Cycling is a lot different to a bat and ball sport or kicking game. But golf yes. A few hours for a sport is the norm in the United States. As it is about getting bums on seats, marketing and sell merchandise and making money. Most longer sports don't make the $$$$ and in the US it's about profitability
I think it sounds absurd to people because when people hear about a 5 days match they often imagine that players play for 5 days continuously without a break AND audiences are just sitting home for 5 days straight in order to watch a game.. But in reality they only play for few hours each day
An American who moved to Australia fell in love with the game, he was lying on his couch and his wife said “what are you doing?” and he said “watching this test match” then the wife said “when are you going to mow the lawn?” came the reply “after this game”
If you are buying tickets to a first class match (or test match as they are more commonly known). You usually will only have tickets for one of those days. Only those hardcore retirees might have tickets for the entire 4 or 5 days.
@@adamdruett9107Or you're in some position of authority with decision-making powers and a company about whom you're making a decision gets you tickets. But they do it out of the goodness of their heart, and *definitely* do not want it to influence your decision, perish the thought....
There are different types of bowlers.......fast, spin, swing and seam. Speeds of delivery over 100mph have been recorded. The ball has a hard Portuguese core, size of a ping pong ball, then 2 layers of cork or leather. It is then wound with many layers of worsted string/yarn and then has a stitched leather cover. They must weigh between 15.5g - 16.3g and have a circumference of between 22.4 - 22.9cms according to the Kookaburra manufacturers in Australia. The balls are very shiny. They can feel like balls of timber when you catch them and they can wreck your hands and fingers! When the bowler delivers the ball their foot cannot go over the crease, white line, in front of stumps or wicket. There have been huge scores in 5 day test crickest, in the hundreds. Brian Lara scored 400 individual runs in a test in 2004 and he was not out at the time his team were declared the winners.
Test cricket is considered the purest form of the sport. Sometimes it can be dull, but often it’s very exciting. Either way, both teams are tested in both skill and stamina, which is, after all, what it’s all about! I love test cricket, and I hope it lives on.
I learned to watch it and the strategies used. The shorter games are more of a slug fest and the bowlers bowl differently and now when the batters attempt to play test cricket, they dont have the same experience dealing with bouncers and keep on getting hit in the head & neck.
Test cricket is the absolute pinnacle of the game. It’s like reading a good lengthy book that is hard to put down. It ebbs, flows, has moments of incredible guts, heroics and spectacular action, bitter on field rivalries, occasionally can be dull but only if game is fizzling out to a draw. Once you understand the nuances and rhythm of the game it is thoroughly compelling. And it is called a Test for a reason.
As a English kid, I thought the same as you KB....why would anyone want to follow a game that can last 5 days. Then in my early twenties I had a friend who was really into test cricket and made me watch 'The Ashes' and I got it. It's great, you can sit out in the sunshine, turn the radio on, grab a cold beer and relax to it. Then, when it does near the end, the climax is even more intense because of how long these guys have been fighting for the result
King im 54 and cricket has been a huge part of my life. Test cricket is the ultimate test of endurance tactics and skill. The beauty of playing a game over 5 days that can end in a thrilling draw is almost perfect to cricket lovers. Mad i know and alien to most non cricket playing people. You also have to realise how big cricket is world wide, its the 3rd most watched and played sport planet wide! This year and next month the t20 world cup will be played partly in the usa and is a good place for new watchers to see the basics of the game in action. Although its all about hitting and not the defensive part of the game its a fun three hours. As for a test match you dont tend to watch every second. Although many will follow it via radio tv or the internet, the ebb and flow is of the game is what is important. Im lucky this year ive got day 1 tickets for a test match in Nottingham my first since the early 80s and i feel like a kid going to see my first game again
People seem to go to cricket matches for "everything else" such as sunbathing and alcohol. The cricket itself is hardly ever mentioned because it's deadly boring.
Fun fact: The first ever international sporting event was a cricket match between Canada and the USA. George Washington is reputed to be a big cricket fan. Baseball is a relatively recent game based on the english game of rounders. Incorrect assertion in this video. Professional cricketers have been around since the mid 1800's and earlier. There used to be seperate dressing rooms for 'professionals' and 'ameteurs'
I am a cricket Umpire and the guy in the middle is him (or her) is the Umpire. There are two they other one stands on the leg side of the batter. Players abuse opposition players all the time it is called "sledging" but they do it politely..... the wicketkeeper is the main one to do it...... if the batsmen misses the ball you will hear things like.... "great bowling, do that again and we can send him home to his wife .... oh no she left him".... or "why are you still here" or "does your wife play cricket"..... the list is endless
@@jimb9063 these new computer things allow you to speak and it types for you, so umpire doesn't need to see either the keyboard or screen. Its also amazing what you can train a Labrador to do these days.
Cricket Ball: cork core tightly wound with string then covered in leather, the seam is raised and stitched , the ball gets out of shape as it is used and bowlers will use the condition of the ball to vary their throw (ball). For example, 'seam' bowlers will use the seam of the ball to change the direction of the bounce. Spin bowlers use the wrist to spin the ball to change its flight and bounce. They bowl slowly Fast bowlers are exactly that they bowl fast aggressive high bounching balls
I’m a female and I love cricket. 🏏 I was very sick as a child and my parents put a TV in my bedroom and cricket was on. My dad gave me a copy of Wisden, the annual bible of cricket published since the 1850’s. Every copy tells you about all first class cricket matches played around the world. It also has the rules of cricket. Test matches can last up to 5 days, one day internationals, 1 day, 20/20 lasts 3-4 hours, the hundred ( 100 balls bowled) lasts a couple of hours.
10:38 No, the batter is just trying to get inside the crease, if the bat gets in the crease and the batter's feet are still out, he's safe. The batter cannot deflect the ball!
@fayesouthall6604 it's just nice, isn't it. I find it to be relaxing. The hurly burly of life takes a back seat, and for that time, you can just get out of yourself and be content.
A cricket ball weighs 156 grams (5.5 ounces). It slightly smaller than a baseball. It has an outer casing of leather. There are 10 modes of getting a batter out and they Bowled, Caught, Run Out, Stumped, Hit Wicket, Hand Ball, Leg Before Wicket, Timed Out, Obstructing the Field, Hit the Ball Twice.
Love QI, although they were pretty much british back then no matter how much they don't like to admit it, hence why they changed all the sports to make it those only themselves ever play.
5 day cricket is the most technical because the aerodynamics of the ball and the condition of the pitch deteriorates from day to day. So the skills needed on day 1 are very different form those needed on day 5. The tv is on in the background at most homes & offices for 5 days and people keep an eye on things while they go about their day - stopping to watch when the match takes a sudden twist.
one aspect I love of having the TV on in the background, whilst your going about your day, your family n collages will always be asking "score?". or if you walking past the loungeroom, your dad might just call out "3 for 203" or "Scotty just got stumped". If your in earshot and you hear the roar of a wicket being taken, drop what your doing and run to catch the replays.
Cricket is the second most watched sport in the world, behind football (soccer), so it is much more popular than you might imagine. He made a really good video, but the biggest ommission for me was that when the bowlers change at the end of each over, they have to bowl from the opposite end of the pitch. So, you will see the fielders all changing positions to reflect this change in direction. Additionally, you will often see the better batsmen trying to make sure that they are at the right end of the pitch, for when the over ends, so that they will be batting first in the next over.
India and Pakistan are doing a lot of heavy lifting for those figures though. Which is fine of course but I think cricket fans tend to use that as a metric to bludgeon baseball fans with.
To your questions: Baseballs, 5 - 5.25 oz Cricket ball 5.5 - 5.75 oz To get the batting team out, all the players must be out, except for the last man. 10:00 "Home plate area" is the crease a line across the pitch. The batsman needs to get the bat over the crease to be safe".. 19:00 scoring. Broad would be bowling against reasonably good batsmen, you play your best first. Later batsmen often don't score very highly.
I love test cricket. It is so great to sit there each day watching the play. They have breaks for drinks, lunch and tea. Nothing better on a summer day.
4:18 -- Yes it is called sledging where a player of opposite team tries to upset a player mentally. It usually results in a verbal duel with the official umpire having to break up the altercation.
If a bowler sends down a 'wide' or a 'no ball', the batting team gets an 'extra run', but the bowler also has to bowl the ball again to make up the six legal balls in an over.
We always watch the five day games with the first few days being wednesday/thursday and friday and watching the game by popping into the tea rooms to see what over they are on and how many wickets have fallen, then we watch the last two days on weekends, popping into the TV room from the barbeque to stay in touch. Its great!
My dear chap, Cricket is a game for gentlemen 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 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 out those coming in. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When both sides have been in and out including the not outs, the winner is declared.... if there is one!
@alexhuxley3355 That's very funny - I had forgotten this phrase. The trouble with posting this type of very witty stuff on a non exclusively British place, is that you may unintentially confuse the already ignorant viewer. Most of these North American reacters do have the nuance to look up basic facts about subjects, but unfortunately some of them do not. I get very annoyed when said reacters watch US narrated and innaccurate clips, which is similar to the blind leading the blind. Regards from Halifax, Yorkshire, UK.
1 - With the 'Runout' where the guy with the bat is running and the guy from the fielding team throws the ball at the stumps to hit them, the batter is not trying to use his bat to make contact with the ball, he is running towards the white line and trying to make his bat cross that line before the ball makes contact with the stumps. If the bat crosses the line first, he is safe, but if the ball hits the stumps before the bat crosses the line, that batter is out. 2 - When a batter is out (from any of a variety of ways as you saw), he is the only one that is out, and the other batter on the field stays in the game. The 'Out' batter walks off the ground, and then next batter in the line-up goes on the field to join the other batter. There are always 2 batters on the field, never just one. Everytime a batter is out, another batter comes in. The batting line-up will be shown many times when you watch a game on tv so as a viewer, you'll know who the next batter will be when one of the 2 batters on the field is out. 3 - The cricket ball weighs 156 grams for mens games and 142 grams for womens games. The outer casing is made of leather and has a wide seam stitched into it, which a bowler (pitcher) will use to do various things with the ball while it's in flight. Fast bowlers will try to make the ball swing in different directions, or make it change direction by hitting the seam when it bounces, and spin bowlers - who bowl slower than fast bowlers, are able to make the ball change direction when it bounces by spinning it in various ways. Whether a bowler is a spin bowler, or a fast bowler is determined by their own choice usually when they're growing up. Some people want to be fast bowlers, and some want to be spin bowlers. Also some people don't want to be bowlers at all and decide instead to concentrate on becoming great batters. A player *may* be a good bowler and a good batter, which is referred to as being an 'All Rounder'. But that takes a lot of talent and generally, players will be best at one or the other.
