Also, different types of bowlers can take advantage of the different condition of the ball - fast bowlers get more out of a new ball, slower bowlers who can spin the ball prefer an older ball.
@@happilyeggs4627 and also the pitch, the lighter coloured brown area where the bowler bounces the ball , is rolled and kept dry towards the game it is prepared over ten days to have a consistent bounce .
I once hit a 2 off a head high bouncer with the back of my hand (without a glove, my team were collapsing so quickly I didn''t even have time to put one on) - I lasted two runs, retired injured - ouch! I once had a ball batted past me ear and it was actually buzzing like a hornet.
@@happilyeggs4627 Balls that have already bounced can shatter helmets. I once faced an Australian grade bowler in a British forces league. He was the quickest I ever faced. I opened the batting, having bigged myself up. He bowled 5. A fielder said ‘Good leaver’. 6th sent my off stump back to the pavilion.!! Like you both observed, it’s not 3 strikes!
As an English cricket fan, I enjoy most iterations of the sport, but my true love will always be test cricket. You can't beat the ebb and flow of the 5-day game. Captains have to be tactical, the wicket deteriorates, which allows for spin bowlers to take advantage. It's very satisfying. As for tickets, you can purchase any one day, or multiple days or the entire test.
I’m the same. My grandad was my fave person and I used to watch the tests with him in the summer holidays when we stayed with them. Always loved it and I like the cricket whites the coloured kits just look messy to me 😂😂😂
I will watch the shorter format & T20 is at last growing on me but like you, test cricket is my passion. I’ve watched England tests in Australia, NZ, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa & Barbados. No way will the longer game ever appeal to an American audience though
lol man... you are funny... they are learning about rules of cricket and you are talking about "the wicket deteriorates, which allows for spin bowlers to take advantage" 🤣🤣🤣... covid cricket fans from common wealth wont understand ur comment 😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah test cricket is by far the purest and most satisfying to watch. I have a hard time taking T20 seriously, given that nobody seems to value their wicket and there’s less opportunity for genuine momentum swings to occur.
The 5 day test match is like the psychological thriller version of cricket, the deterioration of the pitch which affects the likelihood of a catch off the edge of the bat increases the drama dramatically. This pure form is the best.
JD. The 5 day game also allowed for tactics, prompted by the condition of the pitch & secondarily, the field in general, but even more by the relative strengths & weaknesses of one's own team vis à vis the opposition. The captain of each team, often in consultation, decides on his team's tactics. The limited overs game is more like baseball--batters slog the ball, bowlers have only 6 balls for any tactics. Limited overs cricket was introduced to bring in spectators with a short attention span. True aficionados love the 5 day game.
I liken tests to a war consisting of a series of battles. Each battle having its own sub-goal consisting of strategies required according to the situation. It's definitely my favourite format. A true test of skill, knowledge, discipline and temperament.
It’s also what is says on the tin: a true test. There’s nowhere to hide in a test match. It tests skill, stamina, resilience, tactics, athleticism, and many other things. I don’t think there is any sport that is a greater all-round test of the players’ abilities.
Hey, Australian here. Just wanted to try to answer your questions. (Apologies for paraphrasing.) "What is the ball made from?" - The ball construction is actually VERY similar to a baseball, with one main difference, and that is the lacquer. A cricket ball, when compared to a baseball, is SLIGHTLY smaller, SLIGHTLY heavier, and MUCH harder, especially when new (start of innings), before the lacquer scuffs away. The sewn stitching pattern is also quite different, with the leather pieces kinda split into two hemispheres. "Does the batter's teammate just run back and forth?" - No. When the batters (batsmen) make a run and switch ends, they basically swap roles. This is referred to being "on strike" (for the batter facing the bowler), or "off strike" for the batter at the other end waiting to run. Whoever is at the end of the pitch facing the bowler will play the next pitch. "Does the creator get anything wrong?" - Nope, he does really well. Kinda nails it, actually. The only thing I'd say is that, in reality, cricket terms often pull double-duty to describe entirely different things. For the sake of simplicity the creator avoided that, and did it very, very well. "Can the crowd keep the balls that are hit to them?" - No, they have to throw it back. In cricket, the slow degradation of the ball is part of the game. A ball can only be replaced under very specific circumstances at the discretion of the umpires. So the same ball must always be returned to play. For example, in 5-day test matches, the ball is only replaced every 80 overs. "Can the batters run outside the pitch?" - Yes. In fact, they're required to. The "safe" areas at either end of the pitch, AKA the crease, extend away from the pitch to infinity, so as long as they're in line, they're safe. The pitch itself is carefully prepared, very very short, dry grass, giving it a consistency similar to concrete. The players shoes, often spiked, degrade the surface, so avoidable damage to the wicket is outlawed, forcing batters and even bowlers off the side of the wicket as soon as possible. The umpires monitor this throughout the game, and regularly give out warnings to players breaching the protected areas. "How do they schedule a 5-day game?" - For Test (5-day) cricket, each day is broken up into three "sessions" - a morning session, that runs from about 10am to 12:30pm, a middle session that runs from 1:10pm to 3:30pm, and a late session that runs from 3:50pm to maybe 6pm, depending on available daylight. This applies to all day tests, although recent years has seen the advent of the 'night test', which has a similar structure, just shifted to later in the day, with play beginning in the early afternoon and finishing around 10pm. "How do they sell tickets for a 5-day game?" - Tickets are sold as a single day. So you can go to all five days if you like, but you would need to buy five tickets (generally). Sometimes, if its clear at the start of a day's play that the game is about to come to an end, they will permit free entry to the venue. This might happen at the beginning of day 4 or 5 if one team has victory essentially assured, and a result is expected within an hour or two. Most people generally attend just one of the five days, and will watch the other four on TV. Of course there are plenty of die-hard fans that will attend all five days, especially if they've traveled from overseas to watch their national team play. "Wait, what are the formats?!" - Three main formats - Test cricket (five days, players wear white, played only by national teams), One-Day cricket (games last about 8 hours, 50 overs per innings, players wear team colors, played mainly by national teams), and T20 or Twenty20 cricket (games last about 3 hours, 20 overs per innings, players wear colors, played by professional teams or national teams). Don't try to learn all three at once. Although the rules are basically the same, strategies and play-styles between formats vary wildly. I'll get into how you should get started with cricket at the end. "Scorekeeping, oy..." - The graphical scoreboard is super confusing to newcomers. It's not just you. But the creator does explain it very well. I suggest maybe just watching that part of the video a few times, or just watch a game and spend time with it as play goes on. "Why doesn't England's first innings score (in the example) show their wickets?" - Although its not obvious, its implied that England lost ALL their wickets in making that score. This would have been what triggered the change of innings. Confusingly, in a One-Day or T20 game, they might also show the score like this if the team ran out of overs, rather than wickets. But the gist is, that's the final score the team could manage, given whatever limitations imposed on them by the format. It's also worth noting that the graphic on screen is really just a snapshot, not the full scorecard (which is a whole other can of worms), but the full scorecard WOULD show exactly how England reached that score. *** Some of my other thoughts for newcomers *** - Test matches are played with a red (day matches) or pink (night test) cricket ball, while limited overs matches are played using a white cricket ball. The construction of all balls is identical, the only reason for the change in color being visibility in different lighting conditions. - Bowlers (pitchers) come in different varieties. Fast bowlers utilize speed, as well as "natural variation" to take their wickets. This might include swing (curve balls), or using the way the ball might change trajectory when it bounces on the surface. There are also Spin bowlers, which use their wrists and fingers, and lower speeds, to cause the ball to DRAMATICALLY change direction on the bounce. Both types will use deception and mind games to bring a batsman undone. - Some prestigious games of cricket to look out for: The Ashes - A four- or five-match series of 5-day cricket EACH MATCH, played exclusively between Australia and England for one of the oldest sporting trophies in the world. The Boxing Day Test - A single 5-day match that begins on December 26 each year, played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and a touring nation. The T20 World Cup - Like the soccer world cup, but played between cricketing nations in the 20 overs format (quicker, more exciting games). A very coveted tournament to win, as you can imagine. - A note on fielding positions: I would say don't bother worrying about learning all the many dozens of fielding position names. Unfortunately, commentators LOVE using the vernacular as they discuss tactics and criticisms. My only advice is to watch a few games, and it'll slowly come to you. I find it also helps to know the etymology, but without a cricket tragic in the room, I don't know how you'd get that experience. - FINALLY, which format should you watch? I'd say, WITHOUT A DOUBT, start with T20 (professional) cricket. Although it TECHNICALLY has the most rules, its counterintuitively easier to follow and much more exciting. In particular, for the best bang for your buck, start with the Indian Premier League (IPL). Players are paid NFL-level salaries, and the quality of cricket is incredible. You also get to witness the incredible insanity that is a live Indian cricket crowd (they're absolutely bananas). If you're a die-hard general sports fan, and don't mind a slow burn. I wouldn't dismiss Test (5-day) cricket outright. For me, its by far my favorite format. The rules are simpler, and you get more time to absorb the game, the rules, the vernacular, and the general vibe. It's hard to ignore the time commitment though, if you want to see a game through. Any games that involve Australia, India, England or South Africa playing each other are well worth your time, with the caveats above.
But honest , ball shyness is a concept I'd get familiar with if I'm putting my body between the ball and stumps , it's scarey, and inconsistent bounce, behind square the non striker will call wait , yes 1 as they pass , but I front of square the batsman should call the run wait , yes 3 one for the throw run hard , that's what you talk about , the wicket is turning outa of bowler Xa feet marks so bat out your crease negate that length . R
@@phillipecook3227 Google claims "The name may have been derived from the Middle Dutch krick(-e), meaning a stick; or the Old English cricc or cryce meaning a crutch or staff, or the French word criquet meaning a wooden post."
When I was in NY in the 70s, I went to a baseball match, Yankees against Red Sox. A little old lady sitting next to me heard my accent and said, "if you're used to soccer you may not realise that a baseball match can take several hours to finish". I replied, "hey, a cricket match can last five days".
That's the only type of cricket to watch, five day test cricket, not the baseball in pyjama's limited over nonsense. Unfortunately, that's where the money is, so it's here to stay.
@@The-Saxon BS they both have their place. LO cricket is getting more poeple into cricket that wouldn't otherwise be into it. Test matches being 5 days some people find boring..... LO allows a cricket match to last as long as a football match
@@PBMS123 Oh, I agree, they do both have their place, but I don't have to like LO cricket, and as an ex cricketer who played county cricket and played plenty of both formats, I think I know a bit about the game. Test cricket is a chess match, LO is a lottery by comparison, but yes, they both have their place.
I'll be honest, I'm a Canadian, a big baseball fan, and I've really gotten interested in cricket these last few months. Last week, I found an ODI between NZ and Australia on youtube, and decided to listen to the entire thing during my work day at the office - and it was fantastic! It had that familiar pacing, it was very tactical, the match was long enough that teams batting would go in mini-hot and cold streaks (something you don't get in baseball in the same way) and it lasted for the majority of my work day, so it was a treat. I could see how people listen to it on the radio regularly.
I was listening to the Trent Bridge Ashes test during which Stuart Broad took 8-15; my husband was at work and I was texting him the fall of the wickets - he thought I was having him on!
This was a test match so if the first team is out that means all 10 batsmen are out and now the opposition has to try and beat the total made by them. That is why the wickets are not shown-if the second team is in then all the previous batsmen are out.
The joy of test matches is you listen on the radio while you do your chores (or work) and only stop when it gets exciting for a few minutes. It’s a wonderful way to be and very soothing.
Have you read Bill Bryson's description of cricket on the radio? Bear in mind he doesn't know cricket and he's listening to a radio commentary. Can you imagine anything more incomprehensible to the uninitiated? The way he describes it is one of the funniest things I've ever read. 😂
We used to have the radio playing outside, and the TV running inside while we were working in the garden. If a bit wicket was taken we would run back inside to watch the instant replay.
My uncles had a dairy farm, and in summer the afternoon milking was often accompanied by the milking shed radio being tuned to whatever cricket game was on at the time. My uncles loved cricket, and I swear the cows did too 😆😆😆, they always seemed totally relaxed when they were listening to it
@@CAbbott71 I used to watch cricket test matches on broadcast TV with the sound off and the BBC commentary on the radio, best of both worlds, and how can you waste time gardening when a test match is on especially the Ashes series? You can't be that much of a fan.
