Mate its cricket season here in Australia we are playing India it's 28 deg Celsius I have a tinny in my hand watching it on the telly. I'm in heaven. 😊
ENG (is short for England) and their progressive score is 2 (wickets or outs) for 145 runs (at this point in their innings).. England are batting (2 players in the middle with bats & pads) and the fielders and bowler etc are the Aussies. "Vince & Root" are the names of the two batsmen and their individual score is listed next to their name. The "*" indicates who is facing the bowler (pitcher). Hazelwood is the name of the bowler and his progressive stats for this game are displayer. All players wear "white" in the TEST version of the game (which can last up to 5 days)
The green cap is a traditional Aussie hat more commonly known as the 'Baggy Green', they are given to players when inaugurated into the test squad, they are all numbered and receiving one is a big deal, you only get one for your whole test career. You'll see some that are well faded and worn out on players that have been around a long time.
Actually iirc these days they get a new one each Test, but they only every wear the first one because tradition. Originally yes, the Cricket Board would not extend the money to issue more than one.
I used to be the Junior Co-Ordinator for the local cricket team, and as I had never played as a junior, I got to play my first cricket match with my son playing his first Senior match. I was 52. So everyone can play if they want to
Just about every suburb and country town has cricket and football teams. Once you leave high school there are many opportunities to continue playing team sports. It doesn’t matter what level you are there is always a team for you.
"why are they all wearing white, how are you supposed to tell them apart?" ryan they're all on the same team apart from the two guys holding cricket bats and the umpire.
Yep, one team bowls and fields, while the 2 batters are from the opposite team. Also traditional uniforms for cricket were originally all white. Similar to original tennis game uniforms were all white. Also you queried the batter that hesitated to run. She didn’t think the hit warranted a safe single run, so hesitated. However, the opposite batter ran, forcing the hitter to try to run. The two batters are expected to consider whether the hit warrants a single run or more before moving so as not to jeopardise their safety.
Umpires. There are always two, the square leg and the bowler's end. We don't talk about the 3rd Umpire up in his booth with the slow-motion screens and Snicko.
Years agoI saw a skit as a kid (80's era) a great skit about a wife that had never been to the cricket before and the husband was explaining it.. one part(and it was all hilarious and went for a while) "Where's he going?" "He's going in" "But I thought he just got in" "He did. But then he got out for a duck. So now he has to go in. " Well that not very team spirited of him to go out just because someone got him duck.. there's on 2 against 11 and that doesn't seem fair any way" (Man goes on to explain a duck etc)
Come to Australia, virtually every suburb, town or country district has a cricket team, mostly with various grades from juniors to several "open grades". Numbers are dropping however there are still a lot around !
Heh Ryan, a happy day to you! 😁 Comon Aussies! The All White's are Test matches, the Coloured ones are 20 overs per side/1 day! Purple is Tasmania! The batsman must have some part of the bat inside the crease/over the line! Both batsmen must run, or none! Every region has a cricket team, even for mature aged, and soccer teams too! Kids start in local teams at age six! 💚💛
I used to annoy the kids in school as I am ambidextrous... I could bat both left and right... could kick a football both as well... come in handy when playing pool 😂
Us kids used to play cricket in the street, & we still play at family bbqs, Christmas etc you don’t necessarily have to have the exact cricket pitch to play, any old oval, or space will do🤗
good thing about cricket, as long as you are able physically play, there's a local team that will have you, there's quite a lot of old guys playing too
The one you thought was a "double out", the ball was hit directly into the ground and bounced up to be where he "caught" it, so it wasn't a catch for an out. It's often very difficult at first view to see if a ball bounced or not when they hit it, and it's colloquially known as a "crowd catch", at least here in Australia it is. Because the spectators will think it's a catch while the players out on the field know it actually bounced first off the bat.
@@bobhawke7373 Aussie commentators often call it that because the crowd goes up like it was a catch and then they realise when none of the players celebrate and settle down again. Heard it hundreds of times from commentators over here.
@@bobhawke7373 As @Johnnysoccer said, but it's only called a crowd catch if the crowd does actually go up thinking it is out. But you're right, it is a bump ball.
"Why did she hesitate" Its often a judgement call to run or stay safe, especially if its in close you are almost daring them to try and get you out... Watching them after they are done its easy to say, oh but if they both started they would have made it but its a quick decision that has to be made and stuck to
Most sports in Australia are played socially or professionally outside the school system. Local community associations, regional or state competitions and at the upper levels national or international games like, cricket, rugby, basketball, netball etc. On the whole, in Australia the state "team colours" are: Victoria "Navy Blue" (with white or silver trim), NSW "Sky Blue" (with navy trim), Qld "Maroon", SA "Red, Royal Blue & Yellow", Tas "Green & Gold", WA "Black & Gold" Allan Boarder was Australia Cricket Captain (84-94), he also played baseball in his school years. Many baseball fielding techniques were introduced to Aussie Cricket because of "AB" which we see today.
Australia hired a baseball coach from the US to coach their team on feilding, throwing and catching, so your comparisons aren't too far off. Many of the skills are transferable.
I've heard the Chapell brothers who were cricket royalty during the 1970s and 80s were top baseball players in their younger days before choosing cricket. If they'd been American they'd be baseball champions but being Aussie it was cricket of course.
This is why cricketers spend so much time throwing at a tiny target wqhile running and diving. It is an incredible skill that is earned over years of practice. And it is why great cricket moments stay in the memory for decades. It literally is AWESOME. It is also why cricket is one of the oldest games in the world, played since medieval times when the stumps were literally tree stumps and the ball and bat were homemade from wood. Because it is so old there are so many ancient terms, like the saying "The crease belongs to the field."
Part of the reason Australia was so dominant in the late 90s and early 2000s was their ability to hit the stumps side-on from 50m away while coming out of a roll/slide. Really made a difference in the number of successful run-outs.
In Australia if you want to join a sports club and play with a team you generally can, there are loads of amateur leagues. I have a colleague who's like 30 stone with a Hernia and still plays cricket every week during the season.