The batsman cannot block the ball with his bat from a fielder throwing it at the wicket. The clip you saw was the batsman stretching his bat to reach the crease (base) before the ball hit the wicket.
and if a batsman does that, he/she will be given out by the umpire (if the fielding team appeals). Law 37, "Obstructing the field": A batsman can be given out for obstructing the field if he wilfully attempts to obstruct or distract the fielding side by word or action.
you can block you just are not allowed to change your line to do so, good batmen can manufacture a run by playing to a close in fielder then running the line that will block his path to the wicket, of course you want your partner to be in on what you are doing
@@chrisharris1522 Your case will be a very risky play by the 'good batsman' and a difficult decision for the umpire whether the obstruction was accidental or not. Law 37 speaks of "wilfully'.
@@Species1732 not really. I’ve never seen someone given out when legitimately sliding for the crease… You’re not obliged to keep your bat up when trying to make your ground.
16:38 In professional cricket, there are three main formats, each with different time durations: 1. *T20 Matches* : These are the shortest format, lasting around 3 hours (typically 20 overs per side). 2. *One Day Internationals (ODIs)* These matches take about 7-8 hours (50 overs per side). 3. *Test Matches* : The longest format, spanning up to 5 days with about 6 hours of play each day, including breaks. Additionally, if the players are wearing white uniforms, it indicates a Test match. Colored uniforms are used for T20 and ODI matches.
The main thing he didn't explain and you asked about was the replacement of batters when one is out. Each team has 11 people. 2 are batting at a time. When one is out the next batter comes in just to replace the one who was out. The other member of the initial pair remains until he is out. The only complication is that you can't have just one person batting, so once 10 are out the innings ends. (incidentally, in cricket, innings is both plural and singular...there is no inning, that's how we tell its an American talking :)) Probably similar to baseball, the batsmen go in a specific order. The first two, the opening bats, tend to be 'defensive' players. i.e. they're generally safe, but don't hit the ball for 6 (a home run) very often. Then you get the bigger hitters come in, finally followed by the bowlers, some of whom don't even know which end of the bat to hold...I guess the pitchers are probably the same.
Also, if one of the first two (i.e. opening) batsmen in an innings is still at bat after all the other batsmen are out, they are said to have 'carried their bat'.
absolute crap about the first two batsmen being 'defensive players', they are there to establish a platform for the rest of the team when they are out and hopefully build a big score at the start of the teams innings.
@@davidlancaster4476 absolute crap? Did you ever watch Jeff Boycott :) a question, what stroke did he use to score the only 6 he is known to have scored in test cricket?
couple of things: trash talking is done sometimes but it's not in the spirit of the game. Any violent behaviour will have the player pulled up for a penalty both in match fees and a temporary / permanent ban from playing in the game / series / year(s) / entirely. - The ball feels like a rock wrapped in hard leather. :) Hope this addresses some confusion around batting: Imagine the two ends of the pitch to be north and south. Two batsmen Alan and Brent come in to bat, take up position at each end of the pitch. Alan is at the north end and the bowler Mark (pitcher) is coming in from the south end to bowl. Ball 1: Alan swings and misses, no run is made Ball 2: Alan nudges the ball and both run to the other side to score one run. Now Brent is up to bat. Ball 3: Brent swings and they run. The complete one run and try to come back but the fielder throws the ball and breaks the wickets at the north end before Brent can make it back. (The fielder can go for whichever end they find easier.) So Brent is now 'run out.' Brent must not attempt to interfere with the fielder's throw in any way whatsoever. Doing so would be an automatic 'out'. Charlie comes in to replace Brent and is up to bat as Brent was heading north when he got put out. Ball 4: Charlie knocks the ball into the crowd for a six. The ball is caught by seven year old Timmy and he has to return the ball. Ball 5: Charlie nudges the ball, no run Ball 6: Mark oversteps the line when he is bowling, Charlie lofts the ball and is caught. But he is not out as the delivery is illegal. One extra run is added to the team score, this ball does not count. Ball 7 (Free hit): Penalty ball to be bowled because of #6. Mark breaks the wickets, but still Charlie is not out as there are no outs on a free hit (except a stumping or a run out) Second over up and now something happens. Steven comes in to bowl, but he will be bowling from the north end, to the south end, to Alan. In addition: - Every one must bat. Each player bats exactly once in an inning. Once he's out, he's out. No subbing. Even the bowlers. - A minimum of five bowlers MUST be used in the inning. No bowler may bowl more than 1/5th of the total overs in the match in case of limited overs cricket.
The cricket ball, made of a cork core, wrapped with string, and coated in stitched on leather. It is smaller but, heavier and harder, pretty much a shiny rock at the start. But gets softer as you go along (is it gets hit a lot, and bounces on 99% of deliveries). The same ball is used for at least 80 overs (in long form cricket) - then you get a new one if the innings is still going, or at the start of a new innings.
The beauty of a 5 day game is there is so much opportunity for the game to change. One team can be on top for the first couple days, only for the momentum to change.. it is not uncommon for it to go back and forth between each team. It also allows the opportunity for some amazing athletic performances for batters and bowlers as they are really put to the test.. hence the name, "Test Cricket"... Sometimes the one batter (usually an opening batsman) can bat for days and amass a high score. The amount of concentration and skill required to last this long without being dismissed can be fun to watch.. Sometimes you don't watch all 5 days at once, you can step away for a few hours, come back later in the day, catch the highlights and pick up where you left off. The international nature of cricket also builds some great rivalries, particularly between Australia, India, England and South Africa (and other countries too)...
@@stephenpine2448aussies are the only ones who can handle it judging by our trophy case. aussies sledge, you crumble. you sledge, aussies chuckle and point to the scoreboard
Actually interfering with the ball as a batter other than when facing a delivery is a one of the rarer ways to be Out. You're not allowed to touch it. As is striking the ball twice in one stroke.
@@Verdant_Eternity The reason there are laws of cricket is because rules are specific for the different leagues and competitions. The laws are universal, covering all forms of the game from amateur club level to professional. For example LBW is a law, not a rule. The amount of overs to be played for a match is a rule because rules can vary between competitions. There are separate rules for limited overs matches, T20 matches, first class, test and amateur club leagues.
Me and my Dad used to take the TV into the back garden when it was sunny and the neighbours would come around and we would chill for the weekend watching England v Aus\NZ\SA\Ind\Pak\WIndies... My Dad would let me drink bottles of lager when I was 12, it was great.
Boomer himself was sledging when he said 'Sounds like Broad is having a rough day...." Its funny when you know he is the bowler to be hit for 6 sixes twice.😂
Things to remember about sledging are that batsmen have to concentrate for long periods while playing, so it's a key tactic for fielders to break their concentration in the hope of getting them out, and also that international cricket involves long tours on the far side of the world from home, so it's tempting to suggest that a player's wife is, perhaps, _keeping herself busy_ while he's away. Here is a good article about it... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledging_(cricket)
The world's most popular sports, 1 football (the one where players use their feet to move the ball around), 2 cricket, 3 basketball, 4 Tennis, 5 field hockey. I think the world baseball classic had around 30 million viewers, the world cup final has 1.1 billion viewers.
The pleasure of watching cricket is not derived from watching the game, but not watching it. You read a book, listen to a radio, then if something exciting happens, look up and clap while gently remarking to someone sitting nearby, 'good shot'. In recent years the fans are fully engaged and very loud, and IMHO are completely missing the point!!! Limited overs cricket is where the big money is for players, while to be considered a great player currently you almost always have to be great at Test cricket.
Remember, unlike the US, most of the developed world have at least 4 weeks of paid vacation so attending a 5 day cricket match is not a problem for die-hard cricket fans.
Cricket is a complex game but, being British, I understand it. When I attended a Baseball game in Seattle once, I couldn’t understand what was going on.
People who attend first-class county (3-day) or test cricket (5-day) don’t often attend every day. They’ll get tickets for a day. Some serious fans will do multiple days or the whole match. Important to remember that because Britain is relatively civilised, people get longer (paid) holidays than is common in the US, so people do have time, especially in the summer when cricket is played.
One of the key things that wasn’t discussed is that baseball pitchers ‘throw’ whereas bowlers in cricket have to keep a straight arm. Bowlers run up to the wicket rather than pitch from a static position and then follow through. You have a range of different specialisms in bowling just as pitcher can throw different types of pitch, but a bowler is classified by how and often when they bowl. Fast bowlers usually open the bowling and usually have the longest run-ups. Some opening bowlers are fast-medium but tend to be more accurate and cut and swing the ball at around 75-85 mph. True fast bowlers (express pace) will regularly bowl at above 90 mph occasionally reaching 100 mph. Baseball pitchers can be faster as they throw and one can throw faster than one can bowl. You also have medium-pace bowlers and leg (wrist) spinners and off (finger) spinners.
Whenever I hear Americans expressing surprise at multiple-day cricket matches, I tend to compare them with golf majors, in which the scores are aggregated over a series of rounds played on four consecutive days. A cricket Test match is quite like that.
One batsman can keep the strike so keeping his fellow batsmen off strike endlessly , sometimes it’s a tactic used to protect injured or weaker batsmen from facing a fast bowler. I’ve seen one batsman on 87 runs and his partner on 3 runs
A couple of things that got missed out. The bowler's 'action' has to be a straight arm. He does not 'throw' it like a baseball pitch, or a fielder throwing the ball in. The momentum comes from the bowler's run up, & his speed at the moment of delivery. The ball itself is made of two hemispheres stitched together, and there is a distinct 'seam' that runs around the 'equator' of the ball. Some bowlers deliberately hold the ball so that when it bounces, it lands ON the seam, and can veer to left or right. Other bowlers can put a cross-wise spin onto the ball, either clockwise or anti. Again, when the ball bounces, it will rear off in a new direction, confusing the batsman. It's not all about sheer speed of delivery. 'Fast' bowlers take very long run-ups, to build up speed, and rely on the speed itself to defeat the bat. 'Medium' pace bowlers take shorter run-ups, but will try to bowl one of those types of deceptive deliveries. 'Spinners' typically take very short run-ups, relying on the unpredictable bounce to bamboozle the bat. The bowler knows what spin he is applying, but the batsman doesn't. When a spinner is bowling, there is little chance of massive boundary shots, so you will see the fielders crowding in more around the bat. That's just some of the dark arts of the bowler, but there are many more.
Batters used to be called Batsmen until women's cricket began. An 'OVER' was once 8 balls but we conformed to English 6 ball overs. Five days for a real TEST MATCH. For real crowds check the MCG (100,000+). All other forms of the game are subsidiary. Cricket ovals may vary greatly. AFL (Aussie Rules Football) began as a Winter fitness game for Victorian Melbourne players. You may block a ball with your body or bat or hat etc...
Some didn’t even do it with words. I remember Jack Russell would deliberately not brush his teeth so that his breath stank around batsman. He was an awesome keeper but completely nuts 🤣
As far as a 5 day Test or 4 day 1st class matches are concerned - the rhythm of it can dominate your life in such a richly rewarding way. That goes for being at the ground for all five days, watching on TV or listening to the radio at work or on family holidays...