AS an Irishman who came to Australia, I cared not for cricket. I sat beside a fan that told me... Now look... Captain has put fielder 1 in x position, he has put fielder 2 in y position he has told bowler to bowl THERE,,,, it will go one of three places X,Y or stumps..... it went to X.... Hve been hooked ever since
in the scoring section. England scored 287 by the time their innings ended. Their innings ended when 10 of their players were out. 10 'outs' ends an innings
Important to note that it ends at 10 players out because while there are 11 players per team, you have to have a player at each end, hence the team being out once 10 are out.
The England First Innings score of 287 in that 5-day Test Match means they have no more batting pairs to go to the wicket, ie 10 of their 11 available wickets have fallen. They are ‘All Out’ (apart from the last man, of course, whose score is recorded as ‘x Runs N/O’ - Not Out). You’re chasing runs so you’re unlikely to see this after a First Innings, but if your team is really racking up the runs in the Second Innings so that the opposition has little chance of matching or beating your total in the time left, the team Captain may decide to call it a day before the whole of the Second Innings is played. The opposition then has to bat their Second Innings instead, earlier than expected, and if they haven’t been playing that well this is actually quite intimidating. The wording for this is ‘England Declared at 287’, and on the score line at the bottom of the screen it would read ‘England 287 (decl)’. Cricket has a reputation for being slow because of having to retrieve the ball from wherever it might be on the field, or in the crowd, and getting it back to the bowler for the rest of his six deliveries, or else waiting while the bowler is changed and the players out in the field are repositioned, but when the bowler starts his run-up you know that absolutely anything could happen in the next few seconds. Watch some of the insane catches videos where you see these guys doing the most extraordinary acrobatics to try and prevent just one more run from being scored. It’s a fantastic sport and I love it!!
And don't forget declarations. A captain may declare his team's inning to be over at any time before 10 wickets have been lost. It happens fairly often in test cricket, and is done for various tactical reasons.
England 287 means that England are ALL OUT which is why India are batting. What he didn't mention was when the bowler has completed his over, the incoming bowler bowls from the opposite end of the strip to him
I was an "expert" in THe 1960s as my Grammar School overlooks The Oval and I knew all(then) 17 County teams but apart from a Test Match day's highlights that is the only cricket I, occasionally, watch but, surely, an Umpire can independently give a player out with the encouragement of an appeal? He didn't mention the bowler's maximum allotted amount of overs in limited cricket.
@@Isleofskye MCC Law 31.1: "Neither umpire shall give a batter out, even though he/she may be out under the Laws, unless appealed to by a fielder. This shall not debar a batter who is out under any of the Laws from leaving the wicket without an appeal having been made."
@@daz_n Admittedly,I have only been watching Cricket since The Edrich/Boycott.Graveney/Cowdrey/Barrington/Dexter era of the Mid 1960's but I never knew that. LOL Was it ever, thus?
Cricket balls are definately not rubbery. I remember we were playing cricket at school, and a boy got his nose broken when the ball hit him in the face. The ball is rock hard!
Watch videos of 1960's Yorkshire Captain: Brian Close standing as close a you can to the Barsman without any protection and getting hit from very close range and carrying on as if nothing happened.
@@Isleofskye Cricket balls are made of cork, with a leather case stitched on, and a raised seam around the centre, which helps the bowler made the ball cut left or right, with different amounts of spin and speed to defeat the batsman When you catch one, it stings like hell, and you can break a finger if you get it wrong ! Every British schoolkid (just like every school kid in India, Pakistan, Australia or Jamaica) learns this the hard way at school
@@VinnBim Heaven forfend! NO! As you, probably, know, they were in Camberwell along Peckham Road by St.Giles Church and moved to Sutton in 1975. My Grammar School: Archbishop Tensions overlooked The Oval and the really clever kids had their Latin lessons on the roof while their teacher watched the cricket. Occasionally, we would pay 2 old pence to watch Surrey in the tea time session though they were not my team. This was 1965-71 in the days of Edrich, Barrington, and Geoff Arnold. Sadly our school lost its status and by 2023 no one wanted to go to this Comprehensive and it closed forever. Good Luck. Are you an Old Wilonan, my friend?
As a Canadian, my only real exposure to cricket was when I lived in Australia. I sort-of understood it after a year or so, but I found that cricket (in the summer months) was always playing in, say, hospital waiting rooms and proved to be a splendid way of killing a few hours in a hospital.
A cricket ball is harder than a baseball and bounces because of the pace a bowler generates when they bowl (pitch) the ball. Next off, watch Shane Warne’s top wickets (outs). He’s a spinner and you won’t believe what he can do with his bowls (pitches). Regarding the 287 runs for England, the outs aren’t shown because that score was achieved by the whole team coming out to bat. So all out for 287. Then Indians first innings would have begun. As far as watching matches goes, try the 20-20 for starters.
Just to put things in persepective the guys in bat are facing a rock hard ball (18 grams heavier than a baseball) hurtling towards them at 160km/h with some bowlers. There have been deaths when hit on the head, heart, neck or lost an eye with the ball. There's even been a death when a guy was hit on the head when he was wearing a helmet. I played rugby but would put cricket as a much more dangerous sport.
It also bounces because the square (that rectangle in the middle as you referred to it) is very hard. It is protected from rain and moisture when a match is not being played (although not every day of the year).
2 batting stations (A&B) each with a different batsman. The bowler (1) bowls 6 deliveries at batting station A, whichever batsman is at batting station A can score runs (the batsman will change if an odd number of runs are scored off a delivery). After 6 balls, bowler (2) bowls 6 deliveries from the opposite end of the pitch - towards batting station B at whichever batsman is standing there. This is repeated after each 6 deliveries i.e. 6 at batting station A followed by 6 at batting station B. First class cricket can last up to 5 days but play normally starts at 11am (sometimes 10:30am) and finishes when the required number of overs have been bowled for the day (circa 90 overs) meaning play normally finishes between 6 - 7pm. There are intervals for drinks, lunch and tea. In Britain, the weather plays a big part as rain causes cessation of play and this eats into the time available for the game. To win a test match, one team has to bowl out the other team twice with a total run score less than theirs (i.e. team A first innings 300 runs, team B first innings 250 runs, Team A second innings 320 runs (total 620 runs over 2 innings), team B second innings 310 runs (total 560 runs) so Team A wins. Tickets are bought for each day and in cases where a day is rained off or insufficient overs bowled (14 overs I think) tickets are refunded. If the England score was 287, then they have lost all 10 wickets (otherwise it would state 287 - 6 or 7 or 8 etc)
The best thing about cricket was the Australian golden age of commentators in the 80's and 90's. They made the sport with their banter and deep insight.
About the 5-day matches. I've noticed that a lot of Americans think it's strange that it could last so long. But they're quite used to golf tournaments lasting 4 days, or tennis tournaments going on for a couple of weeks. Nobody thinks that's weird.
You mentioned that your wife finds baseball comforting! Cricket, especially Test cricket, is the exact same for me! Especially since we always had the Boxing Day Test on the TV every year at my Grandpa's place! Really strikes a chord with me! The hum of the crowd, the chatter of the commentators trying to fill three to five days worth of dead air, and the occasional thing happening. It's perfect!
the bowler(pitcher) can bowl fast, slow, spin they can make the ball curve in the air they can make the ball bounce at a strange angle off the floor. The ball is harder than a baseball and has a leather stiched seam running all the way around the ball. the bowler can make use of this seam to help them move the ball around. Also you will see the bowler shining one side of the ball but letting the other side get roughened up, this difference between the 2 sides of the ball then helps the bowler to bend the ball as it flies through the air.
In a test match ( the 5 day ones) the end of play on each day is usually when the umpires think it has got too dark or at a previously agreed time. Usually around 7pm.
10:00 Ball sails clear over the boundary, you get six runs, thus you have "hit it for six," which became a term for meeting an incoming threat head-on with great success or for great success in general, like "knocking it out of the park."
I’m Australian and grew up with Cricket as a kid I played cricket and baseball baseball was fun to play but watching it is like watching paint dry I remember when the West Indies were the best team and the series a series against Australia was one of the greatest sporting events I had the pleasure of being there Australia won 😊
You may notice that the fielders don’t have a glove. However hard the ball is hit, and however hard it travels towards you, you are expected to catch the ball with your bare hands.
7:51 Not quite. Both batsman are 'at bat', to borrow a baseball term, simultaneously. If one hits only a single run, it's the other batsman's turn as he's on strike (unless the over (6 balls) has finished in which case the first batsman will be on strike again at the other end of the wicket.
The way play works in a first class match works is that there's 6 hours of play per day, in three sessions. Two hours each, broken up by a 40 minute Lunch break, and a 20 minute Tea break where players can eat and/or shower. There is a drinks break of a couple of minutes every hour (40 minutes in extreme heat) on the field where everyone gets access to rehydration fluids. Players on the fielding team can leave the field for medical or bio-break reasons, but if that player is a bowler, they're not allowed to bowl again for the same length of time that they were off the field.
23:50 England lost all 10 wickets or "declared" their innings thinking they had enough score and time is short to wind up India to win and avoid a "Draw". Not in this case as it is 1st innings. Declare works in 1st innings of team batting second or second innings of the team that played the first. It is basically a gamble by the Captain of the team declaring the innings closed, to save on time. It can backfire if the opposing team makes required runs in the remaining time!!
that is incorrect. england are all out, all 10 wickets lost for 287 runs.A declaration would be something like 287/8d. You can't declare after all wickets have been taken.
I’m not a cricket fan at all and don’t watch it. But when staying with some friends in the country I was invited to watch a match between his town and a nearby team. It was a warm day, the cider was refreshing and we all broke for tea, scones, cake and sandwiches at the change. Blissfully British
We had our wedding in the Cotswolds ( a very beautiful area of England),At a 16th century coaching inn called The Fleece . We wanted a very English/ UK feel to our afternoon so we arranged for a Morris Dancing troup and at 3pm ( after much Perry/ Cider was consumed) we had a cricket tea served in the courtyard. Our friends from overseas loved it. It really got our marriage and the party started.👍🥂🍻🏏🕺
@@adalderson6269 Didn’t Irishman Eoin Morgan, legendary England white ball skipper with Test caps play hurling? Or was it hockey or both. Incredible wrists Eoin.
Something that wasn't mentioned in the video: 1. of the two batsmen, the one receiving the current delivery is called the "striker", with the other being the "non-striker", and whoever ends up at the delivery-receiving end after a sequence of runs will be the striker for the next delivery; if there is a boundary or a wide or a no-ball, they stay put for the next delivery. 2. the two batsmen swap ends after each over. 3. whichever batsman is dismissed, the next batsman assumes the same position when they come into the game - if the striker is the one dismissed, the next batsman becomes the striker, and vice-versa.
24:15 in test cricket (the 5 day match) the innings is over once the batting team has lost all their wickets or they have declared (decided they have had enough batting and want to bowl) so that is why the wickets down score against you isn't important when you are the bowling team.
There is a rhythm to a game of cricket and that is part of the attraction, each time 6 balls have bowled , they bowl at the other end of the ground , which is why their are two sets of wickets ,another point is that as a spectator you get to watch from two different positions without moving .
There used to be a similar rhythm in Baseball before the damned pitch clock came in, except it was the batters there facing around 6 or so pitches before moving on. So an over was for the batsman rather than the bowler as it were
I am a test tragic and I can't wait for summer, when test cricket is played in Australia. I love the 5 day test, as there is much more strategy involved. If you attend a five day test, you pay for each day. There are 2 breaks in the day - lunch and afternoon tea, as well as a couple of breaks for drinks. If there is rain, all play stops. Any questions, please ask!
