple really, isn't it?
Precisely!! So simple. 😂
Actually its not if you dig deep into the technicalities of the game. For example, type of soils used in pitches, types bowling deliveries and the effect of conditions on them, dls method etc.
Very simple game, lmfao.
The "Bats" are wide, but light for there size. I worked for Grey-Nicolls, one of the largest manufactures. They are normally 2.5 -3lbs.
Cricket is really big in the UK. It was used as a pass time by the British military who were stationed in India, who taught the locals the game, which spread to neighbouring countries. So its HUGE over there. Many of British cricketers are often of Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi etc ethnic origin. Baseball itself is based on the British game "Rounders", but that's more of a pass time than a professional game nowadays
British military in Ireland too. Waterville (Transatlantic Cable Station) in Kerry had its own Cricket team, you'll see their team photo in the Exhibition there.
@@CliveBilby Cricket was the main sport in ireland in the 19th century,but from 1884 onwards it died out apart from a few areas when GAA took over.Quintessential hurling counties like tipperary and kilkenny were dominated by cricket.Now cricket hardly exists in those counties bar a few clubs in the bigger towns.i know a man from kilkenny who is in his late 70s and it was still played in his young days and he played it himself though hurling even at that time had taken over as the main sport.Since 2007 there hasw been a resurgence but mainly in urban areas not so much rural areas.
The British military did the same in Canada where they invented ice hockey too!
The clip of the SA guy in pink is such an epic one - that's Gibbs, he hit 6 sixes in an over, meaning that he hit a six on every ball bowled to him by the bowler. I'd definitely recommend that you watch some match highlights to see these rules in play and track the progression of the runs etc.
I've never watched a cricket match, but Steve's enthusiasm makes me almost want to go.
I'd recommend trying to find out about amateur cricket matches, where it is way more than just a game, and becomes a social event.
Best way to start is the shorter games, the 100 competition or the 20/20. Quick and easy.
In UK there are local teams playing everywhere. Go to your local park, sit and enjoy. English warm summer days are a perfect day for cricket. Then we have tea, then keep playing. Just in case you think all that tea makes them soft, there is usually a bar in a cricket pavillion,along with the tea and cucumber sandwiches,
Same goes for international games.
Go to a test match and groups will filter between their seats and the bars and restaurants throughout the day.
Most exciting thing about cricket is that the 20 over format will feature at the LA 2028 Olympics. A typical score for 20 overs is around 160-180 runs, for 50 overs is around 300 runs and for test can vary between 250 and 500 runs. If you want to watch highlights of a game I recommend the 2019 World Cup Final between England and New Zealand
And the 2024 T20 World Cup is jointly hosted by Caribbean and US...
US hosting games in Dallas, Miami and New York (well Long Island).
Teams from US and Canada competing indeed playing the opening match.
Theres a British expression "knocked for 6", that comes from cricket. Meaning you are stunned/surprised by something. Probably based on the idea of the person in the crowd having the ball come at them on a "6" and being stunned and surprised by it
Hat trick comes from cricket as well: taking 3 wickets in consecutive balls was once thought to be such an impossible feat that when someone first did it, a hat was passed round.
To be stumped on a problem is common in both the UK and US... I don't think "a sticky wicket" (meaning a difficult situation) has crossed the pond though.
Also the phrase "I was bowled over".
@@weejackrussell and 'bowling a maiden over' means bowling six balls (an 'over') without scoring 🙂
I'd say it was the bowler who'd been knocked for six , ie his oponents have ramped up their score due to his mistake- so he feels a bit disgusted with himself.
Only at 8:11 but just had the "this seems fun, it's a more fast paced version of baseball!" comment...
Oh you sweet summer child...
That's kinda true for T20 cricket
It depends, a test match, for example, will definitely last for days, but that’s only one format. You can play a game of cricket much quicker by limiting the overs.
In the summer a game usually starts around 11 am till about 7pm , if its a test match it lasts 5 days
Cricket is the summer sport of England. It goes back many centuries. Baseball is a sort of development of cricket, via rounders, a game very like baseball mostly played by children. Cricket was certainly played in colonial America up to the Civil War. Cricket pitches have to be carefully prepared for the bouncing of the ball & running between the wickets.