Perhaps one aspect that was overlooked was the ‘speciality’ of players - all players need to bat, but when fielding some players are better at bowling than others, and some players wouldn’t bowl at all. When batting, your best batters go in first, and the weakest batters go in at 9th, 10th, or last - but those players would be the star bowlers, able to hopefully do the most damage when their team is fielding. You do get ‘all rounders’ - players who are great at both batting and bowling, or the wicket keeper (the catcher behind the stumps) (when fielding) might also be a decent batter too. Then if you’re a bowler you tend to specialise in either pace - you’re a fast, or medium/fast bowler, and you’re looking to move the ball in the air - or you’re a spin bowler, who bowls slower but is aiming to deceive the batter with trickery, and is able to get the ball to break off left-to-right, or right-to-left, when it hits the ground. India and Pakistan have produced some great spin bowlers over the years as the pitch tends to be harder, drier, due to their climate and thus the ball will react more when spun with either a finger action or wrist action. Australia also had the great Shane Warne (RIP) as a great spin bowler back in the 1990’s, and 2000’s.
You might want to follow up with "Mike Young is a former Australian National cricket team fielding coach", as well as a former US minor league and Australian baseball manager, player and coach. Wikipedia , Born: 21 December 1955 (age 68 years), Chicago, Illinois, United States, I remember trying to explain Cricket to Mike Young back in 1987 while we all had a few too many beers, it was real comedy. But Mike went on to be a valued member of the Australian Cricket Coaching Staff over the next decade or so.
In cricket slang, a score of 222 is known as a double Nelson. A Nelson is 111 and named after Admiral Lord Nelson supposedly because he had 1 eye, 1 arm and 1 leg, the joke being he never lost a leg.
@@swanronson173 As Nelson never Lost his eye, I always preferred the New Zealand Explanation. There was a Team Called "Nelson" 130-150ish years ago, and they were dismissed for 111 in both their first and last ever innings as a team. There is also one about the 111 looking like the stumps without the bails. I also wonder if Graham Gooch felt his triple Nelson against India was an unlucky score :)
Actually if you try to block the ball in an intentional manner as a batsman when it’s heading for the wickets, or in fact if you make any intentional movement that is intended to result in contact with the ball, whether or not the ball does come into contact with the individual in question, you’re out. This is called “handling the ball” or “obstructing the field”. If the batsman had indeed tried to block the ball with the bat, he’d have been called out for obstruction. What he was doing was trying to reach” “home base” as you would call it.
Didn’t mention the state of the pitch, which is hugely important and will determine the type of bowling to be used, and which bowlers will be selected to bowl by the captain. The state of the pitch is something which makes the test matches very complex, as it will change over the 5 days of play (depending on weather, humidity, the way the groundsmen have prepared the pitch prior to the game etc.) The state of the ball is also very important, as it will favour the bowler or batsman depending on how worn in it is. Test matches are more of an event than just a game and the tradition is to follow them on the radio when you’re at work, or to drag the telly into the garden at the weekend and doze in a deckchair with a cool drink, with the cricket in the background.
There's so much I'd like to say on the back of this very good and informative video but I'll restrict myself to one comment - the guy holding out his bat as he was running wasn't trying to defend his wicket like a goalie (that would be so much fun) but was trying to reach with it in order to reach the crease/home plate before being run out.
A cricket ball and a baseball are almost identical in size & weight, but a cricket ball usually weighs a little more & is a little smaller - not enough to notice a difference if it hits you in the face.
Just to advise...West Indies had a player called Michael Holding & England one called Peter Willey. There's a famous bit of radio commentary, explaining such, as the ball about to be bowled...The batsman's Holding the bowler's Willey...
You probably already know but Cricket was played in America way before Baseball. Even the first ever international cricket match was held in the US against Canada in 1844. That's even before England etc.....played test matches (internationals).
There are 108 countries listed as playing competitive cricket. That doesn't mean that nobody plays cricket in the other 187 countries, just that they don't have a formal "league". Baseball is considered a niche sport at this level.
another big difference is that there are many category of bowlers.There are fast pace bowlers like Bumrah, Starc who bowl very very fast with long run up.Some of them are out and out fast while some depend on cut and swing.There are also slow pace bowlers like Steve Waugh,Gavin Larsen,Chris Harris.And then there are spinners who basically spin the ball.There are many kinds of spinners but broadly 4 types--the classic off spinner, left handed off spinner,the leg spinner and the chinaman (left handed leg spinner).
Just FYI: a quick search for most popular/most watched sports gives numerous lists showing that there are roughly five times as many (2.5 billion) cricket fans as baseball fans (0.5 billion) worldwide. (Of course football/soccer leads with even more fans...)
@@philward6582I'd say Australia, Sri lanka, west indies Pakistan and India. But many countries have it as second or third favourite. I'm talking team sport not individual.
@@philward6582 There are about seven countries where Cricket is listed as the most popular sport. Basically just the indian subcontinent, plus some islands in the Caribbean. Baseball is most popular in Cuba, Venezuela, the Domincan Republic, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Batsmen in danger of being run out will run with the bat extended, touching the ground, because he will not be given out provided the end of the bat reaches the popping crease by the time the wicket is broken.. He is not trying to knock the ball away from the wicket once the fielder had thrown it. If a batsman tried that he might be given out for obstructing the field.
The ball is made of layered hard Cork and strings, with a leather outer covering which is then stiched at the seam. So nearly rock hard. It's much harder than the average baseball.
When a batsman (1) is out (either caught, bowled or run out), he leaves the field of play and is replaced by the next batsman (3) in the pavilion - the other batsman (2) remains at the wicket as he is not out. The innings ends when 10 of the 11 batsmen have been dismissed (as 1 batsman cannot be at the wicket on his own) or when the batting team decides to declare (usually when they have amassed a large score). A cricket ball is a hard, solid ball made from cork wound with string and covered with leather (it has a seam which allows the bowler to swing the ball away or towards the batsman). The ball weighs between 5.5 - 5.75 ounces, whereas a baseball weighs between 5 - 5.25 ounces. Test cricket matches (between International Teams) are 5 days in length and to win 1 team must dismiss the other team on 2 occasions (with the losing team having amassed fewer overall runs than the winning team). County cricket (between various English Counties last 4 days, with the winning team determined as per International cricket). Where a game is not completed (i.e. no team has been dismissed twice, this is a draw - sadly too often the outcome). The duration of a game is affected by weather, with rain reducing playing time.
The 5 day game is not as taxing as you think. People normally attend for just one of the days. Meanwhile across the nation workers will be listening on the radio. It will be on TV in waiting rooms etc. The 5 day game is special because there is luck with the weather, the ball's bounce changes with different levels of moisture in the ground, and of course, the strategy of a wilely skipper. Sometimes the bowler dominates, sometimes the batsman dominates. It is common for batsmen to get a century, and sometimes a double or triple century. There is time in the long game for a batsman to build a massive score. As a result you can never know who wins in the end, so the tension builds up. One of the most popular matches is the annual Boxing Day Test which starts on December 26th at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Not mentioned is that 3 day games also exist. It is a game with many formats. It is not surprising that cricket is widely played internationally, has many formats, and has some quirky laws. It has been played for hundreds of years. It is thought that it probably started with farmers who bowled a ball at a real stump, but evolved into the modern game where the medieval game was codified with distinct laws, probably in the 1600's. There are many games that are indirectly off-shoots from cricket like the baseball family of games, but it also lead to Australian Rules Football. Aussie Rules developed in the 1850's as a way of keeping first class cricket players fit during the winter season. That is why AFL in played on huge oval fields. They are normally cricket grounds in the summer. AFL is very athletic with a variety of moves because it was intended as exercise to workout the whole body. The cricket followers and players number between 2 and 3 billion people worldwide, making it the 2nd most popular game globally behind soccer.
@@johnleonard9090 Heh, was thinking of the split box. There's a clip of Sir Viv talking about the aftermath of the same thing happening to Brian Close, who was sitting there having a fag while someone removed the box from his crown jewels with a pair of pliers. They had balls back in the day(at least for a while).
10:29 the batsmen is not putting his bat out to stop the ball, he is trying to get into his crease. If he tries knowingly to stop the throw from the fielder, he could be given out as handball.
Yes absolutely there is trash talking. It’s usually called sledging and the most intense I’ve witnessed is usually between England and the Australians. We are bitter rivals and we love to battle it out in the Ashes series. Our own mini competition so to speak
To answer your questions - only the player at bat goes out and is replaced by another batter. The other one stays on the field (unless he was the one run out). And the batter running for the crease cannot hit the ball being thrown at the wicket to get him out. That would be a good addition to the game though!
You should check out "crickets best sledging moments" videos. You get the cricket and you get the harsh put downs. Theres some seriously comical interactions for you to catch up on.
16:50 cricket has formats = the test match is played for a maximum of 5 days ie. from morning to evening (max 90 overs in a day), played for maximum of 5 days. The 50-over format is called one-day international and is played for 50-overs both sides. The T20 format is the shortest format of 3 hours where both teams get 20 overs to play.
Baseball is basically a girls game Rounders that we used to play at school. The cricket ball is really heavy and can cause serious injuries. I played cricket with some friends when young and they were using a real cricket ball. I got hit on the leg, it was so painful and it was black and blue for weeks.
Making an out in cricket is much much harder than in baseball. As a result going through a lineup of 11 players could take an hour or an entire day. So if you have to go through each team's 11 man roster twice, this could easily take 4 days.
Another very interesting aspect is the different bowling (pitching) types. You get variants of spin bowling (off, leg etc). Then there's fast, swing, full, slow etc. Different types of bowlers.....spin, strike etc. And then the variation in skill or ability of batsmen (batters). So much more rules than are mentioned in this video. Main aspect of the game is the strategic planning by the captain. Which batsmen to bring in at what order. Which bowlers to put up against which batsmen. Field placement (numerous alternatives) of fielders to match what specific bowler is trying to achieve with specific batsman. And so much more to the game of cricket.
4:38 - not necessarily at the time they're bowling, but abuse/banter does happen on the field. It's generally called 'sledging'. 5:54 - yes, the cricket ball is harder and heavier than a baseball. There have been deaths in cricket due to being hit by a ball, but they are, thankfully, very rare. 7:46 - no, if one gets out, then they're the only who is out, and just one is brought in to replace him/her. 10:25 - not quite, he's stretching to get back in the crease (the white line). If he deliberately obstructed the fielder from throwing down the stumps, that would be out. 16:10 - yes, a test match can last five days. And each day can have six hours and thirty minutes of play. So it is quite long! A 50 over game takes around 7 hours. A 20 over game should take around 3 hours (closest to baseball). 16:50 - cricket also has similar problems with over rates (the speed at which bowlers bowl overs). 18:00 - it is fair to say that T20 cricket is a lot more popular than the five day format for this reason. 27:48 - In terms of formats. Test cricket (five day) is played by about 12 countries, but it's only really popular in England, India and Australia. 50 over and 20 over cricket is more popular across the world, and there are world cups for both of those formats. There is also domestic cricket. So, for example, England has a test cricket team, and it also has a four-day cricket league (called the County Championship). Franchise cricket is generally the most popular now. This is T20 cricket played in leagues such as the Indian Premier League between teams comprised of individuals from various different countries. Good effort to learn it. The T20 World Cup is taking place in the USA and the Caribbean in June, by the way. If you wanted to watch cricket, T20 would be the easiest starting point.