It's England vs Aus, the names at the bottom are the English batsmen, the astrix shows who's facing the bowler and Hazelwood is the Aussie bowler who has 0 wickets for 44 runs.
Good on you Ryan. Love that you are enjoying this. We have a few types of cricket matches - test cricket (played in white over 4 days - very serious :)), and then different versions of limited over matches- 20 overs, 50 overs. In the limited over matches, the players wear coloured uniforms.
Remember the left-handed fielders are also batters. When a bowler has to keep changing their delivery tactics because 1 bowl is to a right-handed batsman and if they run 1 or 3, then the next delivery is to a left-handed batsman. Not all the time (as it depends who’s batting) but lefties are a higher average in cricket.
Test Cricket (the highest and oldest level of cricket) is 5 days long and both teams wear white. It's only in One Day International (ODI) or Twenty-20 cricket where they wear colours.
Totally agree with your statement about team sports. It is difficult after high school. Hard work finding someone to kick a football or soccer ball. Currently working hard to consistently play some tennis
Just in case someone hasn't helped out. Vince and Root are the surnames of the two batters currently at the crease. The first number is how many runs they've scored if there's a second number there in ( ), that's how many balls they've faced in scoring those runs. The other name, Hazlewood is where they put the surname of the bowler, the 0 is how many wickets he has generated directly off his bowling (bowled, caught, etc., but not including runouts), the number after the / is the runs he has conceded in getting those wickets. So for this, he has not gotten any wickets and has been hit for 44 runs so far. ENG is for England, that's the team batting. The 2 numbers there are wickets lost/runs scored. Each time gets 10 wickets, once they lose 10 they are all out and they swap over, or game ends depending on some variables. Just to help out on the details on the screen at the start of the video (before I watched it, you may work it out during yet), but thought I'd give you a quick rundown as I didn't see another comment like that in the top of the comments section yet.
Yeah that last one was the Pat Cummins one i mentioned in the last video. He'd been in the field for almost six hours and bowled 20 overs then did that.
What the score board is saying is that England (ENG) is currently batting and Australia (AUS) is bowling/ fielding. Hazelwood is the guy bowling, it shows you how many wickets (people he's got out) and how many runs England has scored from his bowling. The English people batting are Root and Vince, and it shows you how many runs each has scored so far.
She hesitated to run because there is no obligation to run if you hit the ball. You only run when you think you can make it, in this case the non striker believed there was the chance of a run and began running and the striker hesitated. Had she begun to run straight away she may well have made it.
Mate I know others will have said this but it’s always amazed me how in the States unless you turn pro your sport career is done by college and you can’t even play local organised sport! If you were in Australia right now you could go down to your local cricket club, sign up, pay your fees and play a competitive match this Saturday. And lots of people do it well into their 60s too.
Great work pal. A lot of your assumptions are absolutely correct. To answer your question about wearing white. This is in a traditional 5 day test match. The colours are worn in shorter forms of the game (one type goes for about 7 hours and another more modern is done in about 3).
So the reason it said Hazelwood (and other Aussie names) instead of Aus, is because we're fielding, so it'll always just show the bowlers name, in that first case Hazelwood. The all white is Test cricket, which is basically the highest ranked cricket. The games are scheduled for 5 days (though usually finish in 3 or 4), and sometimes the Queen would show up, it used to be a fancy affair, thus the white. 2 or 3 years on and I still love your enthusiasm for our amazing country!
Ryan, in Australia when you finish your schooling in high school, it's not the end of team sports for you. Towns, small and large, suburbs, sporting clubs, pubs, even businesses and school ex-students will band together to form teams. These teams will play against each other, usually in their district under the local association and so on. These associations will play inter district games using the best players from the district. This is how players get noticed by the talent scouts for the top teams and how they progress to state and national level. So a bloke who finished high school in year ten to get a trade or something will play on Saturday and his talent can take him all the way. I can't understand why a good sportsman's playing days are pretty much finished in the US if he doesn't get picked up by a college.
One of the major differences between US sport and the rest of the world. Australia in particular is that sport is not based around schools or universities. In fact in general playing for your school is something most of us consider quite lame. Instead it is based around where you live. I live in a small town in NSW, Bendemeer, which coincidentally is where Josh Hazelwood comes from. He began playing for the town in under age cricket teams (sort of like Little League) and then progressed through talent to regional teams, then onto state teams and finally into the national team. Because we organise our sports like this there is generally a wide range of ages playing from under 8's all the way through to over 40's and 50's. Personally I played from Under 10's right through to over 40's. I never made it to state or national sides but I did play at the level below state for a few seasons.
i used to play competitive cricket when i was younger. as a fielder once you have the ball in hand and the stumps lined up the release become almost automatic. only after the ball is released do you start thinking about the surroundings... my fav fielding spot was silly mid on .... reaction time in that location is critical, quick to intercept and just as quick to get it to the keeper or stumps....
Batters sometimes hesitate when running, leading to a mix-up between the 2, and someone is left scrambling to get back in. Usually, it is the batter on strike (the one facing the delivery being bowled) who calls the non-striker to run, or not.
When all white is being worn it means it's a Test Match, which is the oldest version of cricket and is played over several days. When they wear colors it means it's a Day Match, a version that was introduced in the later part of the 20th century to have a result by the end of day. The way you tell which players are in which team when they all wear white is that the players holding bats are from one team and everyone else are on the other team. Like in baseball where the batter and those on a base are one team and everyone else on the field are on the other team.
You generally have a couple of left-handers on any cricket team, they're useful, especially as one of the Openers. But its also because it takes half a second to switch hands and with a run-out every moment counts, so you throw it left-handed if that's the hand the ball is caught in.
There are several ways of listing the top ten best teams in the world today. The ICC ranks the top 12 in test (5-day) cricket in Oct 2024 as: 1st Australia, 2nd India, then in order: S Africa, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan.
Anywhere in the world that there are Indians there is cricket, great to see you appreciating aspects of the game. In test cricket, the 5 day version where they wear white, it's a game of cat and mouse for long periods of time but at any ball something amazing can happen. And once you appreciate it on that level you can move on to loving a tensely fought out draw where neither side wins but it has been gripping watching the bowling side get that last wicket.
