Learning Cricket from Dan and Arin feels like learning from a professor who didn’t get his degree in the subject we’re learning but the university was desperate
I do love how most of the terms are more literal than I'd assume, and then you get stuff like yorker and googly. And yeah, I looked them up because I was curious. It feels weird knowing I have genuinely learned about something from watching this channel. 😂
I have watched so many youtubers who know zilch about cricket play this game for a laugh over the years. Dan and Arin are the first to ever actually learn the sport and figure out how to play it properly while doing so. Immensely proud of the boys
To be fair, the Australian accent has become nearly identical to the British accent in recent years. Like, 20 years ago, it was really easy to tell the difference, but now when I think they're Australian they turn out to be British and vice versa. It's amazing what 2 decades can do to a regional accent.
Arin _willingly_ playing a tutorial to understand a game better is peak character development. We love a growing king 👑 Edit: Nevermind Edit 2: Nevermind? Edit 3: Nevermind. 😔
Yes, day 2 of Game Grumps cricket! I love that Dan thinks cricket games can go on indefinitely. The longest a game can last is 5 days, if it's a test match. One day games are 50 overs max per team or 10 wickets, whichever comes first. But again, Dan getting so pumped on cricket is glorious
The longest test cricket match (for those who don't know) lasted 9 days with 680 overs bowled. As stated before, there wasnt always a time limit for test matches, these extremely long matches were known as "timeless tests". Now they are hard limited to 5 days. There are matches known as ODI "one day international" which are limited to 50 overs with the game lasting up to 9 hours. And there's also a fairly new match type called twenty20 which is the shortest and fastest version of cricket, that is limited to 20 overs per side.
Dan talking about how terrifying it would be with the cricket ball flying at you, here's a fun fact. The fastest Australian bowler has bowled at 99.67mph. So yeah, there is definitely some pace behind them
And also, the balls are hard. Much harder and heavier than a baseball. I remember playing cricket as a teenager and while fielding one of my teammates took a cricket ball to the head. Out cold
one of the best cricket players "Shane Warne" didn't start until he was about 15 years old.... but then he was special.... like VERY special He single handedly took Australia which was a mid team, to being extremely dominant
After watching Dan and Arin play this game, I finally get that Casey Jones joke about 6 runs in the the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie from 1990. Better late than never I suppose.
I feel like when they play these sports games it’s like they’re back in middle school PE. Dan would be the athlete who would actually get into the activities while Arin would be the kid who jokingly brags about being good at the game despite not understanding the sport.
Opened this video to try to distract myself from a building panic attack and the first fucking thing Arin says out of nowhere is "diarrhea" and omg I burst out laughing so hard xD Thank you Game Grumps for always making me laugh even when life is difficult and scary. I appreciate you guys a lot ❤
future video idea = Dan and Arin at the 2024 cricket world cup (san francisco, LA and Dallas are going to host a few matches. not to mention major league cricket is going to be a thing soon)
He actually read it when he was looking up the basic rules for Arin last episode. But that it stuck with everything else going on is still an accomplishment. ) Edited to correct grammar (
Dan meant that Oman is to the east, not to the west, of Saudi Arabia. (I felt obliged to point this out as someone currently in Egypt, one of the countries actually to the west of Saudi Arabia.)
Even though he scored 60 cricket-y runs / "Did you point?" points, Arin was crying his eyes out every time he saw the umpire making the slicing the onions hand signal.
What's funny about cricket is that it's mostly former British imperial colonies that play it outside of England today, but most of them are now better at it than England. India is probably one of the best but I think they just got so good at it in order to embarrass the English by being better at their own game. I wish it was played more here in the US, because it's definitely an interesting game to watch.
I'm an Australian who doesn't care for any sport but naturally knew the basics of cricket due to growing up here. It's nice to see them slowly understand what they're doing lol
You were playing a Fives Match which I assume means each team plays 5 overs. Arin almost held them off too, only a few more pitches til the game was over
Here's hoping for a day three of cricket because I am genuinely invested in the game, learning its rules, and watching the fellas work it all out. After all, Arin needs to learn how to bowl!