Don't forget 'non-league' or 'friendly' cricket, played by village teams against each other, usually on a Sunday! There are some leagues for village teams, as well as 'corporate' or company teams, again either on a Sunday, or a limited overs match in the evening after work during the summer, when we actually get half-decent weather (!), as most matches will stop or pause during rain showers, to avoid injury from slipping, etc. The matches from county level upwards will have 'covers' that are brought on at this time, to cover the pitch and immediate surrounding area, to preserve the playing surface - if it got too wet, their spiked shoes would tear it up too much!
It is a decent time when a test match is like a soap/web series you watch over 4 or 5 days. A slow drama that people follow remotely while at work or just going through every day life. It gives a unique feeling of purity of sport that the shorter formats can't really reach.
Something I don't think they explained in this video was that after an over (6 balls bowled by the bowler), a new over is bowled from the opposite end by the new bowler. Then the next 6 balls from the first end and so on. Changing ends every 6 balls. The batsman stay where they are when a new over begins. Only the bowler changes, and changes ends. The batsman only changes ends when he scores a run.
if he was trying to block the ball while attempting a running he could be given out. In this situation the extension of the bat is an attempt to make his ground before the wicket is broken.
Used to see this explanation on posters and towels: "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 thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. " Hope that clarifies things.
Test cricket is like life, when things aren't going well you know you have to find it in yourself to turn the situation around, you have to take the blows and ride out the storm, pull your *hit together and pull yourself up by the boot-straps. Otherwise you gonna be in 5 days of hell, how many blows can you take? It taught me a lot about life; bad times don't last forever and good times will come back through hard work and perseverance; all good things come to an end and bad times will return. Gives you perspective in life...
The batsman wasnt trying to block the ball with his bat, it just looked like that from the perspective. He was actually just stretching out his bat to reach for the crease before the ball hit the stumps. Remember the bat counts as part of your body when detirmining if you are safe.
There are two cricket world cups. The original is the ODI World Cup (which was obviously simply the Cricket World Cup at the time) and the second is the T-20 World Cup, which is being played in the US (as co-hosts with the West Indies) right now. The current ODI World Champions are Australia, who defeated India. Four years earlier England defeated New Zealand in a tied final. The current T-20 World Champions are England, who defeated Pakistan in the final. In the women's game Australia hold the ODI cup after defeating England in the final and in the T-20 it's also Australia after defeating South Africa.
Just to correct something the guy said in the video a few times which is incorrect; he talked about “professional cricket” when really what he meant was “franchise cricket”. Cricket has had professionalism for a very long time (more than 60 years at least). All of the players playing for their international teams in Test cricket and ODI cricket (at least for the biggest cricket nations like England, India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka, etc.) are professional and even those in lower tiers of the game playing “representative cricket” for states, counties, islands (e.g. in the Caribbean) or regions will usually be professional too. But the T20 leagues all around the world where players from anywhere in the world get signed to big money contracts by franchises (like the MLB model) is a much more recent development in cricket, and these franchises are invariably about T20 cricket.
@@peterjackson4763 true. The 60 years I was referring to was more the point at which professionalism became the “norm” and the benchmark for the highest level cricketers across the board… at least in England. It was the point where the English first class cricket system went truly professional, instead of being a mix of pros and amateurs as it had previously been.
@@davidburke2132 Yes there was a mixture of professional and amateur cricket 60 years ago, but it didn't start or end then. The distinction became les obvious, but there were still amateurs playing first class cricket in 90s and there were fully professional teams over 200 years ago. In the 80s I was a member of a club in a league where clubs were (and are) allowed to hire one professional player.
I would say to an American, when someone says "professional" they mean franchise teams. The ODIs and Test players certainly get paid, but the point is to play for your country, even though they get paid for doing so.
@@loganleroy8622 maybe so, but in places like England, Australia, etc, the first class game is professional too (meaning county and state level) and has been for a very long time, not just those who play internationals for their nations.
He's trying to get his cricket bat over the line before the ball hit's the stumps. If he can get himself or his bat (extension of his body) over that white line before the ball hits the wickets he's saved.
@@ArnavA-un5gk That's because the baseball is thrown but a cricket ball has to be bowled. That is the arm must be straight during the last part of the delivery action (or as straight as it can be).
If one batter is out he walks off the field. The other one stays. New batter takes the place of the previous batter. Theorectically a batter of the original two starting the game could end the game in batting as all other 10 batters are out. Very rare.
27:00 That's a run out situation. The batsman is trying to reach the pooping crease to compete the run and the filder is trying to brake the wicket for run-out. The batsman extended his bat to reach the pooping crease, not to block the ball (like a golie). If the batsman intentionally interfere with the ball and the fielder team appeals, the batsman will be given out for interference - it's called obstructing the field (another form of OUT) Like baseball every over has time limit, but not to specific over but the whole innings. In odi/t20 If you failed to complete the over within time limit , you have to bring player inside 30 yard circle as punishment , as result batsman will get advantage. If this repeat game after game , the captain will be punished - 2 match ban (like red card) , and match fee deduction.
@8.01 nope, if the batsman is out then he is replaced with a new batsman, not a pair of batsmen. but there has been on very rare occasions that the 2 batsman are out. the strike batsman gets caught out, then the catching feilder throws the ball to get the 2nd batsman out. real quick thinking by the feilder, and a massive misunderstanding between batsman, usually causes this "double play". "home plate" we call that the strikers end, or the batsman is on strike.
A little UA-cam tip: When referring to a point in the video, if you put a colon between the minutes and seconds, it makes it clickable, linking to that moment in the video. Like this: 8:01 ☺️
No, only the batter that is put out out will have to sit down, the other batter stays on the field until they are put out. There is no way to get a double play. The bat needs to cross the line to be safe but you can not use the bat to defect the ball.
The five day matches are the most interesting when play continues through the night, and only 50% of the fielding side are allowed flashlights. A recent innovation was allowing the batter to be woken by the umpire if he falls asleep during slow periods
It was actually codified in Wisdens laws of cricket the 1884 edition, that the crowd could use a broom handle with a knitting needle attached to poke the umpire awake. Or a pea shooter though that is only in games on the continent
The non-batter does not talk to the bowler when the bowler bowls. After the ball is bowled and is dead, words may be changed between the two. That is called sledging. The fielding side sledges the batters continuously.
Why are people shocked by a sport going for multiple days? Golf, cycling and many other sports go for multiple days.
Cycling is a lot different to a bat and ball sport or kicking game.
But golf yes.
A few hours for a sport is the norm in the United States.
As it is about getting bums on seats, marketing and sell merchandise and making money.
Most longer sports don't make the $$$$ and in the US it's about profitability
How about the World Series or any playoff series?
@@KikiBabe-km2mmyou can show ads after every 2 minutes isn't that profitable?
Also T20 is a very fun and profitable form of cricket
I think it sounds absurd to people because when people hear about a 5 days match they often imagine that players play for 5 days continuously without a break AND audiences are just sitting home for 5 days straight in order to watch a game.. But in reality they only play for few hours each day
Sounds like my marathon bed sessions in my younger days.
An American who moved to Australia fell in love with the game, he was lying on his couch and his wife said “what are you doing?” and he said “watching this test match” then the wife said “when are you going to mow the lawn?” came the reply “after this game”
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Many men from cricketing countries do this. It's a given haha
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That sound the right way round test first mow later
Should have been in 5 days time!!
The batsman wasn’t trying to block the ball, he was trying to get his bat (part of his body) over the line. He was basically sliding for base.
And it’s actually illegal to deliberately block your wicket in the middle of a run.
If you are buying tickets to a first class match (or test match as they are more commonly known). You usually will only have tickets for one of those days. Only those hardcore retirees might have tickets for the entire 4 or 5 days.
@@adamdruett9107Or you're in some position of authority with decision-making powers and a company about whom you're making a decision gets you tickets.
But they do it out of the goodness of their heart, and *definitely* do not want it to influence your decision, perish the thought....
@@adamdruett9107no it’s not. If you do it intentionally it’s interfering with the field which is a form of dismissal.
There are different types of bowlers.......fast, spin, swing and seam. Speeds of delivery over 100mph have been recorded. The ball has a hard Portuguese core, size of a ping pong ball, then 2 layers of cork or leather. It is then wound with many layers of worsted string/yarn and then has a stitched leather cover. They must weigh between 15.5g - 16.3g and have a circumference of between 22.4 - 22.9cms according to the Kookaburra manufacturers in Australia. The balls are very shiny. They can feel like balls of timber when you catch them and they can wreck your hands and fingers! When the bowler delivers the ball their foot cannot go over the crease, white line, in front of stumps or wicket. There have been huge scores in 5 day test crickest, in the hundreds. Brian Lara scored 400 individual runs in a test in 2004 and he was not out at the time his team were declared the winners.
The first international cricket match was in 1844 between USA AND Canada.
Test cricket is considered the purest form of the sport. Sometimes it can be dull, but often it’s very exciting. Either way, both teams are tested in both skill and stamina, which is, after all, what it’s all about! I love test cricket, and I hope it lives on.
Hear hear.
Test Cricket is a game that can hold you on the edge of your seat for 5 days, and then be a draw. Love it.
I learned to watch it and the strategies used. The shorter games are more of a slug fest and the bowlers bowl differently and now when the batters attempt to play test cricket, they dont have the same experience dealing with bouncers and keep on getting hit in the head & neck.
i am indian but stokes winning inning against aus in Ashes 😃
It’s boringggggg..
Test cricket is the absolute pinnacle of the game. It’s like reading a good lengthy book that is hard to put down. It ebbs, flows, has moments of incredible guts, heroics and spectacular action, bitter on field rivalries, occasionally can be dull but only if game is fizzling out to a draw. Once you understand the nuances and rhythm of the game it is thoroughly compelling. And it is called a Test for a reason.
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As a English kid, I thought the same as you KB....why would anyone want to follow a game that can last 5 days. Then in my early twenties I had a friend who was really into test cricket and made me watch 'The Ashes' and I got it. It's great, you can sit out in the sunshine, turn the radio on, grab a cold beer and relax to it. Then, when it does near the end, the climax is even more intense because of how long these guys have been fighting for the result
That must have been the '05 Ashes. Not exactly representative but what a baptism!
King im 54 and cricket has been a huge part of my life. Test cricket is the ultimate test of endurance tactics and skill. The beauty of playing a game over 5 days that can end in a thrilling draw is almost perfect to cricket lovers. Mad i know and alien to most non cricket playing people. You also have to realise how big cricket is world wide, its the 3rd most watched and played sport planet wide! This year and next month the t20 world cup will be played partly in the usa and is a good place for new watchers to see the basics of the game in action. Although its all about hitting and not the defensive part of the game its a fun three hours.
As for a test match you dont tend to watch every second. Although many will follow it via radio tv or the internet, the ebb and flow is of the game is what is important. Im lucky this year ive got day 1 tickets for a test match in Nottingham my first since the early 80s and i feel like a kid going to see my first game again
Enjoy Trent Bridge. My home ground and a wonderful place to be.
