Cycling is a lot different to a bat and ball sport or kicking game. But golf yes. A few hours for a sport is the norm in the United States. As it is about getting bums on seats, marketing and sell merchandise and making money. Most longer sports don't make the $$$$ and in the US it's about profitability
I think it sounds absurd to people because when people hear about a 5 days match they often imagine that players play for 5 days continuously without a break AND audiences are just sitting home for 5 days straight in order to watch a game.. But in reality they only play for few hours each day
An American who moved to Australia fell in love with the game, he was lying on his couch and his wife said “what are you doing?” and he said “watching this test match” then the wife said “when are you going to mow the lawn?” came the reply “after this game”
Test cricket is considered the purest form of the sport. Sometimes it can be dull, but often it’s very exciting. Either way, both teams are tested in both skill and stamina, which is, after all, what it’s all about! I love test cricket, and I hope it lives on.
I learned to watch it and the strategies used. The shorter games are more of a slug fest and the bowlers bowl differently and now when the batters attempt to play test cricket, they dont have the same experience dealing with bouncers and keep on getting hit in the head & neck.
King im 54 and cricket has been a huge part of my life. Test cricket is the ultimate test of endurance tactics and skill. The beauty of playing a game over 5 days that can end in a thrilling draw is almost perfect to cricket lovers. Mad i know and alien to most non cricket playing people. You also have to realise how big cricket is world wide, its the 3rd most watched and played sport planet wide! This year and next month the t20 world cup will be played partly in the usa and is a good place for new watchers to see the basics of the game in action. Although its all about hitting and not the defensive part of the game its a fun three hours. As for a test match you dont tend to watch every second. Although many will follow it via radio tv or the internet, the ebb and flow is of the game is what is important. Im lucky this year ive got day 1 tickets for a test match in Nottingham my first since the early 80s and i feel like a kid going to see my first game again
As a English kid, I thought the same as you KB....why would anyone want to follow a game that can last 5 days. Then in my early twenties I had a friend who was really into test cricket and made me watch 'The Ashes' and I got it. It's great, you can sit out in the sunshine, turn the radio on, grab a cold beer and relax to it. Then, when it does near the end, the climax is even more intense because of how long these guys have been fighting for the result
If you are buying tickets to a first class match (or test match as they are more commonly known). You usually will only have tickets for one of those days. Only those hardcore retirees might have tickets for the entire 4 or 5 days.
@@adamdruett9107Or you're in some position of authority with decision-making powers and a company about whom you're making a decision gets you tickets. But they do it out of the goodness of their heart, and *definitely* do not want it to influence your decision, perish the thought....
There are different types of bowlers.......fast, spin, swing and seam. Speeds of delivery over 100mph have been recorded. The ball has a hard Portuguese core, size of a ping pong ball, then 2 layers of cork or leather. It is then wound with many layers of worsted string/yarn and then has a stitched leather cover. They must weigh between 15.5g - 16.3g and have a circumference of between 22.4 - 22.9cms according to the Kookaburra manufacturers in Australia. The balls are very shiny. They can feel like balls of timber when you catch them and they can wreck your hands and fingers! When the bowler delivers the ball their foot cannot go over the crease, white line, in front of stumps or wicket. There have been huge scores in 5 day test crickest, in the hundreds. Brian Lara scored 400 individual runs in a test in 2004 and he was not out at the time his team were declared the winners.
Test cricket is the absolute pinnacle of the game. It’s like reading a good lengthy book that is hard to put down. It ebbs, flows, has moments of incredible guts, heroics and spectacular action, bitter on field rivalries, occasionally can be dull but only if game is fizzling out to a draw. Once you understand the nuances and rhythm of the game it is thoroughly compelling. And it is called a Test for a reason.
I am a cricket Umpire and the guy in the middle is him (or her) is the Umpire. There are two they other one stands on the leg side of the batter. Players abuse opposition players all the time it is called "sledging" but they do it politely..... the wicketkeeper is the main one to do it...... if the batsmen misses the ball you will hear things like.... "great bowling, do that again and we can send him home to his wife .... oh no she left him".... or "why are you still here" or "does your wife play cricket"..... the list is endless
@@jimb9063 these new computer things allow you to speak and it types for you, so umpire doesn't need to see either the keyboard or screen. Its also amazing what you can train a Labrador to do these days.
Cricket Ball: cork core tightly wound with string then covered in leather, the seam is raised and stitched , the ball gets out of shape as it is used and bowlers will use the condition of the ball to vary their throw (ball). For example, 'seam' bowlers will use the seam of the ball to change the direction of the bounce. Spin bowlers use the wrist to spin the ball to change its flight and bounce. They bowl slowly Fast bowlers are exactly that they bowl fast aggressive high bounching balls
I’m a female and I love cricket. 🏏 I was very sick as a child and my parents put a TV in my bedroom and cricket was on. My dad gave me a copy of Wisden, the annual bible of cricket published since the 1850’s. Every copy tells you about all first class cricket matches played around the world. It also has the rules of cricket. Test matches can last up to 5 days, one day internationals, 1 day, 20/20 lasts 3-4 hours, the hundred ( 100 balls bowled) lasts a couple of hours.
Fun fact: The first ever international sporting event was a cricket match between Canada and the USA. George Washington is reputed to be a big cricket fan. Baseball is a relatively recent game based on the english game of rounders. Incorrect assertion in this video. Professional cricketers have been around since the mid 1800's and earlier. There used to be seperate dressing rooms for 'professionals' and 'ameteurs'
A cricket ball weighs 156 grams (5.5 ounces). It slightly smaller than a baseball. It has an outer casing of leather. There are 10 modes of getting a batter out and they Bowled, Caught, Run Out, Stumped, Hit Wicket, Hand Ball, Leg Before Wicket, Timed Out, Obstructing the Field, Hit the Ball Twice.
People seem to go to cricket matches for "everything else" such as sunbathing and alcohol. The cricket itself is hardly ever mentioned because it's deadly boring.
10:38 No, the batter is just trying to get inside the crease, if the bat gets in the crease and the batter's feet are still out, he's safe. The batter cannot deflect the ball!
@fayesouthall6604 it's just nice, isn't it. I find it to be relaxing. The hurly burly of life takes a back seat, and for that time, you can just get out of yourself and be content.
5 day cricket is the most technical because the aerodynamics of the ball and the condition of the pitch deteriorates from day to day. So the skills needed on day 1 are very different form those needed on day 5. The tv is on in the background at most homes & offices for 5 days and people keep an eye on things while they go about their day - stopping to watch when the match takes a sudden twist.
one aspect I love of having the TV on in the background, whilst your going about your day, your family n collages will always be asking "score?". or if you walking past the loungeroom, your dad might just call out "3 for 203" or "Scotty just got stumped". If your in earshot and you hear the roar of a wicket being taken, drop what your doing and run to catch the replays.
Cricket is the second most watched sport in the world, behind football (soccer), so it is much more popular than you might imagine. He made a really good video, but the biggest ommission for me was that when the bowlers change at the end of each over, they have to bowl from the opposite end of the pitch. So, you will see the fielders all changing positions to reflect this change in direction. Additionally, you will often see the better batsmen trying to make sure that they are at the right end of the pitch, for when the over ends, so that they will be batting first in the next over.
India and Pakistan are doing a lot of heavy lifting for those figures though. Which is fine of course but I think cricket fans tend to use that as a metric to bludgeon baseball fans with.
To your questions: Baseballs, 5 - 5.25 oz Cricket ball 5.5 - 5.75 oz To get the batting team out, all the players must be out, except for the last man. 10:00 "Home plate area" is the crease a line across the pitch. The batsman needs to get the bat over the crease to be safe".. 19:00 scoring. Broad would be bowling against reasonably good batsmen, you play your best first. Later batsmen often don't score very highly.
@@Verdant_Eternity The reason there are laws of cricket is because rules are specific for the different leagues and competitions. The laws are universal, covering all forms of the game from amateur club level to professional. For example LBW is a law, not a rule. The amount of overs to be played for a match is a rule because rules can vary between competitions. There are separate rules for limited overs matches, T20 matches, first class, test and amateur club leagues.
4:18 -- Yes it is called sledging where a player of opposite team tries to upset a player mentally. It usually results in a verbal duel with the official umpire having to break up the altercation.
If a bowler sends down a 'wide' or a 'no ball', the batting team gets an 'extra run', but the bowler also has to bowl the ball again to make up the six legal balls in an over.
The batsman cannot block the ball with his bat from a fielder throwing it at the wicket. The clip you saw was the batsman stretching his bat to reach the crease (base) before the ball hit the wicket.
and if a batsman does that, he/she will be given out by the umpire (if the fielding team appeals). Law 37, "Obstructing the field": A batsman can be given out for obstructing the field if he wilfully attempts to obstruct or distract the fielding side by word or action.
you can block you just are not allowed to change your line to do so, good batmen can manufacture a run by playing to a close in fielder then running the line that will block his path to the wicket, of course you want your partner to be in on what you are doing
@@chrisharris1522 Your case will be a very risky play by the 'good batsman' and a difficult decision for the umpire whether the obstruction was accidental or not. Law 37 speaks of "wilfully'.
@@Species1732 not really. I’ve never seen someone given out when legitimately sliding for the crease… You’re not obliged to keep your bat up when trying to make your ground.
1 - With the 'Runout' where the guy with the bat is running and the guy from the fielding team throws the ball at the stumps to hit them, the batter is not trying to use his bat to make contact with the ball, he is running towards the white line and trying to make his bat cross that line before the ball makes contact with the stumps. If the bat crosses the line first, he is safe, but if the ball hits the stumps before the bat crosses the line, that batter is out. 2 - When a batter is out (from any of a variety of ways as you saw), he is the only one that is out, and the other batter on the field stays in the game. The 'Out' batter walks off the ground, and then next batter in the line-up goes on the field to join the other batter. There are always 2 batters on the field, never just one. Everytime a batter is out, another batter comes in. The batting line-up will be shown many times when you watch a game on tv so as a viewer, you'll know who the next batter will be when one of the 2 batters on the field is out. 3 - The cricket ball weighs 156 grams for mens games and 142 grams for womens games. The outer casing is made of leather and has a wide seam stitched into it, which a bowler (pitcher) will use to do various things with the ball while it's in flight. Fast bowlers will try to make the ball swing in different directions, or make it change direction by hitting the seam when it bounces, and spin bowlers - who bowl slower than fast bowlers, are able to make the ball change direction when it bounces by spinning it in various ways. Whether a bowler is a spin bowler, or a fast bowler is determined by their own choice usually when they're growing up. Some people want to be fast bowlers, and some want to be spin bowlers. Also some people don't want to be bowlers at all and decide instead to concentrate on becoming great batters. A player *may* be a good bowler and a good batter, which is referred to as being an 'All Rounder'. But that takes a lot of talent and generally, players will be best at one or the other.
Love QI, although they were pretty much british back then no matter how much they don't like to admit it, hence why they changed all the sports to make it those only themselves ever play.