Rounders or Baseball does not need this perfection of ground so can be played anywhere, which means the armies at war could set up games in temporary camps etc.
Even after this time cricket continued in the US, even matches between US & Canadian teams. But the simplicity of baseball & ease of making a suitable field meant that this became the preferred game in the US.
Cricket, especially the long game lasting over several days, was a 'gentlemans' pastime, because they had the
liesure time for this, when the workers didn't.
The distance between the 2 wickets is 22 yards, which is a 'chain', a traditional land measure, which did use a real metal chain, with 4 inch links, as this was easy to pull around the land, for map making etc.
The distance between bases in baseball is the same 22 yds, indicating the connection between the two games. In cricket the 'in' side us trying to score as many runs as possible, while the opponents in the fielding side are trying to get them out by hitting the wickets, or clean catching balls that the batting side hit.
Members of the fielding side take turns at bowling (pitching) because each man can only bowl 6 times in a row, an 'over', then another man must bowl. The none active 9 of the batting side await their turn to bat as each player is got out. When 10 of the 11 are out that innings is over, because the batting side always plays in pairs & this cannot any longer happen.
Then the fielding side have their turn to bat, & the former batting side become the fielding side, with all 11 in play, including the wicketkeeper, the only man with gloves, behind the stumps, there to catch the ball.
Members of the fielding team change positions in the field according to which of them is bowling, & the batters they are trying to beat. At the end of their innings the team with the highest number of runs wins the game. There are usually 2 innings for each side in a match. The length of time is set by limiting the number of overs (pitches) bowled, that is to 20, or 50 etc per side. The first will last a couple of hours. 50 overs will fit in under a day. An international Test Match has unlimited overs, but two innings per side, & so can last up to 5 days.A good player will regularly score a hundred runs in an innings, even against good bowlers, though reaching 50 is good for most olayers. It is considered very good if a bowler gets 5 players out in an innings, often 1 or 2 is the norm, but just preventing runs is often the aim.
The whole of the 22 yds, from line to lines is called 'The pitch'.
The area just around the pitch is called the 'Close Infield' (Silly Point etc).
Then within the small marked circle is the 'Infield' (short fielding - Short square leg etc)
The rest of the play area is called the 'Outfield' (Deep Fielding - Deep square leg etc.)
The inner circle (Infield) is used to determine how many fielders are allowed at any specific time, during limited overs matches, and power play periods.
I think the last official american cricket team were on the titanic. Cricket sunk with them in the U.S.
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I remember the amazement when Sir Garfield Sobers ( Gary Sobers back then - from Barbados) scored 6 sixes in one over and I think that was a first for first class cricket. It was a county match in 1968 and fortunately was captured on television.
Also not mentioned is another stat that is often quoted - the number of runs that have been scored by any two batsmen in the time that " partnership " has been at the crease.
Cricket is played world wide.
A lot of UK villages will have their own team.
Cricket bats come in different sizes depending on the height of the player. A full size bat can be 33 and a half inches long. The width is 4 and a quarter inches.
In the UK, women/girls play a game called ROUNDERS, which is similar to baseball.
Only the batters and wicket keeper wear gloves.
Cricket is usually played in " whites". The coloured outfits are for different formats of the game.
They stop play for LUNCH and TEA (dinner) during international tests.
The coloured clothing versions of the game were originally referred to as "pyjama" cricket.
Cricket in carribian jast like a religion. Love from gayana❤😊
In the UK and some other countries there have often been local and county teams and matches basic feilds would traditionally have a pavilion (building) where the batters would hang out and old ladies would make cucumber sandwiches, there used to be big black boards for keeping score.
Hi Steve, my step dad was in a cricket team my mum would accompany him to watch in the summer time she would take a picnic and just relax and enjoy , there a a lot of cricket grounds all over in every town , village 😊
Cricket is an intense psychological battle between bowler and batter. Bowlers use many strategies to outwit the batter and are often tailored to the known weaknesses of the batter.