One of the best sports to watch live. Sunny day, few beers, hard to beat.
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Hamper, sandwiches, pies,
People seem to go to cricket matches for "everything else" such as sunbathing and alcohol. The cricket itself is hardly ever mentioned because it's deadly boring.
@@tonyetchells6051 Boring to you, not to a lot of people.
@tonyetchells6051. "it's deadly boring" to you! I can stand and watch an under-12's match for an hour or two, quite happily, on a nice day.
Fun fact: The first ever international sporting event was a cricket match between Canada and the USA. George Washington is reputed to be a big cricket fan.
Baseball is a relatively recent game based on the english game of rounders.
Incorrect assertion in this video. Professional cricketers have been around since the mid 1800's and earlier. There used to be seperate dressing rooms for 'professionals' and 'ameteurs'
I am a cricket Umpire and the guy in the middle is him (or her) is the Umpire. There are two they other one stands on the leg side of the batter. Players abuse opposition players all the time it is called "sledging" but they do it politely..... the wicketkeeper is the main one to do it...... if the batsmen misses the ball you will hear things like.... "great bowling, do that again and we can send him home to his wife .... oh no she left him".... or "why are you still here" or "does your wife play cricket"..... the list is endless
I'm amazed, most of the umps I've known wouldn't have had good enough eyesight to write all that....
@@jimb9063 these new computer things allow you to speak and it types for you, so umpire doesn't need to see either the keyboard or screen.
Its also amazing what you can train a Labrador to do these days.
What the players aren't allowed to do is talk during the bowler's run up and delivery. Chatter amongst them can only occur when the ball is dead.
Cricket Ball: cork core tightly wound with string then covered in leather, the seam is raised and stitched , the ball gets out of shape as it is used and bowlers will use the condition of the ball to vary their throw (ball). For example, 'seam' bowlers will use the seam of the ball to change the direction of the bounce.
Spin bowlers use the wrist to spin the ball to change its flight and bounce. They bowl slowly
Fast bowlers are exactly that they bowl fast aggressive high bounching balls
I’m a female and I love cricket. 🏏 I was very sick as a child and my parents put a TV in my bedroom and cricket was on. My dad gave me a copy of Wisden, the annual bible of cricket published since the 1850’s. Every copy tells you about all first class cricket matches played around the world. It also has the rules of cricket. Test matches can last up to 5 days, one day internationals, 1 day, 20/20 lasts 3-4 hours, the hundred ( 100 balls bowled) lasts a couple of hours.
Can I have a chance by any chance👉👈
You must’ve been even more gutted than most when it was rained off 😢
Ummm. Are you REALLY a FEmale? Let's give you a Test.
Who was the Asian Batsmen in The Surrey C.C. County winning side in 1970 ?
Kids Love T20I Match
Mens Love ODIs Match
Legend Loves Test Match
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10:38 No, the batter is just trying to get inside the crease, if the bat gets in the crease and the batter's feet are still out, he's safe. The batter cannot deflect the ball!
He can, just not intentionally. If the ball hit his bat there, he wouldn't be out. But ultimately it's the umpire's call
A 5 match test series ......25 days in total!!!! Now that's a proper way to spend a summer!!! ;-)
Fantastic
I listen to the tests at work on my radio, love it.
A Summer of a 5 match test is heaven to me.
@@myoldmate I love listening to cricket on the radio.
@fayesouthall6604 it's just nice, isn't it.
I find it to be relaxing. The hurly burly of life takes a back seat, and for that time, you can just get out of yourself and be content.
@@myoldmate Yeah it's the best on radio.
A cricket ball weighs 156 grams (5.5 ounces). It slightly smaller than a baseball. It has an outer casing of leather. There are 10 modes of getting a batter out and they Bowled, Caught, Run Out, Stumped, Hit Wicket, Hand Ball, Leg Before Wicket, Timed Out, Obstructing the Field, Hit the Ball Twice.
I learned today, on an episode of QI that recently aired here in Australia, cricket was George Washington’s favourite game.
Oh wow!
Love QI, although they were pretty much british back then no matter how much they don't like to admit it, hence why they changed all the sports to make it those only themselves ever play.
Well he was born here
@@matthewpreston28 He wasnt, but its ok, how did the saddlers get on this year mate?
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5 day cricket is the most technical because the aerodynamics of the ball and the condition of the pitch deteriorates from day to day. So the skills needed on day 1 are very different form those needed on day 5. The tv is on in the background at most homes & offices for 5 days and people keep an eye on things while they go about their day - stopping to watch when the match takes a sudden twist.
one aspect I love of having the TV on in the background, whilst your going about your day, your family n collages will always be asking "score?". or if you walking past the loungeroom, your dad might just call out "3 for 203" or "Scotty just got stumped". If your in earshot and you hear the roar of a wicket being taken, drop what your doing and run to catch the replays.
Cricket is the second most watched sport in the world, behind football (soccer), so it is much more popular than you might imagine. He made a really good video, but the biggest ommission for me was that when the bowlers change at the end of each over, they have to bowl from the opposite end of the pitch. So, you will see the fielders all changing positions to reflect this change in direction. Additionally, you will often see the better batsmen trying to make sure that they are at the right end of the pitch, for when the over ends, so that they will be batting first in the next over.
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He also forgot to mention the various speeds of bowlers and the fact the ball is bowled and not thrown!
India and Pakistan are doing a lot of heavy lifting for those figures though. Which is fine of course but I think cricket fans tend to use that as a metric to bludgeon baseball fans with.
also would have liked them to show what a scorecard looks like.
To your questions:
Baseballs, 5 - 5.25 oz
Cricket ball 5.5 - 5.75 oz
To get the batting team out, all the players must be out, except for the last man.
10:00 "Home plate area" is the crease a line across the pitch. The batsman needs to get the bat over the crease to be safe"..
19:00 scoring. Broad would be bowling against reasonably good batsmen, you play your best first. Later batsmen often don't score very highly.
I love test cricket. It is so great to sit there each day watching the play. They have breaks for drinks, lunch and tea. Nothing better on a summer day.
4:18 -- Yes it is called sledging where a player of opposite team tries to upset a player mentally. It usually results in a verbal duel with the official umpire having to break up the altercation.
Oh yes sledging is a thing. More often the fielding side trying to put off the batsmen though.
Not between non-striker and bowler with the umpire there.
@@rocketrabble6737 It's rare, but it happens sometimes. More common for the on strike batter and bowler to have verbal altercations
@@OlivibenBowlers have to be a bit careful with how much they say within earshot of the umpires.
If a bowler sends down a 'wide' or a 'no ball', the batting team gets an 'extra run', but the bowler also has to bowl the ball again to make up the six legal balls in an over.
Baseball is a children's game in Britain, we call it Rounders....
Scrolling through the comments, wondering if someone would say it😊
Mainly played by girls.
@@gigmcsweeney8566 you've made the original comment even worse! 😊
@@myoldmate You mean "better" ;)
Played in primary/elementary schools. Then kids move on to something more grown up. 😁
We always watch the five day games with the first few days being wednesday/thursday and friday and watching the game by popping into the tea rooms to see what over they are on and how many wickets have fallen, then we watch the last two days on weekends, popping into the TV room from the barbeque to stay in touch. Its great!
My dear chap, Cricket is a game for gentlemen
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 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 out those coming in. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When both sides have been in and out including the not outs, the winner is declared.... if there is one!
That old chestnut
It stopped being gentlemanly ages ago ... ask the aussies.
@alexhuxley3355 That's very funny - I had forgotten this phrase. The trouble with posting this type of very witty stuff on a non exclusively British place, is that you may unintentially confuse the already ignorant viewer. Most of these North American reacters do have the nuance to look up basic facts about subjects, but unfortunately some of them do not. I get very annoyed when said reacters watch US narrated and innaccurate clips, which is similar to the blind leading the blind. Regards from Halifax, Yorkshire, UK.
@@stephenpine2448Aussies living in your head rent free
@@stevepage5813 "You can't handle the TRUTH"
1 - With the 'Runout' where the guy with the bat is running and the guy from the fielding team throws the ball at the stumps to hit them, the batter is not trying to use his bat to make contact with the ball, he is running towards the white line and trying to make his bat cross that line before the ball makes contact with the stumps. If the bat crosses the line first, he is safe, but if the ball hits the stumps before the bat crosses the line, that batter is out. 2 - When a batter is out (from any of a variety of ways as you saw), he is the only one that is out, and the other batter on the field stays in the game. The 'Out' batter walks off the ground, and then next batter in the line-up goes on the field to join the other batter. There are always 2 batters on the field, never just one. Everytime a batter is out, another batter comes in. The batting line-up will be shown many times when you watch a game on tv so as a viewer, you'll know who the next batter will be when one of the 2 batters on the field is out. 3 - The cricket ball weighs 156 grams for mens games and 142 grams for womens games. The outer casing is made of leather and has a wide seam stitched into it, which a bowler (pitcher) will use to do various things with the ball while it's in flight. Fast bowlers will try to make the ball swing in different directions, or make it change direction by hitting the seam when it bounces, and spin bowlers - who bowl slower than fast bowlers, are able to make the ball change direction when it bounces by spinning it in various ways. Whether a bowler is a spin bowler, or a fast bowler is determined by their own choice usually when they're growing up. Some people want to be fast bowlers, and some want to be spin bowlers. Also some people don't want to be bowlers at all and decide instead to concentrate on becoming great batters. A player *may* be a good bowler and a good batter, which is referred to as being an 'All Rounder'. But that takes a lot of talent and generally, players will be best at one or the other.
The batsman cannot block the ball with his bat from a fielder throwing it at the wicket. The clip you saw was the batsman stretching his bat to reach the crease (base) before the ball hit the wicket.
Yes there is a line at each end of the pitch a few feet in front of the stumps (crease) that the batters have to cross to be safe
and if a batsman does that, he/she will be given out by the umpire (if the fielding team appeals). Law 37, "Obstructing the field": A batsman can be given out for obstructing the field if he wilfully attempts to obstruct or distract the fielding side by word or action.
you can block you just are not allowed to change your line to do so, good batmen can manufacture a run by playing to a close in fielder then running the line that will block his path to the wicket, of course you want your partner to be in on what you are doing
@@chrisharris1522 Your case will be a very risky play by the 'good batsman' and a difficult decision for the umpire whether the obstruction was accidental or not.
Law 37 speaks of "wilfully'.
@@Species1732 not really. I’ve never seen someone given out when legitimately sliding for the crease…
You’re not obliged to keep your bat up when trying to make your ground.
16:38
In professional cricket, there are three main formats, each with different time durations:
1. *T20 Matches* : These are the shortest format, lasting around 3 hours (typically 20 overs per side).
2. *One Day Internationals (ODIs)* These matches take about 7-8 hours (50 overs per side).
3. *Test Matches* : The longest format, spanning up to 5 days with about 6 hours of play each day, including breaks.
Additionally, if the players are wearing white uniforms, it indicates a Test match. Colored uniforms are used for T20 and ODI matches.