I'm Australian and Australia is one of the best countries in the world at cricket. Most of us know cricket. It was so fun listening to Dan and Arin learn and ask funny questions. Here are some answers: W means Wicket, Test matches go for up to 5 days, some of the 'math' that Arin was talking about is not key to cricket so don't worry lol, and the ball is basically made of cement so it is scary. As a fun fact, it is summer at Christmas time and the cricket season in Australia so on public holidays/vacations we often play an easier, more casual version called beach cricket around that time of year. Played with a tennis ball, a cricket bat, sticks in the sand as wickets, and your loved ones.
Fun fact: The jock strap was made popular due to some teams deciding that if they aim for the balls players were reflexively dodge making for an easy out. England was notorious for this.
This is the second time I've tried to understand Cricket, and I think I finally get it. Arin was playing a 'Limited Overs' game, which means that each team has one innings of batting where they can score runs. The innings ends either when 10 batters are dismissed, or when 5 'overs' of six legal deliveries are bowled. A single bowler can't bowl two consecutive overs. The 'wd' were 'wides', which means they were too far away to hit, and didn't count as legal deliveries. The game ended because the computer passed the number of runs Arin scored in 5 overs (If you look in the corner, you can see it say '61 in 30', because they needed 61 runs in 30 deliveries). And because they hit that number with only 1 out, or 'wicket', they're said to have won by 9 wickets. In 'Test' or 'First-Class' matches, there's no limit on overs and teams get two innings of batting each, so games are long and scheduled over the course of three to five days, with six hours of play each day and breaks for lunch and tea.
A couple of notes: Cricket matches that last more than a day are called "Test Matches" - basically the longest form of cricket going, no over limit, a bit like an endurance game, but the days break, it's not a literally infinite innings (Feel free to correct me if i missed owt) Cricket Ball cores are made of cork. Yes, they hurt, a lot...
I just learned the rules of cricket from Mark and Tyler on their podcast a couple weeks ago. So seeing the Grumps play and I can kinda realize what's going on, it's pretty cool.
Word of advice. The ovr on the bowler selection means overall skill. So choose the ones near the top. You chose someone in the 20s hence why they began to destroy you
To answer Dan's question, it said Oman won by 9 wickets (even though they only made 3 more runs) because only one of Oman's batsmen was dismissed. So at the point where Oman won, they had 9 batsmen to go. Each time the bowling team dismisses a batsmen, they collect a wicket from the batting team (out of 10). That's what the number in front of the slash represents. If the team batting last wins, then they're said to have won by X wickets, where X is the number of wickets that the bowling team has not collected from them. In the case of Arin's game, that's 10 - 1 = 9 wickets. If the second team to bat had lost, then the first team is said to have won by X runs. So for example, if Oman had only gotten 54 runs by the end of their 5th over, then Arin would have won by 60 - 54 = 6 runs.
I like how it took maybe 3/4ths an episode including the end of late episode for the grumps to get 50 or so points, and it took the PC to get that after 1/4th of an episode
A 5 day game is called a test match where each team take turns batting an innings until either all players are out our the team opts out of batting which is called a declaration if the team batting 2nd are over 200 runs behind the other team has the option to make them bat again and if that team are still behind in terms of runs they lose and the other team don't need to bat again. If its a 1 innings game its called a ODI which lasts 50 overs or 20.
I really like watching dan and arin just hanging out having a good time learning a cool new thing lol, much more than i like watching them get frustrated at a thing and complaining about a game -- so no apoligies needed to watch you guys love what youre doing learning!
I used to get dragged to the town cricket club most summers as a kid, it really is a country club sport. Extremely relaxed atmosphere and long, dry days by the river, climbing trees, wading in pools, ignoring the fucking cricket...