I really enjoyed your take on this, as an English cricket fan who's also into US Sports (I've been to an MLB, an NFL and an NHL game). The creator's comment on professional v amateur cricket made me think of a couple of historical oddities you might appreciate. Cricket had a "class divide" from very early on, at least in England, with "gentlemen" (wealthy amateurs) and "players" (working class professionals) in the same team but not mixing socially. They had to use different dressing rooms and even different entrances to the field of play. If you look at an old scorecard, some of the players are given initials, others are just a surname - only gentlemen get their initials printed. It was 75 years before a professional player captained England in 1952. Ten years later, the distinction was abolished, and all players are now professional.
the weather makes the game even more interesting than baseball again since the ball will wear down and get a bit ragged allowing the ball to spin or turn if you happen to be a 'spin bowler' but also for swing bowlers in humid conditions the cricket ball will move in the air and off the ground when bowling at a fast speed. the cricket ball is a harder ball than the baseball but u wear no gloves whilst catching the ball. also get hit by the ball it hurts like hell.
Cricket is a great game... 5 Day matches (tests) that can end in draw which can be part of a series of 5 tests over 2 or 3 months that can also end in a draw... 25 days of 8 hours a day ending in a draw.... Yet still entertaining throughout
@@PerryCJamesUK Yeah rounders was fab. We played it at my secondary school on a field next to the staff car park. It was a very basic version of baseball. I would just backhand the ball under the cars. Easy run 🙂 The bat was much shorter than a baseball bat and it was usually (in my experience) played using a tennis ball or rubber ball.
@@dimwitdave9344rounders certainly more akin to baseball than cricket is really. A proper rounders ball is solid like a cricket ball. Bloody hurts when it hits you at speed which is probably why lots of schools use a tennis ball. 😖🤕
Each bowler usually specializes a specific type of bowling action; you have Pace bowlers, Swing Bowlers or Spin Bowlers. Each type of bowling can have different styles of bowling. There are five different techniques used by Pace bowlers, two different techniques used by Swing bowlers and eight different techniques used by Spin bowlers.
One point that wasn't made clear, the bat's men, when running between wickets, if a single run is made, the other bats man stays in the crease and takes the next ball, this applies with all odd numbered runs, 1-3-5, and the same applies when an over is finished, the bowler changes ends, the bats men do not, also a runner can be nominated for a player who is able to swing the bat, but has a injury that makes it hard for him to run. Also Jess touched on "how the ball bounces, and must be made that way, the ball is in fact hard, not soft, and is covered in leather, the reason it bounces is due to the fact the area between the wickets is rolled to compress to soil and make it hard. Trust me I know from experience you do not want to be hit in an unprotected area with a fast moving cricket ball, ( and the bats men not only wear leg pads and padded gloves but a a "box" to protect the family jewels lol )
23:50 it doesn't show because an innings is over when the team is all out or the overs are finished up but in test matches there is no limit on overs hence, it's an all out.
Thanks for showing this clip. I'm not a real cricket fan, but it reminded me of growing up in the early 50's and 60's, when I used to listen to the radio (we didn't have a TV then) where the now long dead commentators would describe every ball, every pace, as well as painting a vivid picture of what was happening around the ground, hearing the thump of a leather ball striking the willow bat and the crowd applauding. Their accents were, by today's standard, 'plummy' or high class and delivered at slow, measured pace, puntured with anecdotes and humour. An age lost forever.
Test match radio commentaries on the BBC are still there every summer. I couldn't live without them; so much better than the telly commentaries. Lots of people watch it on the telly, with the sound off, and the radio commentary on.
The five day test match is by far the most interesting format and can be the most exciting as well. A test match is chess, limited overs is checkers. There was a time when test matches were timeless (in theory) and would carry on until there was a result. There was an instance where a timeless test, the last to ever be played in 1939, had to be called as a draw because England had a boat to catch to go home after twelve days, three of which had no play at all because of rain. So nine days of actual play.
Please watch a game of 20/20. its quick, batters cant just stand at the crease, they have to attack the ball. It's a great way to understand the game and realise how fast paced and dramatic it can be.
Guys, the US team put on a good show in their inaugural T20 World Cup this year. In fact, they managed to beat Pakistan in the group stages and advanced to the next round. That’s legendary stuff for a country playing in its first ever World Cup.
In cricket you can be called out if you take too long to reach the crease, now very rare, so you will see two batsmen crossing on the field or as they come from the pavilion. It was one of the 'ways out' not mentioned in the video. Others include hitting the ball twice and obstructing a fielder.
In test matches play is for six hours per day. Play starts at 11.00 until 1.00pm; then 1.40 to 3.40 when they go off for tea, then 4.00 to 6.00pm and clos of play. All this is, of course, weather permitting. You may also notice that, with the exception of the wicketkeeper, none of the fielders is wearing a catching glove. Bare hands only is the rule, and yes, the cricket ball is extremely hard and can cause real damage if the bowler is getting it to you at 85 - 90 miles an hour. Wonderful game, full of courage, skill, teamwork, and tactics.
Each bowlers has an end to bowl from, so at the end of each over, they change ends and start bowling from the opposite end with a different bowler, to whichever batsman happens to be at that end at the time, and then swap back once his over is complete
M&J - in baseball, the pitcher and catcher decide which way to use the next ball . . . whereas in cricket, you have different bowlers who do various bowls and speeds - such as slower bowls with spin, medium (with straight or spin), and fast bowlers who hurl the ball down at the wicket and batsman! . . . Only the wicketkeepers wear gloves by the way - and I think the hard leather cricket ball is also just a little heavier than a baseball . . . The stitched seam running around the centre is how the spinners are able to get the ball to veer so much on a bounce . . . 11 players on each team, but when the 10th batter is put out - he then doesn't have a running partner so that teams innings is over and they swap over . . . In a Test Match (the long one) - Depending on how many you have scored (typically over 400) - the batting team can then "declare" and put the other team in to bat - then if they get them all out before reaching their total can get them to follow-on = play at bat yet again, trying to get them all out before they can still reach their 1st total . . . There is more involved including those basic points - but that's the main gist of it . . .
23:47 You're not seeing England's wickets as they've already lost all their batsman in the previous innings of play. Not to complicate things further but, if a side is batting particularly well during their innings, they can choose to declare if they feel they're in a powerful position before all their batsman are out. For eg, you're batting and it's the end of day 4 of a 5 day test match and your opponents need to score a large amount of runs on the last day to win. You could elect to declare your innings so that the opposition has to chase down your total. Once a batting side has declared though with batsman in hand, there is no going back to that innings and restarting it with the remaining batsman. If they lose from this point, they lose.
To add to permaculture's comment, an innings always contains a maximum of 10 wickets (i.e. 10 of 11 players are out), and no partner batter remains for the one who is not out yet. So when the outs (wickets) of the previous innings' score are not shown, it is because regular fans will understand this to mean "for 10 wickets".
Tickets: for multiple day games you buy a separate ticket for each day's play. You get a refund for any days where there is no play (either because of rain or if the game finished before your ticket applied). You also get a partial refund if there is only a short amount of play.
23:40 They give the total of the previous innings in test matches it is safe to assume it is for 10 wickets (all out) or that team would still be batting. If it wasn't for all 10 it would say something like 400 for 3 declared shortened to 400/3dec. The batting team can declare their innings over if they think they have enough runs. This is fairly common in first class cricket as the matches are time limited and you want to give yourself enough time to get the other team out. It basically doesn't happen in limited overs cricket.
18:16 To explain the timing of test (or first class for four-day domestic matches), play starts with a two-hour session, then a 40-minute lunch break, then two more hours of play, then a 20-minute tea break, then two more hours of play. Each day a minimum amount of overs is expected to be bowled (100 per day in a four-day match or 90 per day in a five-day match). Certain stoppages (innings changes, rain, bad light in day matches) can affect the number of overs. If a team is deliberately taking too much time to bowl to slow the game down to keep the other side from winning, they can be penalized with fines of their match fees or suspensions of that team’s captain.
On the scorekeeping, it doesn't show outs for England because we can assume they are "all out" or they "retired" (only really happens in 5 days) meaning they think they scored enough. So if the scoreboard did show it, it would always say 287-10 which is redundant.
When I was a young man I had a French girlfriend. It blew her mind that technically you could play a test match for 25 days, 5 x 5 day tests, and still end the test match in a draw with no winner.
@@JamesMiller-fz9ty My partner is French. I live in France since 2008. Very close to her eldest grandson. He LOVES cricket. I’m no coach. He loves batting and bowling. He has obvious eye/hand/ball talent. I can’t coach bowling and can only teach him , 9 years old, so much about batting. He has a ferocious square cut but can’t play in the V. I got him to watch Ponting playing straight bat shots (GOAT imho). But it is an alien concept. Incidentally, for Mike and Jess, it’s called ‘bowling’ because the original way of delivering the ball to the batter was underarm and along the ground like the lawn game bowls. Early cricket bats were more like hockey sticks.
When the batsmen run, they're meant to run outside the rectangle ie off the pitch. The pitch is very very short mowed grass, so if you scuff it up it can help the bowler get an odd bounce so you try not to run on it so as not to scuff it up.
The bowlers alternate between each end and there are at least 4 specialist bowlers, but any one of the players may bowl an over. Two batters are required because if only one run is scored the second batter then faces the bowler….
I’m English. I love cricket. This is a very good video. Your reactions are smart. I love first-class cricket. You pay for each day. The domestic version of 1st-class cricket is 4-days long potentially. I don’t like what we call ‘white ball’ cricket: that’s what in the video are called ODIs and 20/20s. The white ball games are also sometimes called the pyjama game because of the coloured clothing.
I do like a good test match, I get the excitement of a T20 but you loose so much in strategy and match craft and guile which the test match provides in abundance..
@@mallockracer Nobody remembers T20s. Instant gratification then nothing. Each to their own I guess. There are some Test matches and also series and 1st-class games that are deep in my soul.
@@mallockracer Yes!!! That too. You just sit and watch and it’s like you belong there. You get to see pure brilliance and total circus!!! Normally with a good pub within hitting distance.
A cricket ball is primarily made from a cork core, wrapped with string, then covered with a leather exterior stitched together to make 4 quadrants, with a prominent over-stitched seam joining the 2 hemispheres. The heavy seam gives the bowler a chance to 'swing' the ball through the air or to deviate off the ground. At a maximum of 163g, the cricket ball is heavier than a baseball ball, but is also smaller, with a circumference of between 224mm and 229mm.
Just to add to this, the swing (curve ball) is magnified by the bowlers rubbing one side of the ball (at the seam) against their clothing to keep that side shiny. The other side of the ball becomes rough as the game moves on due to being hit etc. Eventually the difference between the rough and shiny side of the seam results in one side moving faster through the air than the other causing the ball to curve. Some bowlers were expert at using this effect to take wickets. Spin bowlers would add a spin effect to the bowl as it left their hand so that when it bounced in front of the batsman it would bounce off at an angle. Another comment on here has suggested a Shane Warne video, probably the best example of a spin bowler.
As douglashirst noted in another comment, because of the 'work' done on the ball by the bowlers to maximise the swing effect it is vital that if a ball goes in to the crowd it is returned to the field of play
An important difference from baseball totally ignored in the og video is that in first class cricket, one ball is used for 85 overs, possibly more, and can only be changed if it is lost (hit out of the ground, for instance) or the umpires judge that it is "out of shape" or too badly damaged. Then a replacement ball is chosen which is in as close to similar state of wear as the original.
There is a detailed scorecard available for each innings which will indicate how the players got out, how many runs they scored, the detailed statistics of a bowler (how many wickets taken for example), etc.
The first international match of cricket was between US v Canada, even though both sides were mostly filled up with British ex-pats. T20 cricket (20 overs per side) makes its Olympic debut in LA in 2028
The most famous Test Matches are between England and Australia called The Ashes . There is a film and many documentries made of the notorious Bodyline Series where the English bowlers were accused of targeting the body and not the wickets as Australia had one of the greatest players ever in their team. Cricket balls are really hard, and can be very dangerous if you are struck by one especially on the head. I played netball, rounders, football and cricket (my brother had a team with his friends) when young and I got really injured with a cricket ball. My leg was black and blue for weeks, it took ages to recover and it was so painful.
Test Cricket is the longest format of the sport of cricket, .It is the "Real test" of a cricketer's skill, endurance, and temperament. It is a format of international cricket where two teams in white clothing between 2 countries, compete over a match that can last up to five days with six hours of play each day. It consists of four innings (two per team), maximum of 90 overs has to be bowled per day as the longest playing time. A team wins the match by outscoring the opposition in the batting or bowl out in bowling, otherwise the match ends in a draw.
