You do NOT "THROW" the ball in cricket, you "bowl" it, where the bowling arm must be straight, which is why fast bowlers have such long runups to gain speed of delivery. If you throw the ball (while bowling) as in baseball, you will be no-balled and if you persist you will be ejected from the match and, soon, the whole sport.
Thommo (Jeff Thompson) and Brett Lee could bowl at 160 Km/Hr (100 Mph), though they say Thommo in his prime, before speed measurement was significantly faster than that.
No, both batsmen can score. If they run one run (or three runs), the player who was not facing the bowling will now be facing the bowling. At the end of the over (series of six legal deliveries), a different bowler will start the bowling from the opposite end of the pitch, so if on the last ball of the preceding over, a dot ball (no run), 2, 4 ,6 or wicket occurred, the other batsman will be facing the bowling at the start of the next over. Yes, you are still out if only one bail is dislodged. Here are some direct hit run outs: ua-cam.com/video/zmiVWO7ab88/v-deo.html When watching these, remember that some part of the batsman (including the bat) must be grounded beyond (i.e. on the wicket side of) the crease (the transverse white line in front of the wicket) when the ball causes the bail to be dislodged if the batsman is to be given not out ("safe" in baseball parlance). First class cricket is not restricted to first class people. Some of the biggest bogans (rednecks) play and watch cricket. At a test match, you will have captains of industry in the members stand and blokes with no shirt and hollowed out watermelons on their heads in the general admission area. No 0 for 24 is not bad bowling. The best bowlers in the world have an average (runs/wickets) in the 20s . How far back can you start when you bowl? As far as you like, within the field of play. Most fast bowlers will have a run up of 20-30 m but a spin (slow) bowler will only take a few steps. The run up gives velocity to the ball that adds to the speed imparted by the bowling action.
8:32 there’s a whole lot of technology that can now help umpires, from sound detection to see if the bat hits the ball before the pad, to ball tracking to determine whether or not the ball would have hit the wicket if the batsman wasn’t there.
The ball tracking technology "Hawkeye" was originally developed for cricket, but an evolution of that system is now responsible for the line calls in some major tennis tournaments. Also, The Australian genius for nicknames has given us "snicko" for the "snickometer", the technology that detects the sound of a ball faintly clipping a bat. This is a wonderful recent addition to the exotic terminology of cricket, alongside the likes of "bowling a maiden over", "short backward square", "silly mid off", and "googlie".
As a cricket fan, I'm enjoying your attempts to understand the game. And as an Aussie, this game is a big part of our culture - we grow up playing as kids in the schoolyard, on a beach, in the backyard, in a quiet suburban street etc. The most important series for us is The Ashes, which has been played against England since 1882. It's a fun story of how the series got the name 'The Ashes'. (I don't know if there's a good vid explaining it.) Also, I'd encourage you to look up Australian Rules Football, if you're interested in reacting to and learning about another non-US sport. It is NOT rugby, a very common American misconception, but a completely different, homegrown game played on cricket grounds during the winter, and technically the most popular sport in Australia. A good place to start would be a couple of the official 'What is AFL?' vids (AFL stands for Australian Football League). Cheers!
Thoroughly agree about AFL. Back in the 80s, Channel 4 TV in the UK used to show weekly highlights. It was a Sunday ritual to see who Hawthorn had given a kicking to that week. Other sports worth a look (and you might have done so already) Rugby, Hurling, Pelota.
@Abhinav-m4o Cricket is followed universally across Australia, but the AFL (despite not being the main footy code in QLD and NSW), nevertheless has the highest attendance figures etc.
To answer your question about 0 - 24 Broad. This does not state how many "overs" Broad has already bowled. Usually the basis for determining whether or not a bowler has been miserly (hard to score off) or expensive, would be - divide the number of runs by the number of overs. The lower the number the better the bowler has been, it is even better if the bowler has taken wickets. In this case you would divide the number of runs by the number of wickets to get the "average". EG: Joe Bloggs has taken 6 wickets but has had 87 runs taken off his bowling this translates to an average of a wicket every 14.5 runs. This would be considered a great average.
The most glaring difference between Cricket and Baseball is that in Cricket the ball being used is only ever changed under very specific conditions and it is not uncommon for the same ball to be used throughout a team's innings (or at least up to 80 overs into that innings). The point being that the wear and tear on the ball along with the wear and tear on the pitch is an integral part of the game with different styles of bowling suiting different stages of wear on the ball. Baseballs of course are changed frequently for new ones. As part of this when the cricket ball is hit into the crowd they will always throw it back to be continued to be used rather than keeping it. Just as an aside if a Cricket ball is replaced at any time (other than after 80 overs) it is not replaced with a new ball, it is replaced with a ball of similar wear from a stock kept at every ground of worn balls.
Unless your Kumar Dharmasena and Joel Wilson at The Oval (in 2023), and then you'll change the ball for a significantly newer one... (I'm not bitter...)
@Raven-fh2yy one thing that seems lost on people , is you actually face a bowler bowling at you , trying to bowl you , trap you in front , caught behind or anywhere , Ball shyness can dictate much , Smaller harder , a 2 hr knock will earn you 5 or 6 good whacks in the innerthigh Aaarrrgghh ,Hand squashed on Bat handle , ball bouncing a consistent length, then out of nowhere a ball will kick up sharply of the same length but this one will knock your head off if not concentrate, you work a batsman out over the course of 4 overs plan , if he survives make him wear a medal , for bravery , a Yorker on the toe , haha ouch., hehe , test yah out the 6 stitcher
Love the reaction, really liked the growth from the last one! I did enjoy the last reaction, although mostly because it was funny to watch as a cricket fan!
@@Chaddington98some of the off-field antics are worth a watch,ECB has a couple of compilations including various spectator catches with commentary on their channel.
They didn't mention that at the end of the over the new bowler bowls from the other end. Sometimes one end can be better than the other for either side and this evens that out. The whole point of having two batsmen is that whichever end the bowling is from there will be a batsman there to face the bowling.
15:00 the bowler in that clip is Stuart Broad, he was one of the best pace bowlers of his generation. In his career he gave up 16,719 runs and took 604 wickets for an average of 27.68 runs per wicket so 0-24 is right on track for him. He is also bowling to one of the greatest batsman of his generation Virat Kohli. Kohli would go on to score 149 in the first innings and Broad wouldn't collect any wickets while surrendering 40 runs. England won the match by 31 runs
Here you go mate... ua-cam.com/video/zmiVWO7ab88/v-deo.html Some of the best recent runouts in cricket. One of the ones that impresses me most is last at 6:16 The Australian superstar Pat Cummins has just been in the field for 90 overs (540 balls), he's bowled 20 overs himself (120 balls) at a speed of about 145km/hr (90 miles/hr) in the Australian summer heat of nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit... and then to produce something like that is just stunning. Throws it mid-dive from side on, which makes the wicket target so narrow that he really only has an inch-wide target. At the end of a day's bowling in an Australian summer with only one stump visible... Just pure gold. Such is the brilliance of Australian Captain Pat Cummins.
@@Chaddington98 There are grooves on top of each stump for them to sit in. The bails sometimes blow off if its really windy, but they has no consequence to the batter, the umpire just places them back in top.
@@stuarthancock571An interesting side note here: if the bails have been dislodged accidentally (wind blown or otherwise knocked off) or if the umpires consider that it’s too windy for the bails to stay on (has happened), then if while the bails are off the fielding side wants to take a wicket (get a batter out) then they must properly “break the wicket” by knocking over at least one of the stumps, this being done in the usual way directly with the ball or with a hand carrying the ball. Just touching a stump with the ball (or hand holding the ball) is insufficient.
@@DeepThought9999 And if both bails came off say by an attempted run out, there's overthrows so the batters head off for a further run, and the fielding team get a second chance at a run out (but bails are still scattered about on the ground - you can technically replace the bails while the ball is still in play, but time is obviously a factor!) they have to remove a stump from the ground (using the same hand holding the ball) to get the batter out.
Something that was missed, at the completion of an over, the new bowler, bowls from the opposite end of the pitch, & note the batsmen do not change ends when this occurs, meaning each batsman takes a turn facing a bowler, for example if in the previous over the batsman on strike fails to get a run, he remains in that position & the other batsman is now on strike.
Yeah, leaving this out was a bad call. If you look carefully at the footage during the explanation of overs you can see it's happening, because one end of the pitch is in shadow and the other in sun, but it needs to be mentioned.
Friend of mine (we're Aussie) grew up watching cricket (on the tv) as is fairly standard. But it wasn't until she attended a test match in her 30s that she discovered the fielders switch ends every over. "That's when the tv always goes to an ad, so how was I supposed to know!" She couldn't really answer what she thought the difference was when the commentators described bowlers coming in from "the Stanley St end" or "the Vulture St end" (for example). 😆
If the team thinks that the umpire's decision is not correct so the fielding team or batters can take a review which will be seen computers and tech stuff only takes 1-2 minutes each teams is given 2 reviews in t20 format and 3 reviews in ODI format
There was never a chance of you learning any rules from just watching so thanks for doing this video. There’s heaps of “best runouts” compilations on YT that you could look at. Your question about the bowler taking his run up… fast bowlers have a pretty long run up and spin bowlers tend to have a short run up. If you want to be truely amazed watch Shane Warne’s spin bowling (I’m not kidding)
BTW - between overs the two batters remain where they are while the next bowler comes forth to bowl his over. Each new bowler MUST bowl from the opposite end to the previous bowler.
important info in relation to overs missed by this presentation is that when an over is finished, the fiedling team will swap ends to deliver the next over i.e. the wicket keeper will take up postion at the other end of the pitch, the new bowler will deliver the over from the other end, the fielders need to swap ends too etc etc. however, the batters will remain where they are. This means that batter A will face the final ball of the current over and if they do not run, he will then be at the bowlers end for the next over and batter B will be facing the new bowler. it's simpler than it sounds lol
Also there are two umpires. One stands by the stumps where the bowler is bowling from. The other stands at square leg (behind the back of the batsman as he faces up side on to the bowler - about 20 to 30 metres back). So one umpire has a front on view of play and the other has a side on view. Because the fielding team bowls each over from alternating ends it means one umpire is the main umpire from one end of the pitch and the other umpire is the main umpire on the alternating overs from the other end of the pitch.
One thing he forgot is that the over is six legal deliveries, so you continue until six are delivered, which may require more than six bowls i.e. wides and no balls don't count.
The Aussies got the sporting schedule right. From march to October, it's footy season (AFL & NRL) and from November to February its cricket season (T20, test & one day cricket)
Regarding the 2 batters, if the batsman at the "crease" scores a "single" or odd/uneven number of runs, then the other batsman will then be facing the bowlers next ball, unless it's the final ball of the over. In which case the batsman who scored the runs will now be facing a different bowler who is now bowling from the opposite end(direction) from the previous over.
The length of the bowler’s run-up varies by individual and by type of bowler. Fast bowlers have longer run-ups and theoretically there is no limit, but there is a thing called over rates and longer run-ups will mean a slower over rate and the bowling side can be penalised for that. Slow/spin bowlers generally only take a few paces before they bowl, on the other hand.
Two batters open they each take an end , the bowler will bowl 6 balls an over , from one end , and the batsmen will each bat and rotate the strike , at overs end they bowl from the other end and another bowler will bowl , and the batsman will carry on until they out , awesome game
5:00 The two batters: if they run one run, they'll have swapped ends, so the other batter faces the next delivery. Also, consecutive overs are bowled from opposite ends of the pitch, so theoretically the two batters will each be bowled to about the same amount. 7:45, yes it still counts as out if only one bail is knocked off. 11:10, there are videos of best run-outs on UA-cam :)
This is one of the best explanations of cricket I have seen. On key point omitted: After every six balls that make an over, the bowling switches to the other end of the pitch, say from the south to the north, and a new person on the fielding side must bowl. The batsman who is at the southern end of the pitch has to face the new bowler. Likewise, if a run is scored in the middle of an over, the batsman who has crossed over will have to face the bowling.
@@jennifercampbell7698 What usually curbs the length of a run up is the time factor. Teams can be penalised for time-wasting if they do not bowl a certain number of overs per hour. I think the minimum in test cricket is 15 overs per hour. Many teams will make use of more than one 'spinner' in order to make up for time because their bowling frequency is higher than seam bowlers. Broad 0-24 simply means that the bowler has had 24 runs scored against him without taking a wicket. He could have done this is in 6 balls or 27 balls or 100 balls bowled.