Sadly a terrific young up and coming player Phillip Hughes died on the pitch during a game, very sad, shows how dangerous and fast the bowlers can be. Love your work.
playing club sports after school, through to as old as you like, is kinda routine in Australia. are adult sports uncommon in the US? here local sports clubs can also offer clubhouse with bar, restaurant, halls, etc to the general population. they are the recreational mainstay of many communities
Ryan if you want to play cricket, you could show up to any suburban/town's cricket club just about anywhere in the Commonwealth and they'd find a spot for you. I stopped playing cricket at 48 and only then 'cause my knees gave up. Serious sports, in at least Aus, NZ and the UK, are played by local clubs and not in schools. Yes there are interschool competitions but the weekend sports clubs are where it all happens and the kids serious about their sports come up through the club system in age brackets into adulthood in various graded competitions.
There are tactics involved with doing these direct hits. If the throw misses it can go past the stumps and concede more runs. Thus as a tactical decision sometimes the fielder, especially in limited overs one day games, may decide to hang onto the ball to not risk giving up runs from a miss.
We have lots of opportunities to play team sports. In almost every area there's local cricket teams (along with all other types of sports). Higher levels are club cricket, then state, then national.
8:15 She hesitated because she hit it directly to a fielder, but her patner ran anyway. In general if you hit a ball in front of aquare its the strikers call, and its the non strikers call when you hit it behind square (an imaginary perpendicular line from the batsman)
9:10 in baseball terms, he hits it to the pitcher who then throws it to first for the double. in cricket you can't get double outs, he just did that incase he didn't fully make the catch
The best cricket fielders are ambidextrous meaning they can throw both left and right handed accurately.. if you like check out indoor cricket Australia 🇦🇺
You always want a couple of lefties in the team, batting or bowling, for much the same reason as in baseball. Best batting lineups usually have a lefty and a righty as Openers.
The difference between a "direct hit" and throwing the ball to a team-mate at the wickets who then dislodges the bails is a lot. So direct hits often mean the difference between getting a batter out or not, plus it's way cooler. In cricket you're not forced to run if you hit the ball, this can cause confusion when one batter thinks they can make the run and the other thinks the opposite. There are no double outs, the batter hit the ball into the ground and the bowler fielded the ball and threw it at the wickets (very athletic and a great throw).
The bat needs to be grounded when it crosses over the crease to be safe. You don't have to run with each strike of the ball so when the hesitation comes from the player facing the ball it's because they don't think there's enough time to make it to the other end. In this video the teams playing are mostly Australian Men's and Women's State teams with the odd International game thrown in. White uniforms are use for International test matches (5 day match) Colours are worn for shorter versions of the game, Limited 50 overs known as a One day International match as well as the local competition called T20 (Big Bash Series) which is a super fast version of the game with a few rule changes, basically swing at anything that comes your way and run, you only have 20 innings to pile on a biggest score you can..
1:26 going from left to right Cropped English cricket team logo, ENG short for england 2/145 means 2 of the 11 brits are out and the team total is 145 runs. Vince is one brit's name, the * means he's the one "facing"/ at bat/ having the ball thrown at him. 83 is his personal amount of runs he's scored, (169) is how many balls/deliveries/pitches he's faced. Root is the other British batter with 7 runs off 18 balls. Hazlewood is the bowler/pitcher, he has taken 0 wickets and the brits have scored 44 runs off of his deliveries. sometimes they show how many overs the specific bowler has faced as well but not in this graphic. and there's been 59 overs and 2 deliveries of the current over so 59.2 overs, at 59.6 it goes to 60, then the next bowler's first ball is 60.1. then past that there's a faint Australian cricket team logo
you can tell the teams apart because 2 have bats, one has (generally) no hat (the bowler/ Hazlewood), and everyone else is standing in the middle of no where
Ryan, only the bowler needs to "bowl" the ball without a bent arm, fielders can throw the ball in any fashion they like. In fact they often employ baseball coaches to teach them how to throw the ball better. Back in the late 80s they started getting them over, it improved their throwing immensely.
I love cricket. It was something we all grew up with. Christmas with the family. Us girls know how to play, too. 😂 and football aussie rules. Prepared us for dealing with the bs today . 😂
"Why did she hesitate to run there?" She didn't think she could make the run, but her batting partner had committed to the run so she felt forced to go in the end.
8:13 I think it's already been stated in the Comments, but if you're used to baseball you might assume that every time the batsman hits the ball he MUST run (and so you get these races for the crease before the fielders can hit the stumps) but in fact the batsman is NEVER obliged to run. It's his judgement if he thinks a run is achievable or not (you'll here the commentators joke about "Yes! No! Go back!" calls made by the batsmen as they decide if a run can be made in time).
Fielding techniques were lifted in Australia by an American fielding coach, Mike Young. The rest of the world has caught up (and past Australia?) a lot since the advent of T20.