A couple of things to note, in the UK cricket is also know as the English rain dance. I believe in baseball the pitcher is trying to deliver the ball as fast as he/she can. In cricket you have fast bowlers like in baseball, but there are also spin bowlers, who bowl slower but spin the ball. As the ball will bounce it will move or deviate a lot after bouncing.
Test Cricket is the purest form of cricket and it is a must watch. It truly measures a players character in many ways and it is not easy surviving 5 days. The field setting, bowler changes, defending the wicket all makes up for an exiting game. I really loved watching when I was young, but now I just watch the game highlights. If Im on holiday and there was a test game going on I'd probably spend time watching a test match.
A friend of mine cheerfully mentions this quote often. Test Cricket would never take off in the states. As Americans would never stand for a game that lasted 5days and still ended in a draw. Oh and as mentioned before , the ball is hard and heavy. Think of a small leather bound cannonball that is slighly deformable.
So in England it starts 11 am lunch is at 1pm till 13:40 (so 40 mins) then 13:40 to 15:40 is the afternoon session then they stop for 20 mins for tea then from 16:00 to 18:00 pm or 18:30 depending on how much cricket has been played during the day
Yes, play typically starts at 11am and continues until about 6pm, with two intervals: "lunch" (a 40-minute break taken at about two hours into the match) and "tea" (a 20-minute break two hours after the post lunch restart). In hot weather there'll also be a couple of very short breaks where water/juice will be bought onto the field.
As many people have already stated, cricket balls are very hard. I googled the fastest speed a cricket ball has been bowled. It came out at 161.3 kph, or 100.22 mph. Cheers.
@Foadiafya I watched him live I promise you he was faster by a lot. Sitting square leg Marshy was more than a pitch back as keeper and you could not see the ball from side on it was so fast
10:00 - Yep! The highest innings (which would be like three and a half hours of play) total for a team in one day internationals is 498 runs for 4 "outs" by England.
The best form, imho, is full on test cricket - a _five_ day marathon. This is when the strategies, the tiny little edges (and the weather) coupled with top sportsmen (watch Shane Warne bowling, for example) can, although others might complain it's slow, have you on the edge of your deck chair (sipping a Pimms) for a week.
I always agreed with Stephen Fry, Test Matches can be boring, but those (sometimes) long periods of building makes those moments of excitement or the tension at a close game all the more fulfilling.
The bowlers (pitchers) bowl 6 balls in an over. The next over will be another bowler who bowls from the opposite end. Some cricket pitches may have a slight slope and some bowlers may have a preference for bowling from a particular end. Bowlers are either fast bowlers (90 mph plus) or spin bowlers (much slower but the ball direction unpredictable once it bounces). Even fast bowlers can get limited movement of the ball (called swing) because of the way the ball is held. The ball is very hard and has a stitched raised seam which contributes to the movement. There are a couple of different ball manufacturers that use very different seams. Test cricket which is 5 days is usually played with a red ball. Limited over cricket (game completes in one day) is often played with a white ball. The bowlers will often shine one side of the ball on their trousers (leaving red marks on their trousers). A ball with one dull side and one shiny side can move more unpredictably. The game was invented in England but the reason it's popular is because every country within the commonwealth plays it (Commonwealth countries used to be controlled by the UK). Cricket is the national sport in India with a huge population which is why it's so popular globally. Other nations that take cricket seriously include Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the West Indies and of course England.
It seems also that when the fielding side makes a catch the play is over. In baseball the ball is live if there is someone on base or it is a third out.
(In Test match)There's three sessions in one day and every session of 2 hours or 30 overs. This is only day game. So it's starting at 9:30am to 5 pm. And between every session there's a break. And between the session there's 2 or 3 drinks break.
This might have been answered in the comments already but in case not: The reason that it didn’t show how many wickets England had lost, only their score is that England had already finished their innings and lost all their wickets. Unlike in baseball where each team completes an innings at a time, going back and forth, in cricket an innings refers to the entire team batting before the other team has their turn. To simplify it, imagine 2 baseball teams are playing each other. Team 1 has their 9 innings in a row. Then the teams swap and the second team has their 9 innings in a row to try beat Team 1’s score. The use of the term innings is confusing as they mean different things in each sport. But essentially once a team has finished batting and the other team has taken their turn to bat, it doesn’t really matter how many wickets were taken, just the score as that is the target the second team is trying to beat.
Hi guys, love your channel, firstly, I wish I could find a Jess … what an incredible lady you have Mike !!! Ok a cricket ball is rock hard and coated with leather with a seam stitched around the centre. If you get hit on your body it can seriously hurt you, broken bones are not uncommon, in fact an Australian cricketer recently was hit on the back of his head and died in seconds after being hit. Doom and gloom I know!!! Anyway cricket is a very complex game on the face of it , but like most things time watching helps understanding quite quickly. Love your reactions to comedy , especially when Jess gets grossed out , it cracks me up 😂👍😂
We played lacrosse at school (in England). I was goalie, which means I was certifiably insane. I was shocked when a few months ago I looked at my old school's website and saw that they now play hockey. Bunch of cissies! 😁😁
Some added info for you....the guys at the start in "white" are involved in a 'test match' in which each side is allowed 5 days each to score as many runs as possible often reaching 500+ runs
16:30 - There are commonly 4 or more bowlers on a team - And different kinds of bowlers, fast-bowlers, spinners, seam-bowlers, right-handers, lefties... - The team captain will swap ebetween different bowlers, and different types of bowlers, to try to stop a batsman from 'settling-in' for a long innings. It's a very tactical game, especially the long-format test matches. My father was an opening batsman for the county whern I was a kid - I was never that great a batsman, but could bat at around number 5 or 6 at club level, and I was a decent seam-bowler.
Thanks for checking out my suggestion! Cricket is the 2nd biggest sport in the world (largely thanks to the Indian subcontinent) I’m a Vols fan too by the way…
@@RNTV BOTH players score runs when it is their turn to bat.He implied just one did though only one per shot. After 6 deliveries( an over) another bowler is needed but he bowls from THE OTHER END so, tactically,if a genuine Batsman is still there near the end with one of hi teammates who bats at the end ( Number 8,9,10 or11 in the batting order ) the better batsman may try to get ONE single run of thel last ball of the 6 deliveries: Over so he retains the batting. That "287" in a 5-Day match means his team are ALL OUT that is 10 players out leaving one batsman "Not Out" with no remaining Partners. HIGHEST SCORE for ONE player in a Test Match is 400 FOUR HUNDRED in 2003/4:)
Don't forget lunch. The breaks are for the benefit of spectators as much as the players. Who has got the attention span to play, or watch, for six hours without a break?
For me the most interesting thing about cricket is the change in the condition of the ball and the pitch (the surface they play on) during the game, especially in test cricket over a few days. This can have a big influence on the result of the game probably more than any other sport (and it is therefor also interesting which team wins the toss and has the option to either bat first or bowl first). Cricket is also very tactical. The teams will study each batsman and set up the field positions accordingly (so they study the strong and weak points).
They do comparisons sometimes at the end of every over so you can see what the first batting team was at the same time or same amount of delivery's that had been bowled
I think you are probably thinking about Hurling. An Irish sport that I won't even pretend to know the rules to but it looks like a cross between field hockey and Aussie rules football
Being of Irish extraction I love watching Hurling. It is said to be the fastest field sport in the world, not sure if that has been scientifically proven but watching it, it would seem to be so.
The bowlers come from the same end each time. Therefore, if you only make one run, then the other batter will face the next ball. This leads to tactics where a strong batter will attempt to protect a weaker batter by avoiding running singles.
Bowlers swap ends each over (6 balls) so a stronger batsman will 'protect' the weaker until the over is almost over. He'll then be very keen to run a single so that he can be on strike again when the next over starts at the other end.
In the short version a bowler only has a limited number of overs (balls) each. In the longer version there is no limit to their overs, limits occur if they are tired or ineffectual. However, they can come back later on, or can swap ends but not immediately, an extra bowler has to fill in for one over to swap over, to prevent the bowler swapping ends bowling consecutive overs.
glad you said you were bored of baseball yes thats what I think of it too. when i was bowling in cricket and batting it was fun. the hard bit is going out to field for a few hours. but this can be rewarding if you are involved a lot. you can make a great catch in the field. i was a bowler so i had to be accurate and swing the ball with pace.
Unlike baseball, if the ball is struck into the crowd, they are not allowed to keep it. As the ball ages it performs differently.
Also, different types of bowlers can take advantage of the different condition of the ball - fast bowlers get more out of a new ball, slower bowlers who can spin the ball prefer an older ball.
In a recent game between England and Sri Lanka, someone in the crowd caught the ball single handed (while holding a pint of beer in the other hand).
@@hobsonjones8693 Would have been more impressive if he was drinking the beer!
@@VinnBim caught it in the beer they were drinking ...
@@VinnBim they'd have to have been an Aussie to pull that off 🤣
The ball is extremely hard. Even with padded batting gloves broken fingers are the result of being struck on the hand sometimes.
@@happilyeggs4627 and also the pitch, the lighter coloured brown area where the bowler bounces the ball , is rolled and kept dry towards the game it is prepared over ten days to have a consistent bounce .
Yeah also that Australian was killed when the ball hit his neck 😢
I once hit a 2 off a head high bouncer with the back of my hand (without a glove, my team were collapsing so quickly I didn''t even have time to put one on) - I lasted two runs, retired injured - ouch! I once had a ball batted past me ear and it was actually buzzing like a hornet.
@@AndyKing1963 Much nasty.
@@happilyeggs4627 Balls that have already bounced can shatter helmets. I once faced an Australian grade bowler in a British forces league. He was the quickest I ever faced. I opened the batting, having bigged myself up. He bowled 5. A fielder said ‘Good leaver’. 6th sent my off stump back to the pavilion.!! Like you both observed, it’s not 3 strikes!
As an English cricket fan, I enjoy most iterations of the sport, but my true love will always be test cricket. You can't beat the ebb and flow of the 5-day game. Captains have to be tactical, the wicket deteriorates, which allows for spin bowlers to take advantage. It's very satisfying.
As for tickets, you can purchase any one day, or multiple days or the entire test.
I’m the same. My grandad was my fave person and I used to watch the tests with him in the summer holidays when we stayed with them. Always loved it and I like the cricket whites the coloured kits just look messy to me 😂😂😂
I will watch the shorter format & T20 is at last growing on me but like you, test cricket is my passion. I’ve watched England tests in Australia, NZ, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa & Barbados. No way will the longer game ever appeal to an American audience though
lol man... you are funny... they are learning about rules of cricket and you are talking about "the wicket deteriorates, which allows for spin bowlers to take advantage" 🤣🤣🤣... covid cricket fans from common wealth wont understand ur comment 😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah test cricket is by far the purest and most satisfying to watch.
I have a hard time taking T20 seriously, given that nobody seems to value their wicket and there’s less opportunity for genuine momentum swings to occur.
Mine too, I love test cricket!
The 5 day test match is like the psychological thriller version of cricket, the deterioration of the pitch which affects the likelihood of a catch off the edge of the bat increases the drama dramatically. This pure form is the best.
JD. The 5 day game also allowed for tactics, prompted by the condition of the pitch & secondarily, the field in general, but even more by the relative strengths & weaknesses of one's own team vis à vis the opposition. The captain of each team, often in consultation, decides on his team's tactics.
The limited overs game is more like baseball--batters slog the ball, bowlers have only 6 balls for any tactics.
Limited overs cricket was introduced to bring in spectators with a short attention span. True aficionados love the 5 day game.
I liken tests to a war consisting of a series of battles. Each battle having its own sub-goal consisting of strategies required according to the situation. It's definitely my favourite format. A true test of skill, knowledge, discipline and temperament.
It’s also what is says on the tin: a true test. There’s nowhere to hide in a test match. It tests skill, stamina, resilience, tactics, athleticism, and many other things. I don’t think there is any sport that is a greater all-round test of the players’ abilities.