There are two types of bowling; pace and spin. A pace bowler is delivering the ball at speed and controlling the line/length of the ball trajectory to outwit the batsman. Pace bowlers can be extremely fast and many also utilise the swing of the ball in the air to good effect. A spin bowler delivers the ball more slowly but with some form of rotation added to the ball. Spin bowlers deceive the batsman with an unpredictable bounce.
p.s. The ball is solid and can cause an injury if you're hit by it (hence the protective clothing). Being frightened of the ball is something you learn to overcome.
Test-match cricket is what taught me about attention span. The game at that time was only available "live" on the radio, so you had to imagine what was going on. There would be highlights on the box in the evening - if you were lucky: it was competing for exposure when there were only three TV channels in the UK.
When the game can potentially last 5 days [running from 11.00 to 18.00 each day], it turns into a massive tableau of tactics - far more so than in American Football - but if you remember that an American Football game has a clear ebb and flow to it, when a team can be in charge, but then isn't as momentum shifts, you can apply the same to cricket - over a much longer time scale. And of course the weather can change over those 5 days: if it is hot and dry, essentially the batters find it easier, but when it is overcast and humid the bowlers can make the ball move in the air and/or off the ground much more easily, so it doesn't go where the batter is expecting it to.
There are three types of bowler - fast, medium, & slow spinners, who as the name implies spin the ball to make it "turn" in the air and/or off the ground.
If you have some rain to the extent that it forces the teams off, the wicket will be completely different in character when the teams come back on...
It is the most wonderful sport - but you have to be able and willing to give it the time to unfold in front of you.
Which is why test-match cricket is dying - because attention spans are much, much shorter now.
Small correction, the target is always one more than the opposing team scored.
I was very impressed how well you disseminated and absorbed the information from that excellent video.
Kind regards from England.
Hi Steve you need to check out the manufacture of cricket bats. It's fascinating!
Cricket bats are a work of art
Steve...good job. I didn't much have a clue about the game myself, and I'm British. You learn every day! Robert, uk
Cricket is the second most watched sport on Earth.
Chertsey, the town where I grew up, has a cricket club older than the US. The rule governing the width of the bat came about after, in 1771 a Chertsey player turned up for a match against Hambledon, and used a bat the same width of the wicket.
It’s cricket season in Australia right now!
A cricket bat is basically a triangular prism, with the widest face at the front and the bat tapers off slightly. It’s quite heavy and the style of batting is very different from other bat sports. The Pitch is 66 feet long. The cricket ball covered in leather, is harder and heavier, and slightly bigger than a baseball.
At any point during a cricket match, there are usually 13 players on the field - 11 from the bowling side and two from the batting side. Everyone not on the Pitch is fielding.
They break for meals as well of course. All the footage in this video is from international and test matches. What is going to catch you off guard watching cricket is the language of the game, eg out for a duck, silly mid off, etc. Have fun!
66 feet/22 yards/1 chain. I love the old fashioned measurements.
Or a furlong !@@jenniferfox301
Baseball is the reverse of cricket in many ways - in baseball runs are hard and outs are easy, in cricket runs are easy and outs are hard, and it’s the bowler that changes with the frequency similar to a batter. There’s also no bullpen so all bowlers are playing on the field elsewhere until it’s their turn to bowl. With the oval field you also have a lot more flexibility about where fielders are positioned - and it’s the on pitch captain that makes decisions in contrast to many US sports where it’s off field and non playing coaches that make decisions
The bat has a flat face no more than 4½ inches in width. On the reverse face, the wood (willow) tapers to a ridge to give it strength. At the edges, the depth of the bat is usually about ½ inch. The laminated handle of the bat is splined into the blade. A cricket ball is almost exactly the same size as a baseball, but heavier: 5½ to 5¾ oz in weight and 2.8 to 2.86 in diameter versus a weight of 5 to 5¼ oz and 2.86 to 2.94 inches diameter. The cricket ball is also harder, and stitched with a single seam joining two leather hemispheres, there being several rows of stitching parallel with the join. The ball has to be bowled overarm. A bowler whom the umpire considers is pitching or throwing the ball will be no-balled. There are six valid balls per over. If the bowler delivers a no-ball or a wide, it does not count towards the six in the over. The only people who wear gloves are batsmen and the wicket-keeper. Batsmen wear gloves that protect the backs of their hands and fingers against being struck by the ball as it is delivered to them. These gloves count as part of the bat. The rest of their bodies count as their leg, so they can score runs if the ball is deflected off their gloves, and equally, they can be caught out, or bowled (played on) if the ball is deflected on to their stumps. If the ball is deflected off their “leg”, if they are not given out leg-before-wicket, they can also score runs, which are called “leg byes”. Again, the ball might alternatively hit their wicket, and they would then be given out “bowled”. They can't be caught out after a deflection off their “leg”.