16:38 In professional cricket, there are three main formats, each with different time durations: 1. *T20 Matches* : These are the shortest format, lasting around 3 hours (typically 20 overs per side). 2. *One Day Internationals (ODIs)* These matches take about 7-8 hours (50 overs per side). 3. *Test Matches* : The longest format, spanning up to 5 days with about 6 hours of play each day, including breaks. Additionally, if the players are wearing white uniforms, it indicates a Test match. Colored uniforms are used for T20 and ODI matches.
The main thing he didn't explain and you asked about was the replacement of batters when one is out. Each team has 11 people. 2 are batting at a time. When one is out the next batter comes in just to replace the one who was out. The other member of the initial pair remains until he is out. The only complication is that you can't have just one person batting, so once 10 are out the innings ends. (incidentally, in cricket, innings is both plural and singular...there is no inning, that's how we tell its an American talking :)) Probably similar to baseball, the batsmen go in a specific order. The first two, the opening bats, tend to be 'defensive' players. i.e. they're generally safe, but don't hit the ball for 6 (a home run) very often. Then you get the bigger hitters come in, finally followed by the bowlers, some of whom don't even know which end of the bat to hold...I guess the pitchers are probably the same.
Also, if one of the first two (i.e. opening) batsmen in an innings is still at bat after all the other batsmen are out, they are said to have 'carried their bat'.
absolute crap about the first two batsmen being 'defensive players', they are there to establish a platform for the rest of the team when they are out and hopefully build a big score at the start of the teams innings.
@@davidlancaster4476 absolute crap? Did you ever watch Jeff Boycott :) a question, what stroke did he use to score the only 6 he is known to have scored in test cricket?
We always watch the five day games with the first few days being wednesday/thursday and friday and watching the game by popping into the tea rooms to see what over they are on and how many wickets have fallen, then we watch the last two days on weekends, popping into the TV room from the barbeque to stay in touch. Its great!
My dear chap, Cricket is a game for gentlemen You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out comes in, and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in, and the side that's been in goes out, and tries to get out those coming in. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When both sides have been in and out including the not outs, the winner is declared.... if there is one!
@alexhuxley3355 That's very funny - I had forgotten this phrase. The trouble with posting this type of very witty stuff on a non exclusively British place, is that you may unintentially confuse the already ignorant viewer. Most of these North American reacters do have the nuance to look up basic facts about subjects, but unfortunately some of them do not. I get very annoyed when said reacters watch US narrated and innaccurate clips, which is similar to the blind leading the blind. Regards from Halifax, Yorkshire, UK.
Batters used to be called Batsmen until women's cricket began. An 'OVER' was once 8 balls but we conformed to English 6 ball overs. Five days for a real TEST MATCH. For real crowds check the MCG (100,000+). All other forms of the game are subsidiary. Cricket ovals may vary greatly. AFL (Aussie Rules Football) began as a Winter fitness game for Victorian Melbourne players. You may block a ball with your body or bat or hat etc...
The cricket ball, made of a cork core, wrapped with string, and coated in stitched on leather. It is smaller but, heavier and harder, pretty much a shiny rock at the start. But gets softer as you go along (is it gets hit a lot, and bounces on 99% of deliveries). The same ball is used for at least 80 overs (in long form cricket) - then you get a new one if the innings is still going, or at the start of a new innings.
Remember, unlike the US, most of the developed world have at least 4 weeks of paid vacation so attending a 5 day cricket match is not a problem for die-hard cricket fans.
Cricket is a complex game but, being British, I understand it. When I attended a Baseball game in Seattle once, I couldn’t understand what was going on.
People who attend first-class county (3-day) or test cricket (5-day) don’t often attend every day. They’ll get tickets for a day. Some serious fans will do multiple days or the whole match. Important to remember that because Britain is relatively civilised, people get longer (paid) holidays than is common in the US, so people do have time, especially in the summer when cricket is played.
One of the key things that wasn’t discussed is that baseball pitchers ‘throw’ whereas bowlers in cricket have to keep a straight arm. Bowlers run up to the wicket rather than pitch from a static position and then follow through. You have a range of different specialisms in bowling just as pitcher can throw different types of pitch, but a bowler is classified by how and often when they bowl. Fast bowlers usually open the bowling and usually have the longest run-ups. Some opening bowlers are fast-medium but tend to be more accurate and cut and swing the ball at around 75-85 mph. True fast bowlers (express pace) will regularly bowl at above 90 mph occasionally reaching 100 mph. Baseball pitchers can be faster as they throw and one can throw faster than one can bowl. You also have medium-pace bowlers and leg (wrist) spinners and off (finger) spinners.
Whenever I hear Americans expressing surprise at multiple-day cricket matches, I tend to compare them with golf majors, in which the scores are aggregated over a series of rounds played on four consecutive days. A cricket Test match is quite like that.
The beauty of a 5 day game is there is so much opportunity for the game to change. One team can be on top for the first couple days, only for the momentum to change.. it is not uncommon for it to go back and forth between each team. It also allows the opportunity for some amazing athletic performances for batters and bowlers as they are really put to the test.. hence the name, "Test Cricket"... Sometimes the one batter (usually an opening batsman) can bat for days and amass a high score. The amount of concentration and skill required to last this long without being dismissed can be fun to watch.. Sometimes you don't watch all 5 days at once, you can step away for a few hours, come back later in the day, catch the highlights and pick up where you left off. The international nature of cricket also builds some great rivalries, particularly between Australia, India, England and South Africa (and other countries too)...
I love test cricket. It is so great to sit there each day watching the play. They have breaks for drinks, lunch and tea. Nothing better on a summer day.
You might want to follow up with "Mike Young is a former Australian National cricket team fielding coach", as well as a former US minor league and Australian baseball manager, player and coach. Wikipedia , Born: 21 December 1955 (age 68 years), Chicago, Illinois, United States, I remember trying to explain Cricket to Mike Young back in 1987 while we all had a few too many beers, it was real comedy. But Mike went on to be a valued member of the Australian Cricket Coaching Staff over the next decade or so.
@@stephenpine2448aussies are the only ones who can handle it judging by our trophy case. aussies sledge, you crumble. you sledge, aussies chuckle and point to the scoreboard
The world's most popular sports, 1 football (the one where players use their feet to move the ball around), 2 cricket, 3 basketball, 4 Tennis, 5 field hockey. I think the world baseball classic had around 30 million viewers, the world cup final has 1.1 billion viewers.
The pleasure of watching cricket is not derived from watching the game, but not watching it. You read a book, listen to a radio, then if something exciting happens, look up and clap while gently remarking to someone sitting nearby, 'good shot'. In recent years the fans are fully engaged and very loud, and IMHO are completely missing the point!!! Limited overs cricket is where the big money is for players, while to be considered a great player currently you almost always have to be great at Test cricket.
A couple of things that got missed out. The bowler's 'action' has to be a straight arm. He does not 'throw' it like a baseball pitch, or a fielder throwing the ball in. The momentum comes from the bowler's run up, & his speed at the moment of delivery. The ball itself is made of two hemispheres stitched together, and there is a distinct 'seam' that runs around the 'equator' of the ball. Some bowlers deliberately hold the ball so that when it bounces, it lands ON the seam, and can veer to left or right. Other bowlers can put a cross-wise spin onto the ball, either clockwise or anti. Again, when the ball bounces, it will rear off in a new direction, confusing the batsman. It's not all about sheer speed of delivery. 'Fast' bowlers take very long run-ups, to build up speed, and rely on the speed itself to defeat the bat. 'Medium' pace bowlers take shorter run-ups, but will try to bowl one of those types of deceptive deliveries. 'Spinners' typically take very short run-ups, relying on the unpredictable bounce to bamboozle the bat. The bowler knows what spin he is applying, but the batsman doesn't. When a spinner is bowling, there is little chance of massive boundary shots, so you will see the fielders crowding in more around the bat. That's just some of the dark arts of the bowler, but there are many more.
Boomer himself was sledging when he said 'Sounds like Broad is having a rough day...." Its funny when you know he is the bowler to be hit for 6 sixes twice.😂
Things to remember about sledging are that batsmen have to concentrate for long periods while playing, so it's a key tactic for fielders to break their concentration in the hope of getting them out, and also that international cricket involves long tours on the far side of the world from home, so it's tempting to suggest that a player's wife is, perhaps, _keeping herself busy_ while he's away. Here is a good article about it... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledging_(cricket)
Me and my Dad used to take the TV into the back garden when it was sunny and the neighbours would come around and we would chill for the weekend watching England v Aus\NZ\SA\Ind\Pak\WIndies... My Dad would let me drink bottles of lager when I was 12, it was great.
Perhaps one aspect that was overlooked was the ‘speciality’ of players - all players need to bat, but when fielding some players are better at bowling than others, and some players wouldn’t bowl at all. When batting, your best batters go in first, and the weakest batters go in at 9th, 10th, or last - but those players would be the star bowlers, able to hopefully do the most damage when their team is fielding. You do get ‘all rounders’ - players who are great at both batting and bowling, or the wicket keeper (the catcher behind the stumps) (when fielding) might also be a decent batter too. Then if you’re a bowler you tend to specialise in either pace - you’re a fast, or medium/fast bowler, and you’re looking to move the ball in the air - or you’re a spin bowler, who bowls slower but is aiming to deceive the batter with trickery, and is able to get the ball to break off left-to-right, or right-to-left, when it hits the ground. India and Pakistan have produced some great spin bowlers over the years as the pitch tends to be harder, drier, due to their climate and thus the ball will react more when spun with either a finger action or wrist action. Australia also had the great Shane Warne (RIP) as a great spin bowler back in the 1990’s, and 2000’s.
27:00 That's a run out situation. The batsman is trying to reach the pooping crease to compete the run and the filder is trying to brake the wicket for run-out. The batsman extended his bat to reach the pooping crease, not to block the ball (like a golie). If the batsman intentionally interfere with the ball and the fielder team appeals, the batsman will be given out for interference - it's called obstructing the field (another form of OUT) Like baseball every over has time limit, but not to specific over but the whole innings. In odi/t20 If you failed to complete the over within time limit , you have to bring player inside 30 yard circle as punishment , as result batsman will get advantage. If this repeat game after game , the captain will be punished - 2 match ban (like red card) , and match fee deduction.
Some didn’t even do it with words. I remember Jack Russell would deliberately not brush his teeth so that his breath stank around batsman. He was an awesome keeper but completely nuts 🤣
The ball is VERY similar in size, weight and construction to a baseball. It is a rubber core wrapped in twine and covered in leather just like a baseball. Its very slightly smaller and very slightly heavier. The main difference is that a cricket ball is also laquered with a hard shiny coating, as the ball is expected to last 50 overs (300 "pitches") before being replaced.