Hey, Australian here. Just wanted to try to answer your questions. (Apologies for paraphrasing.)
"What is the ball made from?" - The ball construction is actually VERY similar to a baseball, with one main difference, and that is the lacquer. A cricket ball, when compared to a baseball, is SLIGHTLY smaller, SLIGHTLY heavier, and MUCH harder, especially when new (start of innings), before the lacquer scuffs away. The sewn stitching pattern is also quite different, with the leather pieces kinda split into two hemispheres.
"Does the batter's teammate just run back and forth?" - No. When the batters (batsmen) make a run and switch ends, they basically swap roles. This is referred to being "on strike" (for the batter facing the bowler), or "off strike" for the batter at the other end waiting to run. Whoever is at the end of the pitch facing the bowler will play the next pitch.
"Does the creator get anything wrong?" - Nope, he does really well. Kinda nails it, actually. The only thing I'd say is that, in reality, cricket terms often pull double-duty to describe entirely different things. For the sake of simplicity the creator avoided that, and did it very, very well.
"Can the crowd keep the balls that are hit to them?" - No, they have to throw it back. In cricket, the slow degradation of the ball is part of the game. A ball can only be replaced under very specific circumstances at the discretion of the umpires. So the same ball must always be returned to play. For example, in 5-day test matches, the ball is only replaced every 80 overs.
"Can the batters run outside the pitch?" - Yes. In fact, they're required to. The "safe" areas at either end of the pitch, AKA the crease, extend away from the pitch to infinity, so as long as they're in line, they're safe. The pitch itself is carefully prepared, very very short, dry grass, giving it a consistency similar to concrete. The players shoes, often spiked, degrade the surface, so avoidable damage to the wicket is outlawed, forcing batters and even bowlers off the side of the wicket as soon as possible. The umpires monitor this throughout the game, and regularly give out warnings to players breaching the protected areas.
"How do they schedule a 5-day game?" - For Test (5-day) cricket, each day is broken up into three "sessions" - a morning session, that runs from about 10am to 12:30pm, a middle session that runs from 1:10pm to 3:30pm, and a late session that runs from 3:50pm to maybe 6pm, depending on available daylight. This applies to all day tests, although recent years has seen the advent of the 'night test', which has a similar structure, just shifted to later in the day, with play beginning in the early afternoon and finishing around 10pm.
"How do they sell tickets for a 5-day game?" - Tickets are sold as a single day. So you can go to all five days if you like, but you would need to buy five tickets (generally). Sometimes, if its clear at the start of a day's play that the game is about to come to an end, they will permit free entry to the venue. This might happen at the beginning of day 4 or 5 if one team has victory essentially assured, and a result is expected within an hour or two.
Most people generally attend just one of the five days, and will watch the other four on TV. Of course there are plenty of die-hard fans that will attend all five days, especially if they've traveled from overseas to watch their national team play.
"Wait, what are the formats?!" - Three main formats - Test cricket (five days, players wear white, played only by national teams), One-Day cricket (games last about 8 hours, 50 overs per innings, players wear team colors, played mainly by national teams), and T20 or Twenty20 cricket (games last about 3 hours, 20 overs per innings, players wear colors, played by professional teams or national teams). Don't try to learn all three at once. Although the rules are basically the same, strategies and play-styles between formats vary wildly. I'll get into how you should get started with cricket at the end.
"Scorekeeping, oy..." - The graphical scoreboard is super confusing to newcomers. It's not just you. But the creator does explain it very well. I suggest maybe just watching that part of the video a few times, or just watch a game and spend time with it as play goes on.
"Why doesn't England's first innings score (in the example) show their wickets?" - Although its not obvious, its implied that England lost ALL their wickets in making that score. This would have been what triggered the change of innings. Confusingly, in a One-Day or T20 game, they might also show the score like this if the team ran out of overs, rather than wickets. But the gist is, that's the final score the team could manage, given whatever limitations imposed on them by the format. It's also worth noting that the graphic on screen is really just a snapshot, not the full scorecard (which is a whole other can of worms), but the full scorecard WOULD show exactly how England reached that score.
*** Some of my other thoughts for newcomers ***
- Test matches are played with a red (day matches) or pink (night test) cricket ball, while limited overs matches are played using a white cricket ball. The construction of all balls is identical, the only reason for the change in color being visibility in different lighting conditions.
- Bowlers (pitchers) come in different varieties. Fast bowlers utilize speed, as well as "natural variation" to take their wickets. This might include swing (curve balls), or using the way the ball might change trajectory when it bounces on the surface. There are also Spin bowlers, which use their wrists and fingers, and lower speeds, to cause the ball to DRAMATICALLY change direction on the bounce. Both types will use deception and mind games to bring a batsman undone.
- Some prestigious games of cricket to look out for:
The Ashes - A four- or five-match series of 5-day cricket EACH MATCH, played exclusively between Australia and England for one of the oldest sporting trophies in the world.
The Boxing Day Test - A single 5-day match that begins on December 26 each year, played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and a touring nation.
The T20 World Cup - Like the soccer world cup, but played between cricketing nations in the 20 overs format (quicker, more exciting games). A very coveted tournament to win, as you can imagine.
- A note on fielding positions: I would say don't bother worrying about learning all the many dozens of fielding position names. Unfortunately, commentators LOVE using the vernacular as they discuss tactics and criticisms. My only advice is to watch a few games, and it'll slowly come to you. I find it also helps to know the etymology, but without a cricket tragic in the room, I don't know how you'd get that experience.
- FINALLY, which format should you watch? I'd say, WITHOUT A DOUBT, start with T20 (professional) cricket. Although it TECHNICALLY has the most rules, its counterintuitively easier to follow and much more exciting. In particular, for the best bang for your buck, start with the Indian Premier League (IPL). Players are paid NFL-level salaries, and the quality of cricket is incredible. You also get to witness the incredible insanity that is a live Indian cricket crowd (they're absolutely bananas).
If you're a die-hard general sports fan, and don't mind a slow burn. I wouldn't dismiss Test (5-day) cricket outright. For me, its by far my favorite format. The rules are simpler, and you get more time to absorb the game, the rules, the vernacular, and the general vibe. It's hard to ignore the time commitment though, if you want to see a game through. Any games that involve Australia, India, England or South Africa playing each other are well worth your time, with the caveats above.
Yes, this. Perfectly explained. Would add that a game with New Zealand is worth a watch lol (Bloody Aussies!)
Brit here very good explanation of raised questions
A very good explanation, mate! - you forgot to mention in Ashes Matches if one team is cheating - that will probably be The Aussies☝☝🦘🦘🦘
Brilliant!!!
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Cricket is the world's best rabbit hole. Enter at your peril.
I love it. 🏴
A rabbit hole who's pinical is the 2019 cricket world cup final. An insane game!
And the only sport in the world to be called after an insect.
Well I do know that the poms are ferrets , Bunny's can't bat so they bat last , Poms are so bad they go in after the bunnies , gotta luv em haha
But honest , ball shyness is a concept I'd get familiar with if I'm putting my body between the ball and stumps , it's scarey, and inconsistent bounce, behind square the non striker will call wait , yes 1 as they pass , but I front of square the batsman should call the run wait , yes 3 one for the throw run hard , that's what you talk about , the wicket is turning outa of bowler Xa feet marks so bat out your crease negate that length . R
@@phillipecook3227 Google claims "The name may have been derived from the Middle Dutch krick(-e), meaning a stick; or the Old English cricc or cryce meaning a crutch or staff, or the French word criquet meaning a wooden post."
When I was in NY in the 70s, I went to a baseball match, Yankees against Red Sox. A little old lady sitting next to me heard my accent and said, "if you're used to soccer you may not realise that a baseball match can take several hours to finish". I replied, "hey, a cricket match can last five days".
That's the only type of cricket to watch, five day test cricket, not the baseball in pyjama's limited over nonsense. Unfortunately, that's where the money is, so it's here to stay.
@@The-Saxon BS they both have their place. LO cricket is getting more poeple into cricket that wouldn't otherwise be into it. Test matches being 5 days some people find boring..... LO allows a cricket match to last as long as a football match
@@PBMS123 Oh, I agree, they do both have their place, but I don't have to like LO cricket, and as an ex cricketer who played county cricket and played plenty of both formats, I think I know a bit about the game.
Test cricket is a chess match, LO is a lottery by comparison, but yes, they both have their place.
Baseball just glorified rounders 😂
@008juggy baseball is a British sport, invented here. GB were first world champions
Nothing like being at work with the radio on listening to a test match.
WFH has been a blessing. A hot summer's day, the aircon on, ploughing through reports, the cricket on in the background...
I'll be honest, I'm a Canadian, a big baseball fan, and I've really gotten interested in cricket these last few months. Last week, I found an ODI between NZ and Australia on youtube, and decided to listen to the entire thing during my work day at the office - and it was fantastic! It had that familiar pacing, it was very tactical, the match was long enough that teams batting would go in mini-hot and cold streaks (something you don't get in baseball in the same way) and it lasted for the majority of my work day, so it was a treat. I could see how people listen to it on the radio regularly.
I was listening to the Trent Bridge Ashes test during which Stuart Broad took 8-15; my husband was at work and I was texting him the fall of the wickets - he thought I was having him on!
...getting now work done.
This was a test match so if the first team is out that means all 10 batsmen are out and now the opposition has to try and beat the total made by them. That is why the wickets are not shown-if the second team is in then all the previous batsmen are out.
The joy of test matches is you listen on the radio while you do your chores (or work) and only stop when it gets exciting for a few minutes. It’s a wonderful way to be and very soothing.
Have you read Bill Bryson's description of cricket on the radio? Bear in mind he doesn't know cricket and he's listening to a radio commentary. Can you imagine anything more incomprehensible to the uninitiated? The way he describes it is one of the funniest things I've ever read. 😂
We used to have the radio playing outside, and the TV running inside while we were working in the garden. If a bit wicket was taken we would run back inside to watch the instant replay.
My uncles had a dairy farm, and in summer the afternoon milking was often accompanied by the milking shed radio being tuned to whatever cricket game was on at the time. My uncles loved cricket, and I swear the cows did too 😆😆😆, they always seemed totally relaxed when they were listening to it
@@CAbbott71 I used to watch cricket test matches on broadcast TV with the sound off and the BBC commentary on the radio, best of both worlds, and how can you waste time gardening when a test match is on especially the Ashes series? You can't be that much of a fan.
The last day and last session of a test match when one side is close to victory and the other side is clawing on for a draw is the most exciting part.
AS an Irishman who came to Australia, I cared not for cricket. I sat beside a fan that told me... Now look... Captain has put fielder 1 in x position, he has put fielder 2 in y position he has told bowler to bowl THERE,,,, it will go one of three places X,Y or stumps..... it went to X.... Hve been hooked ever since
Welcome soldier
in the scoring section. England scored 287 by the time their innings ended. Their innings ended when 10 of their players were out.
10 'outs' ends an innings
Important to note that it ends at 10 players out because while there are 11 players per team, you have to have a player at each end, hence the team being out once 10 are out.
The England First Innings score of 287 in that 5-day Test Match means they have no more batting pairs to go to the wicket, ie 10 of their 11 available wickets have fallen. They are ‘All Out’ (apart from the last man, of course, whose score is recorded as ‘x Runs N/O’ - Not Out).
You’re chasing runs so you’re unlikely to see this after a First Innings, but if your team is really racking up the runs in the Second Innings so that the opposition has little chance of matching or beating your total in the time left, the team Captain may decide to call it a day before the whole of the Second Innings is played. The opposition then has to bat their Second Innings instead, earlier than expected, and if they haven’t been playing that well this is actually quite intimidating.
The wording for this is ‘England Declared at 287’, and on the score line at the bottom of the screen it would read ‘England 287 (decl)’.
Cricket has a reputation for being slow because of having to retrieve the ball from wherever it might be on the field, or in the crowd, and getting it back to the bowler for the rest of his six deliveries, or else waiting while the bowler is changed and the players out in the field are repositioned, but when the bowler starts his run-up you know that absolutely anything could happen in the next few seconds. Watch some of the insane catches videos where you see these guys doing the most extraordinary acrobatics to try and prevent just one more run from being scored. It’s a fantastic sport and I love it!!