Hi Ryan, to help you with the scoring graphics, in the opening video, ENG 2/145 means that England has lost two wickets and has scored 145 runs (in every country other than Australia [maybe also in NZ, can't remember], this would be 145/2), Vince * 83 (169) mean that the English cricketer, Vince, is currently facing (i.e. being bowled at, as indicated by the asterisk) and has scored 83 runs off 169 balls faced, Root 7 (18) means that the Englishman, Joe Root has scored 7 runs off 18 balls faced, Hazelwood 0/44 means that the bowler is Josh Hazelwood and he has no wickets and has had 44 runs scored off his bowling and overs 59.2 means that so far in the innings, there have been 59 overs (sets of 6 balls) and 2 balls so far this over. Why are they all wearing white? Because whites (or creams) are traditional in cricket and this match is a test match, the oldest form of international cricket, so they wear traditional clothing. In one day internationals and T20s, they were coloured clothing. When one day cricket was first intorduced in the 1970s and 80s, it was often disparagingly referred to as "pyjama cricket" or the "pyjama game". How do you tell them apart? Well, England are the two batsmen and everyone else in the field other than the umpires are the Australians. Not that difficult, really. The green caps are called the "baggy greens" and are a treasured item for test cricketers. They get presented a baggy green on debut and some manage to keep the same baggy green (sometimes pretty dishevelled) throughout their test career. One of Don Bradman's baggy greens is about to be auctioned and has a presale estimate of AUD300,000 to 400,000. Interesting that you mention that some of the Aussie throws look like a baseball pitch. In the early 2000s, the Australian cricket team recognised that they could lift their game in fielding, which had been an overlooked but important skill in crocket, and hired an American baseball player and coach named Mike Young to coach the Australian cricket team in fielding. I think you can see that this worked. Bowling looks different to pitching because: 1. you are not allowed to throw the ball, i.e. the elbow must be held straight during the action and 2. you are allowed to bounce the ball, which makes it harder for the batsman to judge where the ball will go and often you can make the ball bend after the bounce. When you throw down the wicket, you want it to move fast and straight, so a direct throw or pitch is better. Yes, you are correct that the batman is aiming the "make his/her ground" by grounding (it must be touching the ground, not just in the air) their bat or some part of their body past the crease (touching the crease is not enough) before the ball dislodges the bail. You mentioned wanting to play cricket and the lack of opportunities for adults to play sport. I found a Facebook page dedicated to cricket in Indiana: facebook.com/indianacricket/ Maybe worth a look? No, it wasn't a double out from the guy in purple. The batsman hit the ball into the ground and it bounced up, so not caught out. If it were a catch, once the catch is taken, the play is over and you can't run out the other batsman. Today was day one of the first Australia-India tests of the summer, in Perth. It was an incredible day, with 17 wickets taken in a single day's play (very unusual). Australia did very well to bowl out India for 150 but are now struggling at 7 for 67.
your reactions are so pure i would suggest you to watch live cricket matches to understand more and enjoy. start with t20 matches. or you may react to cricket highlights of one of the greatest matches that have taken place.
I never used to be much of a cricket fan until last year when I became friends with one of the players from the Sydney thunder women's team. I watch her play fairly regularly now, either at the ground, or on TV if I can't make it. It's slowly growing on me, and I enjoy the short format version of the game, but I can't handle test matches. They're even way more drawn out than an NFL game, and I just lose interest.
You are doing well with your terms. It is test cricket (5 day game) when they are wearing white uniforms. The beauty with local cricket competition in Australia is there are grades 1st, 2nd and 3rd so even the unfit fellas like myself can still play.
Two of the best fielders in cricket history, in my opinion, were Jonty Rhodes (South Africa) and Ricky Ponting (Australia). Again in my opinion the greatest all-rounder - batting/bowling/fielding - was Jacques Kallis (South Africa) followed by Imran Khan (Pakistan).
It just took practice to hit the stumps from the outfield, a lot of practice. By 14 I could hit the stumps from the boundary but unfortunately I had thrown my shoulder out by 24.
Ryan, "club sport" is huge all over Australia. You can play team sport anywhere, from 7 to 70 years old. You just check out your locals, find a sporting club close to you in a sport you love, and join. 😅 Mind you, most of us do it for the clubhouse drinking/socialising after the game.
Ryan, its cricket season here in South Africa.. So, many South Africans will be watching and the season started with a visit by India.. Can't wait for the tests (5 - day games) to start.. ☺
Mate its cricket season here in Australia we are playing India it's 28 deg Celsius I have a tinny in my hand watching it on the telly. I'm in heaven. 😊
Reckon you're gonna thrash us this series. How did we become so shit all of a sudden...
@@arbabasukalsar4361 get rid of some of the old players and we'll become magically great again.
Sounds like a bloody good arvo there enjoy it mate
36 c in Melbourne 😮
Josh got Kohli out pretty quickly, looks like being an interesting match.
I love, respect and admire that you are giving understanding cricket a fair go! Keep it up, love your stuff!
ENG (is short for England) and their progressive score is 2 (wickets or outs) for 145 runs (at this point in their innings).. England are batting (2 players in the middle with bats & pads) and the fielders and bowler etc are the Aussies. "Vince & Root" are the names of the two batsmen and their individual score is listed next to their name. The "*" indicates who is facing the bowler (pitcher). Hazelwood is the name of the bowler and his progressive stats for this game are displayer. All players wear "white" in the TEST version of the game (which can last up to 5 days)
I was about to give a brief description, but I tend to get a bit wordy and you beat me to it. I'm not going to repeat old mate.
The green cap is a traditional Aussie hat more commonly known as the 'Baggy Green', they are given to players when inaugurated into the test squad, they are all numbered and receiving one is a big deal, you only get one for your whole test career. You'll see some that are well faded and worn out on players that have been around a long time.
Got a free pocket under the edge to store sandpaper too 👍
@@necessaryevil3428 Vicious lol
@@mikk4309 😁
Ah, one of the moral winners has spoken.
Actually iirc these days they get a new one each Test, but they only every wear the first one because tradition.
Originally yes, the Cricket Board would not extend the money to issue more than one.
I used to be the Junior Co-Ordinator for the local cricket team, and as I had never played as a junior, I got to play my first cricket match with my son playing his first Senior match. I was 52. So everyone can play if they want to
Shoutout to the Indianapolis Cricket Club who won the Midwest t20 competition last year
Wow the women's game is superbly skillfull nowadays. I shouldn't be surprised, but I am. Good choice of clips, Ryan.
Just about every suburb and country town has cricket and football teams. Once you leave high school there are many opportunities to continue playing team sports. It doesn’t matter what level you are there is always a team for you.
"why are they all wearing white, how are you supposed to tell them apart?"
ryan they're all on the same team apart from the two guys holding cricket bats and the umpire.
Yep, one team bowls and fields, while the 2 batters are from the opposite team. Also traditional uniforms for cricket were originally all white. Similar to original tennis game uniforms were all white.