Didn’t mention the state of the pitch, which is hugely important and will determine the type of bowling to be used, and which bowlers will be selected to bowl by the captain. The state of the pitch is something which makes the test matches very complex, as it will change over the 5 days of play (depending on weather, humidity, the way the groundsmen have prepared the pitch prior to the game etc.) The state of the ball is also very important, as it will favour the bowler or batsman depending on how worn in it is. Test matches are more of an event than just a game and the tradition is to follow them on the radio when you’re at work, or to drag the telly into the garden at the weekend and doze in a deckchair with a cool drink, with the cricket in the background.
In cricket slang, a score of 222 is known as a double Nelson. A Nelson is 111 and named after Admiral Lord Nelson supposedly because he had 1 eye, 1 arm and 1 leg, the joke being he never lost a leg.
@@swanronson173 As Nelson never Lost his eye, I always preferred the New Zealand Explanation. There was a Team Called "Nelson" 130-150ish years ago, and they were dismissed for 111 in both their first and last ever innings as a team. There is also one about the 111 looking like the stumps without the bails. I also wonder if Graham Gooch felt his triple Nelson against India was an unlucky score :)
The Home Plate is known as the crease .if one batter is out the other batter remains at the crease and another batter comes in to play, if 10 players are out the innings is done. "p2" means the second Powerplay. The batter cannot use his bat to deflect the ball once the ball is in play( the batter at the crease can only whit the ball once per delivery). The 5 day test match is played frm 10 am to 4pm or 90 overs per day.
A cricket ball is harder and heavier, but smaller than a baseball; plus the seams(stitching) are different. A cricket ball consists of a cork core wound with string then covered in leather with a centre seam around the ball; while a baseball consists of either a rubber or cork center wrapped in yarn and covered with a white cover made from leather or composite material having horseshoe stitching around the ball.
There's so much I'd like to say on the back of this very good and informative video but I'll restrict myself to one comment - the guy holding out his bat as he was running wasn't trying to defend his wicket like a goalie (that would be so much fun) but was trying to reach with it in order to reach the crease/home plate before being run out.
To answer your question, there is a term called sledging that goes on in cricket. Its mainly the bowlers winding the batsman up, but occasionally the batsman will also try the same with the bowlers. One thing that never happens is sledging to happen in the build up to a ball being bowled. So to answer your question, they wouldn't be chatting shit whilst the ball is in play, the sledging happens between balls.
You probably already know but Cricket was played in America way before Baseball. Even the first ever international cricket match was held in the US against Canada in 1844. That's even before England etc.....played test matches (internationals).
couple of things: trash talking is done sometimes but it's not in the spirit of the game. Any violent behaviour will have the player pulled up for a penalty both in match fees and a temporary / permanent ban from playing in the game / series / year(s) / entirely. - The ball feels like a rock wrapped in hard leather. :) Hope this addresses some confusion around batting: Imagine the two ends of the pitch to be north and south. Two batsmen Alan and Brent come in to bat, take up position at each end of the pitch. Alan is at the north end and the bowler Mark (pitcher) is coming in from the south end to bowl. Ball 1: Alan swings and misses, no run is made Ball 2: Alan nudges the ball and both run to the other side to score one run. Now Brent is up to bat. Ball 3: Brent swings and they run. The complete one run and try to come back but the fielder throws the ball and breaks the wickets at the north end before Brent can make it back. (The fielder can go for whichever end they find easier.) So Brent is now 'run out.' Brent must not attempt to interfere with the fielder's throw in any way whatsoever. Doing so would be an automatic 'out'. Charlie comes in to replace Brent and is up to bat as Brent was heading north when he got put out. Ball 4: Charlie knocks the ball into the crowd for a six. The ball is caught by seven year old Timmy and he has to return the ball. Ball 5: Charlie nudges the ball, no run Ball 6: Mark oversteps the line when he is bowling, Charlie lofts the ball and is caught. But he is not out as the delivery is illegal. One extra run is added to the team score, this ball does not count. Ball 7 (Free hit): Penalty ball to be bowled because of #6. Mark breaks the wickets, but still Charlie is not out as there are no outs on a free hit (except a stumping or a run out) Second over up and now something happens. Steven comes in to bowl, but he will be bowling from the north end, to the south end, to Alan. In addition: - Every one must bat. Each player bats exactly once in an inning. Once he's out, he's out. No subbing. Even the bowlers. - A minimum of five bowlers MUST be used in the inning. No bowler may bowl more than 1/5th of the total overs in the match in case of limited overs cricket.
Just to advise...West Indies had a player called Michael Holding & England one called Peter Willey. There's a famous bit of radio commentary, explaining such, as the ball about to be bowled...The batsman's Holding the bowler's Willey...
Your question about a runner with their bat extended during a run is simply that, the bat being held in hand is counted as part of the body when making your ground (having a part of your body or a held bat behind the popping crease at the end to which you are running.
There are 108 countries listed as playing competitive cricket. That doesn't mean that nobody plays cricket in the other 187 countries, just that they don't have a formal "league". Baseball is considered a niche sport at this level.
Just FYI: a quick search for most popular/most watched sports gives numerous lists showing that there are roughly five times as many (2.5 billion) cricket fans as baseball fans (0.5 billion) worldwide. (Of course football/soccer leads with even more fans...)
@@philward6582I'd say Australia, Sri lanka, west indies Pakistan and India. But many countries have it as second or third favourite. I'm talking team sport not individual.
@@philward6582 There are about seven countries where Cricket is listed as the most popular sport. Basically just the indian subcontinent, plus some islands in the Caribbean. Baseball is most popular in Cuba, Venezuela, the Domincan Republic, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Reaching for the crease (the home line) is an attempt to stay “in”. If it’s an attempt to stop the ball hitting the stumps it might be out for obstructing the fielder (quite a rare dismissal). Unlike baseball, there can only be one “out” in a play/ball.
When a batsman (1) is out (either caught, bowled or run out), he leaves the field of play and is replaced by the next batsman (3) in the pavilion - the other batsman (2) remains at the wicket as he is not out. The innings ends when 10 of the 11 batsmen have been dismissed (as 1 batsman cannot be at the wicket on his own) or when the batting team decides to declare (usually when they have amassed a large score). A cricket ball is a hard, solid ball made from cork wound with string and covered with leather (it has a seam which allows the bowler to swing the ball away or towards the batsman). The ball weighs between 5.5 - 5.75 ounces, whereas a baseball weighs between 5 - 5.25 ounces. Test cricket matches (between International Teams) are 5 days in length and to win 1 team must dismiss the other team on 2 occasions (with the losing team having amassed fewer overall runs than the winning team). County cricket (between various English Counties last 4 days, with the winning team determined as per International cricket). Where a game is not completed (i.e. no team has been dismissed twice, this is a draw - sadly too often the outcome). The duration of a game is affected by weather, with rain reducing playing time.
4:38 - not necessarily at the time they're bowling, but abuse/banter does happen on the field. It's generally called 'sledging'. 5:54 - yes, the cricket ball is harder and heavier than a baseball. There have been deaths in cricket due to being hit by a ball, but they are, thankfully, very rare. 7:46 - no, if one gets out, then they're the only who is out, and just one is brought in to replace him/her. 10:25 - not quite, he's stretching to get back in the crease (the white line). If he deliberately obstructed the fielder from throwing down the stumps, that would be out. 16:10 - yes, a test match can last five days. And each day can have six hours and thirty minutes of play. So it is quite long! A 50 over game takes around 7 hours. A 20 over game should take around 3 hours (closest to baseball). 16:50 - cricket also has similar problems with over rates (the speed at which bowlers bowl overs). 18:00 - it is fair to say that T20 cricket is a lot more popular than the five day format for this reason. 27:48 - In terms of formats. Test cricket (five day) is played by about 12 countries, but it's only really popular in England, India and Australia. 50 over and 20 over cricket is more popular across the world, and there are world cups for both of those formats. There is also domestic cricket. So, for example, England has a test cricket team, and it also has a four-day cricket league (called the County Championship). Franchise cricket is generally the most popular now. This is T20 cricket played in leagues such as the Indian Premier League between teams comprised of individuals from various different countries. Good effort to learn it. The T20 World Cup is taking place in the USA and the Caribbean in June, by the way. If you wanted to watch cricket, T20 would be the easiest starting point.
Don't forget 'non-league' or 'friendly' cricket, played by village teams against each other, usually on a Sunday! There are some leagues for village teams, as well as 'corporate' or company teams, again either on a Sunday, or a limited overs match in the evening after work during the summer, when we actually get half-decent weather (!), as most matches will stop or pause during rain showers, to avoid injury from slipping, etc. The matches from county level upwards will have 'covers' that are brought on at this time, to cover the pitch and immediate surrounding area, to preserve the playing surface - if it got too wet, their spiked shoes would tear it up too much!
10:29 the batsmen is not putting his bat out to stop the ball, he is trying to get into his crease. If he tries knowingly to stop the throw from the fielder, he could be given out as handball.
Yes absolutely there is trash talking. It’s usually called sledging and the most intense I’ve witnessed is usually between England and the Australians. We are bitter rivals and we love to battle it out in the Ashes series. Our own mini competition so to speak
@10:30, the batter isn't trying to interfere with the ball, he is considerred safe when he or his bat goes over the line, sort of like in sprinting when the runners stick their heads out at the end
Baseball is basically a girls game Rounders that we used to play at school. The cricket ball is really heavy and can cause serious injuries. I played cricket with some friends when young and they were using a real cricket ball. I got hit on the leg, it was so painful and it was black and blue for weeks.
One thing you left out is that the new bowler bowls from the other end of the pitch after the current bowler completes his/her over. Every time a new bowler comes, bowls from the other end from the current bowler.
@@johnleonard9090 Heh, was thinking of the split box. There's a clip of Sir Viv talking about the aftermath of the same thing happening to Brian Close, who was sitting there having a fag while someone removed the box from his crown jewels with a pair of pliers. They had balls back in the day(at least for a while).
The ball is leather over cork and string. It's slightly heavier than a baseball, but its also smaller and harder. Head blows can be fatal but any body blow hurts. That's why batters wear pads.
You should check out "crickets best sledging moments" videos. You get the cricket and you get the harsh put downs. Theres some seriously comical interactions for you to catch up on.
To answer your questions - only the player at bat goes out and is replaced by another batter. The other one stays on the field (unless he was the one run out). And the batter running for the crease cannot hit the ball being thrown at the wicket to get him out. That would be a good addition to the game though!
10:30 It's Illegal to Block the Ball with the Bat . He wasn't trying to Block the ball from hitting the wicket, He was Extending his BAT to REACH the Crease Line /Home Base quicker. They can Do that with the bat.
Something I don't think they explained in this video was that after an over (6 balls bowled by the bowler), a new over is bowled from the opposite end by the new bowler. Then the next 6 balls from the first end and so on. Changing ends every 6 balls. The batsman stay where they are when a new over begins. Only the bowler changes, and changes ends. The batsman only changes ends when he scores a run.
16:50 cricket has formats = the test match is played for a maximum of 5 days ie. from morning to evening (max 90 overs in a day), played for maximum of 5 days. The 50-over format is called one-day international and is played for 50-overs both sides. The T20 format is the shortest format of 3 hours where both teams get 20 overs to play.