And don't forget declarations. A captain may declare his team's inning to be over at any time before 10 wickets have been lost. It happens fairly often in test cricket, and is done for various tactical reasons.
England 287 means that England are ALL OUT which is why India are batting. What he didn't mention was when the bowler has completed his over, the incoming bowler bowls from the opposite end of the strip to him
If the players haven't changed ends then the bowler starts the next over bowling at the batter at the other end.
I was an "expert" in THe 1960s as my Grammar School overlooks The Oval and I knew all(then) 17 County teams but apart from a Test Match day's highlights that is the only cricket I, occasionally, watch but, surely, an Umpire can independently give a player out with the encouragement of an appeal?
He didn't mention the bowler's maximum allotted amount of overs in limited cricket.
@@Isleofskye MCC Law 31.1: "Neither umpire shall give a batter out, even though he/she may be out under the Laws, unless appealed to by a fielder. This shall not debar a batter who is out under any of the Laws from leaving the wicket without an appeal having been made."
@@daz_n Admittedly,I have only been watching Cricket since The Edrich/Boycott.Graveney/Cowdrey/Barrington/Dexter era of the Mid 1960's but I never knew that. LOL
Was it ever, thus?
I believe it was in the original 1744 rules “They are not to order a player out, unless appealed to by the adversaries”
Cricket balls are definately not rubbery. I remember we were playing cricket at school, and a boy got his nose broken when the ball hit him in the face. The ball is rock hard!
Watch videos of 1960's Yorkshire Captain: Brian Close standing as close a you can to the Barsman without any protection and getting hit from very close range and carrying on as if nothing happened.
Been hit in the face as well, needed stitches and could've been a lot worse.
@@Isleofskye Cricket balls are made of cork, with a leather case stitched on, and a raised seam around the centre, which helps the bowler made the ball cut left or right, with different amounts of spin and speed to defeat the batsman
When you catch one, it stings like hell, and you can break a finger if you get it wrong ! Every British schoolkid (just like every school kid in India, Pakistan, Australia or Jamaica) learns this the hard way at school
@@stevesoutar3405 Thank You, Steve.
Happened to schoolmate; Jim Draper at my Grammar School Playing Fields in 1967...
@@VinnBim Heaven forfend! NO! As you, probably, know, they were in Camberwell along Peckham Road by St.Giles Church and moved to Sutton in 1975. My Grammar School: Archbishop Tensions overlooked The Oval and the really clever kids had their Latin lessons on the roof while their teacher watched the cricket. Occasionally, we would pay 2 old pence to watch Surrey in the tea time session though they were not my team. This was 1965-71 in the days of Edrich, Barrington, and Geoff Arnold. Sadly our school lost its status and by 2023 no one wanted to go to this Comprehensive and it closed forever. Good Luck. Are you an Old Wilonan, my friend?
As a Canadian, my only real exposure to cricket was when I lived in Australia.
I sort-of understood it after a year or so, but I found that cricket (in the summer months) was always playing in, say, hospital waiting rooms and proved to be a splendid way of killing a few hours in a hospital.
Just remember, literally a billion more people prefer cricket to baseball
In other words, India prefers cricket to baseball.
@@petero2219it is what it is
A cricket ball is harder than a baseball and bounces because of the pace a bowler generates when they bowl (pitch) the ball.
Next off, watch Shane Warne’s top wickets (outs). He’s a spinner and you won’t believe what he can do with his bowls (pitches).
Regarding the 287 runs for England, the outs aren’t shown because that score was achieved by the whole team coming out to bat. So all out for 287. Then Indians first innings would have begun.
As far as watching matches goes, try the 20-20 for starters.
Just to put things in persepective the guys in bat are facing a rock hard ball (18 grams heavier than a baseball) hurtling towards them at 160km/h with some bowlers. There have been deaths when hit on the head, heart, neck or lost an eye with the ball. There's even been a death when a guy was hit on the head when he was wearing a helmet. I played rugby but would put cricket as a much more dangerous sport.
It also bounces because the square (that rectangle in the middle as you referred to it) is very hard. It is protected from rain and moisture when a match is not being played (although not every day of the year).
His best quote concerning the popularity of the game in Australia: "There's nothing we love more than beating the English at their own game".
2 batting stations (A&B) each with a different batsman. The bowler (1) bowls 6 deliveries at batting station A, whichever batsman is at batting station A can score runs (the batsman will change if an odd number of runs are scored off a delivery). After 6 balls, bowler (2) bowls 6 deliveries from the opposite end of the pitch - towards batting station B at whichever batsman is standing there. This is repeated after each 6 deliveries i.e. 6 at batting station A followed by 6 at batting station B. First class cricket can last up to 5 days but play normally starts at 11am (sometimes 10:30am) and finishes when the required number of overs have been bowled for the day (circa 90 overs) meaning play normally finishes between 6 - 7pm. There are intervals for drinks, lunch and tea. In Britain, the weather plays a big part as rain causes cessation of play and this eats into the time available for the game. To win a test match, one team has to bowl out the other team twice with a total run score less than theirs (i.e. team A first innings 300 runs, team B first innings 250 runs, Team A second innings 320 runs (total 620 runs over 2 innings), team B second innings 310 runs (total 560 runs) so Team A wins. Tickets are bought for each day and in cases where a day is rained off or insufficient overs bowled (14 overs I think) tickets are refunded. If the England score was 287, then they have lost all 10 wickets (otherwise it would state 287 - 6 or 7 or 8 etc)
"Outs" are often referred to as dismissals 👍🏴
Brian Lara of the west Indies once scored 501 runs in one 1st class match. He was at bat for nearly 8 hours.!!
Of course, that was not even close to the 20th 'longest' innings in first class cricket.
If there was any weakness in Lara's game is that he got nervous in the 490's.
@@larryfroot😂😂😂😂😂
@@larryfrootlol
Never forget the guy who scored 286 runs on a single bowl
The best thing about cricket was the Australian golden age of commentators in the 80's and 90's. They made the sport with their banter and deep insight.
About the 5-day matches. I've noticed that a lot of Americans think it's strange that it could last so long.
But they're quite used to golf tournaments lasting 4 days, or tennis tournaments going on for a couple of weeks. Nobody thinks that's weird.
For THAT matter, the World Series or any other seven-game playoff series.
It's best not to mention how long it takes for 5 test series to play out 😂
Great point
@@guyfaux3978why is it called the World series when no other country is involved?
@@georgedyson9754 It was originally sponsored by World Whisky; that's the reason it's called the World Series.
You mentioned that your wife finds baseball comforting! Cricket, especially Test cricket, is the exact same for me! Especially since we always had the Boxing Day Test on the TV every year at my Grandpa's place! Really strikes a chord with me! The hum of the crowd, the chatter of the commentators trying to fill three to five days worth of dead air, and the occasional thing happening. It's perfect!
Yes it's comforting for me too...at least was comforting when I used to watch it regularly. Cricket for me is therapeutic.
the bowler(pitcher) can bowl fast, slow, spin they can make the ball curve in the air they can make the ball bounce at a strange angle off the floor. The ball is harder than a baseball and has a leather stiched seam running all the way around the ball. the bowler can make use of this seam to help them move the ball around. Also you will see the bowler shining one side of the ball but letting the other side get roughened up, this difference between the 2 sides of the ball then helps the bowler to bend the ball as it flies through the air.
In a test match ( the 5 day ones) the end of play on each day is usually when the umpires think it has got too dark or at a previously agreed time. Usually around 7pm.
10:00 Ball sails clear over the boundary, you get six runs, thus you have "hit it for six," which became a term for meeting an incoming threat head-on with great success or for great success in general, like "knocking it out of the park."
I’m Australian and grew up with Cricket as a kid I played cricket and baseball baseball was fun to play but watching it is like watching paint dry I remember when the West Indies were the best team and the series a series against Australia was one of the greatest sporting events I had the pleasure of being there Australia won 😊
R u excited for BGT this year ???
who won Bruce? haha, well done 🏴
You may notice that the fielders don’t have a glove. However hard the ball is hit, and however hard it travels towards you, you are expected to catch the ball with your bare hands.
Exception: the wicket keeper has two gloves
7:51 Not quite. Both batsman are 'at bat', to borrow a baseball term, simultaneously. If one hits only a single run, it's the other batsman's turn as he's on strike (unless the over (6 balls) has finished in which case the first batsman will be on strike again at the other end of the wicket.
The way play works in a first class match works is that there's 6 hours of play per day, in three sessions. Two hours each, broken up by a 40 minute Lunch break, and a 20 minute Tea break where players can eat and/or shower. There is a drinks break of a couple of minutes every hour (40 minutes in extreme heat) on the field where everyone gets access to rehydration fluids. Players on the fielding team can leave the field for medical or bio-break reasons, but if that player is a bowler, they're not allowed to bowl again for the same length of time that they were off the field.
23:50 England lost all 10 wickets or "declared" their innings thinking they had enough score and time is short to wind up India to win and avoid a "Draw". Not in this case as it is 1st innings. Declare works in 1st innings of team batting second or second innings of the team that played the first. It is basically a gamble by the Captain of the team declaring the innings closed, to save on time. It can backfire if the opposing team makes required runs in the remaining time!!
that is incorrect. england are all out, all 10 wickets lost for 287 runs.A declaration would be something like 287/8d. You can't declare after all wickets have been taken.
The fact is that Test games are most exciting and that drawing a match is sometimes also harder than winning
I’m not a cricket fan at all and don’t watch it. But when staying with some friends in the country I was invited to watch a match between his town and a nearby team. It was a warm day, the cider was refreshing and we all broke for tea, scones, cake and sandwiches at the change. Blissfully British
Sounds like something from a Famous Five book..
It's only British if they lost the game.
Now THAT'S cricket...
We had our wedding in the Cotswolds ( a very beautiful area of England),At a 16th century coaching inn called The Fleece . We wanted a very English/ UK feel to our afternoon so we arranged for a Morris Dancing troup and at 3pm ( after much Perry/ Cider was consumed) we had a cricket tea served in the courtyard. Our friends from overseas loved it. It really got our marriage and the party started.👍🥂🍻🏏🕺
@lucydog3376 It's only cricket if it ended in a draw.
The game you were thinking off is hurling which is played in Ireland 🙂. Cricket is awesome!!
And hurling is more awesome-er. The 2024 final was a brilliant game.
I've never seen or heard of hurling. I look it up to be sure. It was definitely Lacrosse I was confusing it with.
Hurling and Lacrosse is very similar... Lacrosse more common in America though
@@adalderson6269 Didn’t Irishman Eoin Morgan, legendary England white ball skipper with Test caps play hurling? Or was it hockey or both. Incredible wrists Eoin.
@@RalphBrooker-gn9iv as far as I remember Eoin was a hockey player
Something that wasn't mentioned in the video:
1. of the two batsmen, the one receiving the current delivery is called the "striker", with the other being the "non-striker", and whoever ends up at the delivery-receiving end after a sequence of runs will be the striker for the next delivery; if there is a boundary or a wide or a no-ball, they stay put for the next delivery.
2. the two batsmen swap ends after each over.
3. whichever batsman is dismissed, the next batsman assumes the same position when they come into the game - if the striker is the one dismissed, the next batsman becomes the striker, and vice-versa.
At the end of the over the batters stay put it is the bowling that changes end and also bowler
24:15 in test cricket (the 5 day match) the innings is over once the batting team has lost all their wickets or they have declared (decided they have had enough batting and want to bowl) so that is why the wickets down score against you isn't important when you are the bowling team.
There is a rhythm to a game of cricket and that is part of the attraction, each time 6 balls have bowled , they bowl at the other end of the ground , which is why their are two sets of wickets ,another point is that as a spectator you get to watch from two different positions without moving .
There used to be a similar rhythm in Baseball before the damned pitch clock came in, except it was the batters there facing around 6 or so pitches before moving on. So an over was for the batsman rather than the bowler as it were
I am a test tragic and I can't wait for summer, when test cricket is played in Australia. I love the 5 day test, as there is much more strategy involved. If you attend a five day test, you pay for each day. There are 2 breaks in the day - lunch and afternoon tea, as well as a couple of breaks for drinks. If there is rain, all play stops. Any questions, please ask!