Also you queried the batter that hesitated to run. She didn’t think the hit warranted a safe single run, so hesitated. However, the opposite batter ran, forcing the hitter to try to run. The two batters are expected to consider whether the hit warrants a single run or more before moving so as not to jeopardise their safety.
Umpires. There are always two, the square leg and the bowler's end.
We don't talk about the 3rd Umpire up in his booth with the slow-motion screens and Snicko.
😂😂😂
Years agoI saw a skit as a kid (80's era) a great skit about a wife that had never been to the cricket before and the husband was explaining it.. one part(and it was all hilarious and went for a while)
"Where's he going?"
"He's going in"
"But I thought he just got in"
"He did. But then he got out for a duck. So now he has to go in. "
Well that not very team spirited of him to go out just because someone got him duck.. there's on 2 against 11 and that doesn't seem fair any way"
(Man goes on to explain a duck etc)
Come to Australia, virtually every suburb, town or country district has a cricket team, mostly with various grades from juniors to several "open grades". Numbers are dropping however
there are still a lot around !
Why numbers are dropping?
@@barhat961Screens and other (non) activities distracting younger potential players and age for the older ones.
Heh Ryan, a happy day to you! 😁 Comon Aussies! The All White's are Test matches, the Coloured ones are 20 overs per side/1 day! Purple is Tasmania! The batsman must have some part of the bat inside the crease/over the line! Both batsmen must run, or none! Every region has a cricket team, even for mature aged, and soccer teams too! Kids start in local teams at age six! 💚💛
It'll blow your mind to know that there are some players that bat left handed and throw right handed (and vice versa) 🤯
I'm one of them! I bat right handed but bowl and throw left handed. Don't ask me why, I was just born with some wires crossed 😅
I used to annoy the kids in school as I am ambidextrous... I could bat both left and right... could kick a football both as well... come in handy when playing pool 😂
Us kids used to play cricket in the street, & we still play at family bbqs, Christmas etc you don’t necessarily have to have the exact cricket pitch to play, any old oval, or space will do🤗
Wheelie bin stumps sonnnnn
@@JustAGuyWithThoughts Or just a deck chair. And automatic wickie of course.
And the classic 6 and out.
I miss Christmas day cricket with grandpa, the uncles aunts and all the cousins,
good thing about cricket, as long as you are able physically play, there's a local team that will have you, there's quite a lot of old guys playing too
The one you thought was a "double out", the ball was hit directly into the ground and bounced up to be where he "caught" it, so it wasn't a catch for an out. It's often very difficult at first view to see if a ball bounced or not when they hit it, and it's colloquially known as a "crowd catch", at least here in Australia it is. Because the spectators will think it's a catch while the players out on the field know it actually bounced first off the bat.
Never ever heard it called a crowd catch. Only ever heard it referred to as a bump ball.
@@bobhawke7373 Aussie commentators often call it that because the crowd goes up like it was a catch and then they realise when none of the players celebrate and settle down again. Heard it hundreds of times from commentators over here.
@@bobhawke7373 As @Johnnysoccer said, but it's only called a crowd catch if the crowd does actually go up thinking it is out. But you're right, it is a bump ball.
"Why did she hesitate" Its often a judgement call to run or stay safe, especially if its in close you are almost daring them to try and get you out... Watching them after they are done its easy to say, oh but if they both started they would have made it but its a quick decision that has to be made and stuck to
Most sports in Australia are played socially or professionally outside the school system. Local community associations, regional or state competitions and at the upper levels national or international games like, cricket, rugby, basketball, netball etc. On the whole, in Australia the state "team colours" are: Victoria "Navy Blue" (with white or silver trim), NSW "Sky Blue" (with navy trim), Qld "Maroon", SA "Red, Royal Blue & Yellow", Tas "Green & Gold", WA "Black & Gold"
Allan Boarder was Australia Cricket Captain (84-94), he also played baseball in his school years. Many baseball fielding techniques were introduced to Aussie Cricket because of "AB" which we see today.
Yes. Allan Border also had an extreme leg flex in his batting technique. Very baseballish.
Australia hired a baseball coach from the US to coach their team on feilding, throwing and catching, so your comparisons aren't too far off. Many of the skills are transferable.
I've heard the Chapell brothers who were cricket royalty during the 1970s and 80s were top baseball players in their younger days before choosing cricket. If they'd been American they'd be baseball champions but being Aussie it was cricket of course.
This is why cricketers spend so much time throwing at a tiny target wqhile running and diving. It is an incredible skill that is earned over years of practice. And it is why great cricket moments stay in the memory for decades. It literally is AWESOME. It is also why cricket is one of the oldest games in the world, played since medieval times when the stumps were literally tree stumps and the ball and bat were homemade from wood.
Because it is so old there are so many ancient terms, like the saying "The crease belongs to the field."
Part of the reason Australia was so dominant in the late 90s and early 2000s was their ability to hit the stumps side-on from 50m away while coming out of a roll/slide. Really made a difference in the number of successful run-outs.
In Australia if you want to join a sports club and play with a team you generally can, there are loads of amateur leagues.
I have a colleague who's like 30 stone with a Hernia and still plays cricket every week during the season.
It's England vs Aus, the names at the bottom are the English batsmen, the astrix shows who's facing the bowler and Hazelwood is the Aussie bowler who has 0 wickets for 44 runs.
This bloke is challenged !
This is hard .Watching your channel on my Laptop & watching a cricket Test match between Australia & India on TV.
me too! ☺
Good on you Ryan. Love that you are enjoying this. We have a few types of cricket matches - test cricket (played in white over 4 days - very serious :)), and then different versions of limited over matches- 20 overs, 50 overs. In the limited over matches, the players wear coloured uniforms.
test cricket is played over 5 days and is the traditional game where as the 1 day games are more for the entertainment value
12:16 is the worst kind of out - to be run out because of a miscommunication with your batting partner.
9:13 the batter hit the ball into the ground and the ball bounced back up. Lots of people get confused on whether it is caught out or not.
Yeah, you tell there's top spin from it being driven into the turf.