Putting cricket very simply, and these may change depending on the level. Each team tries to score the most points during their single batting phase, there is only 2 innings. After every single batter gets out on a team, the teams switch from batting to defense and vise-versa, and will not get a chance at batting again this game. 2 runners run at the same time when a ball is hit, and if they both complete the sprint then thats 1 point, and can choose to do more at a higher risk of getting out. You can also get points by hitting the ball certain distances. As for getting out, there are a million ways, but the most common are catching a ball before it lands, throwing in a hit ball while the batters are still sprinting, and hitting the posts located behind the runners. Funny enough, a batter can technically get themself out if they hit the posts located behind the 2nd runner. You try to score as many points while batting, and try desperately to make sure the enemy team does not exceed your points while defending, since there is no way to make those points back. First class matches can have 4 innings, so each team gets to bat twice.
My HS Spanish teacher was the softball coach. She didn't know Spanish, and said "we'll learn together!" Learning Cricket with GG has the same chaotic feel 😂
My history teacher was called back into active duty, so they brought in a substitute teacher. He lasted for a month or so. Then, one day, he had a major breakdown in class and literally said, "I never wanted to be a teacher! I don't even have a degree in teaching! I used to work on an oil well in Texas The only reason why I'm teaching up here is because my stepson isn't well and I needed the money." The next day, they brought in another substitute teacher and never told us what happened to that guy. Luckily, the original history teacher came back at the beginning of the second semester because the armed forces decided not to ship his group out after all.
This was a genuinely good way for me to learn what the actual rules of this game are. Because I equally had absolutely no idea, and now I feel like I get it.
"I've heard of cricket games that last like..more than a day?" "WHAT?!" As someone who just attended two days of a five day long match that was fucking hilarious 🤣
Longest game of cricket was 9 days and had 680 overs, March 1939, The Timeless Test. It was between South Africa and England and it only ended because England had to leave on the ship back home.
my mom has told me the story of her senior year high school chemistry class many times. the teacher quit the summer before her senior year, so the GYM teacher had to fill in, for the whole year. as she put it , “he was a chapter ahead of us in the textbook”… i have a feeling it might have felt a little bit like what i’m feeling right now.
This is amazing to see people understanding and appreciating sports from around the world, rugby would be a fun one to see you wrap your heads around 😂😂 Jonah Lomus rugby challenge is good……… 👀
Those cricket balls are no joke. Back in 2014, an Australian batsman got hit on the side of the head just under the helmet and unfortunately passed away shortly after from a haemorrhage. On a more pleasant note - I am loving watching Arin and Dan learn about and get into cricket 🙌🙌
Also test matches last days because they do 50+ overs per team so it takes a while, you dont need to get all 10 batters out you either get 50 overs which is 300 balls or 20 overs which is 120 balls. The outs come into play because the more batters you get out the worse the quality of the batsmen and getting a full 10 out before the full overs is obviously beneficial to bowling team
Okay so I adore this series and even though it won't happen I would love watching Dan and Arin just fumble through a cricket game like once a month. But I love it because cricket is my second favorite team sport, and it is so, *specifically,* because of Don Bradman (I know nothing else about the sport, which should show you where my interest level in sports is usually.) So Don Bradman is the best batter in the history of cricket. Not "one of the best" batters; just hands down the best. Like if you look up a spread of career batting averages of the best players, the numbers go up to like 62, and then Don's average is way the hell out there at 99.94. Whatever the hell that means, Don's average is still fully 50% better than the next best player. He's arguably the best athlete in history, like, the *actual* GOAT, simply because of how much better he is than everyone else who has ever played the same game. Okay, so you know the "throw it at the legs" option the game gives you? Like that's a really awkward angle to bat at, but you have to make the strategic decision of not even trying to hit the wicket to begin with, but hey that's why there players wear huge leg padding, right? Well Bradman was so good, (this was back in like, the '30s, by the way,) that the only way to win against Australia that the English could figure out, was too just wail the ball at his fucking chest and hope to knock him out of the game with an injury, (or force himself to defend his body with the bat, allowing a fielder to potentially catch the deflected ball out of the air and get him out immediately.) This wasn't technically illegal in the rules of cricket at the time and the strategy, known as "bodyline," was so controversial that it nearly caused an international political incident between the two countries.