What an awesome couple. Love that you’re so genuinely interested in other countries. Keep it up, doing a brilliant job.
I really enjoyed your take on this, as an English cricket fan who's also into US Sports (I've been to an MLB, an NFL and an NHL game).
The creator's comment on professional v amateur cricket made me think of a couple of historical oddities you might appreciate. Cricket had a "class divide" from very early on, at least in England, with "gentlemen" (wealthy amateurs) and "players" (working class professionals) in the same team but not mixing socially. They had to use different dressing rooms and even different entrances to the field of play. If you look at an old scorecard, some of the players are given initials, others are just a surname - only gentlemen get their initials printed. It was 75 years before a professional player captained England in 1952. Ten years later, the distinction was abolished, and all players are now professional.
the weather makes the game even more interesting than baseball again since the ball will wear down and get a bit ragged allowing the ball to spin or turn if you happen to be a 'spin bowler' but also for swing bowlers in humid conditions the cricket ball will move in the air and off the ground when bowling at a fast speed. the cricket ball is a harder ball than the baseball but u wear no gloves whilst catching the ball. also get hit by the ball it hurts like hell.
In June, the T20 World Cup Cricket Series was held in New York, in a specially built Stadium, to huge crowds.
Cricket is a great game... 5 Day matches (tests) that can end in draw which can be part of a series of 5 tests over 2 or 3 months that can also end in a draw... 25 days of 8 hours a day ending in a draw.... Yet still entertaining throughout
What was that game you play in primary school here in the UK. Is it Rounders? That seems similar to Baseball, not that I know for sure though.
@@PerryCJamesUK Yeah rounders was fab. We played it at my secondary school on a field next to the staff car park. It was a very basic version of baseball. I would just backhand the ball under the cars. Easy run 🙂
The bat was much shorter than a baseball bat and it was usually (in my experience) played using a tennis ball or rubber ball.
@@dimwitdave9344rounders certainly more akin to baseball than cricket is really. A proper rounders ball is solid like a cricket ball. Bloody hurts when it hits you at speed which is probably why lots of schools use a tennis ball. 😖🤕
Each bowler usually specializes a specific type of bowling action; you have Pace bowlers, Swing Bowlers or Spin Bowlers. Each type of bowling can have different styles of bowling. There are five different techniques used by Pace bowlers, two different techniques used by Swing bowlers and eight different techniques used by Spin bowlers.
One point that wasn't made clear, the bat's men, when running between wickets, if a single run is made, the other bats man stays in the crease and takes the next ball, this applies with all odd numbered runs, 1-3-5, and the same applies when an over is finished, the bowler changes ends, the bats men do not, also a runner can be nominated for a player who is able to swing the bat, but has a injury that makes it hard for him to run. Also Jess touched on "how the ball bounces, and must be made that way, the ball is in fact hard, not soft, and is covered in leather, the reason it bounces is due to the fact the area between the wickets is rolled to compress to soil and make it hard. Trust me I know from experience you do not want to be hit in an unprotected area with a fast moving cricket ball, ( and the bats men not only wear leg pads and padded gloves but a a "box" to protect the family jewels lol )
23:50 it doesn't show because an innings is over when the team is all out or the overs are finished up but in test matches there is no limit on overs hence, it's an all out.
Thanks for showing this clip. I'm not a real cricket fan, but it reminded me of growing up in the early 50's and 60's, when I used to listen to the radio (we didn't have a TV then) where the now long dead commentators would describe every ball, every pace, as well as painting a vivid picture of what was happening around the ground, hearing the thump of a leather ball striking the willow bat and the crowd applauding. Their accents were, by today's standard, 'plummy' or high class and delivered at slow, measured pace, puntured with anecdotes and humour. An age lost forever.
Test match radio commentaries on the BBC are still there every summer. I couldn't live without them; so much better than the telly commentaries. Lots of people watch it on the telly, with the sound off, and the radio commentary on.
@@whattiler5102I watch the TV coverage with Test Match Special playing
Cricket fan and ex club player here, love my cricket but would never run Baseball down, different sport for a different audience but lots of fun .
The five day test match is by far the most interesting format and can be the most exciting as well. A test match is chess, limited overs is checkers. There was a time when test matches were timeless (in theory) and would carry on until there was a result. There was an instance where a timeless test, the last to ever be played in 1939, had to be called as a draw because England had a boat to catch to go home after twelve days, three of which had no play at all because of rain. So nine days of actual play.
Please watch a game of 20/20. its quick, batters cant just stand at the crease, they have to attack the ball. It's a great way to understand the game and realise how fast paced and dramatic it can be.
Guys, the US team put on a good show in their inaugural T20 World Cup this year. In fact, they managed to beat Pakistan in the group stages and advanced to the next round. That’s legendary stuff for a country playing in its first ever World Cup.
Though of course the very first international match was between the US and Canada in 1844!
In first class cricket or test match it is 7hrs per day only
In cricket you can be called out if you take too long to reach the crease, now very rare, so you will see two batsmen crossing on the field or as they come from the pavilion. It was one of the 'ways out' not mentioned in the video. Others include hitting the ball twice and obstructing a fielder.
In test matches play is for six hours per day. Play starts at 11.00 until 1.00pm; then 1.40 to 3.40 when they go off for tea, then 4.00 to 6.00pm and clos of play. All this is, of course, weather permitting. You may also notice that, with the exception of the wicketkeeper, none of the fielders is wearing a catching glove. Bare hands only is the rule, and yes, the cricket ball is extremely hard and can cause real damage if the bowler is getting it to you at 85 - 90 miles an hour. Wonderful game, full of courage, skill, teamwork, and tactics.
I love cricket 🏏 🏴 used to go watch my Dad play as a kid . He was always seething when he was out lbw because of course he was NEVER out 😂
Your dad was Bill Lawry?
this is the best reaction video versus reaction face(s) layout ive seen. very good. very easy to watch
Each bowlers has an end to bowl from, so at the end of each over, they change ends and start bowling from the opposite end with a different bowler, to whichever batsman happens to be at that end at the time, and then swap back once his over is complete
M&J - in baseball, the pitcher and catcher decide which way to use the next ball . . . whereas in cricket, you have different bowlers who do various bowls and speeds - such as slower bowls with spin, medium (with straight or spin), and fast bowlers who hurl the ball down at the wicket and batsman! . . . Only the wicketkeepers wear gloves by the way - and I think the hard leather cricket ball is also just a little heavier than a baseball . . . The stitched seam running around the centre is how the spinners are able to get the ball to veer so much on a bounce . . . 11 players on each team, but when the 10th batter is put out - he then doesn't have a running partner so that teams innings is over and they swap over . . . In a Test Match (the long one) - Depending on how many you have scored (typically over 400) - the batting team can then "declare" and put the other team in to bat - then if they get them all out before reaching their total can get them to follow-on = play at bat yet again, trying to get them all out before they can still reach their 1st total . . . There is more involved including those basic points - but that's the main gist of it . . .
23:47 You're not seeing England's wickets as they've already lost all their batsman in the previous innings of play. Not to complicate things further but, if a side is batting particularly well during their innings, they can choose to declare if they feel they're in a powerful position before all their batsman are out. For eg, you're batting and it's the end of day 4 of a 5 day test match and your opponents need to score a large amount of runs on the last day to win. You could elect to declare your innings so that the opposition has to chase down your total. Once a batting side has declared though with batsman in hand, there is no going back to that innings and restarting it with the remaining batsman. If they lose from this point, they lose.
To add to permaculture's comment, an innings always contains a maximum of 10 wickets (i.e. 10 of 11 players are out), and no partner batter remains for the one who is not out yet. So when the outs (wickets) of the previous innings' score are not shown, it is because regular fans will understand this to mean "for 10 wickets".
Tickets: for multiple day games you buy a separate ticket for each day's play. You get a refund for any days where there is no play (either because of rain or if the game finished before your ticket applied). You also get a partial refund if there is only a short amount of play.
23:40 They give the total of the previous innings in test matches it is safe to assume it is for 10 wickets (all out) or that team would still be batting. If it wasn't for all 10 it would say something like 400 for 3 declared shortened to 400/3dec. The batting team can declare their innings over if they think they have enough runs. This is fairly common in first class cricket as the matches are time limited and you want to give yourself enough time to get the other team out. It basically doesn't happen in limited overs cricket.
18:16 To explain the timing of test (or first class for four-day domestic matches), play starts with a two-hour session, then a 40-minute lunch break, then two more hours of play, then a 20-minute tea break, then two more hours of play.
Each day a minimum amount of overs is expected to be bowled (100 per day in a four-day match or 90 per day in a five-day match). Certain stoppages (innings changes, rain, bad light in day matches) can affect the number of overs. If a team is deliberately taking too much time to bowl to slow the game down to keep the other side from winning, they can be penalized with fines of their match fees or suspensions of that team’s captain.
On the scorekeeping, it doesn't show outs for England because we can assume they are "all out" or they "retired" (only really happens in 5 days) meaning they think they scored enough. So if the scoreboard did show it, it would always say 287-10 which is redundant.
Or they ran out of overs in a limited over format. So they could have been 287-4 but the target needed to win would remain the same, in this case 288.
When I was a young man I had a French girlfriend. It blew her mind that technically you could play a test match for 25 days, 5 x 5 day tests, and still end the test match in a draw with no winner.
@@JamesMiller-fz9ty My partner is French. I live in France since 2008. Very close to her eldest grandson. He LOVES cricket. I’m no coach. He loves batting and bowling. He has obvious eye/hand/ball talent. I can’t coach bowling and can only teach him , 9 years old, so much about batting. He has a ferocious square cut but can’t play in the V. I got him to watch Ponting playing straight bat shots (GOAT imho). But it is an alien concept.
Incidentally, for Mike and Jess, it’s called ‘bowling’ because the original way of delivering the ball to the batter was underarm and along the ground like the lawn game bowls. Early cricket bats were more like hockey sticks.
A test match is only 5 days, 5 test matches (25 days) is a SERIES
@@RalphBrooker-gn9iv France are the reigning Olympic Silver medallists. Although that was in 1900 and only France and Great Britain competed
When the batsmen run, they're meant to run outside the rectangle ie off the pitch. The pitch is very very short mowed grass, so if you scuff it up it can help the bowler get an odd bounce so you try not to run on it so as not to scuff it up.
The bowlers alternate between each end and there are at least 4 specialist bowlers, but any one of the players may bowl an over. Two batters are required because if only one run is scored the second batter then faces the bowler….
23:35 ALL OUT! They are ALL OUT!!!
The fact that cricket is the number one sport in India, makes it one of the most popular sports in the world.
Take nothing away from the sport. It’s very engaging.
I’m English. I love cricket. This is a very good video. Your reactions are smart. I love first-class cricket. You pay for each day. The domestic version of 1st-class cricket is 4-days long potentially. I don’t like what we call ‘white ball’ cricket: that’s what in the video are called ODIs and 20/20s. The white ball games are also sometimes called the pyjama game because of the coloured clothing.
I do like a good test match, I get the excitement of a T20 but you loose so much in strategy and match craft and guile which the test match provides in abundance..
@@mallockracer Nobody remembers T20s. Instant gratification then nothing. Each to their own I guess. There are some Test matches and also series and 1st-class games that are deep in my soul.
@@RalphBrooker-gn9iv Then again there is nothing quite like stumbling across a game of village cricket on a barmy evening...
@@mallockracer Yes!!! That too. You just sit and watch and it’s like you belong there. You get to see pure brilliance and total circus!!! Normally with a good pub within hitting distance.
A cricket ball is primarily made from a cork core, wrapped with string, then covered with a leather exterior stitched together to make 4 quadrants, with a prominent over-stitched seam joining the 2 hemispheres. The heavy seam gives the bowler a chance to 'swing' the ball through the air or to deviate off the ground. At a maximum of 163g, the cricket ball is heavier than a baseball ball, but is also smaller, with a circumference of between 224mm and 229mm.