Yeah, unlike baseball there are no double plays in cricket
Love your reactions Ryan 😎 and this is why the Bluey cricket episode means a lot to us 🤙🇦🇺
Remember the left-handed fielders are also batters. When a bowler has to keep changing their delivery tactics because 1 bowl is to a right-handed batsman and if they run 1 or 3, then the next delivery is to a left-handed batsman. Not all the time (as it depends who’s batting) but lefties are a higher average in cricket.
They practice the run outs. Fielding drills nearly always include trying to hit a single stump from various angles.
Test Cricket (the highest and oldest level of cricket) is 5 days long and both teams wear white.
It's only in One Day International (ODI) or Twenty-20 cricket where they wear colours.
Totally agree with your statement about team sports. It is difficult after high school. Hard work finding someone to kick a football or soccer ball. Currently working hard to consistently play some tennis
Just in case someone hasn't helped out.
Vince and Root are the surnames of the two batters currently at the crease. The first number is how many runs they've scored if there's a second number there in ( ), that's how many balls they've faced in scoring those runs. The other name, Hazlewood is where they put the surname of the bowler, the 0 is how many wickets he has generated directly off his bowling (bowled, caught, etc., but not including runouts), the number after the / is the runs he has conceded in getting those wickets. So for this, he has not gotten any wickets and has been hit for 44 runs so far.
ENG is for England, that's the team batting. The 2 numbers there are wickets lost/runs scored. Each time gets 10 wickets, once they lose 10 they are all out and they swap over, or game ends depending on some variables.
Just to help out on the details on the screen at the start of the video (before I watched it, you may work it out during yet), but thought I'd give you a quick rundown as I didn't see another comment like that in the top of the comments section yet.
Yeah that last one was the Pat Cummins one i mentioned in the last video.
He'd been in the field for almost six hours and bowled 20 overs then did that.
What the score board is saying is that England (ENG) is currently batting and Australia (AUS) is bowling/ fielding. Hazelwood is the guy bowling, it shows you how many wickets (people he's got out) and how many runs England has scored from his bowling. The English people batting are Root and Vince, and it shows you how many runs each has scored so far.
She hesitated to run because there is no obligation to run if you hit the ball. You only run when you think you can make it, in this case the non striker believed there was the chance of a run and began running and the striker hesitated. Had she begun to run straight away she may well have made it.
Mate I know others will have said this but it’s always amazed me how in the States unless you turn pro your sport career is done by college and you can’t even play local organised sport! If you were in Australia right now you could go down to your local cricket club, sign up, pay your fees and play a competitive match this Saturday. And lots of people do it well into their 60s too.
Great work pal. A lot of your assumptions are absolutely correct. To answer your question about wearing white. This is in a traditional 5 day test match. The colours are worn in shorter forms of the game (one type goes for about 7 hours and another more modern is done in about 3).
So the reason it said Hazelwood (and other Aussie names) instead of Aus, is because we're fielding, so it'll always just show the bowlers name, in that first case Hazelwood.
The all white is Test cricket, which is basically the highest ranked cricket. The games are scheduled for 5 days (though usually finish in 3 or 4), and sometimes the Queen would show up, it used to be a fancy affair, thus the white.
2 or 3 years on and I still love your enthusiasm for our amazing country!
Ryan, in Australia when you finish your schooling in high school, it's not the end of team sports for you. Towns, small and large, suburbs, sporting clubs, pubs, even businesses and school ex-students will band together to form teams. These teams will play against each other, usually in their district under the local association and so on. These associations will play inter district games using the best players from the district. This is how players get noticed by the talent scouts for the top teams and how they progress to state and national level. So a bloke who finished high school in year ten to get a trade or something will play on Saturday and his talent can take him all the way. I can't understand why a good sportsman's playing days are pretty much finished in the US if he doesn't get picked up by a college.
One of the major differences between US sport and the rest of the world. Australia in particular is that sport is not based around schools or universities. In fact in general playing for your school is something most of us consider quite lame. Instead it is based around where you live. I live in a small town in NSW, Bendemeer, which coincidentally is where Josh Hazelwood comes from. He began playing for the town in under age cricket teams (sort of like Little League) and then progressed through talent to regional teams, then onto state teams and finally into the national team. Because we organise our sports like this there is generally a wide range of ages playing from under 8's all the way through to over 40's and 50's. Personally I played from Under 10's right through to over 40's. I never made it to state or national sides but I did play at the level below state for a few seasons.
The all white are the 5 day test matches, the coloured gear is either 1 day cricket or state matches
The wicket is only a 1" wide so it is incredible that they hit it from the side
It is a beautiful sport so easy yet so difficult to explain, its the game god play in summer
We just call it throwing the ball unless it is bowling the ball which is completely different from playing bowls😊
Australia have just got India out for 150, on the first day of the first test in Perth🙃
i used to play competitive cricket when i was younger. as a fielder once you have the ball in hand and the stumps lined up the release become almost automatic. only after the ball is released do you start thinking about the surroundings... my fav fielding spot was silly mid on .... reaction time in that location is critical, quick to intercept and just as quick to get it to the keeper or stumps....
They learn to throw both hands
Batters sometimes hesitate when running, leading to a mix-up between the 2, and someone is left scrambling to get back in. Usually, it is the batter on strike (the one facing the delivery being bowled) who calls the non-striker to run, or not.
When all white is being worn it means it's a Test Match, which is the oldest version of cricket and is played over several days.
When they wear colors it means it's a Day Match, a version that was introduced in the later part of the 20th century to have a result by the end of day.
The way you tell which players are in which team when they all wear white is that the players holding bats are from one team and everyone else are on the other team. Like in baseball where the batter and those on a base are one team and everyone else on the field are on the other team.
The Australian team has employed baseball coaches to assist with their fielding for a long time. Hence the similarity in the throwing actions.
You generally have a couple of left-handers on any cricket team, they're useful, especially as one of the Openers. But its also because it takes half a second to switch hands and with a run-out every moment counts, so you throw it left-handed if that's the hand the ball is caught in.