The main thing he didn't explain and you asked about was the replacement of batters when one is out. Each team has 11 people. 2 are batting at a time. When one is out the next batter comes in just to replace the one who was out. The other member of the initial pair remains until he is out. The only complication is that you can't have just one person batting, so once 10 are out the innings ends. (incidentally, in cricket, innings is both plural and singular...there is no inning, that's how we tell its an American talking :))
Probably similar to baseball, the batsmen go in a specific order. The first two, the opening bats, tend to be 'defensive' players. i.e. they're generally safe, but don't hit the ball for 6 (a home run) very often. Then you get the bigger hitters come in, finally followed by the bowlers, some of whom don't even know which end of the bat to hold...I guess the pitchers are probably the same.
Also, if one of the first two (i.e. opening) batsmen in an innings is still at bat after all the other batsmen are out, they are said to have 'carried their bat'.
absolute crap about the first two batsmen being 'defensive players', they are there to establish a platform for the rest of the team when they are out and hopefully build a big score at the start of the teams innings.
@@davidlancaster4476 absolute crap? Did you ever watch Jeff Boycott :) a question, what stroke did he use to score the only 6 he is known to have scored in test cricket?
@@deanb61Barry Richards was a pretty aggressive batter
Can we agree that the opening bats tend to have a very good defensive technique (Ben Duckett apart) when required?
Best wishes
couple of things: trash talking is done sometimes but it's not in the spirit of the game. Any violent behaviour will have the player pulled up for a penalty both in match fees and a temporary / permanent ban from playing in the game / series / year(s) / entirely.
- The ball feels like a rock wrapped in hard leather. :)
Hope this addresses some confusion around batting: Imagine the two ends of the pitch to be north and south. Two batsmen Alan and Brent come in to bat, take up position at each end of the pitch. Alan is at the north end and the bowler Mark (pitcher) is coming in from the south end to bowl.
Ball 1: Alan swings and misses, no run is made
Ball 2: Alan nudges the ball and both run to the other side to score one run. Now Brent is up to bat.
Ball 3: Brent swings and they run. The complete one run and try to come back but the fielder throws the ball and breaks the wickets at the north end before Brent can make it back. (The fielder can go for whichever end they find easier.) So Brent is now 'run out.' Brent must not attempt to interfere with the fielder's throw in any way whatsoever. Doing so would be an automatic 'out'. Charlie comes in to replace Brent and is up to bat as Brent was heading north when he got put out.
Ball 4: Charlie knocks the ball into the crowd for a six. The ball is caught by seven year old Timmy and he has to return the ball.
Ball 5: Charlie nudges the ball, no run
Ball 6: Mark oversteps the line when he is bowling, Charlie lofts the ball and is caught. But he is not out as the delivery is illegal. One extra run is added to the team score, this ball does not count.
Ball 7 (Free hit): Penalty ball to be bowled because of #6. Mark breaks the wickets, but still Charlie is not out as there are no outs on a free hit (except a stumping or a run out)
Second over up and now something happens. Steven comes in to bowl, but he will be bowling from the north end, to the south end, to Alan.
In addition:
- Every one must bat. Each player bats exactly once in an inning. Once he's out, he's out. No subbing. Even the bowlers.
- A minimum of five bowlers MUST be used in the inning. No bowler may bowl more than 1/5th of the total overs in the match in case of limited overs cricket.
The cricket ball, made of a cork core, wrapped with string, and coated in stitched on leather. It is smaller but, heavier and harder, pretty much a shiny rock at the start. But gets softer as you go along (is it gets hit a lot, and bounces on 99% of deliveries). The same ball is used for at least 80 overs (in long form cricket) - then you get a new one if the innings is still going, or at the start of a new innings.
Cork & string feels misleading to the hardness, when it feels like a ball of concrete :)
@@n_mckean 100% it sounds like it too if you bounce it on concrete, just sounds like another block of concrete.
The beauty of a 5 day game is there is so much opportunity for the game to change. One team can be on top for the first couple days, only for the momentum to change.. it is not uncommon for it to go back and forth between each team. It also allows the opportunity for some amazing athletic performances for batters and bowlers as they are really put to the test.. hence the name, "Test Cricket"... Sometimes the one batter (usually an opening batsman) can bat for days and amass a high score. The amount of concentration and skill required to last this long without being dismissed can be fun to watch.. Sometimes you don't watch all 5 days at once, you can step away for a few hours, come back later in the day, catch the highlights and pick up where you left off. The international nature of cricket also builds some great rivalries, particularly between Australia, India, England and South Africa (and other countries too)...
Trash talking by the bowler (pitcher) to the batsmen is part of the culture and is known as sledging, the Australians are renowned for it.
The Aussies are also famous for NOT being able to take it.
That's the English mate@@stephenpine2448
@@stephenpine2448aussies are the only ones who can handle it judging by our trophy case. aussies sledge, you crumble. you sledge, aussies chuckle and point to the scoreboard
watch your mouth and wash it , only a pom can say something like that.... 😗
@@stephenpine2448 WHAT DO YOU MEAN
Actually interfering with the ball as a batter other than when facing a delivery is a one of the rarer ways to be Out. You're not allowed to touch it.
As is striking the ball twice in one stroke.
Cricket has no rules.
It has LAWS.
That's how serious it is.
I think you mean that's how pretentious it is.
@@Verdant_Eternity The reason there are laws of cricket is because rules are specific for the different leagues and competitions. The laws are universal, covering all forms of the game from amateur club level to professional. For example LBW is a law, not a rule. The amount of overs to be played for a match is a rule because rules can vary between competitions. There are separate rules for limited overs matches, T20 matches, first class, test and amateur club leagues.
@@Rhubba Correct
@@loganleroy8622 sit down you muppet
No need to get technical. Bowie.
Me and my Dad used to take the TV into the back garden when it was sunny and the neighbours would come around and we would chill for the weekend watching England v Aus\NZ\SA\Ind\Pak\WIndies... My Dad would let me drink bottles of lager when I was 12, it was great.
03:58 yep it's caled sledging and is a huge part of the sport, especially towards the person batting on strike
yes, it happens. Mostly with bowler (pitcher) and wicket keeper(catcher) agitating the batter.
@@Simbu.or the slips or the mid on/mid off. In fact anyone.
Boomer himself was sledging when he said 'Sounds like Broad is having a rough day...." Its funny when you know he is the bowler to be hit for 6 sixes twice.😂
Well they do have to do something to entertain themselves while they stand in the field all day.
Things to remember about sledging are that batsmen have to concentrate for long periods while playing, so it's a key tactic for fielders to break their concentration in the hope of getting them out, and also that international cricket involves long tours on the far side of the world from home, so it's tempting to suggest that a player's wife is, perhaps, _keeping herself busy_ while he's away.
Here is a good article about it...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledging_(cricket)
The world's most popular sports, 1 football (the one where players use their feet to move the ball around), 2 cricket, 3 basketball, 4 Tennis, 5 field hockey. I think the world baseball classic had around 30 million viewers, the world cup final has 1.1 billion viewers.
The pleasure of watching cricket is not derived from watching the game, but not watching it. You read a book, listen to a radio, then if something exciting happens, look up and clap while gently remarking to someone sitting nearby, 'good shot'. In recent years the fans are fully engaged and very loud, and IMHO are completely missing the point!!!
Limited overs cricket is where the big money is for players, while to be considered a great player currently you almost always have to be great at Test cricket.
Don't forget the six pints of cider
Tories when their sports develop atmosphere
@@wallythewondercorncake8657 6 pints per over 😁
8:06 If one batsman gets out then only one batter will come and change him another batter will stay there until he does not get out
Remember, unlike the US, most of the developed world have at least 4 weeks of paid vacation so attending a 5 day cricket match is not a problem for die-hard cricket fans.
Cricket is a complex game but, being British, I understand it. When I attended a Baseball game in Seattle once, I couldn’t understand what was going on.
People who attend first-class county (3-day) or test cricket (5-day) don’t often attend every day. They’ll get tickets for a day. Some serious fans will do multiple days or the whole match. Important to remember that because Britain is relatively civilised, people get longer (paid) holidays than is common in the US, so people do have time, especially in the summer when cricket is played.
One of the key things that wasn’t discussed is that baseball pitchers ‘throw’ whereas bowlers in cricket have to keep a straight arm. Bowlers run up to the wicket rather than pitch from a static position and then follow through.
You have a range of different specialisms in bowling just as pitcher can throw different types of pitch, but a bowler is classified by how and often when they bowl. Fast bowlers usually open the bowling and usually have the longest run-ups. Some opening bowlers are fast-medium but tend to be more accurate and cut and swing the ball at around 75-85 mph.
True fast bowlers (express pace) will regularly bowl at above 90 mph occasionally reaching 100 mph. Baseball pitchers can be faster as they throw and one can throw faster than one can bowl. You also have medium-pace bowlers and leg (wrist) spinners and off (finger) spinners.
Whenever I hear Americans expressing surprise at multiple-day cricket matches, I tend to compare them with golf majors, in which the scores are aggregated over a series of rounds played on four consecutive days. A cricket Test match is quite like that.
@@leohickey4953same. It’s not unusual.
One batsman can keep the strike so keeping his fellow batsmen off strike endlessly , sometimes it’s a tactic used to protect injured or weaker batsmen from facing a fast bowler. I’ve seen one batsman on 87 runs and his partner on 3 runs
A couple of things that got missed out. The bowler's 'action' has to be a straight arm. He does not 'throw' it like a baseball pitch, or a fielder throwing the ball in. The momentum comes from the bowler's run up, & his speed at the moment of delivery. The ball itself is made of two hemispheres stitched together, and there is a distinct 'seam' that runs around the 'equator' of the ball. Some bowlers deliberately hold the ball so that when it bounces, it lands ON the seam, and can veer to left or right. Other bowlers can put a cross-wise spin onto the ball, either clockwise or anti. Again, when the ball bounces, it will rear off in a new direction, confusing the batsman. It's not all about sheer speed of delivery. 'Fast' bowlers take very long run-ups, to build up speed, and rely on the speed itself to defeat the bat. 'Medium' pace bowlers take shorter run-ups, but will try to bowl one of those types of deceptive deliveries. 'Spinners' typically take very short run-ups, relying on the unpredictable bounce to bamboozle the bat. The bowler knows what spin he is applying, but the batsman doesn't. When a spinner is bowling, there is little chance of massive boundary shots, so you will see the fielders crowding in more around the bat.
That's just some of the dark arts of the bowler, but there are many more.
From memory, the ball is made of cork composite, with a leather covering.
Batters used to be called Batsmen until women's cricket began. An 'OVER' was once 8 balls but we conformed to English 6 ball overs. Five days for a real TEST MATCH. For real crowds check the MCG (100,000+). All other forms of the game are subsidiary. Cricket ovals may vary greatly. AFL (Aussie Rules Football) began as a Winter fitness game for Victorian Melbourne players. You may block a ball with your body or bat or hat etc...
’Shit talking’ is directed at the ’batter’ facing the ball. Usually by the ’catcher’.