Used to see this explanation on posters and towels: "You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. " Hope that clarifies things.
When the batsmen run between the wickets, if they make either one or three runs, the bowler will now be bowling to the second batsmen; after an over is completed, the bowler is replaced by a new bowler who bowls from the other end of the pitch. When bowlers change, the fielders also change ends; and may still retain the position they were in, but from the other end. Normally, only the batesman deemed 'out' is replaced; there are rare occasions that both batsmen can be 'out'.
Just to correct something the guy said in the video a few times which is incorrect; he talked about “professional cricket” when really what he meant was “franchise cricket”. Cricket has had professionalism for a very long time (more than 60 years at least). All of the players playing for their international teams in Test cricket and ODI cricket (at least for the biggest cricket nations like England, India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka, etc.) are professional and even those in lower tiers of the game playing “representative cricket” for states, counties, islands (e.g. in the Caribbean) or regions will usually be professional too. But the T20 leagues all around the world where players from anywhere in the world get signed to big money contracts by franchises (like the MLB model) is a much more recent development in cricket, and these franchises are invariably about T20 cricket.
@@peterjackson4763 true. The 60 years I was referring to was more the point at which professionalism became the “norm” and the benchmark for the highest level cricketers across the board… at least in England. It was the point where the English first class cricket system went truly professional, instead of being a mix of pros and amateurs as it had previously been.
@@davidburke2132 Yes there was a mixture of professional and amateur cricket 60 years ago, but it didn't start or end then. The distinction became les obvious, but there were still amateurs playing first class cricket in 90s and there were fully professional teams over 200 years ago. In the 80s I was a member of a club in a league where clubs were (and are) allowed to hire one professional player.
I would say to an American, when someone says "professional" they mean franchise teams. The ODIs and Test players certainly get paid, but the point is to play for your country, even though they get paid for doing so.
@@loganleroy8622 maybe so, but in places like England, Australia, etc, the first class game is professional too (meaning county and state level) and has been for a very long time, not just those who play internationals for their nations.
As a cricket tragic I really enjoyed this. There are so many tactical nuances that weren’t addressed, which for many of us is the reason we enjoy watching the game. Oh, and cricket is many, many times more popular around the world than is baseball. 👍😎
Oh and a baseball is slightly larger and slightly lighter than a cricket ball. A cricket ball is also finished with gloss varnish that makes it harder out of the box, but this wears away after a while. The shiny finish on the ball means that it behaves very differently when new vs old, and you will see players run the ball (usually only one side of the ball) on their trousers to keep this shine for as long as possible. The degree wear and tear on the ball plays a significant roll in determining teams tactics.
The batsman wasnt trying to block the ball with his bat, it just looked like that from the perspective. He was actually just stretching out his bat to reach for the crease before the ball hit the stumps. Remember the bat counts as part of your body when detirmining if you are safe.
7:50 no the batter who is out is replaced by the next batter. But when there is last two standing batters, if one of them gets out the batting for that team ends. The batter who is not out cannot bat alone at last.
@8.01 nope, if the batsman is out then he is replaced with a new batsman, not a pair of batsmen. but there has been on very rare occasions that the 2 batsman are out. the strike batsman gets caught out, then the catching feilder throws the ball to get the 2nd batsman out. real quick thinking by the feilder, and a massive misunderstanding between batsman, usually causes this "double play". "home plate" we call that the strikers end, or the batsman is on strike.
A little TH-cam tip: When referring to a point in the video, if you put a colon between the minutes and seconds, it makes it clickable, linking to that moment in the video. Like this: 8:01 ☺️
A sketch you watched of Harry Enfield, think his name was George The Yorkshireman, used a reference to a cricket team (county cricket though lol), when he said to a black man "You'll never play for Yorkshire, no offence" he meant Yorkshire Cricket Club (YCC), which is in Headingley in Leeds right slap bang next to the two Leeds Rugby teams ground (Union and League teams).
@@ArnavA-un5gk That's because the baseball is thrown but a cricket ball has to be bowled. That is the arm must be straight during the last part of the delivery action (or as straight as it can be).
A cricket ball is 5.75 ounces, made from leather with a central core of cork like material. There is one central seem which stands proud of the ball surface and is a valuable aid to the bowler, in delivering variations of delivery. The two batsmen work in partnership but only the striker can be given out, except if he is run out by not making his ground by having a part of his body or bat if hel in hand behind the popping crease.
The five day matches are the most interesting when play continues through the night, and only 50% of the fielding side are allowed flashlights. A recent innovation was allowing the batter to be woken by the umpire if he falls asleep during slow periods
It was actually codified in Wisdens laws of cricket the 1884 edition, that the crowd could use a broom handle with a knitting needle attached to poke the umpire awake. Or a pea shooter though that is only in games on the continent
The batter with the outstretched bat wasn't trying to block or deflect the ball, he was desperately trying to extend the bat so it reached over the crease line at ground level before the ball reached the stumps and dislodged the bails. If his bat had crossed the line while being in contact with the ground, before the ball hit the stumps and dislodged the bails, the batter would not have been out. Hope that helps.
He forgot to mention that as matches take a day they always break for Tea and Sandwiches, with cake of course. Cake is an important element of the game and frequently discussed when a game is slow or it's raining. Taking a picnic to a match is all part of the fans experience. We don't really play baseball in the UK, we play Rounders. Similar to baseball but with a smaller bat and normally only played at junior school.
Biggest difference is that in cricket, the ball takes a bounce before reaching the batsman. This allows for the ball to break in all sorts of ways after the bounce. By bowling short you draw the batsman out of the crease, it can break to the leg, to the off side, and the best bowlers can disguise the type of ball completely. Pace bowlers can make the ball swing in all sorts of ways. OK, you can do similar stuff in baseball, but the idea that you can have a slow spin baller who can tie the batsman up in knots is simply not there in baseball. The great spinner Bishen Singh Bedi would barely take a walking start of two steps to bowl the ball. He could vary the length, the arc, the time of flight, the direction and amount of spin, the line, and put the ball on a dime every single time. In one over, no two balls were alike, and kept the batsmen guessing and making them miserable.
That running batsman wasn't trying to block the flying fielder, he was stretching out with his bat, trying to reach his crease before the ball could hit the stumps
Why are people shocked by a sport going for multiple days? Golf, cycling and many other sports go for multiple days.
Cycling is a lot different to a bat and ball sport or kicking game.
But golf yes.
A few hours for a sport is the norm in the United States.
As it is about getting bums on seats, marketing and sell merchandise and making money.
Most longer sports don't make the $$$$ and in the US it's about profitability
How about the World Series or any playoff series?
@@KikiBabe-km2mmyou can show ads after every 2 minutes isn't that profitable?
Also T20 is a very fun and profitable form of cricket
I think it sounds absurd to people because when people hear about a 5 days match they often imagine that players play for 5 days continuously without a break AND audiences are just sitting home for 5 days straight in order to watch a game.. But in reality they only play for few hours each day
Sounds like my marathon bed sessions in my younger days.
An American who moved to Australia fell in love with the game, he was lying on his couch and his wife said “what are you doing?” and he said “watching this test match” then the wife said “when are you going to mow the lawn?” came the reply “after this game”
Good Answer. Kkkkk
Many men from cricketing countries do this. It's a given haha
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That sound the right way round test first mow later
Should have been in 5 days time!!
Test cricket is considered the purest form of the sport. Sometimes it can be dull, but often it’s very exciting. Either way, both teams are tested in both skill and stamina, which is, after all, what it’s all about! I love test cricket, and I hope it lives on.
Hear hear.
Test Cricket is a game that can hold you on the edge of your seat for 5 days, and then be a draw. Love it.
I learned to watch it and the strategies used. The shorter games are more of a slug fest and the bowlers bowl differently and now when the batters attempt to play test cricket, they dont have the same experience dealing with bouncers and keep on getting hit in the head & neck.
i am indian but stokes winning inning against aus in Ashes 😃
It’s boringggggg..
King im 54 and cricket has been a huge part of my life. Test cricket is the ultimate test of endurance tactics and skill. The beauty of playing a game over 5 days that can end in a thrilling draw is almost perfect to cricket lovers. Mad i know and alien to most non cricket playing people. You also have to realise how big cricket is world wide, its the 3rd most watched and played sport planet wide! This year and next month the t20 world cup will be played partly in the usa and is a good place for new watchers to see the basics of the game in action. Although its all about hitting and not the defensive part of the game its a fun three hours.
As for a test match you dont tend to watch every second. Although many will follow it via radio tv or the internet, the ebb and flow is of the game is what is important. Im lucky this year ive got day 1 tickets for a test match in Nottingham my first since the early 80s and i feel like a kid going to see my first game again
Enjoy Trent Bridge. My home ground and a wonderful place to be.
As a English kid, I thought the same as you KB....why would anyone want to follow a game that can last 5 days. Then in my early twenties I had a friend who was really into test cricket and made me watch 'The Ashes' and I got it. It's great, you can sit out in the sunshine, turn the radio on, grab a cold beer and relax to it. Then, when it does near the end, the climax is even more intense because of how long these guys have been fighting for the result
That must have been the '05 Ashes. Not exactly representative but what a baptism!
The first international cricket match was in 1844 between USA AND Canada.
The batsman wasn’t trying to block the ball, he was trying to get his bat (part of his body) over the line. He was basically sliding for base.
And it’s actually illegal to deliberately block your wicket in the middle of a run.
If you are buying tickets to a first class match (or test match as they are more commonly known). You usually will only have tickets for one of those days. Only those hardcore retirees might have tickets for the entire 4 or 5 days.
@@adamdruett9107Or you're in some position of authority with decision-making powers and a company about whom you're making a decision gets you tickets.
But they do it out of the goodness of their heart, and *definitely* do not want it to influence your decision, perish the thought....
@@adamdruett9107no it’s not. If you do it intentionally it’s interfering with the field which is a form of dismissal.
There are different types of bowlers.......fast, spin, swing and seam. Speeds of delivery over 100mph have been recorded. The ball has a hard Portuguese core, size of a ping pong ball, then 2 layers of cork or leather. It is then wound with many layers of worsted string/yarn and then has a stitched leather cover. They must weigh between 15.5g - 16.3g and have a circumference of between 22.4 - 22.9cms according to the Kookaburra manufacturers in Australia. The balls are very shiny. They can feel like balls of timber when you catch them and they can wreck your hands and fingers! When the bowler delivers the ball their foot cannot go over the crease, white line, in front of stumps or wicket. There have been huge scores in 5 day test crickest, in the hundreds. Brian Lara scored 400 individual runs in a test in 2004 and he was not out at the time his team were declared the winners.
Test cricket is the absolute pinnacle of the game. It’s like reading a good lengthy book that is hard to put down. It ebbs, flows, has moments of incredible guts, heroics and spectacular action, bitter on field rivalries, occasionally can be dull but only if game is fizzling out to a draw. Once you understand the nuances and rhythm of the game it is thoroughly compelling. And it is called a Test for a reason.