Good to see another potential fan in the making. A few points and answers to your questions: I don't know of any particular videos, but for the "throws" you're looking for check out videos of "Run Outs", that's what they're called. Each over is bowled from a particular end of the pitch and then the following over is bowled from the opposite end by a different bowler (in 50 over games, a max of 10 overs per bowler). Whichever batsman is at the end being bowled to is on strike for that ball, meaning that both batsmen are able to score, however, it's only the batsman on strike that gets the score attributed to him (ie: if they run 2 runs, both runs will be given to the batsman that hit the ball). A Bowler can make his runup as long as he likes. General rule of thumb is that fast bowlers take a longer runup than bowlers who impart spin on the ball and can make it turn when it hits the ground (see Shane Warne videos for that kinda magic). It's not "easy" to take a wicket. So 0-24 can be the norm, it also depends on how the pitch is behaving, sometimes you get what's called a Batsman's wicket where the fielding team may as well be bowling a beach ball because the surface of the pitch may slow the ball down or make it "pop up" so that it is easier to hit. The opposite is also true: you can also have a pitch that caters to the bowling attack with maybe a little less grass on it to make balls zip by like bullets. Also a side-note: if a bowler bowls someone out, or if the batsman is caught out, or if LBW is given the bowler gets the credit for the wicket. If a batsman is run out, the credit goes to the fielder, and if stumped, the credit goes to the Wicket Keeper. Hope to see more reactions to cricket from you.
The batsmen change ends if they run an odd number of runs, and that swaps which one is facing. But also every six balls, the bowler changes and a new bowler bowls from the other end, to whichever batsmen is at the other end. So who is batting keeps changing. The two batsmen are said to have a partnership and big partnerships are very important in building a score.
When an over is finished, the fielding team change ends, and the batsmen stay in place. So the batter who was at the bowlers end (the batter at the bowlers end is called the runner and the batter facing the ball being bowled is the on strike batter) is now on strike, so getting bowled at and the other batter is now the runner. So if one batsman has his eye faster than the other, he will try and get a single run on the last ball to get the strike back.
Just a "few" things. From an Australian Cricket Fan. It doesn't matter how many stumps the ball hits, if the stumps are broken, or the bails are sent flying, it's out. Even if the ball misses and you accidentally swing so hard that you go full 360 and destroy the stumps with your bat, it's out. You can also get out for obstructing the field, hitting the ball twice then running, handling the ball with your hands when the ball is in play, completely forgetting to turn up to the crease within 90 seconds of the last wicket (this happened in the 2023 ODI World cup), getting injured technically could be seen as a wicket, but it doesn't count on the scoreboard, it just means your team is one batter short. Every team gets Three reviews in test cricket, if you get out, you can challenge the call, if you win your review you keep it, if you lose your review, do not. There are 11 Batters on each team, but once you get 10 out, that ends the inning, since you need at least two batters on the pitch. In Test Cricket, if your team feels they have enough runs to win, they can voluntarily end their innings early to save time for bowling the others out, this is called a Declaration. You can also lose a test by failing to set a target for the fourth inning (Basically lets say you in the first inning you score 100, they score 300, meaning you need to score at least 200 to force a fourth inning, if you get bowled out for say 199 in your next inning, you lose by an innings and 1 run. It's basically cricket's mercy rule.) Also if a game is delayed by rain, they don't continue where they left off, instead a complex mathematical formula is used to decide the winner if enough of the game has already been played, or revise the target depending on how many overs have been lost to the rain. In Test cricket there are three sessions in a day. The first session ends with a 30 minute lunch break, the second session ends with a 30 minute tea break, the final session ends with "stumps" which basically means "go to bed, see you tomorrow" There are five days in a test match, but matches usually don't make it through all five days. There are three world cups. One for each format. The ODI Cricket World Cup is the most important world cup, that's the one everyone wants to win, even though ODI's are like the middle child of cricket, Their world cup is still the most important trophy in cricket because of history. The T20 World Cup is the lesser world cup. Ironically it does a better job of being a "WORLD" cup than the Actual world cup because more teams are involved, but T20's are the least important format, yet they are the most popular format. The World Test Championship is an ongoing League that decides the champion of Test Cricket. It's the newest ICC Event, but it's already surpassed the T20 World Cup in terms of Importance, since Test Cricket is the most Important format. It's more of a League than a World Cup but it's still crowns a world champion for test cricket. Basically a just a single match that decides the world test champion, sort of like the college football national championship before the playoff. Also here's how many trophies each team has: Australia (6 World Cups, 1 T20 World Cup {We inexplicably suck at T20 because nobody here cares about it, and yet we somehow won one and still nobody cared.}, 1 WTC Title) India (2 World Cups, 2 T20 World Cups, 0 WTC Titles despite making the final twice) England (1 World Cup, 2 T20 World Cups) West Indies (Basically the Caribbean) (2 World Cups, 2 T20 World Cups) Sri Lanka (1 World Cup, 1 T20 World Cup) Pakistan (1 World Cup, 1 T20 World Cup) New Zealand (1 WTC somehow.) South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ireland and Afghanistan are yet to win a trophy that matters. No, I am not counting the Champions Trophy/Knockout Trophy or the Asia Cup. Welcome to Cricket! Enjoy being completely overwhelmed by a bizarre mix of tradition, chaos and political incompetence that give FIFA a run for it's money!
Hey man. Thanks for checking out this game. It’s my favourite (I grew up with it) and I think the thing that sets it aside from other sports is that it can be highly strategic. All sports are tactical do varying degrees but cricket allows tactics to become part of a bigger strategy within the game. Certainly with the format of first class and test cricket. It’s probably going to be tough for someone new to sit through 5 days of one game though as a lot of it can be attritional. My German partner certainly seems to think so😅. The direct hit runouts you’re interested in from deep in the field are pretty rare. These are usually gathered by smoke standing at the stumps and they take the bails off. If you look at “Derect Hit! Some of the best run-outs in recent years” you see a couple. Some of the best highlight packages involve catching and bowling out batters. Look at Shane Warne highlights for the best spin bowling. Yes, there’s different types of bowling as well 😅
So, you need a minimum of two bowlers since a bowler can't bowl consecutive overs, but often enough you have six players of the eleven on the field who will bowl. Usually four are specialists who suck at batting, and two are "all-rounders," who are either half-assed bowlers who can hit fairly well, or half-assed batsman who can bowl fairly well.
With LBW, basically, for it to be considered to be hitting the stumps, the ball has to hit the batter 'in line' with the stumps. Since there's a set of stumps at either end of the pitch, imagine the 'in line' area to be from one set of stumps to the other, with the boundary of it being on the outside stumps at either end. However, if a batter chooses not to play a shot and it hits them, then the 'hitting in line' law is not necessary. The umpire then simply deems if the ball was going to hit the stumps or not.
The bails are analogous to the net in basketball. Without the net you may not know whether the ball has passed through the hoop. The bails coming off proves that the wicket has been hit. One bail coming of is sufficient and does happen occasionally. Also on occasion, although rarely, the bowler bowls a ball that hits the wicket but does not dislodge the bails. In that case the batter is not out because the proof is not present.
First Class is not based on status (money) it is the traditional format. Whereas limited over formats were introduced to address the concerns that test cricket was losing support due to the length play. In saying that Test cricket (white uniforms) is far from dead. In fact, the recently concluded 5 Test series between Australia and India drew a world record for attendances.
Run ups can be as long as the bowler wants. Fast bowlers usually have a longer run-up to get speed and rhythm whereas a 'spin' bowler will only take a couple of steps. One thing to understand is that teams have to bowl an average of about 15 overs per hour over so if they have all fast bowlers with long run-ups then they will take longer to complete an over so may risk getting the team fined or deducted overs available to them to bat when it's their turn. It is a gray area as the unpires decide if other things have slowed play down before applying fines/deductions etc.
Two batters at opposite end of the pitch. The bowler bowls from one end. If the batters run an odd number of runs, the batters have swapped possitions, so the batter who was not facing the bowler is now the one facing the bowler. Also each over is bowled from the opposite end to the previous one. Put these two together, and the batters end up sharing the 'receiving role' between them.
Cricket is like playing Chess … and beginning your journey in Cricket by watching Test Cricket it is no wonder you were initially confused by everyone being in white. Test Cricket (5 day event) everyone wears white with every player except the two batsmen being on the fielding side. When a batsman goes OUT, then a new batsman for the batting side comes onto the ground . When 10 of the 11 batsmen are deemed OUT, OR the Captain of the batting side decides they have a large enough score that he can call his team off the field, the other side goes in to bat for their innings. I will not even go into what happens if play is interrupted and time is lost by rain during a game and the Duckworth Lewis Stern formula for calculation of runs required by a chasing team … if you watch a game and that comes into play, just accept that the experts have done their calculations and roll with it. Each bowler for the fielding team has an OVER of 6 balls before the bowler changes. Bowlers bowl alternately from both ends of the pitch, so a batsman can be facing a different bowler every six balls (Over) and conversely, if a batsman only makes one run, the bowler can face a different batsman during an Over, The Captain of the fielding team usually confers with the bowler to decide where to place the fielders depending on: 1) the type of ball the bowler is going to bowl (spin, fast, Googly, Yorker, wide etc), 2) whether the batsman is a right handed or left handed batsman 3) their style of batting and 4) the state of the pitch which does deteriorate over the 5 days from the ball strikes, batters grounding their bats and general use by the batsmen. Also, the teams are very aware of the style of each batsman and they play to their weaknesses for certain shots. Example, a particular batsman steps forward out of their crease to attack the ball and is prone to be stumped by the Keeper if the ball gets through his defence. It is a very, very, strategic game and every player is selected for a team because of their expertise in batting, bowling and fielding. You will think a bowler is pitching up easy balls to a batsman who will make a grand sweeping stroke at the ball and then you will see that the fielding team have placed a man in the outfield expecting just that batting stroke in that area … caught OUT.
@ and that is only scratching the surface, there are so many other facets and rules to the game but the one beginners need to understand is the “bowler’s arm action” with the angle of the arm when delivering the ball. If the arm bends past 15 degrees when bowling the ball it is a NO BALL and there are bowlers who have had to leave the Sport because they are seen as “throwing” the ball. Also, attention is paid by the umpires to the bowlers having one foot behind the crease line when the ball leaves the bowlers hand and the line of the ball as it reaches the batsman because of the LBW rules which can confuse beginners.
Groucho Marx was invited to the Lord’s cricket ground. After an hour of play, a member asked Groucho how he liked the game. “It’s great. When does it start?” :)
If you think the two batters running back and forth are wild, you should see it on the somewhat rare occasions when there is a "runner". If a batter suffers an injury during his innings, they will sometimes call in the equivalent of a baseball pinch runner, but the original batter keeps doing the hitting. The runner typically stands out near the umpire at square leg because running is between two lines that extend out infinitely rather than specific bases. The umpires have to follow all three and it could be a lot. If the injured batter forgets what is happening and hobbles off towards the other end, he can be run out, even if his runner is safely within the crease.
The laws of cricket changed a number of years ago, and a "runner" is no longer allowed. If a batsman is injured he has to either bat on regardless of his injury if he can, or he must leave the field as "retired/injured". If he is unable to recover and return to bat later on in the innings it is just his team's bad luck.
Runners usually caused chaos, but the rule change was most likely because of the risk of collisions. It has been known for batsmen to run into each other, usually because they're avoiding a fielder or the ball and not watching where they're going.
There are actually two umpires on the pitch, one is stood behind the wicket at the bowlers end, the other is stood in line with the batsmans wicket, on the off side, when the over finishes and the bowlers change ends, the umpires will swap positions rather than ends.