Cricket may be played on any field, of any shape or size. It doesn't really matter: it's the same field for both sides. Some grounds might have a tree or other obstacle within the boundary. Local rules will apply in this case to deal with any complications that arise.
You should appreciate that in a match scheduled to last several days, the anticipated weather can form a crucial part in the outcome of the game and affect the tactics adopted. The result of many first class matches is a draw, especially if rain or bad light have curtailed the available playing time. If things go badly for them, and a team realistically cannot win a match, they will play for a draw, and the final innings may consist entirely of a succession of batsmen concentrating on not getting out, rather than trying to score runs.
The other ways of getting out not mentioned are: hit wicket, timed out, handled the ball, obstructing the field, hit ball twice, and retired out. If you are injured or taken ill while batting, you may leave the field and come back later in the innings after the fall of a wicket. If you leave for any other reason, you are out and cannot resume your innings.
A good summary. I just want to point out handled the ball has recently been removed as a mode of dismissal with aspects of it being incorporated into obstructing the field.
Yes... baseball is derived from cricket in many ways, the main being the distance from home plate to the pitcher mound. When Abner Doubleday was designing the game he took the length of a cricket pitch as a fair distance for the pitcher to deliver the ball to the batter.
He barely covered the basics of this great game. Nothing better than a summers day at the cricket, especially if it's a test match. The game has a massive, rich history. The ultimate occasion is the Ashes Series played between England and Australia every two years.
It isnt uncommon for teams to score 5 or 6 hundred runs in an innings, but the average would be around 350 to 400.
He offered a twenty-five minute overview of the game, enough for anyone unfamiliar with the game -as Steve was - to grasp the very basic elements.
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@@2eleven48exactly what it’s for. There’s a good follow up too
A sunny day, a park with the local team, sit under a tree with a jug of Pimms. Sublime. Love cricket; perfect summer game.
The sound of leather on willow......
@@williambarney6670 You Reds !
Grew up in the UK and one of the things I really enjoyed was watching a test match on TV during the summer holidays.
There are about 6,000 school, collegiate, and amateur cricket teams in the US. There is even a national team which plays T20 on an international level. Most players in the US are from families who moved to the US from South Asia, the Caribbean, or Australia. In 2021 there were estimated to be about 250,000 players in the US. There is a minor league of teams from Texas, PA, Boston, Indiana, and CA.
There’s a pro 100 competition too. I watched it last year it was great. Players come from all over the world
Thank God for Google.🤭
More importantly this year's T20 World Cup will be held in America where 20 countries compete.
17:03 yeah you got it figured out.
The rest of the batting team will be waiting in an area like the “dugout” for their turn to bat, or to support their if they’ve already been in and out.
If the batting team loses 10 wickets, their innings ends and either the teams swap or the result is determined.
The innings can also end after a predetermined number of overs (the swapping of bowlers after every 6 balls), but I’m sure that will be covered later in the video.
Just one small mistake: 50 overs 'one day' cricket matches have approx. '300' balls per innings (not 600 as stated in the video) which is 50 overs x 6 balls per over = 300 ! I say approximately because there can be extra balls delivered for 'no balls', or 'wides' etc. Other than that, a great explanation !
600 for the whole match
@@RollerbazAndCoasterDad Exactly ! But he did put in the graphics: 'MAX 600 DELIVERIES PER INNINGS' !
I never realised that cricket is this complicated since I've been watching and playing it since my childhood. It's such a beautiful game and I agree that it's extremely hard to explain to new people. It takes time to learn and once you learn the game, you will appreciate it a lot.
So one of the oldest international games played yearly is The Ashes between England and Australia this is something which you should do a video on and is one of the game’s strangest and longest running traditions.