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I am a cricket Umpire and the guy in the middle is him (or her) is the Umpire. There are two they other one stands on the leg side of the batter. Players abuse opposition players all the time it is called "sledging" but they do it politely..... the wicketkeeper is the main one to do it...... if the batsmen misses the ball you will hear things like.... "great bowling, do that again and we can send him home to his wife .... oh no she left him".... or "why are you still here" or "does your wife play cricket"..... the list is endless
I'm amazed, most of the umps I've known wouldn't have had good enough eyesight to write all that....
@@jimb9063 these new computer things allow you to speak and it types for you, so umpire doesn't need to see either the keyboard or screen.
Its also amazing what you can train a Labrador to do these days.
What the players aren't allowed to do is talk during the bowler's run up and delivery. Chatter amongst them can only occur when the ball is dead.
Cricket Ball: cork core tightly wound with string then covered in leather, the seam is raised and stitched , the ball gets out of shape as it is used and bowlers will use the condition of the ball to vary their throw (ball). For example, 'seam' bowlers will use the seam of the ball to change the direction of the bounce.
Spin bowlers use the wrist to spin the ball to change its flight and bounce. They bowl slowly
Fast bowlers are exactly that they bowl fast aggressive high bounching balls
I’m a female and I love cricket. 🏏 I was very sick as a child and my parents put a TV in my bedroom and cricket was on. My dad gave me a copy of Wisden, the annual bible of cricket published since the 1850’s. Every copy tells you about all first class cricket matches played around the world. It also has the rules of cricket. Test matches can last up to 5 days, one day internationals, 1 day, 20/20 lasts 3-4 hours, the hundred ( 100 balls bowled) lasts a couple of hours.
Can I have a chance by any chance👉👈
You must’ve been even more gutted than most when it was rained off 😢
Ummm. Are you REALLY a FEmale? Let's give you a Test.
Who was the Asian Batsmen in The Surrey C.C. County winning side in 1970 ?
Kids Love T20I Match
Mens Love ODIs Match
Legend Loves Test Match
Wer r from?
Fun fact: The first ever international sporting event was a cricket match between Canada and the USA. George Washington is reputed to be a big cricket fan.
Baseball is a relatively recent game based on the english game of rounders.
Incorrect assertion in this video. Professional cricketers have been around since the mid 1800's and earlier. There used to be seperate dressing rooms for 'professionals' and 'ameteurs'
Baseball is a children's game in Britain, we call it Rounders....
Scrolling through the comments, wondering if someone would say it😊
Mainly played by girls.
@@gigmcsweeney8566 you've made the original comment even worse! 😊
@@myoldmate You mean "better" ;)
Played in primary/elementary schools. Then kids move on to something more grown up. 😁
A cricket ball weighs 156 grams (5.5 ounces). It slightly smaller than a baseball. It has an outer casing of leather. There are 10 modes of getting a batter out and they Bowled, Caught, Run Out, Stumped, Hit Wicket, Hand Ball, Leg Before Wicket, Timed Out, Obstructing the Field, Hit the Ball Twice.
One of the best sports to watch live. Sunny day, few beers, hard to beat.
Is it f
Hamper, sandwiches, pies,
People seem to go to cricket matches for "everything else" such as sunbathing and alcohol. The cricket itself is hardly ever mentioned because it's deadly boring.
@@tonyetchells6051 Boring to you, not to a lot of people.
@tonyetchells6051. "it's deadly boring" to you! I can stand and watch an under-12's match for an hour or two, quite happily, on a nice day.
10:38 No, the batter is just trying to get inside the crease, if the bat gets in the crease and the batter's feet are still out, he's safe. The batter cannot deflect the ball!
He can, just not intentionally. If the ball hit his bat there, he wouldn't be out. But ultimately it's the umpire's call
A 5 match test series ......25 days in total!!!! Now that's a proper way to spend a summer!!! ;-)
Fantastic
I listen to the tests at work on my radio, love it.
A Summer of a 5 match test is heaven to me.
@@myoldmate I love listening to cricket on the radio.
@fayesouthall6604 it's just nice, isn't it.
I find it to be relaxing. The hurly burly of life takes a back seat, and for that time, you can just get out of yourself and be content.
@@myoldmate Yeah it's the best on radio.
5 day cricket is the most technical because the aerodynamics of the ball and the condition of the pitch deteriorates from day to day. So the skills needed on day 1 are very different form those needed on day 5. The tv is on in the background at most homes & offices for 5 days and people keep an eye on things while they go about their day - stopping to watch when the match takes a sudden twist.
one aspect I love of having the TV on in the background, whilst your going about your day, your family n collages will always be asking "score?". or if you walking past the loungeroom, your dad might just call out "3 for 203" or "Scotty just got stumped". If your in earshot and you hear the roar of a wicket being taken, drop what your doing and run to catch the replays.
Cricket is the second most watched sport in the world, behind football (soccer), so it is much more popular than you might imagine. He made a really good video, but the biggest ommission for me was that when the bowlers change at the end of each over, they have to bowl from the opposite end of the pitch. So, you will see the fielders all changing positions to reflect this change in direction. Additionally, you will often see the better batsmen trying to make sure that they are at the right end of the pitch, for when the over ends, so that they will be batting first in the next over.
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He also forgot to mention the various speeds of bowlers and the fact the ball is bowled and not thrown!
India and Pakistan are doing a lot of heavy lifting for those figures though. Which is fine of course but I think cricket fans tend to use that as a metric to bludgeon baseball fans with.
also would have liked them to show what a scorecard looks like.
To your questions:
Baseballs, 5 - 5.25 oz
Cricket ball 5.5 - 5.75 oz
To get the batting team out, all the players must be out, except for the last man.
10:00 "Home plate area" is the crease a line across the pitch. The batsman needs to get the bat over the crease to be safe"..
19:00 scoring. Broad would be bowling against reasonably good batsmen, you play your best first. Later batsmen often don't score very highly.
Cricket has no rules.
It has LAWS.
That's how serious it is.
I think you mean that's how pretentious it is.
@@Verdant_Eternity The reason there are laws of cricket is because rules are specific for the different leagues and competitions. The laws are universal, covering all forms of the game from amateur club level to professional. For example LBW is a law, not a rule. The amount of overs to be played for a match is a rule because rules can vary between competitions. There are separate rules for limited overs matches, T20 matches, first class, test and amateur club leagues.
@@Rhubba Correct
@@loganleroy8622 sit down you muppet
No need to get technical. Bowie.
4:18 -- Yes it is called sledging where a player of opposite team tries to upset a player mentally. It usually results in a verbal duel with the official umpire having to break up the altercation.
Oh yes sledging is a thing. More often the fielding side trying to put off the batsmen though.
Not between non-striker and bowler with the umpire there.
@@rocketrabble6737 It's rare, but it happens sometimes. More common for the on strike batter and bowler to have verbal altercations
@@OlivibenBowlers have to be a bit careful with how much they say within earshot of the umpires.
If a bowler sends down a 'wide' or a 'no ball', the batting team gets an 'extra run', but the bowler also has to bowl the ball again to make up the six legal balls in an over.
The batsman cannot block the ball with his bat from a fielder throwing it at the wicket. The clip you saw was the batsman stretching his bat to reach the crease (base) before the ball hit the wicket.
Yes there is a line at each end of the pitch a few feet in front of the stumps (crease) that the batters have to cross to be safe
and if a batsman does that, he/she will be given out by the umpire (if the fielding team appeals). Law 37, "Obstructing the field": A batsman can be given out for obstructing the field if he wilfully attempts to obstruct or distract the fielding side by word or action.
you can block you just are not allowed to change your line to do so, good batmen can manufacture a run by playing to a close in fielder then running the line that will block his path to the wicket, of course you want your partner to be in on what you are doing
@@chrisharris1522 Your case will be a very risky play by the 'good batsman' and a difficult decision for the umpire whether the obstruction was accidental or not.
Law 37 speaks of "wilfully'.
@@Species1732 not really. I’ve never seen someone given out when legitimately sliding for the crease…
You’re not obliged to keep your bat up when trying to make your ground.
1 - With the 'Runout' where the guy with the bat is running and the guy from the fielding team throws the ball at the stumps to hit them, the batter is not trying to use his bat to make contact with the ball, he is running towards the white line and trying to make his bat cross that line before the ball makes contact with the stumps. If the bat crosses the line first, he is safe, but if the ball hits the stumps before the bat crosses the line, that batter is out. 2 - When a batter is out (from any of a variety of ways as you saw), he is the only one that is out, and the other batter on the field stays in the game. The 'Out' batter walks off the ground, and then next batter in the line-up goes on the field to join the other batter. There are always 2 batters on the field, never just one. Everytime a batter is out, another batter comes in. The batting line-up will be shown many times when you watch a game on tv so as a viewer, you'll know who the next batter will be when one of the 2 batters on the field is out. 3 - The cricket ball weighs 156 grams for mens games and 142 grams for womens games. The outer casing is made of leather and has a wide seam stitched into it, which a bowler (pitcher) will use to do various things with the ball while it's in flight. Fast bowlers will try to make the ball swing in different directions, or make it change direction by hitting the seam when it bounces, and spin bowlers - who bowl slower than fast bowlers, are able to make the ball change direction when it bounces by spinning it in various ways. Whether a bowler is a spin bowler, or a fast bowler is determined by their own choice usually when they're growing up. Some people want to be fast bowlers, and some want to be spin bowlers. Also some people don't want to be bowlers at all and decide instead to concentrate on becoming great batters. A player *may* be a good bowler and a good batter, which is referred to as being an 'All Rounder'. But that takes a lot of talent and generally, players will be best at one or the other.
I learned today, on an episode of QI that recently aired here in Australia, cricket was George Washington’s favourite game.
Oh wow!
Love QI, although they were pretty much british back then no matter how much they don't like to admit it, hence why they changed all the sports to make it those only themselves ever play.
Well he was born here
@@matthewpreston28 He wasnt, but its ok, how did the saddlers get on this year mate?
Based🤝🏽
16:38
In professional cricket, there are three main formats, each with different time durations:
1. *T20 Matches* : These are the shortest format, lasting around 3 hours (typically 20 overs per side).
2. *One Day Internationals (ODIs)* These matches take about 7-8 hours (50 overs per side).
3. *Test Matches* : The longest format, spanning up to 5 days with about 6 hours of play each day, including breaks.
Additionally, if the players are wearing white uniforms, it indicates a Test match. Colored uniforms are used for T20 and ODI matches.