Things i learned: how to play cricket Also, I assume "wd" meant wide (like throwing a ball as opposed to a strike in baseball)? W stands for Wicket being hit by the bowler? The numbers in the bottom left indicate how many points are needed by the batting team to win and how many pitches are remaining?
Hanzo was not known famously as a samurai, but as a ninja, however he was a shinobi after being the general to a lord. He “was” a samurai. Also Kill Bill evoked his name but as a swordsmith instead but he was real. Nobody needs to um actually Arin, I fact checked it right away.
Learning Cricket from Dan and Arin feels like learning from a professor who didn’t get his degree in the subject we’re learning but the university was desperate
Ah, Freshman Comp. Yep, that checks out.
Teacher: "This is .., mmm" *reads the book in front of the class looking for the answer*
Sometimes that works out. Best science professor I ever had was a lawyer with a passion for applied physics.
Look Spanish taught by El Tigre Chino, still counts as a credit.
so Devry
Petition to have Dan and Arin play actual cricket in a 10 minute power hour
EZ signed
This would blow up
"lovely day for cricket" -ross
I know they'd probably have gear on but I don't trust Arin throwing things at Dan like that. I don't trust Arin throwing in general honesty lol
Grab the wheely bin and play a bit of backyard tip and run
3:50 "That's a dot. I'm sure there's a real name for it..."
They're actually called dots!
I was actually surprised he knew they were called dot balls and then realized oh it does look like a dot 🤣
I do love how most of the terms are more literal than I'd assume, and then you get stuff like yorker and googly. And yeah, I looked them up because I was curious. It feels weird knowing I have genuinely learned about something from watching this channel. 😂
I have watched so many youtubers who know zilch about cricket play this game for a laugh over the years. Dan and Arin are the first to ever actually learn the sport and figure out how to play it properly while doing so. Immensely proud of the boys
The fact that actually got better it makes their playthrough really exciting too
I was so proud of Dan figuring out cricket.
Did he? because I’m still lost
@@jordanmann2962 kind of enough that they understand at least.
I've never even SEEN Cricket before now so I'm trying to learn and understand XD
@@fuzzyotterpaws4395 cricket is awesome.
@@RAK90_ i think i like it more then baseball
Their inability to distinguish the difference between a British and Australian accent will always bring me joy.
you must be a pom because we australians fucking hate it :P
To be fair, the Australian accent has become nearly identical to the British accent in recent years. Like, 20 years ago, it was really easy to tell the difference, but now when I think they're Australian they turn out to be British and vice versa. It's amazing what 2 decades can do to a regional accent.
one way i figure out the difference is how they pronounce No.
@@DTfan43 umm. can you fucking not be racist mate. we shound nothing like those poms.
It's the same picture
Arin _willingly_ playing a tutorial to understand a game better is peak character development. We love a growing king 👑
Edit: Nevermind
Edit 2: Nevermind?
Edit 3: Nevermind. 😔
But in all fairness that tutorial did kind of suck
He quit the spin bowling tutorial right before learning how to actually spin the ball lmfao
this comment is an entire journey in itself
to be fair i don't think the tutorials would help given they're more teaching you the controls and not teaching you how to play the sport
@@coolboyyo654 Id argue that basic knowledge of the sport could certainly help you pick up the controls easier. Less mental hoops to jump through.
Yes, day 2 of Game Grumps cricket! I love that Dan thinks cricket games can go on indefinitely. The longest a game can last is 5 days, if it's a test match. One day games are 50 overs max per team or 10 wickets, whichever comes first. But again, Dan getting so pumped on cricket is glorious
Test matches originally had no time limit - the 5 day rule was introduced to shorten the length of a match
as an australian who loves cricket its so good to see dans enthusiasm for learning another sport
The longest test cricket match (for those who don't know) lasted 9 days with 680 overs bowled. As stated before, there wasnt always a time limit for test matches, these extremely long matches were known as "timeless tests". Now they are hard limited to 5 days. There are matches known as ODI "one day international" which are limited to 50 overs with the game lasting up to 9 hours. And there's also a fairly new match type called twenty20 which is the shortest and fastest version of cricket, that is limited to 20 overs per side.