The run-up isn't limited in length, but obviously running further will wear you out more quickly, and a fast bowler with a long run-up will typically rest for an hour or two after a spell of 5 or 6 overs (30-36 balls). The run-up helps the bowler to get some pace up, but the other major difference is that the ball must be bowled with a straight arm, not thrown with a bent one. These pretty much offset one another, and the fastest bowlers (90+ miles an hour) send the ball down around the speed of a typical MLB fast ball. The bouncing of the ball is a huge difference between the two sports in a number of ways, and means that cricket is probably behind only golf in the importance of ground conditions to the challenge offered. A skillful bowler will vary their pace, line, and release point, use "swing" (movement in flight) somewhat like a curve ball, but also they will use the raised seam round the equator of the ball to make a ball divert off the pitch, or impart sidespin or topspin for even greater variation (though generally at a slower pace). This then interacts with the preparation of the pitch, on which the grass is cut extremely short before play starts, so it's basically mud held together by grass roots. If there is still live grass, or in damp conditions, the pitch will look green, and the ball is likely to move off the seam early on in the game. Conversely, a brown surface in which the grass roots are all dead will break up more and more as the game progresses, which favours spin. If the sun really beats down on a pitch it may even develop cracks which can produce much bigger variation than usual if the bowler is accurate enough to hit them. This development over 5 days is what makes test cricket the pinnacle of the sport - typically, batting tends to be rather tricky on the first morning, the second and third days are best to bat on, then on days 4 and 5 it gets trickier again as the surface crumbles, though changing weather conditions can also have an effect. This makes winning the toss to decide who bats first very important.
There is no limit to how long the run up the bowlers can take. They can start as far back as they want as long as they are inside the ground. But running long means you're spending more energy
Remember the catches are bare handed. Also no balls means the other team get a run but the bowler has to bowl that ball again. You need to watch a match now to get the idea and how batsmen change positions as they run and the change of over to bowl from the other end of the pitch. One bail removed is an out as well, both do not have to be removed. If a bail is hit but stays in place up is lifted then falls back it is not out.
There is a difference in T20 matches - the bowler must bowl the ball again, but the batsman gets a "free" hit on that next bowl - this means they cannot get out (exception is they can be run out I believe).
it's actually disarmingly simple, once you look at it the right way. There are two batters because the bowler is going to attack the same wicket (three sticks) six balls in a row. If the batter scores a run, he runs to the wicket on the opposite end of the pitch and his teammate will also cross over and end up where the run scorer was. So there will always be someone to face the next ball.
The ball is about the same size and made from the same material but heavier. And harder because it's lacquered. It does hurt to catch one, but you learn the best way to catch and get used to it.
If you are hit on the body by a cricket ball - it hurts! If you are hit on the head, it will likely knock you to the ground and it may (on rare occasions) kill you. Phillip Hughes died at the age of 25 after being struck by a bouncer on the side of his head below the helmet in 2014.
@mikeyhau agreed. Being hit on the leg hurts and even on the hand while batting with gloves on. I can't imagine the pain of being hit on the head by a fast bowler.
5:09 if a striker which is a person who is facing a ball hits and runs for 1rum then the non striker the other end person will bat and same will continue on but if the steiker hits and run for two then he will be the one to face the next and all even numbers of run will follow first scenario and all odd number of runs will follow the second scenario
Thanks mate. Cricket is a fantastic game. Australia has just won the five Test match series against India, which included the Boxing day Test, which is an institution here in our Summer. Some exclaim "five days'? Golf tournaments go for four days, the Tour de France goes for three weeks. A five day Test match isn't extraordinary. There's much strategizing during each days play, as the dynamics of the game change. It's compelling viewing, either on TV, or at whichever ground the match is being played at. Limited overs cricket is faster paced, and can be a One day match of 50 overs each, which is played Internationally, or domestically. We have the BBL, Big Bash League, mid season here at present. Twenty overs each. The batsmen are expected to make as many runs as quickly as they can. It's risky, and they often go out. The games last about 3 hours and are on at night. You know it's Summer in Australia when the cricket's on. Love it. Thanks for the video and your reaction. 🙃🇦🇺👍
The best way to learn it is to watch some matches with someone who knows the rules so they can explain what is happening, you'll find it is really quite simple in most ways. A good cricket match is a wonderful spectacle of skill and is a battle of tactics and mentality in batting, bowling and fielding; knowing the weaknesses of your opposition and finding ways to exploit them. For example it may be the case that in bowling deliveries aimed at knocking over a batsman's wicket the batsman can score more easily but if you bowl balls aimed at not allowing the batsman to score runs then he may get frustrated and make a poor shot choice. Equally if a bowler comes on and gets smashed around the ground he may become too cautious in his choices of delivery.
I love your comment about the umpire having a "good predictive judgment" for LBW - wait til you learn about the ball pitching outside leg stump or hitting outside the line of off stump while playing a shot
For throwing highlights search for "run outs", and I think you'll get all your heart desires. One point that might not be absolutely clear about the overs: The bowlers (and umpires) change ends for each over. This results in different pitch conditions in alternating overs (where there might be more wear on the pitch on one side or the other). The variation in grounds involves more than just size and shape. At least one international ground in England has a huge oak tree "in one quadrant" - about half way to the boundary. And I think there's a special rule just for that ground that if you hit a ball up into the tree, it counts as a six. The bowler with the long run-up is a fast bowler (up to nearly 100mph occasionally with the very fastest of them - which I think is slow in baseball terms?). There are specialist medium pace bowlers with different tricks (high accuracy being the most important, but they can also swing the ball in the air, due to aerodynamic effects). And then there are spin bowlers (the ones with the very short run-ups, who lob the ball up slowly, with spin, so that when it hits the ground - especially in a rough patch - it can break left, right, or go straight on). The faster the bowler, the easier it is to hit a boundary (normally a four, since going for a six entails a risk of being caught out), so slow and medium paced bowlers can often restrict the batsmens' ability to score runs. In 50 over matches, that can put enough pressure on them to force an error. (But the pressure can also force them to come up with clever ways of grabbing extra runs during the run chase.)
When the batsmen complete a run by switching sides, the other batter now takes "strike" and will be hitting the next ball that gets bowled. This keeps happening until one of them get out and then a new batter will arrive to carry the innings forward. Also, here's a clear and great video of those direct hits you wanted - ua-cam.com/video/zmiVWO7ab88/v-deo.html
When determining if someone’s out by leg before wicket, there is a review system in place should either of the teams captains decide to challenge the umpires decision, called DRS. Regarding your question regarding the run up for bowlers, it depends on the type. Fast bowlers aim to bowl as fast as possible, in excess of 130 kilometres an hour, and they take a big run up. Spinners on the other hand aim to curl the ball around the batter and into the wicket. These guys take less of a run up and bowl often around 80-90km an hour. If you’re interested in spinners, Shane Warne highlights are a good place to start.
Cricket simplified! Batters try to score by hitting the ball into the field away from the fielders. The bowlers are trying to "dismiss" the batters by bowling them out, having them caught, having them LBW (leg before wicket) or stumped (wicket keeper catches them out of the batsman's crease). The bowler and Captain place the fielders in positions that, based on the bowler's deliveries, would restrict the batter from scoring, if not in a catching position. If you check out the different styles of bowling, which there are a few, watch a Shane Warne (leg spinner). This will assist you understand some of the things that bowlers try to do to dismiss batters. Shane was exceptional at aiming for the footmarks of the other bowlers, as the footmarks roughed up the surface which provided "grip" and allowed the ball to spin greatly.
@Me-bq4pd Yes , it doable to set a field for good batting , bowl a good line , keep the ball not quite too full and not to short , looking for Dot balls , no runs , so concentration is key , this is a difficult time for a batsman , why rotating the strike so important, and the batsman will get a rush of blood a try to smash the wrong ball to smash , coz good bowling , and got himself out , also ball shyness is not considered by baseballers, I've got news for them , and it's all bad . R
there's a mistake, if a ball is "no ball" basically the batsman gets a "free hit" meaning if the batsman hits the ball and a fielder catches it, normally its out but in this scenario it isn't and it's only give out on a "no ball" only if it hits the stumps/wickets
One thing I don't think was covered is that overs are bowled from alternate ends. At the Test match being played today at the Sydney Cricket Ground between Australia and India, one over will be bowled from the Randwick end (the suburb at the southern end of the ground) and the next will be bowled at the Paddington end (the northern suburb). Each cricket ground will have a way of describing each end.
this is what i hate about cricket fans, as a cricket fan. St. fup? that's hardly important but you all always get into the weeds of rules. let new people learn the absolute basics. what you gonna tell him next? explain swing and seam and difference between regulation offie and a carom ball?? shut up!
There are in fact TEN ways a batter may be dismissed starting with the common ones of Law 32: Bowled Law 33: Caught Law 36: Leg before wicket (lbw) Law 38: Run out Law 39: Stumped Law 34: Hit the ball twice Law 35: Hit wicket Law 37: Obstructing the field Law 40: Timed out Handled the ball I was a Player for more than 20 years, and an Umpire fore Women's Cricket after turning down First Class Mens Cricket due to to wanting to give something back.
1. Bowlers are of different types. FAST - can bowl at >130KPH at the time of release of the bowl. Requires long run up to build momentum. Medium- 115-130kph. Relatively shorter run-ups. Spin- can stand and bowl or just walk a few steps and bowl. Speed ~80-90kph. Revs the ball at time of release so as to allow for it to spin in a particular direction upon impact with the ground. 2. Medium/Fast bowlers can 'swing' the bowl based wrist position at the time of release and/or use the shiny half of the ball to utilize aerodynamics of a shinier smoother side vs the rough side. A new ball is equally shiny but loses shine as it is used more due to rolls on ground, hits on bat and the pitch/ground. So to keep side shinier, they must keep it moist and keep rubbing it with a cloth. 3. The batters/batsmen who are on the pitch, take turns to bat. If they run 1, they cross. If batsman A hit and ran across, next delivery is faced by batsman B who now is standing at the position of A who had just hit the ball and ran to the other side. 4. Also, after a bowler finishes 1 over(6 legal deliveries excluding no-balls or wides), the next bowler begins the over from the other side of pitch. So both bowlers bowl their overs from opposite sides. Which means, if the batsmen stay where they were after the conclusion of the last ball. And the opposite batsman now faces the new bowler.
technically speaking I don't think there is a limit on how far back you can start your run up as a bowler traditionally speaking spin bowlers go off 4-9 steps & pace bowlers go off 15+ some of the fastest went off like 30.
16:02 This is not exactly right, in two ways: 1. If India scored 222, the target to win would have been 223 2. So can we conclude India scored 221 here? That's likely, but it's also possible that an innings got cut short by rain or some other reason, so they couldn't play to the full. In those cases, there's a complicated set of rules to determine what the "real" score would have been if they'd played to the full, and that's what the target is based on.
you have to dislodge either bail, so if one bail is dislodged thats still out. in some very rare occasions the bails have been dislodged but they have come to rest back on the stumps, this is "in" and the batter can be conciderd extremely lucky. we dont argue with the umpire, we can appeal a decision by asking the umpire "hows that" or "HOWZAT" or in televised matches we can refer to the 3rd umpire where the 3rd umpire has techknowlogy at his finger tips to determin the outcome, ball tracking, hot spot, or the snick-o-meter.
In test cricket, the ball is bowled for 80 overs unless it loses it's shape or becomes too dirty and difficult for the batsmen to see it. The latter is rare but it has happened. If a ball is replaced before the 80 overs the umpires are tasked with choosing a used ball that has been bowled for the same or similar number of overs. This is why cricket balls are kept by the club management and not up for grabs as souvenirs, and why the crowd always throws the ball back onto the field if it is hit into the crowd.
Yeah, ball management is a whole nuanced area of the game. A new ball or a worn, dirty ball can be a big deal. In higher level US baseball the ball must be pristine. One can do stuff to a cricket ball that would be against the rules in baseball.
First class cricket is not solely for the rich. Anyone can attend a match, from royalty to Joe Bloggs up the street. Limited overs cricket (50 overs per team - AKA One Day International or ODI) started in Australia in the late 1970's by a very rich TV magnate who wanted a game more conducive to being broadcast.
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If you want to watch some highlights of “run outs” ball being thrown at the stumps while batters are running between the wickets. You need to watch Ricky Ponting of Australia Run Out Compilation
Run-outs don't need to be direct hits. Often, the fielder will throw the ball to a teammate standing at the wicket who will break the wicket with the ball in hand.