There are several ways of listing the top ten best teams in the world today. The ICC ranks the top 12 in test (5-day) cricket in Oct 2024 as: 1st Australia, 2nd India, then in order: S Africa, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan.
In cricket , stumping is something what wicketkeeper's do, the only person behind the stumps with the gloves
Anywhere in the world that there are Indians there is cricket, great to see you appreciating aspects of the game. In test cricket, the 5 day version where they wear white, it's a game of cat and mouse for long periods of time but at any ball something amazing can happen. And once you appreciate it on that level you can move on to loving a tensely fought out draw where neither side wins but it has been gripping watching the bowling side get that last wicket.
G'day Ryan, for your information Australia about 15 years ago got an American baseball fielding coach inn. Totally changed cricket world wide.
Yeap, have to be over the crease line to be "IN". And bat or feet have to be touching the ground. Quality reaction Ryan.
White cricket uniform is for test cricket (5 day match), country colours are 50/50, bright colours are local 20/20 competitions
Well played Sir, that will get your ERA up. Your ready for the Majors.
Sadly a terrific young up and coming player Phillip Hughes died on the pitch during a game, very sad, shows how dangerous and fast the bowlers can be. Love your work.
P.s. test game 5 days wearing white is like playing chess whereas a one day game (wearing colours) is more like checkers
playing club sports after school, through to as old as you like, is kinda routine in Australia. are adult sports uncommon in the US? here local sports clubs can also offer clubhouse with bar, restaurant, halls, etc to the general population. they are the recreational mainstay of many communities
A direct hit of the wicket is like essentially throwing it to a baseman in baseball before the batsman get to the base.
Ryan if you want to play cricket, you could show up to any suburban/town's cricket club just about anywhere in the Commonwealth and they'd find a spot for you. I stopped playing cricket at 48 and only then 'cause my knees gave up. Serious sports, in at least Aus, NZ and the UK, are played by local clubs and not in schools. Yes there are interschool competitions but the weekend sports clubs are where it all happens and the kids serious about their sports come up through the club system in age brackets into adulthood in various graded competitions.
never too old for cricket mate, any pub team would take you, most small towns will have a team to fit you on
Bless you for your cricket efforts. Very much appreciated. Test match series of Aust vs India starts today. Should be epic.
They hesitate because they don't have to run, they judge the risk and decide
If you want to see nuts at cricket, go watch Viv Richards' team; mesmerizing.
There are tactics involved with doing these direct hits. If the throw misses it can go past the stumps and concede more runs. Thus as a tactical decision sometimes the fielder, especially in limited overs one day games, may decide to hang onto the ball to not risk giving up runs from a miss.
We have lots of opportunities to play team sports. In almost every area there's local cricket teams (along with all other types of sports). Higher levels are club cricket, then state, then national.
8:15 She hesitated because she hit it directly to a fielder, but her patner ran anyway. In general if you hit a ball in front of aquare its the strikers call, and its the non strikers call when you hit it behind square (an imaginary perpendicular line from the batsman)
9:10 in baseball terms, he hits it to the pitcher who then throws it to first for the double. in cricket you can't get double outs, he just did that incase he didn't fully make the catch
The best cricket fielders are ambidextrous meaning they can throw both left and right handed accurately.. if you like check out indoor cricket Australia 🇦🇺
6:18 Check out Major League Cricket in the US; the game is available in the US.
You always want a couple of lefties in the team, batting or bowling, for much the same reason as in baseball.
Best batting lineups usually have a lefty and a righty as Openers.
The difference between a "direct hit" and throwing the ball to a team-mate at the wickets who then dislodges the bails is a lot. So direct hits often mean the difference between getting a batter out or not, plus it's way cooler. In cricket you're not forced to run if you hit the ball, this can cause confusion when one batter thinks they can make the run and the other thinks the opposite. There are no double outs, the batter hit the ball into the ground and the bowler fielded the ball and threw it at the wickets (very athletic and a great throw).
You were right the bat or batsman must be behind the crease not just on it.
The bat needs to be grounded when it crosses over the crease to be safe. You don't have to run with each strike of the ball so when the hesitation comes from the player facing the ball it's because they don't think there's enough time to make it to the other end.
In this video the teams playing are mostly Australian Men's and Women's State teams with the odd International game thrown in.
White uniforms are use for International test matches (5 day match) Colours are worn for shorter versions of the game, Limited 50 overs known as a One day International match as well as the local competition called T20 (Big Bash Series) which is a super fast version of the game with a few rule changes, basically swing at anything that comes your way and run, you only have 20 innings to pile on a biggest score you can..
1:26 going from left to right Cropped English cricket team logo, ENG short for england 2/145 means 2 of the 11 brits are out and the team total is 145 runs. Vince is one brit's name, the * means he's the one "facing"/ at bat/ having the ball thrown at him. 83 is his personal amount of runs he's scored, (169) is how many balls/deliveries/pitches he's faced. Root is the other British batter with 7 runs off 18 balls. Hazlewood is the bowler/pitcher, he has taken 0 wickets and the brits have scored 44 runs off of his deliveries. sometimes they show how many overs the specific bowler has faced as well but not in this graphic. and there's been 59 overs and 2 deliveries of the current over so 59.2 overs, at 59.6 it goes to 60, then the next bowler's first ball is 60.1. then past that there's a faint Australian cricket team logo
BTW its both mens & women's Teams also international games plus other types of first class cricket
you can tell the teams apart because 2 have bats, one has (generally) no hat (the bowler/ Hazlewood), and everyone else is standing in the middle of no where
Ryan, only the bowler needs to "bowl" the ball without a bent arm, fielders can throw the ball in any fashion they like. In fact they often employ baseball coaches to teach them how to throw the ball better. Back in the late 80s they started getting them over, it improved their throwing immensely.
Many elite players can throw accurately with either hand. Lots of field training hours put in.
I love cricket. It was something we all grew up with. Christmas with the family. Us girls know how to play, too. 😂 and football aussie rules. Prepared us for dealing with the bs today . 😂
Great reaction well done!
Watch the best catches Ryan, a treat!