PLEASE one more of this game. I'm genuinely invested and learning cricket right alongside you guys!
I love that they get so into cricket. I actually learned the rules with them and it’s INSANE
I hope this starts a trend of them playing sports games that they don't know much about. I would love to see them try a curling game someday.
Or rugby
Dan talking about how terrifying it would be with the cricket ball flying at you, here's a fun fact. The fastest Australian bowler has bowled at 99.67mph. So yeah, there is definitely some pace behind them
And also, the balls are hard. Much harder and heavier than a baseball. I remember playing cricket as a teenager and while fielding one of my teammates took a cricket ball to the head. Out cold
@@reaver11122 Scary. I remember a pro cricketer dying from a ball to the head back in 2014.
@@ebonbehelit9763 poor Phil Hughes 😢
I really hope they get that second controller working and this becomes a VS episode in the future.
My favourite thing is Dan randomly dropping Tenacious D lines. "How 'bout the power of flight? That do anything for ya?" That's levitation homes.
one of the best cricket players "Shane Warne" didn't start until he was about 15 years old.... but then he was special.... like VERY special
He single handedly took Australia which was a mid team, to being extremely dominant
Them talking about how to play Cricket has the same feeling of Fry trying to figure out Blernsball in Futurama.
After watching Dan and Arin play this game, I finally get that Casey Jones joke about 6 runs in the the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie from 1990. Better late than never I suppose.
I got it finally also.
I feel like when they play these sports games it’s like they’re back in middle school PE.
Dan would be the athlete who would actually get into the activities while Arin would be the kid who jokingly brags about being good at the game despite not understanding the sport.
Opened this video to try to distract myself from a building panic attack and the first fucking thing Arin says out of nowhere is "diarrhea" and omg I burst out laughing so hard xD
Thank you Game Grumps for always making me laugh even when life is difficult and scary. I appreciate you guys a lot ❤
Who'd have thunk that the one sport Arin would love would be Cricket
*thought
@@chaoticanimations9886 *thornk
Arin remembers the feeling of the cricket bat, deep inside, and the memory aches.
future video idea = Dan and Arin at the 2024 cricket world cup (san francisco, LA and Dallas are going to host a few matches. not to mention major league cricket is going to be a thing soon)
Wow, Dan is so sports literate he was able to work out the LBW rule by himself!
He actually read it when he was looking up the basic rules for Arin last episode. But that it stuck with everything else going on is still an accomplishment. ) Edited to correct grammar (
I can't believe Arin taught me that Hattori Hanzo was a real person and not just a character from Kill Bill
In the immortal words of Mr. Ross O'Donovan, "It's a lovely day for cricket".
I like how they call it a 6 distance because they dont realize its just telling them the distance of the 6
Calling it a Six Distance is my favourite now
They didn't ever realise that the metres were being shown the whole time 😂
As someone who spent his entire life watching cricket, there is nothing more enjoyable to watch than people attempting to learn cricket as adults.
Dan meant that Oman is to the east, not to the west, of Saudi Arabia. (I felt obliged to point this out as someone currently in Egypt, one of the countries actually to the west of Saudi Arabia.)
Even though he scored 60 cricket-y runs / "Did you point?" points, Arin was crying his eyes out every time he saw the umpire making the slicing the onions hand signal.
What's funny about cricket is that it's mostly former British imperial colonies that play it outside of England today, but most of them are now better at it than England. India is probably one of the best but I think they just got so good at it in order to embarrass the English by being better at their own game. I wish it was played more here in the US, because it's definitely an interesting game to watch.
The old man doing a slow-mo spanking motion gets me every damn time
Slow mo spanking motion😭
After all these years, I have knowledge of what Cricket actually is.