Slightly wrong about the target - if the target is 222, then it means the opposing team scored 221. The target is what's required to win, which is at least one run more than t he opposition. As to the batsmen - they swap to face the bowling when they score a run, and each consecutive bowler bowls from the opposite end of the field, so if the batsmen haven't changed ends during the over, the 2nd batsman will face the first ball of the next over.
He said professional cricket was new. Not so. There have been Professional cricketers since the 1670's. This developed into two classes of players, players (professionals) and gentlemen (amateurs) playing in the same team, although having different dressing rooms. moved to the mid 20th century and the distinction dropped and after the war, most 1st class players were professionals. The explosion of limited over cricket and in particular the introduction of the 20/20 Indian league, allowed for the auction of players for the limited season of the IPL. This competition fits around the normal domestic and test calendar of the cricket seasons. There are two cricket seasons, the northern hemisphere summer and the southern hemisphere summer. Every year teams form the "off" season hemisphere will carry out tours to the "in" season hemisphere and play a series of test matches and one day internationals and also now 20/20 games. Playing matches in home conditions gives the advantage to the hosts of course. It does not make the cricket any the less exciting. No mention was made that fielders in cricket do not wear gloves except for the wicketkeeper. Fast bowlers can bowl at speed of up to 90 miles an hour, so gloves are needed for the wicket keeper.
So ... about the 2 batters. One is "facing" the bowler, and they are the one to hit the ball and try to score runs (points). If they run, and run an odd number of times (up is 1, up and back is 2 ... ) they will be at the opposite end of the wicket. This means that their partner is now facing and gets a chance to score. At the end of an over, the new bowler comes in, but the bowler and wicket keeper swap ends. Because of the end swap for odd runs, or the change of over, both batters will take turns facing and have a chance to score. During a game, you will often see both their individual scores on the board as well as the "partnership" which is how many runs they have scored together. (this is not the sum of their scores, but the number of runs scored with both these players in as a pair). If one of them gets out, a new player comes in to play, at the same end as the player who got out. Since you need a pair of batters at all times, and there are 11 players on a team, after 10 outs, the last player cannot stand alone, and its "all out" (side away for baseball fans). Usually, your strongest and most skillful batters start, with the "tail enders" being specialist bowlers, who are not on the team for their batting prowess. After a series of outs, its common to have one strong batter and one weak batter in play. When this happens you will often see batters to only run an even number of runs, or run just the 1 towards the end of an over (before the change of ends) which keeps the stronger batter "on strike". One last rare occurrence is having 3 batters. Not seen this in a long while, but sometimes a batter will retire hurt during a match. They are not out, but due to an injury, they will leave the field for medical attention, with the next batter coming in. Later in the match, they may choose to return, and if the injury prevents them from running, but not from batting, they may have another batter join them as their "runner". The batter hits the ball, the runner runs them. Technically you could have 2 batters and 2 runners , so 4 players, but I have never seen that.
Just as the SCG test kicks off. Good job mate. Now for 5 more days of world class test match cricket between the top two teams. C'mon Aussie C'mon C'mon
For the highlights you were after (the fielders throwing the ball and hitting the wicket to ‘run out’ the batter, that’s called a ‘direct hit’ and there are a lot of good compilations on UA-cam, and I agree that it’s one of the best parts of cricket. The bowler taking 0 wickets and conceding 24 runs is not good, because he hasn’t gotten anyone out, but it’s not at all unusual. The best bowlers take a wicket for every 20-25 runs they concede on average. For interest, the best batters score around 50 runs for every time they get out on average. There’s no real limit to the run-up a bowler can take. The fastest bowlers can bowl over 140 kilometres per hour.
@@Chaddington98yes, best direct hits or run outs you’d be after. Maybe not yet but another thing to put on your list is Shane Warne’s leg spin tutorial. A lot of American reactors gain a huge new appreciation and respect for the nuances of the game after seeing how incredibly complex the art of bowling is. I remember you mentioning in the first video the idea of the ball hitting a little stone on the ground and bouncing in a different direction- after watching Shane Warne’s video, you’ll never use the stone as an example ever again 😂😂
For watching those highlights... Where guy knocking the wickets other guy trying to reach (RIP English).. search best run outs in Cricket on youtube...
One thing that video got wrong is that when the target says 222, that means the first team scored 221. The target for the second team is to beat the first team's score by 1 run. Also, I don't know if there's a UA-cam copyright issue or anything, but I don't see a lot of reactors doing reactions to highlights. I would recommend trying to find any recent T20 or ODI highlights that you can, preferably ones that are at least >10 minutes long. I like watching ones that are at least 15-20 minutes long. The main reason is that I'm a lifelong cricket fan and even I find those Australian highlights you watched the other day to be rather terrible - they're edited too fast and they keep showing slow-mo replays randomly etc., it's very confusing. I don't like those at all. Also, as someone else here mentioned, the bowlers alternate which end of the pitch they're bowling from, so one bowler bowls from one end, then the next bowler bowls from the opposite end. So once an over ends, the fielders all have to change positions. The batsmen remain where they are. Finally, just in case it wasn't clear, overs are counted like this: At the beginning, it goes 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 1. Then 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2. And so on.
Cricket highlights are usually 30 minutes or so long, and UA-camrs tend to prefer reacting to subjects/items that are around 20 minutes long, so that with their commentary/reaction, they take up around 30 minutes in total.
Sort of Base-6 numeration as there are 6 legal balls per over. No more, no less. Extra balls (called, wait for it… Extras) can be bowled if a delivery was ruled by an umpire to be a No-Ball, a Wide, a Bye or Leg-Bye as none of these are legal balls.A penalty Run is awarded each time a No-Ball or Wide occurs. Also, sometimes a delivery is ruled to be a Dead Ball and can be treated as if it never happened but this ruling can get complicated, like many others in cricket. See the Laws of Cricket. It helps if you have a lawyer’s mindset.
also the cricket ball is also harder and heavier than a baseball. there have been a few deaths where people have been hit in the head with the ball and its killed them, they even eventually modified the helmet they wear due to this happening
His comment about a professional match being a T20 match, is completely wrong. All forms of cricket are professional, many players play all three versions. In England there used to be a distinction between amateurs and professionals. They played in the same teams though. That however ended in the early 1960's.
His comment was nonsense, but so is yours. Amateur cricket exists. It is the only type I played (I wasn't any good). It is almost certainly the more common form played, though very rarely shown on TV. There are also leagues where each team is allowed one professional, the others being amateurs. Professional cricket is older than the USA. There definitely were professional players in the 1740s.
Actually I find BB boring, while I enjoy a live MLB game. I find Cricket pretty easy to understand and a real hitters game. However, a great bowler is a real asset. Watching the game on TV, I found they have very sophisticated means to replay an LBW. They have infrared cameras that can determine if the bat touched the ball before hitting the batter (or batsman) or sensitive listening systems to hear the sound of the bat hitting the ball or batter. Replay is a very important part of the international and professional Cricket game for all kinds of close plays. To me, the basic weakness of limited overs Cricket is the mathematical certainty of a win or a loss and some point during the match can happen more often than I’d like. For example, if the batting team is 20 runs behind with only three balls to go in the last over, the game is over as the batting team can only score 18 runs (three chances at six runs) even if the batting team has the wickets to spare. The games do have the advantage of being much quicker and having more predictable lengths. And, to be fair, I have seen some real exciting finishes. Also, the more limited the overs, the better boundary and ‘hit for six’ batters are up first as you’re better risking a wicket than missing out on four or six runs. Line up strategy becomes very important given the number of overs. Matches with a high number of overs and in test matches (with unlimited overs, each batting side is finished when 10 wickets are taken) the balance between scoring runs and risking wickets has a difference calculus. Here, to me, batting is more ‘small ball’ and more conservative as keeping batters in long at bats has real value. You don’t want to risk a wicket due to a running error, a caught ball due to a misplaced long ball, or a taken wicket/LBW. Thus the strategy changes based, predictably, upon the limitations placed upon the number of overs. In these longer matches the batter is more obviously protecting the wicket. If you watch a few matches with access to a web browser to refresh your mind of the terms and definitions, you’ll get the basics pretty easily. As with all sports the hard part is the nuance. In Cricket what we don’t see well on TV is how important the placement of the outfield is by batter, bowler, or game situation. The defense can place its nine outfielders anywhere on the oval and the strategy is hard to understand unless you’re live at a match or have a good mental model of the game. Commentary can help, but it does get jargon dense and assumes the viewer has a good understanding of the game, players, and team history (just like in the sports Americans watch).
It’s also called a cricket match not a game, eg I’m going to watch match or I’m watching the cricket. But we say we are going to watch the Footy AFL Australian rules Football we call that a game.
Two batsmen are on the pitch, so if only one run is made the non-striking batsman now faces the bowler. Also, when bowlers change after an 'over', they will bowl from the opposite end of the pitch than the previous bowler. An 'over' is the delivery of six legally bowled balls. A bowler cannot bowl two consecutive overs, but can bowl again after another bowler has bowled. In a game of Cricket, a team can use as many bowlers as they need during an innings; an inninings occurs when the batting has lost ten batsmen or if the captain declares the innings. In Limited Overs cricket, the inning is completed when the required number of Overs have been bowled, or the batting team has lost ten batsmen. Hope that clears up some of your questions.
Another difference is that, like softball, the bowler is not allowed to bend his/her elbow - in other words, no throwing. Hence, the ungainly bowling action. Bowlers are allowed to bowl over arms, allowing the ball to bounce of the ground, thereby giving the ball a chance to move suddenly at short notice (eg spinning), making it harder for the batter to hit. The prohibition on throwing ultimately makes the job harder for the bowler, thereby tilting the game in favour of the batter. This is why scores are much higher in cricket than baseball.
You do NOT "THROW" the ball in cricket, you "bowl" it, where the bowling arm must be straight, which is why fast bowlers have such long runups to gain speed of delivery. If you throw the ball (while bowling) as in baseball, you will be no-balled and if you persist you will be ejected from the match and, soon, the whole sport.
To clarify, fielders can throw the ball. Bowlers must bowl only.
@@DeepThought9999 Let's make it more complex by telling about Duckworth Lewis formula so that new fans would never join.
That was so before Muralitharan. Now it's anything goes.
Thommo (Jeff Thompson) and Brett Lee could bowl at 160 Km/Hr (100 Mph), though they say Thommo in his prime, before speed measurement was significantly faster than that.
I think the "throwing" highlights he was talking about wanting to see, are run outs. He wasn't talking about bowling in that aspect.
baseball = outs are common, runs are rare
cricket = outs are rare, runs are common
Thanks Jomboy
@ why jomboy?
@@zatgeye7320your id name is ‘jomboy’ 🤷♂️
What are you talking about. You are wrong mate. Outs are very common in cricket.
@@martinwhite3559 compared to baseball outs aren’t common
No, both batsmen can score. If they run one run (or three runs), the player who was not facing the bowling will now be facing the bowling. At the end of the over (series of six legal deliveries), a different bowler will start the bowling from the opposite end of the pitch, so if on the last ball of the preceding over, a dot ball (no run), 2, 4 ,6 or wicket occurred, the other batsman will be facing the bowling at the start of the next over.
Yes, you are still out if only one bail is dislodged.
Here are some direct hit run outs: ua-cam.com/video/zmiVWO7ab88/v-deo.html When watching these, remember that some part of the batsman (including the bat) must be grounded beyond (i.e. on the wicket side of) the crease (the transverse white line in front of the wicket) when the ball causes the bail to be dislodged if the batsman is to be given not out ("safe" in baseball parlance).
First class cricket is not restricted to first class people. Some of the biggest bogans (rednecks) play and watch cricket. At a test match, you will have captains of industry in the members stand and blokes with no shirt and hollowed out watermelons on their heads in the general admission area.
No 0 for 24 is not bad bowling. The best bowlers in the world have an average (runs/wickets) in the 20s .
How far back can you start when you bowl? As far as you like, within the field of play. Most fast bowlers will have a run up of 20-30 m but a spin (slow) bowler will only take a few steps. The run up gives velocity to the ball that adds to the speed imparted by the bowling action.
8:32 there’s a whole lot of technology that can now help umpires, from sound detection to see if the bat hits the ball before the pad, to ball tracking to determine whether or not the ball would have hit the wicket if the batsman wasn’t there.