Once every four years per country. (Against each other every two years, alternating between Australia and England). Next is Australia in 2026.
And for a bit of interest look at the origin of “ The Ashes”. Interesting story!
@23:00 P2 is indicator for "Power Play 2" - Power plays forces the fielding team to set their players aka fielders very close to the inner pitch or in the Inner circle- which allows the team batting to play more aggressively & chose to play more aerial shots & take more risks. So in Limited overs match 2 Power Play are forced on fielding teams- .
1st powerplay is forced from 1st over & 2nd powerplay is upon the decision of Fielding Caption .
Cricket is the second biggest sport in the world after football.
That's mainly due to its popularity in the Indian sub-continent.
@@geoffpoole483 And in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, Bangladesh, West Indies, etc.
@@sharonmartin4036 exactly. People always spout India, when it's a world sport.
@@101steel4 They are only 6000 players in the netherlands doubt if its a very popular sport there and probably the same for kenya.If you exclude bangladesh,pakistan,sri lanka and india which comprise the Indian subcontinent you are left with 160 million as opposed to 1.7million people on the subcontinent nearly ten times the rest of the world.I am irish and ireland is a test nation now but its not popular here at all we just good team.
Although only one player can bat at a given time both batters are in play, they both run, if they only score one run then they’ve swapped and if it’s in the same over that second guy is now going to be the one the bowler is bowling to. It’s a partnership, both can be out depending on where the ball is thrown
If you want to see how wild bowling can be I recommend Shane Warne's "how to bowl leg spin" tutorial. Thanks for the reaction matey, hoping to see your reaction to the next Ashes series!
RIP Warnie, one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game 🇦🇺
Love your genuine interest for english things. Your reaction videos are always a great watch.
Nothing better than a 5 day test. Summer's day, warm beer. If it doesn't excite you, there's always alternatives, 20/20s etc. Limited over Pyjama games and so on. Steve, if you can get in to this, it will be one of your best choices ever. God's wonderful game! As an Englishman, although it pains me to say, if you want to see one of the greatest bowlers ever, look up the late Shane Warne, leg spinner supreme, the GOAT. But for a freak of nature, he was unfortunately born an Aussie, not his fault, he couldn't help it. A sad loss to this world. In answer to how high the score can go, 4-500 are not that unusual. BUt usually you will find a team, batting first, setting a high score will "declare" and finish their innings. This then sets a total to beat for the opposition. So, declaring at 500 for 5, five wickets lost, five hundred runs set as a target. This means the opposing team has to beat that.
Warm beer? Fridge must be broken! 😂
It's an English man talking! Of course it's warm beer!
That is the best explanation of the game for baseball fans that I have seen yet. There is much more detail to learn, for instance alternate overs being delivered from opposite ends, the other 5 ways of getting out. Various factors that have a bearing on the way the game goes are too numerous to take in in one go eg weather conditions, pitch condition, whether the batter is a recognised batting specialist or principally in the team for his bowling skills. Remember the same ball is used for 80 overs in test cricket unless it becomes severely misshapen.
I moved to the UK from the US eleven years ago, My British husband is a huge cricket fan, and he has tried to explain it to me. It STILL makes no sense to me. 🤣
ETA: Baseball is more akin to Rounders in the UK.
Try and explain American football to him 😂
@@101steel4 I would, but I never watch it. Funnily enough, it has an audience here. 🤣
If you can't understand it, just go for the confusion of it and the company!
Enjoyed your reaction! Thank you for trying to understand the game. Hope you react to more of cricket videos.
Baseball and cricket evolved together, there was a version of baseball played in Britain in the 18th Century, Jane Austin mentions it in her 1803 novel Northanger Abbey. But baseball as you know it today was codified in the US.
Hats off to the dude explaining the game. He did a pretty good all round job...!!!!
That was a good explanation. My Favorite is Test Cricket, especially The Ashes, against our Arch rivals Australia. Steve, watch any Test match and you will learn a lot more about this wonderful game. Incidentally, when they take a break during a Match it is officially called stopping for Tea.
I bet he'd be surprised at the size of the trophy!