Unless they are Australian and then it's directed at everyone from everyone.
@@PHDarrenincluding the crowd
And in cricket, it's called "Sledging".
Some didn’t even do it with words. I remember Jack Russell would deliberately not brush his teeth so that his breath stank around batsman. He was an awesome keeper but completely nuts 🤣
No I say BATSMEN OR BATSWOMEN, i will never say Batter which is in the Woke dictionary!
Baseball+brain+technique+laws=cricket
T20 World Cup is being played in the Caribbean but also in the States and that includes Florida and also Texas and New York details on the internet.
As far as a 5 day Test or 4 day 1st class matches are concerned - the rhythm of it can dominate your life in such a richly rewarding way. That goes for being at the ground for all five days, watching on TV or listening to the radio at work or on family holidays...
Perhaps one aspect that was overlooked was the ‘speciality’ of players - all players need to bat, but when fielding some players are better at bowling than others, and some players wouldn’t bowl at all. When batting, your best batters go in first, and the weakest batters go in at 9th, 10th, or last - but those players would be the star bowlers, able to hopefully do the most damage when their team is fielding.
You do get ‘all rounders’ - players who are great at both batting and bowling, or the wicket keeper (the catcher behind the stumps) (when fielding) might also be a decent batter too.
Then if you’re a bowler you tend to specialise in either pace - you’re a fast, or medium/fast bowler, and you’re looking to move the ball in the air - or you’re a spin bowler, who bowls slower but is aiming to deceive the batter with trickery, and is able to get the ball to break off left-to-right, or right-to-left, when it hits the ground. India and Pakistan have produced some great spin bowlers over the years as the pitch tends to be harder, drier, due to their climate and thus the ball will react more when spun with either a finger action or wrist action. Australia also had the great Shane Warne (RIP) as a great spin bowler back in the 1990’s, and 2000’s.
You might want to follow up with "Mike Young is a former Australian National cricket team fielding coach", as well as a former US minor league and Australian baseball manager, player and coach. Wikipedia , Born: 21 December 1955 (age 68 years), Chicago, Illinois, United States, I remember trying to explain Cricket to Mike Young back in 1987 while we all had a few too many beers, it was real comedy. But Mike went on to be a valued member of the Australian Cricket Coaching Staff over the next decade or so.
The "Target" of 222 isn't the score that India got, They Scored 221, 222+ is the winning score, 221 would be a draw and anything less would be a loss.
In cricket slang, a score of 222 is known as a double Nelson. A Nelson is 111 and named after Admiral Lord Nelson supposedly because he had 1 eye, 1 arm and 1 leg, the joke being he never lost a leg.
@@swanronson173 As Nelson never Lost his eye, I always preferred the New Zealand Explanation.
There was a Team Called "Nelson" 130-150ish years ago, and they were dismissed for 111 in both their first and last ever innings as a team.
There is also one about the 111 looking like the stumps without the bails.
I also wonder if Graham Gooch felt his triple Nelson against India was an unlucky score :)
Actually if if the opposition scored 221 like India did this would be a tie not a draw
@@daveelliott5855 I accept your Pedantry :)
@@daveelliott5855 I think the distinction between tie and draw, is only really relevant in the longer (non limited overs) games.
Actually if you try to block the ball in an intentional manner as a batsman when it’s heading for the wickets, or in fact if you make any intentional movement that is intended to result in contact with the ball, whether or not the ball does come into contact with the individual in question, you’re out. This is called “handling the ball” or “obstructing the field”. If the batsman had indeed tried to block the ball with the bat, he’d have been called out for obstruction. What he was doing was trying to reach” “home base” as you would call it.
Didn’t mention the state of the pitch, which is hugely important and will determine the type of bowling to be used, and which bowlers will be selected to bowl by the captain. The state of the pitch is something which makes the test matches very complex, as it will change over the 5 days of play (depending on weather, humidity, the way the groundsmen have prepared the pitch prior to the game etc.) The state of the ball is also very important, as it will favour the bowler or batsman depending on how worn in it is. Test matches are more of an event than just a game and the tradition is to follow them on the radio when you’re at work, or to drag the telly into the garden at the weekend and doze in a deckchair with a cool drink, with the cricket in the background.
Pure heaven.
The T20 world Cup is currently being played. It is hosted this year by USA and West Indies. It has been an exciting series so far.
There's so much I'd like to say on the back of this very good and informative video but I'll restrict myself to one comment - the guy holding out his bat as he was running wasn't trying to defend his wicket like a goalie (that would be so much fun) but was trying to reach with it in order to reach the crease/home plate before being run out.
A cricket ball and a baseball are almost identical in size & weight, but a cricket ball usually weighs a little more & is a little smaller - not enough to notice a difference if it hits you in the face.
Just to advise...West Indies had a player called Michael Holding & England one called Peter Willey. There's a famous bit of radio commentary, explaining such, as the ball about to be bowled...The batsman's Holding the bowler's Willey...
I love that they mention the code of conduct, and the unwritten rules, whilst completely ignoring sledging.
You probably already know but Cricket was played in America way before Baseball. Even the first ever international cricket match was held in the US against Canada in 1844. That's even before England etc.....played test matches (internationals).
The guy behind the stumps talks smack to the batter to unsettle him, called sledging 😁.
There are 108 countries listed as playing competitive cricket. That doesn't mean that nobody plays cricket in the other 187 countries, just that they don't have a formal "league". Baseball is considered a niche sport at this level.
It's the other 87 countries!
@@rocketrabble6737 sorry... my bad!
another big difference is that there are many category of bowlers.There are fast pace bowlers like Bumrah, Starc who bowl very very fast with long run up.Some of them are out and out fast while some depend on cut and swing.There are also slow pace bowlers like Steve Waugh,Gavin Larsen,Chris Harris.And then there are spinners who basically spin the ball.There are many kinds of spinners but broadly 4 types--the classic off spinner, left handed off spinner,the leg spinner and the chinaman (left handed leg spinner).
Just FYI: a quick search for most popular/most watched sports gives numerous lists showing that there are roughly five times as many (2.5 billion) cricket fans as baseball fans (0.5 billion) worldwide. (Of course football/soccer leads with even more fans...)
Probably something to do with it being India's favourite sport
@@rld1982 How many countries have baseball as their favourite sport?
@@philward6582I'd say Australia, Sri lanka, west indies Pakistan and India. But many countries have it as second or third favourite. I'm talking team sport not individual.
@@philward6582 I only know of Japan and South Korea other than US of A.
@@philward6582 There are about seven countries where Cricket is listed as the most popular sport. Basically just the indian subcontinent, plus some islands in the Caribbean. Baseball is most popular in Cuba, Venezuela, the Domincan Republic, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Batsmen in danger of being run out will run with the bat extended, touching the ground, because he will not be given out provided the end of the bat reaches the popping crease by the time the wicket is broken.. He is not trying to knock the ball away from the wicket once the fielder had thrown it. If a batsman tried that he might be given out for obstructing the field.
Cricket for Americans UA-cam channel is brilliant. Those fellas really understand the game.
The ball is made of layered hard Cork and strings, with a leather outer covering which is then stiched at the seam. So nearly rock hard. It's much harder than the average baseball.
When a batsman (1) is out (either caught, bowled or run out), he leaves the field of play and is replaced by the next batsman (3) in the pavilion - the other batsman (2) remains at the wicket as he is not out. The innings ends when 10 of the 11 batsmen have been dismissed (as 1 batsman cannot be at the wicket on his own) or when the batting team decides to declare (usually when they have amassed a large score). A cricket ball is a hard, solid ball made from cork wound with string and covered with leather (it has a seam which allows the bowler to swing the ball away or towards the batsman). The ball weighs between 5.5 - 5.75 ounces, whereas a baseball weighs between 5 - 5.25 ounces. Test cricket matches (between International Teams) are 5 days in length and to win 1 team must dismiss the other team on 2 occasions (with the losing team having amassed fewer overall runs than the winning team). County cricket (between various English Counties last 4 days, with the winning team determined as per International cricket). Where a game is not completed (i.e. no team has been dismissed twice, this is a draw - sadly too often the outcome). The duration of a game is affected by weather, with rain reducing playing time.
The 5 day game is not as taxing as you think. People normally attend for just one of the days. Meanwhile across the nation workers will be listening on the radio. It will be on TV in waiting rooms etc. The 5 day game is special because there is luck with the weather, the ball's bounce changes with different levels of moisture in the ground, and of course, the strategy of a wilely skipper. Sometimes the bowler dominates, sometimes the batsman dominates. It is common for batsmen to get a century, and sometimes a double or triple century. There is time in the long game for a batsman to build a massive score. As a result you can never know who wins in the end, so the tension builds up. One of the most popular matches is the annual Boxing Day Test which starts on December 26th at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Not mentioned is that 3 day games also exist. It is a game with many formats.
It is not surprising that cricket is widely played internationally, has many formats, and has some quirky laws. It has been played for hundreds of years. It is thought that it probably started with farmers who bowled a ball at a real stump, but evolved into the modern game where the medieval game was codified with distinct laws, probably in the 1600's. There are many games that are indirectly off-shoots from cricket like the baseball family of games, but it also lead to Australian Rules Football. Aussie Rules developed in the 1850's as a way of keeping first class cricket players fit during the winter season. That is why AFL in played on huge oval fields. They are normally cricket grounds in the summer. AFL is very athletic with a variety of moves because it was intended as exercise to workout the whole body.
The cricket followers and players number between 2 and 3 billion people worldwide, making it the 2nd most popular game globally behind soccer.
5:43 - “ crickets funniest nut shots” clearly coming here soon!
David Bumble Lloyd has a "funny" story about that.
Is that the split box one or the one involving Michael Holding?
@@johnleonard9090 Heh, was thinking of the split box.
There's a clip of Sir Viv talking about the aftermath of the same thing happening to Brian Close, who was sitting there having a fag while someone removed the box from his crown jewels with a pair of pliers.
They had balls back in the day(at least for a while).
@@johnleonard9090
Yes.
10:29 the batsmen is not putting his bat out to stop the ball, he is trying to get into his crease. If he tries knowingly to stop the throw from the fielder, he could be given out as handball.
I'm loving this. As an aussie, i'd love to see your reacts to watching Aussie rules explained.
Aussie rules is crazy
@@fayesouthall6604last time I watched it they seemed to have softened it up a bit, but that may have just been bad officiating as with most sports
@samuelpinder1215 it's definitely softened up. They're trying to avoid concussions and the long term effects of CTE.
@@seedy80 boxing has done that, without going very soft. Why can't other sports do something similar
@@samuelpinder1215 massive class action lawsuits are on the horizon. The league is trying to avoid any head trauma.
cricket is a very technical game with a significant amount of complexity.
Yes absolutely there is trash talking. It’s usually called sledging and the most intense I’ve witnessed is usually between England and the Australians. We are bitter rivals and we love to battle it out in the Ashes series. Our own mini competition so to speak
It's often said that the Aussie Dennis Lillee, at the end of his career, was mainly kept in the side for his sledging ability.