In the higher levels, at least; at a local level, it’s Mk1 eyeballs all the way
@@gamortieMk2 eyeballs may be in use if the umpire has been to Specsavers.😊
ask the Idian's about that and see what they say . 🤣😂
The ball tracking technology "Hawkeye" was originally developed for cricket, but an evolution of that system is now responsible for the line calls in some major tennis tournaments.
Also, The Australian genius for nicknames has given us "snicko" for the "snickometer", the technology that detects the sound of a ball faintly clipping a bat. This is a wonderful recent addition to the exotic terminology of cricket, alongside the likes of "bowling a maiden over", "short backward square", "silly mid off", and "googlie".
@@gvigary1My favourite exotic cricket terminology will always be "cow corner"
As a cricket fan, I'm enjoying your attempts to understand the game. And as an Aussie, this game is a big part of our culture - we grow up playing as kids in the schoolyard, on a beach, in the backyard, in a quiet suburban street etc. The most important series for us is The Ashes, which has been played against England since 1882. It's a fun story of how the series got the name 'The Ashes'. (I don't know if there's a good vid explaining it.)
Also, I'd encourage you to look up Australian Rules Football, if you're interested in reacting to and learning about another non-US sport. It is NOT rugby, a very common American misconception, but a completely different, homegrown game played on cricket grounds during the winter, and technically the most popular sport in Australia. A good place to start would be a couple of the official 'What is AFL?' vids (AFL stands for Australian Football League). Cheers!
Thoroughly agree about AFL. Back in the 80s, Channel 4 TV in the UK used to show weekly highlights.
It was a Sunday ritual to see who Hawthorn had given a kicking to that week.
Other sports worth a look (and you might have done so already) Rugby, Hurling, Pelota.
Ashes and boxing day
I think in summer cricket is more popular
Generally cricket is summer sport
@Abhinav-m4o Cricket is followed universally across Australia, but the AFL (despite not being the main footy code in QLD and NSW), nevertheless has the highest attendance figures etc.
To answer your question about 0 - 24 Broad. This does not state how many "overs" Broad has already bowled. Usually the basis for determining whether or not a bowler has been miserly (hard to score off) or expensive, would be - divide the number of runs by the number of overs. The lower the number the better the bowler has been, it is even better if the bowler has taken wickets. In this case you would divide the number of runs by the number of wickets to get the "average". EG: Joe Bloggs has taken 6 wickets but has had 87 runs taken off his bowling this translates to an average of a wicket every 14.5 runs. This would be considered a great average.
The most glaring difference between Cricket and Baseball is that in Cricket the ball being used is only ever changed under very specific conditions and it is not uncommon for the same ball to be used throughout a team's innings (or at least up to 80 overs into that innings). The point being that the wear and tear on the ball along with the wear and tear on the pitch is an integral part of the game with different styles of bowling suiting different stages of wear on the ball. Baseballs of course are changed frequently for new ones. As part of this when the cricket ball is hit into the crowd they will always throw it back to be continued to be used rather than keeping it. Just as an aside if a Cricket ball is replaced at any time (other than after 80 overs) it is not replaced with a new ball, it is replaced with a ball of similar wear from a stock kept at every ground of worn balls.
yes this is very important especially in test matches
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Unless your Kumar Dharmasena and Joel Wilson at The Oval (in 2023), and then you'll change the ball for a significantly newer one... (I'm not bitter...)
@Raven-fh2yy one thing that seems lost on people , is you actually face a bowler bowling at you , trying to bowl you , trap you in front , caught behind or anywhere , Ball shyness can dictate much , Smaller harder , a 2 hr knock will earn you 5 or 6 good whacks in the innerthigh Aaarrrgghh ,Hand squashed on Bat handle , ball bouncing a consistent length, then out of nowhere a ball will kick up sharply of the same length but this one will knock your head off if not concentrate, you work a batsman out over the course of 4 overs plan , if he survives make him wear a medal , for bravery , a Yorker on the toe , haha ouch., hehe , test yah out the 6 stitcher
Love the reaction, really liked the growth from the last one!
I did enjoy the last reaction, although mostly because it was funny to watch as a cricket fan!
Thank you! I really appreciate this comment 😊
T20 rocks
@@tnytyson Slap and dash, lol. We used to play tippity in the back yard, it does not belong in international arenas.
@@Chaddington98some of the off-field antics are worth a watch,ECB has a couple of compilations including various spectator catches with commentary on their channel.
They didn't mention that at the end of the over the new bowler bowls from the other end. Sometimes one end can be better than the other for either side and this evens that out. The whole point of having two batsmen is that whichever end the bowling is from there will be a batsman there to face the bowling.
Where the scorecard showed the 'target as 2 16:10 22', it meant that India had scored 221 (not 222 as stated) and England needed 222 to win the game.
15:00 the bowler in that clip is Stuart Broad, he was one of the best pace bowlers of his generation. In his career he gave up 16,719 runs and took 604 wickets for an average of 27.68 runs per wicket so 0-24 is right on track for him. He is also bowling to one of the greatest batsman of his generation Virat Kohli. Kohli would go on to score 149 in the first innings and Broad wouldn't collect any wickets while surrendering 40 runs. England won the match by 31 runs
Here you go mate... ua-cam.com/video/zmiVWO7ab88/v-deo.html
Some of the best recent runouts in cricket. One of the ones that impresses me most is last at 6:16 The Australian superstar Pat Cummins has just been in the field for 90 overs (540 balls), he's bowled 20 overs himself (120 balls) at a speed of about 145km/hr (90 miles/hr) in the Australian summer heat of nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit... and then to produce something like that is just stunning.
Throws it mid-dive from side on, which makes the wicket target so narrow that he really only has an inch-wide target. At the end of a day's bowling in an Australian summer with only one stump visible... Just pure gold.
Such is the brilliance of Australian Captain Pat Cummins.
Congrats for winning the BGT mate, hope we'll win it back next time ❤
To be bowled out, just one bail needs to be off. And it does happen. It also happens that the stumps are hit and it doesnt come off, then its not out.
Interesting, thanks! The bails seem pretty loose so I bet it’s not often that the stumps get hit without a bail coming off.
You’d be right
@@Chaddington98 There are grooves on top of each stump for them to sit in. The bails sometimes blow off if its really windy, but they has no consequence to the batter, the umpire just places them back in top.
@@stuarthancock571An interesting side note here: if the bails have been dislodged accidentally (wind blown or otherwise knocked off) or if the umpires consider that it’s too windy for the bails to stay on (has happened), then if while the bails are off the fielding side wants to take a wicket (get a batter out) then they must properly “break the wicket” by knocking over at least one of the stumps, this being done in the usual way directly with the ball or with a hand carrying the ball. Just touching a stump with the ball (or hand holding the ball) is insufficient.
@@DeepThought9999 And if both bails came off say by an attempted run out, there's overthrows so the batters head off for a further run, and the fielding team get a second chance at a run out (but bails are still scattered about on the ground - you can technically replace the bails while the ball is still in play, but time is obviously a factor!) they have to remove a stump from the ground (using the same hand holding the ball) to get the batter out.
Something that was missed, at the completion of an over, the new bowler, bowls from the opposite end of the pitch, & note the batsmen do not change ends when this occurs, meaning each batsman takes a turn facing a bowler, for example if in the previous over the batsman on strike fails to get a run, he remains in that position & the other batsman is now on strike.
This is such a key piece of information omitted in the video.
Yeah, leaving this out was a bad call. If you look carefully at the footage during the explanation of overs you can see it's happening, because one end of the pitch is in shadow and the other in sun, but it needs to be mentioned.
Also adds a bit of tactically farming the strike with a single on ball 6 of an over, to keep your stronger batter facing the bowling
Friend of mine (we're Aussie) grew up watching cricket (on the tv) as is fairly standard. But it wasn't until she attended a test match in her 30s that she discovered the fielders switch ends every over. "That's when the tv always goes to an ad, so how was I supposed to know!" She couldn't really answer what she thought the difference was when the commentators described bowlers coming in from "the Stanley St end" or "the Vulture St end" (for example). 😆
@@Duhallower playing cricket in my childhood in the backyard we didnt change ends, but I soon noted the difference when I played cricket at school
If the team thinks that the umpire's decision is not correct so the fielding team or batters can take a review which will be seen computers and tech stuff only takes 1-2 minutes each teams is given 2 reviews in t20 format and 3 reviews in ODI format
There was never a chance of you learning any rules from just watching so thanks for doing this video.
There’s heaps of “best runouts” compilations on YT that you could look at.
Your question about the bowler taking his run up… fast bowlers have a pretty long run up and spin bowlers tend to have a short run up. If you want to be truely amazed watch Shane Warne’s spin bowling (I’m not kidding)
BTW - between overs the two batters remain where they are while the next bowler comes forth to bowl his over. Each new bowler MUST bowl from the opposite end to the previous bowler.
important info in relation to overs missed by this presentation is that when an over is finished, the fiedling team will swap ends to deliver the next over i.e. the wicket keeper will take up postion at the other end of the pitch, the new bowler will deliver the over from the other end, the fielders need to swap ends too etc etc. however, the batters will remain where they are. This means that batter A will face the final ball of the current over and if they do not run, he will then be at the bowlers end for the next over and batter B will be facing the new bowler. it's simpler than it sounds lol
Also there are two umpires. One stands by the stumps where the bowler is bowling from. The other stands at square leg (behind the back of the batsman as he faces up side on to the bowler - about 20 to 30 metres back). So one umpire has a front on view of play and the other has a side on view. Because the fielding team bowls each over from alternating ends it means one umpire is the main umpire from one end of the pitch and the other umpire is the main umpire on the alternating overs from the other end of the pitch.
One thing he forgot is that the over is six legal deliveries, so you continue until six are delivered, which may require more than six bowls i.e. wides and no balls don't count.
The Aussies got the sporting schedule right. From march to October, it's footy season (AFL & NRL) and from November to February its cricket season (T20, test & one day cricket)
Regarding the 2 batters, if the batsman at the "crease" scores a "single" or odd/uneven number of runs, then the other batsman will then be facing the bowlers next ball, unless it's the final ball of the over. In which case the batsman who scored the runs will now be facing a different bowler who is now bowling from the opposite end(direction) from the previous over.
Thanks for taking so much interest in the game of cricket.
The length of the bowler’s run-up varies by individual and by type of bowler. Fast bowlers have longer run-ups and theoretically there is no limit, but there is a thing called over rates and longer run-ups will mean a slower over rate and the bowling side can be penalised for that. Slow/spin bowlers generally only take a few paces before they bowl, on the other hand.
Actually, there is a limit......it's the boundary.
Can't start their run up from outside the boundary.
@stanroach2842 Well, yes, they have to start their run-up within the playing area.
Two batters open they each take an end , the bowler will bowl 6 balls an over , from one end , and the batsmen will each bat and rotate the strike , at overs end they bowl from the other end and another bowler will bowl , and the batsman will carry on until they out , awesome game
The narrator did not mention the importance of "the Pitch" which can make a difference in the game of cricket.
Can and does all through a test match. Same with the condition of the ball.
5:00 The two batters: if they run one run, they'll have swapped ends, so the other batter faces the next delivery. Also, consecutive overs are bowled from opposite ends of the pitch, so theoretically the two batters will each be bowled to about the same amount. 7:45, yes it still counts as out if only one bail is knocked off. 11:10, there are videos of best run-outs on UA-cam :)
This is one of the best explanations of cricket I have seen. On key point omitted: After every six balls that make an over, the bowling switches to the other end of the pitch, say from the south to the north, and a new person on the fielding side must bowl. The batsman who is at the southern end of the pitch has to face the new bowler. Likewise, if a run is scored in the middle of an over, the batsman who has crossed over will have to face the bowling.
Run up is chosen by any bowler .Fast bowlers go further back while spin bowlers stand closer
The bowler can start their run up from as far as the boundary if they wish.
@@jennifercampbell7698 What usually curbs the length of a run up is the time factor. Teams can be penalised for time-wasting if they do not bowl a certain number of overs per hour. I think the minimum in test cricket is 15 overs per hour. Many teams will make use of more than one 'spinner' in order to make up for time because their bowling frequency is higher than seam bowlers. Broad 0-24 simply means that the bowler has had 24 runs scored against him without taking a wicket. He could have done this is in 6 balls or 27 balls or 100 balls bowled.