I know, isn't it great?! 😃
I'm an Australian who doesn't care for any sport but naturally knew the basics of cricket due to growing up here. It's nice to see them slowly understand what they're doing lol
You were playing a Fives Match which I assume means each team plays 5 overs. Arin almost held them off too, only a few more pitches til the game was over
16:51 That's levitation homes. How about the power to kill a yak from 200yds away, with mind bullets! That's telekinesis Kyle.
Well then what about the power... to move you?
@@NegativexXxZero Badada badada badada dwow
Here's hoping for a day three of cricket because I am genuinely invested in the game, learning its rules, and watching the fellas work it all out. After all, Arin needs to learn how to bowl!
Dan describing what an off-cutter is reminds me of "Does Bruno Mars is Gay"
I'm Australian and Australia is one of the best countries in the world at cricket. Most of us know cricket. It was so fun listening to Dan and Arin learn and ask funny questions. Here are some answers: W means Wicket, Test matches go for up to 5 days, some of the 'math' that Arin was talking about is not key to cricket so don't worry lol, and the ball is basically made of cement so it is scary. As a fun fact, it is summer at Christmas time and the cricket season in Australia so on public holidays/vacations we often play an easier, more casual version called beach cricket around that time of year. Played with a tennis ball, a cricket bat, sticks in the sand as wickets, and your loved ones.
The song is "Superheroes" by Daft Punk. The lyrics are "Something's in the air", and it's a Barry Manilow sample.
Fun fact: The jock strap was made popular due to some teams deciding that if they aim for the balls players were reflexively dodge making for an easy out. England was notorious for this.
“This is so soulless, like where’s the fuckin music or something?”
“It’s very peaceful”
Two different types of people
"Thanks for bearing with us."
Meanwhile we're all going nuts that Arin's actually playing a tutorial.
@22:40 the song is Superheroes by Daft Punk. It's actually Something's In the Air. I had to look it up because I thought it was Loves in the Air.
This is the second time I've tried to understand Cricket, and I think I finally get it. Arin was playing a 'Limited Overs' game, which means that each team has one innings of batting where they can score runs. The innings ends either when 10 batters are dismissed, or when 5 'overs' of six legal deliveries are bowled. A single bowler can't bowl two consecutive overs. The 'wd' were 'wides', which means they were too far away to hit, and didn't count as legal deliveries. The game ended because the computer passed the number of runs Arin scored in 5 overs (If you look in the corner, you can see it say '61 in 30', because they needed 61 runs in 30 deliveries). And because they hit that number with only 1 out, or 'wicket', they're said to have won by 9 wickets. In 'Test' or 'First-Class' matches, there's no limit on overs and teams get two innings of batting each, so games are long and scheduled over the course of three to five days, with six hours of play each day and breaks for lunch and tea.
We need a cricket match power hour while they’re on tour
A couple of notes:
Cricket matches that last more than a day are called "Test Matches" - basically the longest form of cricket going, no over limit, a bit like an endurance game, but the days break, it's not a literally infinite innings (Feel free to correct me if i missed owt)
Cricket Ball cores are made of cork. Yes, they hurt, a lot...
I just learned the rules of cricket from Mark and Tyler on their podcast a couple weeks ago. So seeing the Grumps play and I can kinda realize what's going on, it's pretty cool.
Yes! Please!
Long Third Man
@@ScoutBostonAnonStuds Long, long, silly, long man
Surprised I actually found another GMFST listener down here
*Arin continuously throwing the ball directly at the batsman"
Arin: How are they so incredible!?
we need another episode but with Dan’s controller working this time
I never understood cricket, only watched it twice. I'm unironically invested in them playing and learning it now though lmao
Word of advice. The ovr on the bowler selection means overall skill. So choose the ones near the top. You chose someone in the 20s hence why they began to destroy you
To answer Dan's question, it said Oman won by 9 wickets (even though they only made 3 more runs) because only one of Oman's batsmen was dismissed. So at the point where Oman won, they had 9 batsmen to go.
Each time the bowling team dismisses a batsmen, they collect a wicket from the batting team (out of 10). That's what the number in front of the slash represents.