The main thing he didn't explain and you asked about was the replacement of batters when one is out. Each team has 11 people. 2 are batting at a time. When one is out the next batter comes in just to replace the one who was out. The other member of the initial pair remains until he is out. The only complication is that you can't have just one person batting, so once 10 are out the innings ends. (incidentally, in cricket, innings is both plural and singular...there is no inning, that's how we tell its an American talking :))
Probably similar to baseball, the batsmen go in a specific order. The first two, the opening bats, tend to be 'defensive' players. i.e. they're generally safe, but don't hit the ball for 6 (a home run) very often. Then you get the bigger hitters come in, finally followed by the bowlers, some of whom don't even know which end of the bat to hold...I guess the pitchers are probably the same.
Also, if one of the first two (i.e. opening) batsmen in an innings is still at bat after all the other batsmen are out, they are said to have 'carried their bat'.
absolute crap about the first two batsmen being 'defensive players', they are there to establish a platform for the rest of the team when they are out and hopefully build a big score at the start of the teams innings.
@@davidlancaster4476 absolute crap? Did you ever watch Jeff Boycott :) a question, what stroke did he use to score the only 6 he is known to have scored in test cricket?
@@deanb61Barry Richards was a pretty aggressive batter
Can we agree that the opening bats tend to have a very good defensive technique (Ben Duckett apart) when required?
Best wishes
We always watch the five day games with the first few days being wednesday/thursday and friday and watching the game by popping into the tea rooms to see what over they are on and how many wickets have fallen, then we watch the last two days on weekends, popping into the TV room from the barbeque to stay in touch. Its great!
My dear chap, Cricket is a game for gentlemen
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out comes in, and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in, and the side that's been in goes out, and tries to get out those coming in. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When both sides have been in and out including the not outs, the winner is declared.... if there is one!
That old chestnut
It stopped being gentlemanly ages ago ... ask the aussies.
@alexhuxley3355 That's very funny - I had forgotten this phrase. The trouble with posting this type of very witty stuff on a non exclusively British place, is that you may unintentially confuse the already ignorant viewer. Most of these North American reacters do have the nuance to look up basic facts about subjects, but unfortunately some of them do not. I get very annoyed when said reacters watch US narrated and innaccurate clips, which is similar to the blind leading the blind. Regards from Halifax, Yorkshire, UK.
@@stephenpine2448Aussies living in your head rent free
@@stevepage5813 "You can't handle the TRUTH"
Batters used to be called Batsmen until women's cricket began. An 'OVER' was once 8 balls but we conformed to English 6 ball overs. Five days for a real TEST MATCH. For real crowds check the MCG (100,000+). All other forms of the game are subsidiary. Cricket ovals may vary greatly. AFL (Aussie Rules Football) began as a Winter fitness game for Victorian Melbourne players. You may block a ball with your body or bat or hat etc...
The cricket ball, made of a cork core, wrapped with string, and coated in stitched on leather. It is smaller but, heavier and harder, pretty much a shiny rock at the start. But gets softer as you go along (is it gets hit a lot, and bounces on 99% of deliveries). The same ball is used for at least 80 overs (in long form cricket) - then you get a new one if the innings is still going, or at the start of a new innings.
Cork & string feels misleading to the hardness, when it feels like a ball of concrete :)
@@n_mckean 100% it sounds like it too if you bounce it on concrete, just sounds like another block of concrete.
Baseball+brain+technique+laws=cricket
Remember, unlike the US, most of the developed world have at least 4 weeks of paid vacation so attending a 5 day cricket match is not a problem for die-hard cricket fans.
Cricket is a complex game but, being British, I understand it. When I attended a Baseball game in Seattle once, I couldn’t understand what was going on.
People who attend first-class county (3-day) or test cricket (5-day) don’t often attend every day. They’ll get tickets for a day. Some serious fans will do multiple days or the whole match. Important to remember that because Britain is relatively civilised, people get longer (paid) holidays than is common in the US, so people do have time, especially in the summer when cricket is played.
One of the key things that wasn’t discussed is that baseball pitchers ‘throw’ whereas bowlers in cricket have to keep a straight arm. Bowlers run up to the wicket rather than pitch from a static position and then follow through.
You have a range of different specialisms in bowling just as pitcher can throw different types of pitch, but a bowler is classified by how and often when they bowl. Fast bowlers usually open the bowling and usually have the longest run-ups. Some opening bowlers are fast-medium but tend to be more accurate and cut and swing the ball at around 75-85 mph.
True fast bowlers (express pace) will regularly bowl at above 90 mph occasionally reaching 100 mph. Baseball pitchers can be faster as they throw and one can throw faster than one can bowl. You also have medium-pace bowlers and leg (wrist) spinners and off (finger) spinners.
Whenever I hear Americans expressing surprise at multiple-day cricket matches, I tend to compare them with golf majors, in which the scores are aggregated over a series of rounds played on four consecutive days. A cricket Test match is quite like that.
@@leohickey4953same. It’s not unusual.
The beauty of a 5 day game is there is so much opportunity for the game to change. One team can be on top for the first couple days, only for the momentum to change.. it is not uncommon for it to go back and forth between each team. It also allows the opportunity for some amazing athletic performances for batters and bowlers as they are really put to the test.. hence the name, "Test Cricket"... Sometimes the one batter (usually an opening batsman) can bat for days and amass a high score. The amount of concentration and skill required to last this long without being dismissed can be fun to watch.. Sometimes you don't watch all 5 days at once, you can step away for a few hours, come back later in the day, catch the highlights and pick up where you left off. The international nature of cricket also builds some great rivalries, particularly between Australia, India, England and South Africa (and other countries too)...
I love test cricket. It is so great to sit there each day watching the play. They have breaks for drinks, lunch and tea. Nothing better on a summer day.
You might want to follow up with "Mike Young is a former Australian National cricket team fielding coach", as well as a former US minor league and Australian baseball manager, player and coach. Wikipedia , Born: 21 December 1955 (age 68 years), Chicago, Illinois, United States, I remember trying to explain Cricket to Mike Young back in 1987 while we all had a few too many beers, it was real comedy. But Mike went on to be a valued member of the Australian Cricket Coaching Staff over the next decade or so.
Trash talking by the bowler (pitcher) to the batsmen is part of the culture and is known as sledging, the Australians are renowned for it.
The Aussies are also famous for NOT being able to take it.
That's the English mate@@stephenpine2448
@@stephenpine2448aussies are the only ones who can handle it judging by our trophy case. aussies sledge, you crumble. you sledge, aussies chuckle and point to the scoreboard
watch your mouth and wash it , only a pom can say something like that.... 😗
@@stephenpine2448 WHAT DO YOU MEAN
The world's most popular sports, 1 football (the one where players use their feet to move the ball around), 2 cricket, 3 basketball, 4 Tennis, 5 field hockey. I think the world baseball classic had around 30 million viewers, the world cup final has 1.1 billion viewers.
The pleasure of watching cricket is not derived from watching the game, but not watching it. You read a book, listen to a radio, then if something exciting happens, look up and clap while gently remarking to someone sitting nearby, 'good shot'. In recent years the fans are fully engaged and very loud, and IMHO are completely missing the point!!!
Limited overs cricket is where the big money is for players, while to be considered a great player currently you almost always have to be great at Test cricket.
Don't forget the six pints of cider
Tories when their sports develop atmosphere
@@wallythewondercorncake8657 6 pints per over 😁
cricket is a very technical game with a significant amount of complexity.
A couple of things that got missed out. The bowler's 'action' has to be a straight arm. He does not 'throw' it like a baseball pitch, or a fielder throwing the ball in. The momentum comes from the bowler's run up, & his speed at the moment of delivery. The ball itself is made of two hemispheres stitched together, and there is a distinct 'seam' that runs around the 'equator' of the ball. Some bowlers deliberately hold the ball so that when it bounces, it lands ON the seam, and can veer to left or right. Other bowlers can put a cross-wise spin onto the ball, either clockwise or anti. Again, when the ball bounces, it will rear off in a new direction, confusing the batsman. It's not all about sheer speed of delivery. 'Fast' bowlers take very long run-ups, to build up speed, and rely on the speed itself to defeat the bat. 'Medium' pace bowlers take shorter run-ups, but will try to bowl one of those types of deceptive deliveries. 'Spinners' typically take very short run-ups, relying on the unpredictable bounce to bamboozle the bat. The bowler knows what spin he is applying, but the batsman doesn't. When a spinner is bowling, there is little chance of massive boundary shots, so you will see the fielders crowding in more around the bat.
That's just some of the dark arts of the bowler, but there are many more.
From memory, the ball is made of cork composite, with a leather covering.
I love that they mention the code of conduct, and the unwritten rules, whilst completely ignoring sledging.
03:58 yep it's caled sledging and is a huge part of the sport, especially towards the person batting on strike
yes, it happens. Mostly with bowler (pitcher) and wicket keeper(catcher) agitating the batter.
@@Simbu.or the slips or the mid on/mid off. In fact anyone.
Boomer himself was sledging when he said 'Sounds like Broad is having a rough day...." Its funny when you know he is the bowler to be hit for 6 sixes twice.😂
Well they do have to do something to entertain themselves while they stand in the field all day.
Things to remember about sledging are that batsmen have to concentrate for long periods while playing, so it's a key tactic for fielders to break their concentration in the hope of getting them out, and also that international cricket involves long tours on the far side of the world from home, so it's tempting to suggest that a player's wife is, perhaps, _keeping herself busy_ while he's away.
Here is a good article about it...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledging_(cricket)
Me and my Dad used to take the TV into the back garden when it was sunny and the neighbours would come around and we would chill for the weekend watching England v Aus\NZ\SA\Ind\Pak\WIndies... My Dad would let me drink bottles of lager when I was 12, it was great.
Perhaps one aspect that was overlooked was the ‘speciality’ of players - all players need to bat, but when fielding some players are better at bowling than others, and some players wouldn’t bowl at all. When batting, your best batters go in first, and the weakest batters go in at 9th, 10th, or last - but those players would be the star bowlers, able to hopefully do the most damage when their team is fielding.
You do get ‘all rounders’ - players who are great at both batting and bowling, or the wicket keeper (the catcher behind the stumps) (when fielding) might also be a decent batter too.
Then if you’re a bowler you tend to specialise in either pace - you’re a fast, or medium/fast bowler, and you’re looking to move the ball in the air - or you’re a spin bowler, who bowls slower but is aiming to deceive the batter with trickery, and is able to get the ball to break off left-to-right, or right-to-left, when it hits the ground. India and Pakistan have produced some great spin bowlers over the years as the pitch tends to be harder, drier, due to their climate and thus the ball will react more when spun with either a finger action or wrist action. Australia also had the great Shane Warne (RIP) as a great spin bowler back in the 1990’s, and 2000’s.
27:00 That's a run out situation.
The batsman is trying to reach the pooping crease to compete the run and the filder is trying to brake the wicket for run-out.
The batsman extended his bat to reach the pooping crease, not to block the ball (like a golie).
If the batsman intentionally interfere with the ball and the fielder team appeals, the batsman will be given out for interference - it's called obstructing the field (another form of OUT)
Like baseball every over has time limit, but not to specific over but the whole innings. In odi/t20 If you failed to complete the over within time limit , you have to bring player inside 30 yard circle as punishment , as result batsman will get advantage.