Hi Ryan, love your enthusiasm. I recommend you watch Cricket explained for Baseball Fans - I think you would find it really helpful.
Run Outs can be more exciting even than Bowl Outs because you can see the ball going in, whereas Bowl Outs happen so fast you can blink and miss them.
"Why did she hesitate to run there?"
She didn't think she could make the run, but her batting partner had committed to the run so she felt forced to go in the end.
8:13 I think it's already been stated in the Comments, but if you're used to baseball you might assume that every time the batsman hits the ball he MUST run (and so you get these races for the crease before the fielders can hit the stumps) but in fact the batsman is NEVER obliged to run. It's his judgement if he thinks a run is achievable or not (you'll here the commentators joke about "Yes! No! Go back!" calls made by the batsmen as they decide if a run can be made in time).
Fielding techniques were lifted in Australia by an American fielding coach, Mike Young. The rest of the world has caught up (and past Australia?) a lot since the advent of T20.
Couple of fantastic catches today against India.
Hi Ryan, to help you with the scoring graphics, in the opening video, ENG 2/145 means that England has lost two wickets and has scored 145 runs (in every country other than Australia [maybe also in NZ, can't remember], this would be 145/2), Vince * 83 (169) mean that the English cricketer, Vince, is currently facing (i.e. being bowled at, as indicated by the asterisk) and has scored 83 runs off 169 balls faced, Root 7 (18) means that the Englishman, Joe Root has scored 7 runs off 18 balls faced, Hazelwood 0/44 means that the bowler is Josh Hazelwood and he has no wickets and has had 44 runs scored off his bowling and overs 59.2 means that so far in the innings, there have been 59 overs (sets of 6 balls) and 2 balls so far this over. Why are they all wearing white? Because whites (or creams) are traditional in cricket and this match is a test match, the oldest form of international cricket, so they wear traditional clothing. In one day internationals and T20s, they were coloured clothing. When one day cricket was first intorduced in the 1970s and 80s, it was often disparagingly referred to as "pyjama cricket" or the "pyjama game". How do you tell them apart? Well, England are the two batsmen and everyone else in the field other than the umpires are the Australians. Not that difficult, really. The green caps are called the "baggy greens" and are a treasured item for test cricketers. They get presented a baggy green on debut and some manage to keep the same baggy green (sometimes pretty dishevelled) throughout their test career. One of Don Bradman's baggy greens is about to be auctioned and has a presale estimate of AUD300,000 to 400,000. Interesting that you mention that some of the Aussie throws look like a baseball pitch. In the early 2000s, the Australian cricket team recognised that they could lift their game in fielding, which had been an overlooked but important skill in crocket, and hired an American baseball player and coach named Mike Young to coach the Australian cricket team in fielding. I think you can see that this worked. Bowling looks different to pitching because: 1. you are not allowed to throw the ball, i.e. the elbow must be held straight during the action and 2. you are allowed to bounce the ball, which makes it harder for the batsman to judge where the ball will go and often you can make the ball bend after the bounce. When you throw down the wicket, you want it to move fast and straight, so a direct throw or pitch is better. Yes, you are correct that the batman is aiming the "make his/her ground" by grounding (it must be touching the ground, not just in the air) their bat or some part of their body past the crease (touching the crease is not enough) before the ball dislodges the bail. You mentioned wanting to play cricket and the lack of opportunities for adults to play sport. I found a Facebook page dedicated to cricket in Indiana: facebook.com/indianacricket/ Maybe worth a look? No, it wasn't a double out from the guy in purple. The batsman hit the ball into the ground and it bounced up, so not caught out. If it were a catch, once the catch is taken, the play is over and you can't run out the other batsman. Today was day one of the first Australia-India tests of the summer, in Perth. It was an incredible day, with 17 wickets taken in a single day's play (very unusual). Australia did very well to bowl out India for 150 but are now struggling at 7 for 67.
your reactions are so pure
i would suggest you to watch live cricket matches to understand more and enjoy.
start with t20 matches. or you may react to cricket highlights of one of the greatest matches that have taken place.
3:26 - You were 99% correct. Although, it's not the wickets that are hit, it's the bails falling off the wicket.
I never used to be much of a cricket fan until last year when I became friends with one of the players from the Sydney thunder women's team. I watch her play fairly regularly now, either at the ground, or on TV if I can't make it. It's slowly growing on me, and I enjoy the short format version of the game, but I can't handle test matches. They're even way more drawn out than an NFL game, and I just lose interest.
You are doing well with your terms.
It is test cricket (5 day game) when they are wearing white uniforms.
The beauty with local cricket competition in Australia is there are grades 1st, 2nd and 3rd so even the unfit fellas like myself can still play.
Two of the best fielders in cricket history, in my opinion, were Jonty Rhodes (South Africa) and Ricky Ponting (Australia). Again in my opinion the greatest all-rounder - batting/bowling/fielding - was Jacques Kallis (South Africa) followed by Imran Khan (Pakistan).
It just took practice to hit the stumps from the outfield, a lot of practice. By 14 I could hit the stumps from the boundary but unfortunately I had thrown my shoulder out by 24.
Ryan, "club sport" is huge all over Australia. You can play team sport anywhere, from 7 to 70 years old. You just check out your locals, find a sporting club close to you in a sport you love, and join. 😅 Mind you, most of us do it for the clubhouse drinking/socialising after the game.
7:05 in cricket you have to cross that white line to be safe, if your bat was on that white line when bowl hits the wicket then it's considered as out
Ryan, its cricket season here in South Africa.. So, many South Africans will be watching and the season started with a visit by India.. Can't wait for the tests (5 - day games) to start.. ☺
@@TheHiltonblake So South Africans are watching the cricket being played in Western Australia! 😄
@@jenniferharrison8915 Yeah!.. I just checked the score over there.. 150 all out and 67/7?.. I expected a bit more tbh..
@TheHiltonblake Definitely not a good batting day! 😥
@@jenniferharrison8915 Your thoughts?.. 🤔
@@jenniferharrison8915 For sure.. Thought you guys would take advantage of India's low score and crack on!.. 😊