Just to add to this, the swing (curve ball) is magnified by the bowlers rubbing one side of the ball (at the seam) against their clothing to keep that side shiny. The other side of the ball becomes rough as the game moves on due to being hit etc. Eventually the difference between the rough and shiny side of the seam results in one side moving faster through the air than the other causing the ball to curve. Some bowlers were expert at using this effect to take wickets. Spin bowlers would add a spin effect to the bowl as it left their hand so that when it bounced in front of the batsman it would bounce off at an angle. Another comment on here has suggested a Shane Warne video, probably the best example of a spin bowler.
As douglashirst noted in another comment, because of the 'work' done on the ball by the bowlers to maximise the swing effect it is vital that if a ball goes in to the crowd it is returned to the field of play
An important difference from baseball totally ignored in the og video is that in first class cricket, one ball is used for 85 overs, possibly more, and can only be changed if it is lost (hit out of the ground, for instance) or the umpires judge that it is "out of shape" or too badly damaged. Then a replacement ball is chosen which is in as close to similar state of wear as the original.
The tesms only switch over when all of the batters were got out. Thats why when they're fielding you don't see how many are out (They all are)
There is a detailed scorecard available for each innings which will indicate how the players got out, how many runs they scored, the detailed statistics of a bowler (how many wickets taken for example), etc.
The first international match of cricket was between US v Canada, even though both sides were mostly filled up with British ex-pats.
T20 cricket (20 overs per side) makes its Olympic debut in LA in 2028
The most famous Test Matches are between England and Australia called The Ashes . There is a film and many documentries made of the notorious Bodyline Series where the English bowlers were accused of targeting the body and not the wickets as Australia had one of the greatest players ever in their team. Cricket balls are really hard, and can be very dangerous if you are struck by one especially on the head. I played netball, rounders, football and cricket (my brother had a team with his friends) when young and I got really injured with a cricket ball. My leg was black and blue for weeks, it took ages to recover and it was so painful.
"one of the greatest players"? Beyond doubt THE greatest cricketer ever.
Test Cricket is the longest format of the sport of cricket, .It is the "Real test" of a cricketer's skill, endurance, and temperament. It is a format of international cricket where two teams in white clothing between 2 countries, compete over a match that can last up to five days with six hours of play each day. It consists of four innings (two per team), maximum of 90 overs has to be bowled per day as the longest playing time.
A team wins the match by outscoring the opposition in the batting or bowl out in bowling, otherwise the match ends in a draw.
A couple of things to note, in the UK cricket is also know as the English rain dance. I believe in baseball the pitcher is trying to deliver the ball as fast as he/she can. In cricket you have fast bowlers like in baseball, but there are also spin bowlers, who bowl slower but spin the ball. As the ball will bounce it will move or deviate a lot after bouncing.
Test Cricket is the purest form of cricket and it is a must watch. It truly measures a players character in many ways and it is not easy surviving 5 days. The field setting, bowler changes, defending the wicket all makes up for an exiting game. I really loved watching when I was young, but now I just watch the game highlights. If Im on holiday and there was a test game going on I'd probably spend time watching a test match.
A friend of mine cheerfully mentions this quote often. Test Cricket would never take off in the states. As Americans would never stand for a game that lasted 5days and still ended in a draw. Oh and as mentioned before , the ball is hard and heavy. Think of a small leather bound cannonball that is slighly deformable.
During test matches, the teams stop for tea. Not sure how many times in the course of a day, but these breaks are built into the schedule.
So in England it starts 11 am lunch is at 1pm till 13:40 (so 40 mins) then 13:40 to 15:40 is the afternoon session then they stop for 20 mins for tea then from 16:00 to 18:00 pm or 18:30 depending on how much cricket has been played during the day
In short those are the timing hope this helps Elaine
There are 2 scheduled breaks, lunch and tea, and depending on the weather, there could be refreshment breaks, particularly on warm days.
Yes, play typically starts at 11am and continues until about 6pm, with two intervals: "lunch" (a 40-minute break taken at about two hours into the match) and "tea" (a 20-minute break two hours after the post lunch restart). In hot weather there'll also be a couple of very short breaks where water/juice will be bought onto the field.
As many people have already stated, cricket balls are very hard. I googled the fastest speed a cricket ball has been bowled. It came out at 161.3 kph, or 100.22 mph. Cheers.
Thommo was faster but it was before radar
@@shankedit65 so he says
@Foadiafya I watched him live I promise you he was faster by a lot. Sitting square leg Marshy was more than a pitch back as keeper and you could not see the ball from side on it was so fast
@@shankedit65 before my time unfortunately, must have been exciting to see (as long as you weren't on the receiving end).
@@Foadiafya Tony Greig Thommo broke his foot
10:00 - Yep! The highest innings (which would be like three and a half hours of play) total for a team in one day internationals is 498 runs for 4 "outs" by England.
Cricket was first played in England, so in a test match the game will stop each day for lunch and then for tea.
You gotta eat!
The best form, imho, is full on test cricket - a _five_ day marathon. This is when the strategies, the tiny little edges (and the weather) coupled with top sportsmen (watch Shane Warne bowling, for example) can, although others might complain it's slow, have you on the edge of your deck chair (sipping a Pimms) for a week.
Or listening to it on the wireless.... "Botham could not quick get his leg over".....lol
totally agree.
I always agreed with Stephen Fry, Test Matches can be boring, but those (sometimes) long periods of building makes those moments of excitement or the tension at a close game all the more fulfilling.
The bowlers (pitchers) bowl 6 balls in an over. The next over will be another bowler who bowls from the opposite end. Some cricket pitches may have a slight slope and some bowlers may have a preference for bowling from a particular end. Bowlers are either fast bowlers (90 mph plus) or spin bowlers (much slower but the ball direction unpredictable once it bounces). Even fast bowlers can get limited movement of the ball (called swing) because of the way the ball is held. The ball is very hard and has a stitched raised seam which contributes to the movement. There are a couple of different ball manufacturers that use very different seams. Test cricket which is 5 days is usually played with a red ball. Limited over cricket (game completes in one day) is often played with a white ball. The bowlers will often shine one side of the ball on their trousers (leaving red marks on their trousers). A ball with one dull side and one shiny side can move more unpredictably.
The game was invented in England but the reason it's popular is because every country within the commonwealth plays it (Commonwealth countries used to be controlled by the UK). Cricket is the national sport in India with a huge population which is why it's so popular globally. Other nations that take cricket seriously include Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the West Indies and of course England.
And India... They take it very seriously!
There are currently about 90 countries that play cricket, but not all have professional teams
It seems also that when the fielding side makes a catch the play is over. In baseball the ball is live if there is someone on base or it is a third out.
(In Test match)There's three sessions in one day and every session of 2 hours or 30 overs. This is only day game. So it's starting at 9:30am to 5 pm. And between every session there's a break. And between the session there's 2 or 3 drinks break.
This might have been answered in the comments already but in case not:
The reason that it didn’t show how many wickets England had lost, only their score is that England had already finished their innings and lost all their wickets.
Unlike in baseball where each team completes an innings at a time, going back and forth, in cricket an innings refers to the entire team batting before the other team has their turn.
To simplify it, imagine 2 baseball teams are playing each other. Team 1 has their 9 innings in a row. Then the teams swap and the second team has their 9 innings in a row to try beat Team 1’s score.
The use of the term innings is confusing as they mean different things in each sport.
But essentially once a team has finished batting and the other team has taken their turn to bat, it doesn’t really matter how many wickets were taken, just the score as that is the target the second team is trying to beat.
Hi guys, love your channel, firstly, I wish I could find a Jess … what an incredible lady you have Mike !!! Ok a cricket ball is rock hard and coated with leather with a seam stitched around the centre. If you get hit on your body it can seriously hurt you, broken bones are not uncommon, in fact an Australian cricketer recently was hit on the back of his head and died in seconds after being hit. Doom and gloom I know!!! Anyway cricket is a very complex game on the face of it , but like most things time watching helps understanding quite quickly. Love your reactions to comedy , especially when Jess gets grossed out , it cracks me up 😂👍😂
Totally agree on finding a Jess...sod the cricket...😂😂
@@glastonbury4304 👍🤣😂👍
I believe that lacrosse was originally played by native Americans. It is played by a few people in the UK.
But mostly in Ireland
We played lacrosse at school (in England). I was goalie, which means I was certifiably insane. I was shocked when a few months ago I looked at my old school's website and saw that they now play hockey. Bunch of cissies! 😁😁
It is also played in Australia. Apparently it is being revived for the next Olympics.
Some added info for you....the guys at the start in "white" are involved in a 'test match' in which each side is allowed 5 days each to score as many runs as possible often reaching 500+ runs
16:30 - There are commonly 4 or more bowlers on a team - And different kinds of bowlers, fast-bowlers, spinners, seam-bowlers, right-handers, lefties... - The team captain will swap ebetween different bowlers, and different types of bowlers, to try to stop a batsman from 'settling-in' for a long innings. It's a very tactical game, especially the long-format test matches.
My father was an opening batsman for the county whern I was a kid - I was never that great a batsman, but could bat at around number 5 or 6 at club level, and I was a decent seam-bowler.
Thanks for checking out my suggestion!
Cricket is the 2nd biggest sport in the world (largely thanks to the Indian subcontinent)
I’m a Vols fan too by the way…
It was great being introduced to a new sport. Thank you friend! Go big orange 🧡🤍🧡🤍
@@RNTV BOTH players score runs when it is their turn to bat.He implied just one did though only one per shot. After 6 deliveries( an over) another bowler is needed but he bowls from THE OTHER END so, tactically,if a genuine Batsman is still there near the end with one of hi teammates who bats at the end ( Number 8,9,10 or11 in the batting order ) the better batsman may try to get ONE single run of thel last ball of the 6 deliveries: Over so he retains the batting. That "287" in a 5-Day match means his team are ALL OUT that is 10 players out leaving one batsman "Not Out" with no remaining Partners. HIGHEST SCORE for ONE player in a Test Match is 400 FOUR HUNDRED in 2003/4:)
You’ve gotta love England. Where else would a professional game stop for tea?
Don't forget lunch. The breaks are for the benefit of spectators as much as the players. Who has got the attention span to play, or watch, for six hours without a break?
When england scores 287 ... it always means all their 10 wickets are out.
For me the most interesting thing about cricket is the change in the condition of the ball and the pitch (the surface they play on) during the game, especially in test cricket over a few days. This can have a big influence on the result of the game probably more than any other sport (and it is therefor also interesting which team wins the toss and has the option to either bat first or bowl first). Cricket is also very tactical. The teams will study each batsman and set up the field positions accordingly (so they study the strong and weak points).
They do comparisons sometimes at the end of every over so you can see what the first batting team was at the same time or same amount of delivery's that had been bowled
I think you are probably thinking about Hurling. An Irish sport that I won't even pretend to know the rules to but it looks like a cross between field hockey and Aussie rules football
Being of Irish extraction I love watching Hurling. It is said to be the fastest field sport in the world, not sure if that has been scientifically proven but watching it, it would seem to be so.
Never heard of hurling. I had to look it up, but it was definitely Lacrosse I was thinking of.
@@RNTV I had vague memories of watching Hurling as a kid so I too looked it up after posting my comment. It looks like an incredibly fun game
The bowlers come from the same end each time. Therefore, if you only make one run, then the other batter will face the next ball. This leads to tactics where a strong batter will attempt to protect a weaker batter by avoiding running singles.
Bowlers swap ends each over (6 balls) so a stronger batsman will 'protect' the weaker until the over is almost over. He'll then be very keen to run a single so that he can be on strike again when the next over starts at the other end.
There is no way USA will accept a game that takes 5 days and can still be a draw. 😁
Or even a tie. It has happened twice.
In the short version a bowler only has a limited number of overs (balls) each. In the longer version there is no limit to their overs, limits occur if they are tired or ineffectual. However, they can come back later on, or can swap ends but not immediately, an extra bowler has to fill in for one over to swap over, to prevent the bowler swapping ends bowling consecutive overs.
glad you said you were bored of baseball yes thats what I think of it too. when i was bowling in cricket and batting it was fun. the hard bit is going out to field for a few hours. but this can be rewarding if you are involved a lot. you can make a great catch in the field. i was a bowler so i had to be accurate and swing the ball with pace.
Test cricket is just that...a TEST of endurance and stamina 👍🏴