Good to see another potential fan in the making. A few points and answers to your questions:
I don't know of any particular videos, but for the "throws" you're looking for check out videos of "Run Outs", that's what they're called.
Each over is bowled from a particular end of the pitch and then the following over is bowled from the opposite end by a different bowler (in 50 over games, a max of 10 overs per bowler). Whichever batsman is at the end being bowled to is on strike for that ball, meaning that both batsmen are able to score, however, it's only the batsman on strike that gets the score attributed to him (ie: if they run 2 runs, both runs will be given to the batsman that hit the ball).
A Bowler can make his runup as long as he likes. General rule of thumb is that fast bowlers take a longer runup than bowlers who impart spin on the ball and can make it turn when it hits the ground (see Shane Warne videos for that kinda magic).
It's not "easy" to take a wicket. So 0-24 can be the norm, it also depends on how the pitch is behaving, sometimes you get what's called a Batsman's wicket where the fielding team may as well be bowling a beach ball because the surface of the pitch may slow the ball down or make it "pop up" so that it is easier to hit. The opposite is also true: you can also have a pitch that caters to the bowling attack with maybe a little less grass on it to make balls zip by like bullets. Also a side-note: if a bowler bowls someone out, or if the batsman is caught out, or if LBW is given the bowler gets the credit for the wicket. If a batsman is run out, the credit goes to the fielder, and if stumped, the credit goes to the Wicket Keeper.
Hope to see more reactions to cricket from you.
Thank you so much!
The batsmen change ends if they run an odd number of runs, and that swaps which one is facing. But also every six balls, the bowler changes and a new bowler bowls from the other end, to whichever batsmen is at the other end. So who is batting keeps changing. The two batsmen are said to have a partnership and big partnerships are very important in building a score.
When an over is finished, the fielding team change ends, and the batsmen stay in place. So the batter who was at the bowlers end (the batter at the bowlers end is called the runner and the batter facing the ball being bowled is the on strike batter) is now on strike, so getting bowled at and the other batter is now the runner. So if one batsman has his eye faster than the other, he will try and get a single run on the last ball to get the strike back.
Just a "few" things. From an Australian Cricket Fan.
It doesn't matter how many stumps the ball hits, if the stumps are broken, or the bails are sent flying, it's out. Even if the ball misses and you accidentally swing so hard that you go full 360 and destroy the stumps with your bat, it's out. You can also get out for obstructing the field, hitting the ball twice then running, handling the ball with your hands when the ball is in play, completely forgetting to turn up to the crease within 90 seconds of the last wicket (this happened in the 2023 ODI World cup), getting injured technically could be seen as a wicket, but it doesn't count on the scoreboard, it just means your team is one batter short. Every team gets Three reviews in test cricket, if you get out, you can challenge the call, if you win your review you keep it, if you lose your review, do not.
There are 11 Batters on each team, but once you get 10 out, that ends the inning, since you need at least two batters on the pitch.
In Test Cricket, if your team feels they have enough runs to win, they can voluntarily end their innings early to save time for bowling the others out, this is called a Declaration. You can also lose a test by failing to set a target for the fourth inning (Basically lets say you in the first inning you score 100, they score 300, meaning you need to score at least 200 to force a fourth inning, if you get bowled out for say 199 in your next inning, you lose by an innings and 1 run. It's basically cricket's mercy rule.) Also if a game is delayed by rain, they don't continue where they left off, instead a complex mathematical formula is used to decide the winner if enough of the game has already been played, or revise the target depending on how many overs have been lost to the rain. In Test cricket there are three sessions in a day. The first session ends with a 30 minute lunch break, the second session ends with a 30 minute tea break, the final session ends with "stumps" which basically means "go to bed, see you tomorrow" There are five days in a test match, but matches usually don't make it through all five days.
There are three world cups. One for each format.
The ODI Cricket World Cup is the most important world cup, that's the one everyone wants to win, even though ODI's are like the middle child of cricket, Their world cup is still the most important trophy in cricket because of history.
The T20 World Cup is the lesser world cup. Ironically it does a better job of being a "WORLD" cup than the Actual world cup because more teams are involved, but T20's are the least important format, yet they are the most popular format.
The World Test Championship is an ongoing League that decides the champion of Test Cricket. It's the newest ICC Event, but it's already surpassed the T20 World Cup in terms of Importance, since Test Cricket is the most Important format. It's more of a League than a World Cup but it's still crowns a world champion for test cricket. Basically a just a single match that decides the world test champion, sort of like the college football national championship before the playoff.
Also here's how many trophies each team has:
Australia (6 World Cups, 1 T20 World Cup {We inexplicably suck at T20 because nobody here cares about it, and yet we somehow won one and still nobody cared.}, 1 WTC Title)
India (2 World Cups, 2 T20 World Cups, 0 WTC Titles despite making the final twice)
England (1 World Cup, 2 T20 World Cups)
West Indies (Basically the Caribbean) (2 World Cups, 2 T20 World Cups)
Sri Lanka (1 World Cup, 1 T20 World Cup)
Pakistan (1 World Cup, 1 T20 World Cup)
New Zealand (1 WTC somehow.)
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ireland and Afghanistan are yet to win a trophy that matters.
No, I am not counting the Champions Trophy/Knockout Trophy or the Asia Cup.
Welcome to Cricket! Enjoy being completely overwhelmed by a bizarre mix of tradition, chaos and political incompetence that give FIFA a run for it's money!
In cricket 'innings' is always plural with the 's'.
Hey man. Thanks for checking out this game. It’s my favourite (I grew up with it) and I think the thing that sets it aside from other sports is that it can be highly strategic. All sports are tactical do varying degrees but cricket allows tactics to become part of a bigger strategy within the game. Certainly with the format of first class and test cricket. It’s probably going to be tough for someone new to sit through 5 days of one game though as a lot of it can be attritional. My German partner certainly seems to think so😅. The direct hit runouts you’re interested in from deep in the field are pretty rare. These are usually gathered by smoke standing at the stumps and they take the bails off. If you look at “Derect Hit! Some of the best run-outs in recent years” you see a couple. Some of the best highlight packages involve catching and bowling out batters. Look at Shane Warne highlights for the best spin bowling. Yes, there’s different types of bowling as well 😅
So, you need a minimum of two bowlers since a bowler can't bowl consecutive overs, but often enough you have six players of the eleven on the field who will bowl. Usually four are specialists who suck at batting, and two are "all-rounders," who are either half-assed bowlers who can hit fairly well, or half-assed batsman who can bowl fairly well.
Or there are some who are equally brilliant at both batting and bowling. Sobers? Botham? Just two off the top of my head that I have seen.
With LBW, basically, for it to be considered to be hitting the stumps, the ball has to hit the batter 'in line' with the stumps.
Since there's a set of stumps at either end of the pitch, imagine the 'in line' area to be from one set of stumps to the other, with the boundary of it being on the outside stumps at either end.
However, if a batter chooses not to play a shot and it hits them, then the 'hitting in line' law is not necessary. The umpire then simply deems if the ball was going to hit the stumps or not.
The bails are analogous to the net in basketball. Without the net you may not know whether the ball has passed through the hoop. The bails coming off proves that the wicket has been hit. One bail coming of is sufficient and does happen occasionally. Also on occasion, although rarely, the bowler bowls a ball that hits the wicket but does not dislodge the bails. In that case the batter is not out because the proof is not present.
First Class is not based on status (money) it is the traditional format. Whereas limited over formats were introduced to address the concerns that test cricket was losing support due to the length play. In saying that Test cricket (white uniforms) is far from dead. In fact, the recently concluded 5 Test series between Australia and India drew a world record for attendances.
Run ups can be as long as the bowler wants. Fast bowlers usually have a longer run-up to get speed and rhythm whereas a 'spin' bowler will only take a couple of steps. One thing to understand is that teams have to bowl an average of about 15 overs per hour over so if they have all fast bowlers with long run-ups then they will take longer to complete an over so may risk getting the team fined or deducted overs available to them to bat when it's their turn. It is a gray area as the unpires decide if other things have slowed play down before applying fines/deductions etc.
Two batters at opposite end of the pitch. The bowler bowls from one end.
If the batters run an odd number of runs, the batters have swapped possitions, so the batter who was not facing the bowler is now the one facing the bowler.
Also each over is bowled from the opposite end to the previous one.
Put these two together, and the batters end up sharing the 'receiving role' between them.
Cricket is like playing Chess … and beginning your journey in Cricket by watching Test Cricket it is no wonder you were initially confused by everyone being in white.
Test Cricket (5 day event) everyone wears white with every player except the two batsmen being on the fielding side. When a batsman goes OUT, then a new batsman for the batting side comes onto the ground . When 10 of the 11 batsmen are deemed OUT, OR the Captain of the batting side decides they have a large enough score that he can call his team off the field, the other side goes in to bat for their innings. I will not even go into what happens if play is interrupted and time is lost by rain during a game and the Duckworth Lewis Stern formula for calculation of runs required by a chasing team … if you watch a game and that comes into play, just accept that the experts have done their calculations and roll with it.
Each bowler for the fielding team has an OVER of 6 balls before the bowler changes. Bowlers bowl alternately from both ends of the pitch, so a batsman can be facing a different bowler every six balls (Over) and conversely, if a batsman only makes one run, the bowler can face a different batsman during an Over, The Captain of the fielding team usually confers with the bowler to decide where to place the fielders depending on:
1) the type of ball the bowler is going to bowl (spin, fast, Googly, Yorker, wide etc),
2) whether the batsman is a right handed or left handed batsman
3) their style of batting and
4) the state of the pitch which does deteriorate over the 5 days from the ball strikes, batters grounding their bats and general use by the batsmen.
Also, the teams are very aware of the style of each batsman and they play to their weaknesses for certain shots. Example, a particular batsman steps forward out of their crease to attack the ball and is prone to be stumped by the Keeper if the ball gets through his defence.
It is a very, very, strategic game and every player is selected for a team because of their expertise in batting, bowling and fielding. You will think a bowler is pitching up easy balls to a batsman who will make a grand sweeping stroke at the ball and then you will see that the fielding team have placed a man in the outfield expecting just that batting stroke in that area … caught OUT.
This explanation should be a sticky on the original video as you explain the 2 vital omissions and some of the other technicalities great.
@ and that is only scratching the surface, there are so many other facets and rules to the game but the one beginners need to understand is the “bowler’s arm action” with the angle of the arm when delivering the ball. If the arm bends past 15 degrees when bowling the ball it is a NO BALL and there are bowlers who have had to leave the Sport because they are seen as “throwing” the ball. Also, attention is paid by the umpires to the bowlers having one foot behind the crease line when the ball leaves the bowlers hand and the line of the ball as it reaches the batsman because of the LBW rules which can confuse beginners.
Groucho Marx was invited to the Lord’s cricket ground. After an hour of play, a member asked Groucho how he liked the game.
“It’s great. When does it start?” :)
"First Class" because it is played between teams of the best in their country, county etc. And not expensive, as a rule.
Test Cricket is the highest form of the game and really where career statistics are taken the most seriously.
If you think the two batters running back and forth are wild, you should see it on the somewhat rare occasions when there is a "runner". If a batter suffers an injury during his innings, they will sometimes call in the equivalent of a baseball pinch runner, but the original batter keeps doing the hitting. The runner typically stands out near the umpire at square leg because running is between two lines that extend out infinitely rather than specific bases. The umpires have to follow all three and it could be a lot. If the injured batter forgets what is happening and hobbles off towards the other end, he can be run out, even if his runner is safely within the crease.
The laws of cricket changed a number of years ago, and a "runner" is no longer allowed. If a batsman is injured he has to either bat on regardless of his injury if he can, or he must leave the field as "retired/injured". If he is unable to recover and return to bat later on in the innings it is just his team's bad luck.
@@sharonmartin4036Nowhere near as much fun to watch as when runners were involved!
Runners usually caused chaos, but the rule change was most likely because of the risk of collisions. It has been known for batsmen to run into each other, usually because they're avoiding a fielder or the ball and not watching where they're going.
There are actually two umpires on the pitch, one is stood behind the wicket at the bowlers end, the other is stood in line with the batsmans wicket, on the off side, when the over finishes and the bowlers change ends, the umpires will swap positions rather than ends.