If this repeat game after game , the captain will be punished - 2 match ban (like red card) , and match fee deduction.
’Shit talking’ is directed at the ’batter’ facing the ball. Usually by the ’catcher’.
Unless they are Australian and then it's directed at everyone from everyone.
@@PHDarrenincluding the crowd
And in cricket, it's called "Sledging".
Some didn’t even do it with words. I remember Jack Russell would deliberately not brush his teeth so that his breath stank around batsman. He was an awesome keeper but completely nuts 🤣
No I say BATSMEN OR BATSWOMEN, i will never say Batter which is in the Woke dictionary!
The ball is VERY similar in size, weight and construction to a baseball. It is a rubber core wrapped in twine and covered in leather just like a baseball. Its very slightly smaller and very slightly heavier. The main difference is that a cricket ball is also laquered with a hard shiny coating, as the ball is expected to last 50 overs (300 "pitches") before being replaced.
Didn’t mention the state of the pitch, which is hugely important and will determine the type of bowling to be used, and which bowlers will be selected to bowl by the captain. The state of the pitch is something which makes the test matches very complex, as it will change over the 5 days of play (depending on weather, humidity, the way the groundsmen have prepared the pitch prior to the game etc.) The state of the ball is also very important, as it will favour the bowler or batsman depending on how worn in it is. Test matches are more of an event than just a game and the tradition is to follow them on the radio when you’re at work, or to drag the telly into the garden at the weekend and doze in a deckchair with a cool drink, with the cricket in the background.
Pure heaven.
The "Target" of 222 isn't the score that India got, They Scored 221, 222+ is the winning score, 221 would be a draw and anything less would be a loss.
In cricket slang, a score of 222 is known as a double Nelson. A Nelson is 111 and named after Admiral Lord Nelson supposedly because he had 1 eye, 1 arm and 1 leg, the joke being he never lost a leg.
@@swanronson173 As Nelson never Lost his eye, I always preferred the New Zealand Explanation.
There was a Team Called "Nelson" 130-150ish years ago, and they were dismissed for 111 in both their first and last ever innings as a team.
There is also one about the 111 looking like the stumps without the bails.
I also wonder if Graham Gooch felt his triple Nelson against India was an unlucky score :)
Actually if if the opposition scored 221 like India did this would be a tie not a draw
@@daveelliott5855 I accept your Pedantry :)
@@daveelliott5855 I think the distinction between tie and draw, is only really relevant in the longer (non limited overs) games.
The Home Plate is known as the crease .if one batter is out the other batter remains at the crease and another batter comes in to play, if 10 players are out the innings is done. "p2" means the second Powerplay. The batter cannot use his bat to deflect the ball once the ball is in play( the batter at the crease can only whit the ball once per delivery). The 5 day test match is played frm 10 am to 4pm or 90 overs per day.
T20 World Cup is being played in the Caribbean but also in the States and that includes Florida and also Texas and New York details on the internet.
A cricket ball is harder and heavier, but smaller than a baseball; plus the seams(stitching) are different. A cricket ball consists of a cork core wound with string then covered in leather with a centre seam around the ball; while a baseball consists of either a rubber or cork center wrapped in yarn and covered with a white cover made from leather or composite material having horseshoe stitching around the ball.
There's so much I'd like to say on the back of this very good and informative video but I'll restrict myself to one comment - the guy holding out his bat as he was running wasn't trying to defend his wicket like a goalie (that would be so much fun) but was trying to reach with it in order to reach the crease/home plate before being run out.
To answer your question, there is a term called sledging that goes on in cricket. Its mainly the bowlers winding the batsman up, but occasionally the batsman will also try the same with the bowlers. One thing that never happens is sledging to happen in the build up to a ball being bowled. So to answer your question, they wouldn't be chatting shit whilst the ball is in play, the sledging happens between balls.
You probably already know but Cricket was played in America way before Baseball. Even the first ever international cricket match was held in the US against Canada in 1844. That's even before England etc.....played test matches (internationals).
couple of things: trash talking is done sometimes but it's not in the spirit of the game. Any violent behaviour will have the player pulled up for a penalty both in match fees and a temporary / permanent ban from playing in the game / series / year(s) / entirely.
- The ball feels like a rock wrapped in hard leather. :)
Hope this addresses some confusion around batting: Imagine the two ends of the pitch to be north and south. Two batsmen Alan and Brent come in to bat, take up position at each end of the pitch. Alan is at the north end and the bowler Mark (pitcher) is coming in from the south end to bowl.
Ball 1: Alan swings and misses, no run is made
Ball 2: Alan nudges the ball and both run to the other side to score one run. Now Brent is up to bat.
Ball 3: Brent swings and they run. The complete one run and try to come back but the fielder throws the ball and breaks the wickets at the north end before Brent can make it back. (The fielder can go for whichever end they find easier.) So Brent is now 'run out.' Brent must not attempt to interfere with the fielder's throw in any way whatsoever. Doing so would be an automatic 'out'. Charlie comes in to replace Brent and is up to bat as Brent was heading north when he got put out.
Ball 4: Charlie knocks the ball into the crowd for a six. The ball is caught by seven year old Timmy and he has to return the ball.
Ball 5: Charlie nudges the ball, no run
Ball 6: Mark oversteps the line when he is bowling, Charlie lofts the ball and is caught. But he is not out as the delivery is illegal. One extra run is added to the team score, this ball does not count.
Ball 7 (Free hit): Penalty ball to be bowled because of #6. Mark breaks the wickets, but still Charlie is not out as there are no outs on a free hit (except a stumping or a run out)
Second over up and now something happens. Steven comes in to bowl, but he will be bowling from the north end, to the south end, to Alan.
In addition:
- Every one must bat. Each player bats exactly once in an inning. Once he's out, he's out. No subbing. Even the bowlers.
- A minimum of five bowlers MUST be used in the inning. No bowler may bowl more than 1/5th of the total overs in the match in case of limited overs cricket.
Just to advise...West Indies had a player called Michael Holding & England one called Peter Willey. There's a famous bit of radio commentary, explaining such, as the ball about to be bowled...The batsman's Holding the bowler's Willey...
Your question about a runner with their bat extended during a run is simply that, the bat being held in hand is counted as part of the body when making your ground (having a part of your body or a held bat behind the popping crease at the end to which you are running.
There are 108 countries listed as playing competitive cricket. That doesn't mean that nobody plays cricket in the other 187 countries, just that they don't have a formal "league". Baseball is considered a niche sport at this level.
It's the other 87 countries!
@@rocketrabble6737 sorry... my bad!
The guy behind the stumps talks smack to the batter to unsettle him, called sledging 😁.
Just FYI: a quick search for most popular/most watched sports gives numerous lists showing that there are roughly five times as many (2.5 billion) cricket fans as baseball fans (0.5 billion) worldwide. (Of course football/soccer leads with even more fans...)
Probably something to do with it being India's favourite sport
@@rld1982 How many countries have baseball as their favourite sport?
@@philward6582I'd say Australia, Sri lanka, west indies Pakistan and India. But many countries have it as second or third favourite. I'm talking team sport not individual.
@@philward6582 I only know of Japan and South Korea other than US of A.
@@philward6582 There are about seven countries where Cricket is listed as the most popular sport. Basically just the indian subcontinent, plus some islands in the Caribbean. Baseball is most popular in Cuba, Venezuela, the Domincan Republic, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Reaching for the crease (the home line) is an attempt to stay “in”. If it’s an attempt to stop the ball hitting the stumps it might be out for obstructing the fielder (quite a rare dismissal).
Unlike baseball, there can only be one “out” in a play/ball.
When a batsman (1) is out (either caught, bowled or run out), he leaves the field of play and is replaced by the next batsman (3) in the pavilion - the other batsman (2) remains at the wicket as he is not out. The innings ends when 10 of the 11 batsmen have been dismissed (as 1 batsman cannot be at the wicket on his own) or when the batting team decides to declare (usually when they have amassed a large score). A cricket ball is a hard, solid ball made from cork wound with string and covered with leather (it has a seam which allows the bowler to swing the ball away or towards the batsman). The ball weighs between 5.5 - 5.75 ounces, whereas a baseball weighs between 5 - 5.25 ounces. Test cricket matches (between International Teams) are 5 days in length and to win 1 team must dismiss the other team on 2 occasions (with the losing team having amassed fewer overall runs than the winning team). County cricket (between various English Counties last 4 days, with the winning team determined as per International cricket). Where a game is not completed (i.e. no team has been dismissed twice, this is a draw - sadly too often the outcome). The duration of a game is affected by weather, with rain reducing playing time.
Talking shit to disturb batters in cricket is called Sledging. it can get really dirty at times.
You have to be quiet once the bowler starts running in though, or the batter will just pull away
4:38 - not necessarily at the time they're bowling, but abuse/banter does happen on the field. It's generally called 'sledging'.
5:54 - yes, the cricket ball is harder and heavier than a baseball. There have been deaths in cricket due to being hit by a ball, but they are, thankfully, very rare.
7:46 - no, if one gets out, then they're the only who is out, and just one is brought in to replace him/her.
10:25 - not quite, he's stretching to get back in the crease (the white line). If he deliberately obstructed the fielder from throwing down the stumps, that would be out.
16:10 - yes, a test match can last five days. And each day can have six hours and thirty minutes of play. So it is quite long! A 50 over game takes around 7 hours. A 20 over game should take around 3 hours (closest to baseball).
16:50 - cricket also has similar problems with over rates (the speed at which bowlers bowl overs).
18:00 - it is fair to say that T20 cricket is a lot more popular than the five day format for this reason.
27:48 - In terms of formats. Test cricket (five day) is played by about 12 countries, but it's only really popular in England, India and Australia. 50 over and 20 over cricket is more popular across the world, and there are world cups for both of those formats.
There is also domestic cricket. So, for example, England has a test cricket team, and it also has a four-day cricket league (called the County Championship).
Franchise cricket is generally the most popular now. This is T20 cricket played in leagues such as the Indian Premier League between teams comprised of individuals from various different countries.
Good effort to learn it. The T20 World Cup is taking place in the USA and the Caribbean in June, by the way. If you wanted to watch cricket, T20 would be the easiest starting point.
Great post, answers I think every question he had!
"... only really popular in England, India and Australia" Huh? So countries like Pakistan, South Africa and New Zealand don't count?
Don't forget 'non-league' or 'friendly' cricket, played by village teams against each other, usually on a Sunday! There are some leagues for village teams, as well as 'corporate' or company teams, again either on a Sunday, or a limited overs match in the evening after work during the summer, when we actually get half-decent weather (!), as most matches will stop or pause during rain showers, to avoid injury from slipping, etc. The matches from county level upwards will have 'covers' that are brought on at this time, to cover the pitch and immediate surrounding area, to preserve the playing surface - if it got too wet, their spiked shoes would tear it up too much!
10:29 the batsmen is not putting his bat out to stop the ball, he is trying to get into his crease. If he tries knowingly to stop the throw from the fielder, he could be given out as handball.