@@weejackrussell 🤣🤣👍👍
A cricket ball is slightly smaller but heavier than a baseball ball. Cricket ball circumference between 8 13/16 and 9 inches, weight 5.5 to 5.75 oz. Baseball ball circumference 9 to 9 1/4 inches, weight 5 to 5.25 oz.
Cricket is not the only game where matches can take several days. Professional golf, snooker, and chess can all do so.
Professional cricket has existed for at least as long as the USA.
The highest ever score is over 1000 but 2-400 is usually in professional matches. In the amateur games I played we never passed 150.
Cricket is a far more intricate game than it looks. Think of it as "chess on grass". In the 1930s England played the Ashes series in Australia and deployed a controversial technique called "bodyline". This almost resulted in a diplomatic incident between Britain and Australia. Regardless of which team one supports the skills of the players can be a joy to watch. One example is "the ball of the century" bowled by the late Shane Warne to Mike Gatting.
Cricketer here, Devon Capped and helped out the local mens team when they short of players and a Cricket coaching qualification. The most reason was the cream teas in between play. Most mis understood matches are the Ashes, mainly stays in Australia because they keep trouncing us but it’s a great game to watch.
Baseball+brain= Cricket
8:03 A bowler can also full toss the ball which is a bowl with no bounce straight at the wicket, if it is below the batters shoulders it is in play meaning it wasn't a no ball/fowl. If you can full toss it at the batters feet that is a good strategy because it's harder to dig out, unless you are a good batter.
To add a few bits of info for you. The bat is a maximum of 4" wide.
The ball is very hard, it is a cork ball covered in leather with a pronounced seam, it is then effectively varnished, it will soften very slightly after a number of overs, and I do mean slightly.
When the batsman take 1 run the person that was at the non strikers(bowlers) end will face the next delivery, unless it was the last ball of the over. At the end of each over (6 balls) the next bowler will bowl from the opposite end of the pitch, which is why the field is round/oval.
A T-20 match will normally only last around 3 hours.
The bowlers all have a 'style', so there are spin bowlers, medium pace and quick bowlers, a spin bowler will bowl the slowest (~50mph ish), a quick bowler will bowl at 90-100mph.
The batsmen will wear pads, on the legs as will as a box (cup), batting gloves, helmet and various other pads depending upon personal preference. The only fielder tht is allowed to wear gloves is the wicket keeper (catcher)
A few other cricket videos that might appeal:
Shane Warne (the master of spin bowlers, imo)
Chris Gayle (50 runs in 12 balls)
Spectacular cricket catches
The atmosphere of a cricket match especially T20 is not dissimilar to baseball, I love both
Major League Cricket. Begins July 5. 6 teams, 21 total matches played in TX and NC. Many top international players and upcoming domestic players. 7 games per team. 4 playoff games. Ends July 28.
To further complicate bats, and speaking as someone that worked at a county cricket ground equipment store, bats vary in weight. We had an on-site bat maker who could tailor bat weight, handle length and blade length to best suit individual players.
The batting team wait in the pavillion, essentially a dug out, until they are up to bat.
The second batter on the field is so the 2 batsmen pass each other as they score runs....then whichever batsman is at the correct end receives the next ball. They basically run from the pitching plate to home base and whichever is at home base receives the next ball.
At the end of each over (6 balls) the bowling switches ends...think of it as the home plate and pitching plate direction is reversed.
You're right in thinking days stop until the next day. Usually end of play for a day is due to poor weather conditions or its getting dark. We do have floodlit games and night games at a county level which are played overnight with massive floodlights to illuminate the pitch. These are generally the T20 format.
When I worked at Essex County Cricket Ground, games would start around 11am and finish around 6pm (depending on weather and light), with a lunch break around 1.
In terms of highest scores, England scored 498/4 in a 50 over One Day International game against the Netherlands in 2022.
For individual batting scores...in 2016 an Indian named Pranav Dhanawade got the world record and beat the previous 116 year old record when he scored a ridiculous 1009 (not out) over 2 days whilst aged 16 and playing for his school.
The other 9 players of the team that are batting will be sipping tea and eating crumpets in the pavillon.