The run-up isn't limited in length, but obviously running further will wear you out more quickly, and a fast bowler with a long run-up will typically rest for an hour or two after a spell of 5 or 6 overs (30-36 balls). The run-up helps the bowler to get some pace up, but the other major difference is that the ball must be bowled with a straight arm, not thrown with a bent one. These pretty much offset one another, and the fastest bowlers (90+ miles an hour) send the ball down around the speed of a typical MLB fast ball.
The bouncing of the ball is a huge difference between the two sports in a number of ways, and means that cricket is probably behind only golf in the importance of ground conditions to the challenge offered. A skillful bowler will vary their pace, line, and release point, use "swing" (movement in flight) somewhat like a curve ball, but also they will use the raised seam round the equator of the ball to make a ball divert off the pitch, or impart sidespin or topspin for even greater variation (though generally at a slower pace).
This then interacts with the preparation of the pitch, on which the grass is cut extremely short before play starts, so it's basically mud held together by grass roots. If there is still live grass, or in damp conditions, the pitch will look green, and the ball is likely to move off the seam early on in the game. Conversely, a brown surface in which the grass roots are all dead will break up more and more as the game progresses, which favours spin. If the sun really beats down on a pitch it may even develop cracks which can produce much bigger variation than usual if the bowler is accurate enough to hit them. This development over 5 days is what makes test cricket the pinnacle of the sport - typically, batting tends to be rather tricky on the first morning, the second and third days are best to bat on, then on days 4 and 5 it gets trickier again as the surface crumbles, though changing weather conditions can also have an effect. This makes winning the toss to decide who bats first very important.
There is no limit to how long the run up the bowlers can take. They can start as far back as they want as long as they are inside the ground. But running long means you're spending more energy
Remember the catches are bare handed. Also no balls means the other team get a run but the bowler has to bowl that ball again. You need to watch a match now to get the idea and how batsmen change positions as they run and the change of over to bowl from the other end of the pitch. One bail removed is an out as well, both do not have to be removed. If a bail is hit but stays in place up is lifted then falls back it is not out.
No gloves except for the wicket keeper who stands behind the stumps!
There is a difference in T20 matches - the bowler must bowl the ball again, but the batsman gets a "free" hit on that next bowl - this means they cannot get out (exception is they can be run out I believe).
it's actually disarmingly simple, once you look at it the right way. There are two batters because the bowler is going to attack the same wicket (three sticks) six balls in a row. If the batter scores a run, he runs to the wicket on the opposite end of the pitch and his teammate will also cross over and end up where the run scorer was. So there will always be someone to face the next ball.
The ball is about the same size and made from the same material but heavier. And harder because it's lacquered. It does hurt to catch one, but you learn the best way to catch and get used to it.
If you are hit on the body by a cricket ball - it hurts! If you are hit on the head, it will likely knock you to the ground and it may (on rare occasions) kill you. Phillip Hughes died at the age of 25 after being struck by a bouncer on the side of his head below the helmet in 2014.
@mikeyhau agreed. Being hit on the leg hurts and even on the hand while batting with gloves on. I can't imagine the pain of being hit on the head by a fast bowler.
"Direct Hit! Some of the best run-outs in recent years" is the video of run-out highlights that you wanted to see.
5:09 if a striker which is a person who is facing a ball hits and runs for 1rum then the non striker the other end person will bat and same will continue on but if the steiker hits and run for two then he will be the one to face the next and all even numbers of run will follow first scenario and all odd number of runs will follow the second scenario
Thanks mate. Cricket is a fantastic game. Australia has just won the five Test match series against India, which included the Boxing day Test, which is an institution here in our Summer. Some exclaim "five days'? Golf tournaments go for four days, the Tour de France goes for three weeks. A five day Test match isn't extraordinary. There's much strategizing during each days play, as the dynamics of the game change. It's compelling viewing, either on TV, or at whichever ground the match is being played at. Limited overs cricket is faster paced, and can be a One day match of 50 overs each, which is played Internationally, or domestically. We have the BBL, Big Bash League, mid season here at present. Twenty overs each. The batsmen are expected to make as many runs as quickly as they can. It's risky, and they often go out. The games last about 3 hours and are on at night. You know it's Summer in Australia when the cricket's on. Love it. Thanks for the video and your reaction. 🙃🇦🇺👍
The best way to learn it is to watch some matches with someone who knows the rules so they can explain what is happening, you'll find it is really quite simple in most ways. A good cricket match is a wonderful spectacle of skill and is a battle of tactics and mentality in batting, bowling and fielding; knowing the weaknesses of your opposition and finding ways to exploit them. For example it may be the case that in bowling deliveries aimed at knocking over a batsman's wicket the batsman can score more easily but if you bowl balls aimed at not allowing the batsman to score runs then he may get frustrated and make a poor shot choice. Equally if a bowler comes on and gets smashed around the ground he may become too cautious in his choices of delivery.
I love your comment about the umpire having a "good predictive judgment" for LBW - wait til you learn about the ball pitching outside leg stump or hitting outside the line of off stump while playing a shot
15:19 it's not 24 times , it's the number of runs he has given to other team
For throwing highlights search for "run outs", and I think you'll get all your heart desires.
One point that might not be absolutely clear about the overs: The bowlers (and umpires) change ends for each over. This results in different pitch conditions in alternating overs (where there might be more wear on the pitch on one side or the other).
The variation in grounds involves more than just size and shape. At least one international ground in England has a huge oak tree "in one quadrant" - about half way to the boundary. And I think there's a special rule just for that ground that if you hit a ball up into the tree, it counts as a six.
The bowler with the long run-up is a fast bowler (up to nearly 100mph occasionally with the very fastest of them - which I think is slow in baseball terms?). There are specialist medium pace bowlers with different tricks (high accuracy being the most important, but they can also swing the ball in the air, due to aerodynamic effects). And then there are spin bowlers (the ones with the very short run-ups, who lob the ball up slowly, with spin, so that when it hits the ground - especially in a rough patch - it can break left, right, or go straight on).
The faster the bowler, the easier it is to hit a boundary (normally a four, since going for a six entails a risk of being caught out), so slow and medium paced bowlers can often restrict the batsmens' ability to score runs. In 50 over matches, that can put enough pressure on them to force an error. (But the pressure can also force them to come up with clever ways of grabbing extra runs during the run chase.)
13:15 correction 50 overs per side 50x6=300 deliveries. for both innings 300x2=600 deliveries
10:56 watch a run out compilation.
(direct hit runouts)
Bro knows the Indian youtube algorithm and power of population 😂.
When the batsmen complete a run by switching sides, the other batter now takes "strike" and will be hitting the next ball that gets bowled. This keeps happening until one of them get out and then a new batter will arrive to carry the innings forward.
Also, here's a clear and great video of those direct hits you wanted - ua-cam.com/video/zmiVWO7ab88/v-deo.html
When determining if someone’s out by leg before wicket, there is a review system in place should either of the teams captains decide to challenge the umpires decision, called DRS.
Regarding your question regarding the run up for bowlers, it depends on the type. Fast bowlers aim to bowl as fast as possible, in excess of 130 kilometres an hour, and they take a big run up. Spinners on the other hand aim to curl the ball around the batter and into the wicket. These guys take less of a run up and bowl often around 80-90km an hour. If you’re interested in spinners, Shane Warne highlights are a good place to start.
Cricket simplified! Batters try to score by hitting the ball into the field away from the fielders. The bowlers are trying to "dismiss" the batters by bowling them out, having them caught, having them LBW (leg before wicket) or stumped (wicket keeper catches them out of the batsman's crease). The bowler and Captain place the fielders in positions that, based on the bowler's deliveries, would restrict the batter from scoring, if not in a catching position. If you check out the different styles of bowling, which there are a few, watch a Shane Warne (leg spinner). This will assist you understand some of the things that bowlers try to do to dismiss batters. Shane was exceptional at aiming for the footmarks of the other bowlers, as the footmarks roughed up the surface which provided "grip" and allowed the ball to spin greatly.
@Me-bq4pd Yes , it doable to set a field for good batting , bowl a good line , keep the ball not quite too full and not to short , looking for Dot balls , no runs , so concentration is key , this is a difficult time for a batsman , why rotating the strike so important, and the batsman will get a rush of blood a try to smash the wrong ball to smash , coz good bowling , and got himself out , also ball shyness is not considered by baseballers, I've got news for them , and it's all bad . R
I'm really enjoying your reactions Chaddington.
Thank you! Glad to hear it.
there's a mistake, if a ball is "no ball" basically the batsman gets a "free hit" meaning if the batsman hits the ball and a fielder catches it, normally its out but in this scenario it isn't and it's only give out on a "no ball" only if it hits the stumps/wickets
One thing I don't think was covered is that overs are bowled from alternate ends. At the Test match being played today at the Sydney Cricket Ground between Australia and India, one over will be bowled from the Randwick end (the suburb at the southern end of the ground) and the next will be bowled at the Paddington end (the northern suburb). Each cricket ground will have a way of describing each end.
this is what i hate about cricket fans, as a cricket fan. St. fup? that's hardly important but you all always get into the weeds of rules. let new people learn the absolute basics. what you gonna tell him next? explain swing and seam and difference between regulation offie and a carom ball?? shut up!
There are in fact TEN ways a batter may be dismissed starting with the common ones of Law 32: Bowled
Law 33: Caught
Law 36: Leg before wicket (lbw)
Law 38: Run out
Law 39: Stumped
Law 34: Hit the ball twice
Law 35: Hit wicket
Law 37: Obstructing the field
Law 40: Timed out
Handled the ball
I was a Player for more than 20 years, and an Umpire fore Women's Cricket after turning down First Class Mens Cricket due to to wanting to give something back.
Awesome! Thank you!
I think that Law 37 now includes “Handling the Ball” as part of “Obstructing the Field”.
1. Bowlers are of different types.
FAST - can bowl at >130KPH at the time of release of the bowl. Requires long run up to build momentum.
Medium- 115-130kph. Relatively shorter run-ups.
Spin- can stand and bowl or just walk a few steps and bowl. Speed ~80-90kph. Revs the ball at time of release so as to allow for it to spin in a particular direction upon impact with the ground.
2. Medium/Fast bowlers can 'swing' the bowl based wrist position at the time of release and/or use the shiny half of the ball to utilize aerodynamics of a shinier smoother side vs the rough side. A new ball is equally shiny but loses shine as it is used more due to rolls on ground, hits on bat and the pitch/ground. So to keep side shinier, they must keep it moist and keep rubbing it with a cloth.
3. The batters/batsmen who are on the pitch, take turns to bat. If they run 1, they cross. If batsman A hit and ran across, next delivery is faced by batsman B who now is standing at the position of A who had just hit the ball and ran to the other side.
4. Also, after a bowler finishes 1 over(6 legal deliveries excluding no-balls or wides), the next bowler begins the over from the other side of pitch. So both bowlers bowl their overs from opposite sides. Which means, if the batsmen stay where they were after the conclusion of the last ball. And the opposite batsman now faces the new bowler.
technically speaking I don't think there is a limit on how far back you can start your run up as a bowler
traditionally speaking spin bowlers go off 4-9 steps & pace bowlers go off 15+ some of the fastest went off like 30.
16:02 This is not exactly right, in two ways:
1. If India scored 222, the target to win would have been 223
2. So can we conclude India scored 221 here? That's likely, but it's also possible that an innings got cut short by rain or some other reason, so they couldn't play to the full. In those cases, there's a complicated set of rules to determine what the "real" score would have been if they'd played to the full, and that's what the target is based on.
Actually, first class cricket was often played by working class people before the game went professional.
you have to dislodge either bail, so if one bail is dislodged thats still out. in some very rare occasions the bails have been dislodged but they have come to rest back on the stumps, this is "in" and the batter can be conciderd extremely lucky.
we dont argue with the umpire, we can appeal a decision by asking the umpire "hows that" or "HOWZAT" or in televised matches we can refer to the 3rd umpire where the 3rd umpire has techknowlogy at his finger tips to determin the outcome, ball tracking, hot spot, or the snick-o-meter.
We don't argue with the umpire??? You are obviously not an Aussie,or at least have never heard of Ricky Ponting.
@@peterpearson1675 as a general rule we dont, but tempers can get a tad fraid mate.