To answer your questions - only the player at bat goes out and is replaced by another batter. The other one stays on the field (unless he was the one run out). And the batter running for the crease cannot hit the ball being thrown at the wicket to get him out. That would be a good addition to the game though!
You should check out "crickets best sledging moments" videos. You get the cricket and you get the harsh put downs.
Theres some seriously comical interactions for you to catch up on.
What's your favourite?
16:50 cricket has formats = the test match is played for a maximum of 5 days ie. from morning to evening (max 90 overs in a day), played for maximum of 5 days. The 50-over format is called one-day international and is played for 50-overs both sides. The T20 format is the shortest format of 3 hours where both teams get 20 overs to play.
Baseball is basically a girls game Rounders that we used to play at school. The cricket ball is really heavy and can cause serious injuries. I played cricket with some friends when young and they were using a real cricket ball. I got hit on the leg, it was so painful and it was black and blue for weeks.
you sound absolutely insufferable.
Making an out in cricket is much much harder than in baseball. As a result going through a lineup of 11 players could take an hour or an entire day. So if you have to go through each team's 11 man roster twice, this could easily take 4 days.
Talking shit to disturb batters in cricket is called Sledging. it can get really dirty at times.
You have to be quiet once the bowler starts running in though, or the batter will just pull away
Another very interesting aspect is the different bowling (pitching) types. You get variants of spin bowling (off, leg etc).
Then there's fast, swing, full, slow etc. Different types of bowlers.....spin, strike etc.
And then the variation in skill or ability of batsmen (batters).
So much more rules than are mentioned in this video.
Main aspect of the game is the strategic planning by the captain. Which batsmen to bring in at what order. Which bowlers to put up against which batsmen.
Field placement (numerous alternatives) of fielders to match what specific bowler is trying to achieve with specific batsman.
And so much more to the game of cricket.
4:38 - not necessarily at the time they're bowling, but abuse/banter does happen on the field. It's generally called 'sledging'.
5:54 - yes, the cricket ball is harder and heavier than a baseball. There have been deaths in cricket due to being hit by a ball, but they are, thankfully, very rare.
7:46 - no, if one gets out, then they're the only who is out, and just one is brought in to replace him/her.
10:25 - not quite, he's stretching to get back in the crease (the white line). If he deliberately obstructed the fielder from throwing down the stumps, that would be out.
16:10 - yes, a test match can last five days. And each day can have six hours and thirty minutes of play. So it is quite long! A 50 over game takes around 7 hours. A 20 over game should take around 3 hours (closest to baseball).
16:50 - cricket also has similar problems with over rates (the speed at which bowlers bowl overs).
18:00 - it is fair to say that T20 cricket is a lot more popular than the five day format for this reason.
27:48 - In terms of formats. Test cricket (five day) is played by about 12 countries, but it's only really popular in England, India and Australia. 50 over and 20 over cricket is more popular across the world, and there are world cups for both of those formats.
There is also domestic cricket. So, for example, England has a test cricket team, and it also has a four-day cricket league (called the County Championship).
Franchise cricket is generally the most popular now. This is T20 cricket played in leagues such as the Indian Premier League between teams comprised of individuals from various different countries.
Good effort to learn it. The T20 World Cup is taking place in the USA and the Caribbean in June, by the way. If you wanted to watch cricket, T20 would be the easiest starting point.
Great post, answers I think every question he had!
"... only really popular in England, India and Australia" Huh? So countries like Pakistan, South Africa and New Zealand don't count?
Don't forget 'non-league' or 'friendly' cricket, played by village teams against each other, usually on a Sunday! There are some leagues for village teams, as well as 'corporate' or company teams, again either on a Sunday, or a limited overs match in the evening after work during the summer, when we actually get half-decent weather (!), as most matches will stop or pause during rain showers, to avoid injury from slipping, etc. The matches from county level upwards will have 'covers' that are brought on at this time, to cover the pitch and immediate surrounding area, to preserve the playing surface - if it got too wet, their spiked shoes would tear it up too much!
It is a decent time when a test match is like a soap/web series you watch over 4 or 5 days. A slow drama that people follow remotely while at work or just going through every day life. It gives a unique feeling of purity of sport that the shorter formats can't really reach.
Something I don't think they explained in this video was that after an over (6 balls bowled by the bowler), a new over is bowled from the opposite end by the new bowler. Then the next 6 balls from the first end and so on. Changing ends every 6 balls. The batsman stay where they are when a new over begins. Only the bowler changes, and changes ends. The batsman only changes ends when he scores a run.
Unless they crossed during a wicket.
In addition, the whole fielding side changes ends each over, just for clarification.
if he was trying to block the ball while attempting a running he could be given out. In this situation the extension of the bat is an attempt to make his ground before the wicket is broken.
Used to see this explanation on posters and towels: "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 thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. " Hope that clarifies things.
it sure did over and out lol
On *towels* ???
Tea towels. Used for drying dishes. I don't know what Americans call them.
@@gpr127 what an odd thing to have on a tea towel 😂
One thing he didn't mention is that : at the end of an over, the at-bat batter and the non-batting batter must switch positions.
Plain wrong. The batsmen stay where they are but the next over will be bowled from the opposite end.
At some schools in England girls play rounders which was believed to be the origin baseball. Check it out. Ian Dee.
Boys play it as well.
Test cricket is like life, when things aren't going well you know you have to find it in yourself to turn the situation around, you have to take the blows and ride out the storm, pull your *hit together and pull yourself up by the boot-straps. Otherwise you gonna be in 5 days of hell, how many blows can you take? It taught me a lot about life; bad times don't last forever and good times will come back through hard work and perseverance; all good things come to an end and bad times will return. Gives you perspective in life...
The batsman wasnt trying to block the ball with his bat, it just looked like that from the perspective. He was actually just stretching out his bat to reach for the crease before the ball hit the stumps. Remember the bat counts as part of your body when detirmining if you are safe.
There are two cricket world cups. The original is the ODI World Cup (which was obviously simply the Cricket World Cup at the time) and the second is the T-20 World Cup, which is being played in the US (as co-hosts with the West Indies) right now. The current ODI World Champions are Australia, who defeated India. Four years earlier England defeated New Zealand in a tied final. The current T-20 World Champions are England, who defeated Pakistan in the final. In the women's game Australia hold the ODI cup after defeating England in the final and in the T-20 it's also Australia after defeating South Africa.
Just to correct something the guy said in the video a few times which is incorrect; he talked about “professional cricket” when really what he meant was “franchise cricket”. Cricket has had professionalism for a very long time (more than 60 years at least). All of the players playing for their international teams in Test cricket and ODI cricket (at least for the biggest cricket nations like England, India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka, etc.) are professional and even those in lower tiers of the game playing “representative cricket” for states, counties, islands (e.g. in the Caribbean) or regions will usually be professional too. But the T20 leagues all around the world where players from anywhere in the world get signed to big money contracts by franchises (like the MLB model) is a much more recent development in cricket, and these franchises are invariably about T20 cricket.
Professional cricket is more than 200 years old.
@@peterjackson4763 true. The 60 years I was referring to was more the point at which professionalism became the “norm” and the benchmark for the highest level cricketers across the board… at least in England. It was the point where the English first class cricket system went truly professional, instead of being a mix of pros and amateurs as it had previously been.
@@davidburke2132 Yes there was a mixture of professional and amateur cricket 60 years ago, but it didn't start or end then. The distinction became les obvious, but there were still amateurs playing first class cricket in 90s and there were fully professional teams over 200 years ago. In the 80s I was a member of a club in a league where clubs were (and are) allowed to hire one professional player.
I would say to an American, when someone says "professional" they mean franchise teams. The ODIs and Test players certainly get paid, but the point is to play for your country, even though they get paid for doing so.
@@loganleroy8622 maybe so, but in places like England, Australia, etc, the first class game is professional too (meaning county and state level) and has been for a very long time, not just those who play internationals for their nations.
He's trying to get his cricket bat over the line before the ball hit's the stumps. If he can get himself or his bat (extension of his body) over that white line before the ball hits the wickets he's saved.
A baseball is 5 - 5.25 oz and a cricket ball is 5.5 - 5.75 oz
A cricket ball is also a fraction smaller.
amd the speed of baseball is a tiny bit faster
@@ArnavA-un5gk That's because the baseball is thrown but a cricket ball has to be bowled. That is the arm must be straight during the last part of the delivery action (or as straight as it can be).
If one batter is out he walks off the field. The other one stays. New batter takes the place of the previous batter. Theorectically a batter of the original two starting the game could end the game in batting as all other 10 batters are out. Very rare.
The ashes are played by the UK and Aussie and the trash talk is next level and u can hear it cos the wickets have mics lol
Aussies are masters of sledging. And yet they still lose.
@@howardchambers9679 yea but funny as hell
Not the UK ... England and Australia
Last Ashes series was a draw. England last won in 2015 🤣🤣🤣
@@howardchambers9679 really?! Something wrong with your memory!
27:00 That's a run out situation.
The batsman is trying to reach the pooping crease to compete the run and the filder is trying to brake the wicket for run-out.
The batsman extended his bat to reach the pooping crease, not to block the ball (like a golie).
If the batsman intentionally interfere with the ball and the fielder team appeals, the batsman will be given out for interference - it's called obstructing the field (another form of OUT)
Like baseball every over has time limit, but not to specific over but the whole innings. In odi/t20 If you failed to complete the over within time limit , you have to bring player inside 30 yard circle as punishment , as result batsman will get advantage.
If this repeat game after game , the captain will be punished - 2 match ban (like red card) , and match fee deduction.
@8.01 nope, if the batsman is out then he is replaced with a new batsman, not a pair of batsmen.
but there has been on very rare occasions that the 2 batsman are out. the strike batsman gets caught out, then the catching feilder throws the ball to get the 2nd batsman out.
real quick thinking by the feilder, and a massive misunderstanding between batsman, usually causes this "double play".
"home plate" we call that the strikers end, or the batsman is on strike.
A little UA-cam tip: When referring to a point in the video, if you put a colon between the minutes and seconds, it makes it clickable, linking to that moment in the video. Like this: 8:01 ☺️
@@ChristopherStendeck thanks mate , i'll rember that for next time
No, you can't get two batsmen out at the same time.
That's incorrect. Once one batsman is out, the ball is deemed dead, so it's not possible for two players to be out on the same play. See Law 20.1.1.3.
No, only the batter that is put out out will have to sit down, the other batter stays on the field until they are put out. There is no way to get a double play. The bat needs to cross the line to be safe but you can not use the bat to defect the ball.
The five day matches are the most interesting when play continues through the night, and only 50% of the fielding side are allowed flashlights. A recent innovation was allowing the batter to be woken by the umpire if he falls asleep during slow periods
It was actually codified in Wisdens laws of cricket the 1884 edition, that the crowd could use a broom handle with a knitting needle attached to poke the umpire awake. Or a pea shooter though that is only in games on the continent
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The non-batter does not talk to the bowler when the bowler bowls. After the ball is bowled and is dead, words may be changed between the two. That is called sledging. The fielding side sledges the batters continuously.