You might find one or 2 of them snoozing or asleep, someone else doing a crossword, another on the phone to his wife/mistress/bookie
The batting team will be in the ‘pavilion’ (sometimes, it really is a big pavilion) watching the match. The next in the batting order will be already padded up ready to go out onto the pitch when one of the batters is out. Test matches can be 5 days. Often from about 10am and the day ends about 6pm (usually when the light makes seeing the ball difficult). But there is a lunch break about noon, and an afternoon ‘Tea’ break as well. If both teams complete both their innings before the 5th day… the match will finish early.
The batsmen waiting to bat, and also those batsmen already 'out' are usually sitting in a building called the pavilion, which houses the dressing/locker rooms. Very often the club's season ticket holders (members) will have a tiered seating area in front/within the pavilion which will often be, although not always, the best viewing seats in the ground. Freeze video at 18.19 to see the famous pavilion at Lords Cricket Ground in London.
Another interesting thing is that there are different types of bowlers (fast, spin etc) and certain types are preferred on certain pitches or certain weather conditions.
To clarify about the two batters on the field. When the batter facing the bowler hits the ball and runs the other batter that's at the bowlers end runs as well and ir they stop at 1 run then the batter that was at the bowlers end is now the batter facing the bowler. They both score runs for themselves. Runs that are scored from their hits are added to their score. Hope that helps.
One day i explained my friend cricket and first i told him that u can bounce the ball and he immediately said thats lame because u will think that the ball will come straight and u can hit it were ever in the field thats were u r wrong bc there is different kinds of categories in bowling like spin,pace,swing,fast bowling spin is a fascinating technique so when u are ready to hit the ball the bowl bouncess and it will turn and u are confused and u will leave the ball and the ball turns and hits the stumps spin is not that fast a spinners maximum pace is 110 or slightly more and u will acquire turn according to the pitch if the pitch is good with spin it will turn like crazy and here comes swing which the ball swings in the air were its insanely hard to hit the ball so more simply the ball will turn in air and the directions of it are called are inswinger and outswinger inswinger means the ball will swing into the batsman and most of the batsman will defend it and outswinger is were the ball will swing out to the batsman and he will try to hit and it swings out so there is big chance that it will be caught and fast bowling is on its name it recquires more pace like 140,150 and even 160 and its insanely hard to hit it cricket is magical game and its one of the goat of all sports and most of the techniques like i mentioned are dependent on the pitch but most skill bowlers will bowl the ball in any condition
There are situations where you would necessarily want to hit a 6 / Home run and would instead opt to play more defensively - so there is more nuance and strategy than just hitting 6s
We live down the road from our local cricket ground - when they're playing Test Match cricket, people arrive for around 09:30 and play carries on until about 18:30 each day. T20 Matches tend to be evening time, and the matches will still last 3-4 hours.....
Equestrian has a three-day event where the competitors have a day of show jumping, a day of dressage and a day of cross country. Also, in cricket the batter at the non-striker's end is batting in partnership with the striker so if one run or three runs are scored, they swap roles. This also occurs at the end of the over when the bowlers come in from the other end. If a full ball (full toss) is bowled it is seen as a gift for the batter as he/she does not need to worry about variation in bounce as a result of the spin imparted by the bowler or the position of the seam.
Well done in your initial questions and understanding. You asked intelligent questions, and generally seemed to understand the explanations when they were given.
One of the best things about Test cricket (5 day games), in particular, is the "nuanced" play that can happen - the fielding team can spend ages applying pressure to the batsmen - getting the fielders in close, getting the bowler to bowl to the batsman's "weaknesses", drying up the ability for the batsman to actually score any runs - all intended to get the batsman to make a mistake... and the batsman has to counter and break free, forcing the fielders to try and stop free scoring play instead of getting them out.
There is also the "ability" of the 2 batsman - one batsman may be the "best batter", while the other is a good bowler - but not a good batter (in cricket ALL 11 players have to bat). So the good batsman has to "protect" the bad one - by ONLY scoring 0/2/4/6 runs (so the bad batter stays at the other end) BUT at the end of the over (6 balls) the (new) bowler comes FROM THE OTHER END, and the batsmen DON'T change ends. So the "good" batsman tries to score 1/3/5 runs on the LAST ball. And the fielding team of course tries to prevent all of this.