In test cricket, the ball is bowled for 80 overs unless it loses it's shape or becomes too dirty and difficult for the batsmen to see it. The latter is rare but it has happened. If a ball is replaced before the 80 overs the umpires are tasked with choosing a used ball that has been bowled for the same or similar number of overs. This is why cricket balls are kept by the club management and not up for grabs as souvenirs, and why the crowd always throws the ball back onto the field if it is hit into the crowd.
Yeah, ball management is a whole nuanced area of the game. A new ball or a worn, dirty ball can be a big deal. In higher level US baseball the ball must be pristine. One can do stuff to a cricket ball that would be against the rules in baseball.
You can not "throw" a ball in Cricket. It must be bowled and their are rules that determine a bowling action.
Unless you're not bowling. Then you can throw it all you like!
First class cricket is not solely for the rich. Anyone can attend a match, from royalty to Joe Bloggs up the street.
Limited overs cricket (50 overs per team - AKA One Day International or ODI) started in Australia in the late 1970's by a very rich TV magnate who wanted a game more conducive to being broadcast.
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@@Chaddington98As a basketball fan, you may also enjoy exploring netball 😊
I thought i had to wait weeks for this video after watching your previous cricket reaction
@@Prasiddha-rz4wg Haha I try my best!
If you want to watch some highlights of “run outs” ball being thrown at the stumps while batters are running between the wickets.
You need to watch Ricky Ponting of Australia Run Out Compilation
Run-outs don't need to be direct hits. Often, the fielder will throw the ball to a teammate standing at the wicket who will break the wicket with the ball in hand.
Oh well that’s no fun! Haha
Slightly wrong about the target - if the target is 222, then it means the opposing team scored 221. The target is what's required to win, which is at least one run more than t he opposition.
As to the batsmen - they swap to face the bowling when they score a run, and each consecutive bowler bowls from the opposite end of the field, so if the batsmen haven't changed ends during the over, the 2nd batsman will face the first ball of the next over.
It was a human error only. Target has to be one more than the other team. If you reach the target, you win.
He said professional cricket was new. Not so. There have been Professional cricketers since the 1670's. This developed into two classes of players, players (professionals) and gentlemen (amateurs) playing in the same team, although having different dressing rooms.
moved to the mid 20th century and the distinction dropped and after the war, most 1st class players were professionals.
The explosion of limited over cricket and in particular the introduction of the 20/20 Indian league, allowed for the auction of players for the limited season of the IPL. This competition fits around the normal domestic and test calendar of the cricket seasons.
There are two cricket seasons, the northern hemisphere summer and the southern hemisphere summer. Every year teams form the "off" season hemisphere will carry out tours to the "in" season hemisphere and play a series of test matches and one day internationals and also now 20/20 games.
Playing matches in home conditions gives the advantage to the hosts of course. It does not make the cricket any the less exciting.
No mention was made that fielders in cricket do not wear gloves except for the wicketkeeper. Fast bowlers can bowl at speed of up to 90 miles an hour, so gloves are needed for the wicket keeper.
So ... about the 2 batters. One is "facing" the bowler, and they are the one to hit the ball and try to score runs (points). If they run, and run an odd number of times (up is 1, up and back is 2 ... ) they will be at the opposite end of the wicket. This means that their partner is now facing and gets a chance to score. At the end of an over, the new bowler comes in, but the bowler and wicket keeper swap ends. Because of the end swap for odd runs, or the change of over, both batters will take turns facing and have a chance to score. During a game, you will often see both their individual scores on the board as well as the "partnership" which is how many runs they have scored together. (this is not the sum of their scores, but the number of runs scored with both these players in as a pair). If one of them gets out, a new player comes in to play, at the same end as the player who got out. Since you need a pair of batters at all times, and there are 11 players on a team, after 10 outs, the last player cannot stand alone, and its "all out" (side away for baseball fans). Usually, your strongest and most skillful batters start, with the "tail enders" being specialist bowlers, who are not on the team for their batting prowess. After a series of outs, its common to have one strong batter and one weak batter in play. When this happens you will often see batters to only run an even number of runs, or run just the 1 towards the end of an over (before the change of ends) which keeps the stronger batter "on strike". One last rare occurrence is having 3 batters. Not seen this in a long while, but sometimes a batter will retire hurt during a match. They are not out, but due to an injury, they will leave the field for medical attention, with the next batter coming in. Later in the match, they may choose to return, and if the injury prevents them from running, but not from batting, they may have another batter join them as their "runner". The batter hits the ball, the runner runs them. Technically you could have 2 batters and 2 runners , so 4 players, but I have never seen that.
Excellent.
Just as the SCG test kicks off.
Good job mate.
Now for 5 more days of world class test match cricket between the top two teams.
C'mon Aussie C'mon C'mon
I think aus win today love from india 🎉
For the highlights you were after (the fielders throwing the ball and hitting the wicket to ‘run out’ the batter, that’s called a ‘direct hit’ and there are a lot of good compilations on UA-cam, and I agree that it’s one of the best parts of cricket.
The bowler taking 0 wickets and conceding 24 runs is not good, because he hasn’t gotten anyone out, but it’s not at all unusual. The best bowlers take a wicket for every 20-25 runs they concede on average. For interest, the best batters score around 50 runs for every time they get out on average.
There’s no real limit to the run-up a bowler can take. The fastest bowlers can bowl over 140 kilometres per hour.
Awesome! Thanks!
It is usually the fast bowlers who take long run-ups. The spin bowlers have a very different action
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@@Chaddington98yes, best direct hits or run outs you’d be after. Maybe not yet but another thing to put on your list is Shane Warne’s leg spin tutorial. A lot of American reactors gain a huge new appreciation and respect for the nuances of the game after seeing how incredibly complex the art of bowling is. I remember you mentioning in the first video the idea of the ball hitting a little stone on the ground and bouncing in a different direction- after watching Shane Warne’s video, you’ll never use the stone as an example ever again 😂😂
For watching those highlights... Where guy knocking the wickets other guy trying to reach (RIP English).. search best run outs in Cricket on youtube...
One thing that video got wrong is that when the target says 222, that means the first team scored 221. The target for the second team is to beat the first team's score by 1 run.
Also, I don't know if there's a UA-cam copyright issue or anything, but I don't see a lot of reactors doing reactions to highlights. I would recommend trying to find any recent T20 or ODI highlights that you can, preferably ones that are at least >10 minutes long. I like watching ones that are at least 15-20 minutes long. The main reason is that I'm a lifelong cricket fan and even I find those Australian highlights you watched the other day to be rather terrible - they're edited too fast and they keep showing slow-mo replays randomly etc., it's very confusing. I don't like those at all.
Also, as someone else here mentioned, the bowlers alternate which end of the pitch they're bowling from, so one bowler bowls from one end, then the next bowler bowls from the opposite end. So once an over ends, the fielders all have to change positions. The batsmen remain where they are.
Finally, just in case it wasn't clear, overs are counted like this: At the beginning, it goes 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 1. Then 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2. And so on.
Cricket highlights are usually 30 minutes or so long, and UA-camrs tend to prefer reacting to subjects/items that are around 20 minutes long, so that with their commentary/reaction, they take up around 30 minutes in total.
Sort of Base-6 numeration as there are 6 legal balls per over. No more, no less. Extra balls (called, wait for it… Extras) can be bowled if a delivery was ruled by an umpire to be a No-Ball, a Wide, a Bye or Leg-Bye as none of these are legal balls.A penalty Run is awarded each time a No-Ball or Wide occurs. Also, sometimes a delivery is ruled to be a Dead Ball and can be treated as if it never happened but this ruling can get complicated, like many others in cricket. See the Laws of Cricket. It helps if you have a lawyer’s mindset.
If you search for videos on "direct hit run outs" then you should find what you want.
Also cricket had laws, not rules
You are pretty good at this
Baseball is modelled after Cricket
The Americans needed their own game different from Brits so they made this boring mess called baseball
also the cricket ball is also harder and heavier than a baseball. there have been a few deaths where people have been hit in the head with the ball and its killed them, they even eventually modified the helmet they wear due to this happening
His comment about a professional match being a T20 match, is completely wrong. All forms of cricket are professional, many players play all three versions. In England there used to be a distinction between amateurs and professionals. They played in the same teams though. That however ended in the early 1960's.
By professional, I think they mean the league games.
@@VivekDhiman I agree, where you are playing strictly for money, not the honour of your country/state/province
His comment was nonsense, but so is yours. Amateur cricket exists. It is the only type I played (I wasn't any good). It is almost certainly the more common form played, though very rarely shown on TV. There are also leagues where each team is allowed one professional, the others being amateurs.
Professional cricket is older than the USA. There definitely were professional players in the 1740s.
Actually I find BB boring, while I enjoy a live MLB game. I find Cricket pretty easy to understand and a real hitters game. However, a great bowler is a real asset. Watching the game on TV, I found they have very sophisticated means to replay an LBW. They have infrared cameras that can determine if the bat touched the ball before hitting the batter (or batsman) or sensitive listening systems to hear the sound of the bat hitting the ball or batter. Replay is a very important part of the international and professional Cricket game for all kinds of close plays.
To me, the basic weakness of limited overs Cricket is the mathematical certainty of a win or a loss and some point during the match can happen more often than I’d like. For example, if the batting team is 20 runs behind with only three balls to go in the last over, the game is over as the batting team can only score 18 runs (three chances at six runs) even if the batting team has the wickets to spare. The games do have the advantage of being much quicker and having more predictable lengths. And, to be fair, I have seen some real exciting finishes.
Also, the more limited the overs, the better boundary and ‘hit for six’ batters are up first as you’re better risking a wicket than missing out on four or six runs. Line up strategy becomes very important given the number of overs. Matches with a high number of overs and in test matches (with unlimited overs, each batting side is finished when 10 wickets are taken) the balance between scoring runs and risking wickets has a difference calculus. Here, to me, batting is more ‘small ball’ and more conservative as keeping batters in long at bats has real value. You don’t want to risk a wicket due to a running error, a caught ball due to a misplaced long ball, or a taken wicket/LBW. Thus the strategy changes based, predictably, upon the limitations placed upon the number of overs. In these longer matches the batter is more obviously protecting the wicket.
If you watch a few matches with access to a web browser to refresh your mind of the terms and definitions, you’ll get the basics pretty easily. As with all sports the hard part is the nuance. In Cricket what we don’t see well on TV is how important the placement of the outfield is by batter, bowler, or game situation. The defense can place its nine outfielders anywhere on the oval and the strategy is hard to understand unless you’re live at a match or have a good mental model of the game. Commentary can help, but it does get jargon dense and assumes the viewer has a good understanding of the game, players, and team history (just like in the sports Americans watch).
It’s also called a cricket match not a game, eg I’m going to watch match or I’m watching the cricket. But we say we are going to watch the Footy AFL Australian rules Football we call that a game.
17:54 as far back as you want, although presumably you still have to be on the field lol
Two batsmen are on the pitch, so if only one run is made the non-striking batsman now faces the bowler. Also, when bowlers change after an 'over', they will bowl from the opposite end of the pitch than the previous bowler. An 'over' is the delivery of six legally bowled balls. A bowler cannot bowl two consecutive overs, but can bowl again after another bowler has bowled. In a game of Cricket, a team can use as many bowlers as they need during an innings; an inninings occurs when the batting has lost ten batsmen or if the captain declares the innings. In Limited Overs cricket, the inning is completed when the required number of Overs have been bowled, or the batting team has lost ten batsmen. Hope that clears up some of your questions.
It really is a stupid question, but even if the ball touches the stumps, it's out
Another difference is that, like softball, the bowler is not allowed to bend his/her elbow - in other words, no throwing. Hence, the ungainly bowling action.
Bowlers are allowed to bowl over arms, allowing the ball to bounce of the ground, thereby giving the ball a chance to move suddenly at short notice (eg spinning), making it harder for the batter to hit.
The prohibition on throwing ultimately makes the job harder for the bowler, thereby tilting the game in favour of the batter. This is why scores are much higher in cricket than baseball.
Amount of intelligent observation and questions u had made me a subscriber, I would like learn things with you
Thank you! Glad to have you along for the ride! 🙂
Yes, the two batsmen do take turns hitting the ball. They switch every over. And there is no limit to how far back the bowler can run.