Cricket for Americans TH-cam channel is brilliant. Those fellas really understand the game.
At a maximum of 163g they're heavier than a baseball ball, but also smaller, with a circumference of between 224mm and 229mm.
Yes absolutely there is trash talking. It’s usually called sledging and the most intense I’ve witnessed is usually between England and the Australians. We are bitter rivals and we love to battle it out in the Ashes series. Our own mini competition so to speak
It's often said that the Aussie Dennis Lillee, at the end of his career, was mainly kept in the side for his sledging ability.
@10:30, the batter isn't trying to interfere with the ball, he is considerred safe when he or his bat goes over the line, sort of like in sprinting when the runners stick their heads out at the end
Baseball is basically a girls game Rounders that we used to play at school. The cricket ball is really heavy and can cause serious injuries. I played cricket with some friends when young and they were using a real cricket ball. I got hit on the leg, it was so painful and it was black and blue for weeks.
you sound absolutely insufferable.
One thing you left out is that the new bowler bowls from the other end of the pitch after the current bowler completes his/her over. Every time a new bowler comes, bowls from the other end from the current bowler.
5:43 - “ crickets funniest nut shots” clearly coming here soon!
David Bumble Lloyd has a "funny" story about that.
Is that the split box one or the one involving Michael Holding?
@@johnleonard9090 Heh, was thinking of the split box.
There's a clip of Sir Viv talking about the aftermath of the same thing happening to Brian Close, who was sitting there having a fag while someone removed the box from his crown jewels with a pair of pliers.
They had balls back in the day(at least for a while).
@@johnleonard9090
Yes.
The ball is leather over cork and string. It's slightly heavier than a baseball, but its also smaller and harder. Head blows can be fatal but any body blow hurts. That's why batters wear pads.
You should check out "crickets best sledging moments" videos. You get the cricket and you get the harsh put downs.
Theres some seriously comical interactions for you to catch up on.
What's your favourite?
To answer your questions - only the player at bat goes out and is replaced by another batter. The other one stays on the field (unless he was the one run out). And the batter running for the crease cannot hit the ball being thrown at the wicket to get him out. That would be a good addition to the game though!
I'm loving this. As an aussie, i'd love to see your reacts to watching Aussie rules explained.
Aussie rules is crazy
@@fayesouthall6604last time I watched it they seemed to have softened it up a bit, but that may have just been bad officiating as with most sports
@samuelpinder1215 it's definitely softened up. They're trying to avoid concussions and the long term effects of CTE.
@@seedy80 boxing has done that, without going very soft. Why can't other sports do something similar
@@samuelpinder1215 massive class action lawsuits are on the horizon. The league is trying to avoid any head trauma.
10:30 It's Illegal to Block the Ball with the Bat . He wasn't trying to Block the ball from hitting the wicket, He was Extending his BAT to REACH the Crease Line /Home Base quicker. They can Do that with the bat.
Something I don't think they explained in this video was that after an over (6 balls bowled by the bowler), a new over is bowled from the opposite end by the new bowler. Then the next 6 balls from the first end and so on. Changing ends every 6 balls. The batsman stay where they are when a new over begins. Only the bowler changes, and changes ends. The batsman only changes ends when he scores a run.
Unless they crossed during a wicket.
In addition, the whole fielding side changes ends each over, just for clarification.
16:50 cricket has formats = the test match is played for a maximum of 5 days ie. from morning to evening (max 90 overs in a day), played for maximum of 5 days. The 50-over format is called one-day international and is played for 50-overs both sides. The T20 format is the shortest format of 3 hours where both teams get 20 overs to play.
Used to see this explanation on posters and towels: "You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. " Hope that clarifies things.
it sure did over and out lol
On *towels* ???
Tea towels. Used for drying dishes. I don't know what Americans call them.
@@gpr127 what an odd thing to have on a tea towel 😂
When the batsmen run between the wickets, if they make either one or three runs, the bowler will now be bowling to the second batsmen; after an over is completed, the bowler is replaced by a new bowler who bowls from the other end of the pitch. When bowlers change, the fielders also change ends; and may still retain the position they were in, but from the other end. Normally, only the batesman deemed 'out' is replaced; there are rare occasions that both batsmen can be 'out'.
Just to correct something the guy said in the video a few times which is incorrect; he talked about “professional cricket” when really what he meant was “franchise cricket”. Cricket has had professionalism for a very long time (more than 60 years at least). All of the players playing for their international teams in Test cricket and ODI cricket (at least for the biggest cricket nations like England, India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka, etc.) are professional and even those in lower tiers of the game playing “representative cricket” for states, counties, islands (e.g. in the Caribbean) or regions will usually be professional too. But the T20 leagues all around the world where players from anywhere in the world get signed to big money contracts by franchises (like the MLB model) is a much more recent development in cricket, and these franchises are invariably about T20 cricket.
Professional cricket is more than 200 years old.
@@peterjackson4763 true. The 60 years I was referring to was more the point at which professionalism became the “norm” and the benchmark for the highest level cricketers across the board… at least in England. It was the point where the English first class cricket system went truly professional, instead of being a mix of pros and amateurs as it had previously been.
@@davidburke2132 Yes there was a mixture of professional and amateur cricket 60 years ago, but it didn't start or end then. The distinction became les obvious, but there were still amateurs playing first class cricket in 90s and there were fully professional teams over 200 years ago. In the 80s I was a member of a club in a league where clubs were (and are) allowed to hire one professional player.
I would say to an American, when someone says "professional" they mean franchise teams. The ODIs and Test players certainly get paid, but the point is to play for your country, even though they get paid for doing so.
@@loganleroy8622 maybe so, but in places like England, Australia, etc, the first class game is professional too (meaning county and state level) and has been for a very long time, not just those who play internationals for their nations.
As a cricket tragic I really enjoyed this. There are so many tactical nuances that weren’t addressed, which for many of us is the reason we enjoy watching the game. Oh, and cricket is many, many times more popular around the world than is baseball. 👍😎
At some schools in England girls play rounders which was believed to be the origin baseball. Check it out. Ian Dee.
Boys play it as well.
Oh and a baseball is slightly larger and slightly lighter than a cricket ball. A cricket ball is also finished with gloss varnish that makes it harder out of the box, but this wears away after a while. The shiny finish on the ball means that it behaves very differently when new vs old, and you will see players run the ball (usually only one side of the ball) on their trousers to keep this shine for as long as possible. The degree wear and tear on the ball plays a significant roll in determining teams tactics.
*rub not run
The batsman wasnt trying to block the ball with his bat, it just looked like that from the perspective. He was actually just stretching out his bat to reach for the crease before the ball hit the stumps. Remember the bat counts as part of your body when detirmining if you are safe.
7:50 no the batter who is out is replaced by the next batter. But when there is last two standing batters, if one of them gets out the batting for that team ends. The batter who is not out cannot bat alone at last.
@8.01 nope, if the batsman is out then he is replaced with a new batsman, not a pair of batsmen.
but there has been on very rare occasions that the 2 batsman are out. the strike batsman gets caught out, then the catching feilder throws the ball to get the 2nd batsman out.
real quick thinking by the feilder, and a massive misunderstanding between batsman, usually causes this "double play".
"home plate" we call that the strikers end, or the batsman is on strike.
A little TH-cam tip: When referring to a point in the video, if you put a colon between the minutes and seconds, it makes it clickable, linking to that moment in the video. Like this: 8:01 ☺️
@@ChristopherStendeck thanks mate , i'll rember that for next time
No, you can't get two batsmen out at the same time.
That's incorrect. Once one batsman is out, the ball is deemed dead, so it's not possible for two players to be out on the same play. See Law 20.1.1.3.
A sketch you watched of Harry Enfield, think his name was George The Yorkshireman, used a reference to a cricket team (county cricket though lol), when he said to a black man "You'll never play for Yorkshire, no offence" he meant Yorkshire Cricket Club (YCC), which is in Headingley in Leeds right slap bang next to the two Leeds Rugby teams ground (Union and League teams).
The ashes are played by the UK and Aussie and the trash talk is next level and u can hear it cos the wickets have mics lol
Aussies are masters of sledging. And yet they still lose.
@@howardchambers9679 yea but funny as hell
Not the UK ... England and Australia
Last Ashes series was a draw. England last won in 2015 🤣🤣🤣
@@howardchambers9679 really?! Something wrong with your memory!
Fun fact. The first ever international cricket game was between the USA and Canada
A baseball is 5 - 5.25 oz and a cricket ball is 5.5 - 5.75 oz
A cricket ball is also a fraction smaller.
amd the speed of baseball is a tiny bit faster
@@ArnavA-un5gk That's because the baseball is thrown but a cricket ball has to be bowled. That is the arm must be straight during the last part of the delivery action (or as straight as it can be).
A cricket ball is 5.75 ounces, made from leather with a central core of cork like material. There is one central seem which stands proud of the ball surface and is a valuable aid to the bowler, in delivering variations of delivery.
The two batsmen work in partnership but only the striker can be given out, except if he is run out by not making his ground by having a part of his body or bat if hel in hand behind the popping crease.
The five day matches are the most interesting when play continues through the night, and only 50% of the fielding side are allowed flashlights. A recent innovation was allowing the batter to be woken by the umpire if he falls asleep during slow periods
It was actually codified in Wisdens laws of cricket the 1884 edition, that the crowd could use a broom handle with a knitting needle attached to poke the umpire awake. Or a pea shooter though that is only in games on the continent
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The batter with the outstretched bat wasn't trying to block or deflect the ball, he was desperately trying to extend the bat so it reached over the crease line at ground level before the ball reached the stumps and dislodged the bails. If his bat had crossed the line while being in contact with the ground, before the ball hit the stumps and dislodged the bails, the batter would not have been out. Hope that helps.
He forgot to mention that as matches take a day they always break for Tea and Sandwiches, with cake of course. Cake is an important element of the game and frequently discussed when a game is slow or it's raining. Taking a picnic to a match is all part of the fans experience. We don't really play baseball in the UK, we play Rounders. Similar to baseball but with a smaller bat and normally only played at junior school.
Biggest difference is that in cricket, the ball takes a bounce before reaching the batsman. This allows for the ball to break in all sorts of ways after the bounce. By bowling short you draw the batsman out of the crease, it can break to the leg, to the off side, and the best bowlers can disguise the type of ball completely. Pace bowlers can make the ball swing in all sorts of ways. OK, you can do similar stuff in baseball, but the idea that you can have a slow spin baller who can tie the batsman up in knots is simply not there in baseball. The great spinner Bishen Singh Bedi would barely take a walking start of two steps to bowl the ball. He could vary the length, the arc, the time of flight, the direction and amount of spin, the line, and put the ball on a dime every single time. In one over, no two balls were alike, and kept the batsmen guessing and making them miserable.
That running batsman wasn't trying to block the flying fielder, he was stretching out with his bat, trying to reach his crease before the ball could hit the stumps