If the team batting last wins, then they're said to have won by X wickets, where X is the number of wickets that the bowling team has not collected from them. In the case of Arin's game, that's 10 - 1 = 9 wickets.
If the second team to bat had lost, then the first team is said to have won by X runs. So for example, if Oman had only gotten 54 runs by the end of their 5th over, then Arin would have won by 60 - 54 = 6 runs.
I like how it took maybe 3/4ths an episode including the end of late episode for the grumps to get 50 or so points, and it took the PC to get that after 1/4th of an episode
Nice to see Dan excited about a new sport
A cricket 10MPH with Ross would be awesome
A 5 day game is called a test match where each team take turns batting an innings until either all players are out our the team opts out of batting which is called a declaration if the team batting 2nd are over 200 runs behind the other team has the option to make them bat again and if that team are still behind in terms of runs they lose and the other team don't need to bat again.
If its a 1 innings game its called a ODI which lasts 50 overs or 20.
people say cricket is a boring game... they're right.
I think you're choosing bad bowlers. You should try choosing the ones with the high OVR score, whatever that is.
Seeing y'all play the Aussies made me want to see you guys play an AFL (Australian Football) game next
I really like watching dan and arin just hanging out having a good time learning a cool new thing lol, much more than i like watching them get frustrated at a thing and complaining about a game -- so no apoligies needed to watch you guys love what youre doing learning!
i hope arin and dan bring ross back to show him how much they learned about playing cricket
I used to get dragged to the town cricket club most summers as a kid, it really is a country club sport. Extremely relaxed atmosphere and long, dry days by the river, climbing trees, wading in pools, ignoring the fucking cricket...
Putting cricket very simply, and these may change depending on the level. Each team tries to score the most points during their single batting phase, there is only 2 innings. After every single batter gets out on a team, the teams switch from batting to defense and vise-versa, and will not get a chance at batting again this game. 2 runners run at the same time when a ball is hit, and if they both complete the sprint then thats 1 point, and can choose to do more at a higher risk of getting out. You can also get points by hitting the ball certain distances. As for getting out, there are a million ways, but the most common are catching a ball before it lands, throwing in a hit ball while the batters are still sprinting, and hitting the posts located behind the runners. Funny enough, a batter can technically get themself out if they hit the posts located behind the 2nd runner. You try to score as many points while batting, and try desperately to make sure the enemy team does not exceed your points while defending, since there is no way to make those points back. First class matches can have 4 innings, so each team gets to bat twice.
My HS Spanish teacher was the softball coach. She didn't know Spanish, and said "we'll learn together!" Learning Cricket with GG has the same chaotic feel 😂
If that isn't a damning indictment of the American education system 😂
My history teacher was called back into active duty, so they brought in a substitute teacher. He lasted for a month or so. Then, one day, he had a major breakdown in class and literally said, "I never wanted to be a teacher! I don't even have a degree in teaching! I used to work on an oil well in Texas The only reason why I'm teaching up here is because my stepson isn't well and I needed the money."
The next day, they brought in another substitute teacher and never told us what happened to that guy. Luckily, the original history teacher came back at the beginning of the second semester because the armed forces decided not to ship his group out after all.
This was a genuinely good way for me to learn what the actual rules of this game are. Because I equally had absolutely no idea, and now I feel like I get it.
"I've heard of cricket games that last like..more than a day?" "WHAT?!"
As someone who just attended two days of a five day long match that was fucking hilarious 🤣
"YOU DIDNT RATTLE MY CAGE!!! I RATTLED YOUR CAGE!!!"
Longest game of cricket was 9 days and had 680 overs, March 1939, The Timeless Test. It was between South Africa and England and it only ended because England had to leave on the ship back home.
ah, new game grumps just in time to pick me up (emotionally) from my therapy appointment. comin in clutch, fellas, keep it up
24:40 No problem, Dan! We're loving learning about cricket too
just learned about how baseballs are immediately replaced when they get any dirt on them im actually going into shock
my mom has told me the story of her senior year high school chemistry class many times. the teacher quit the summer before her senior year, so the GYM teacher had to fill in, for the whole year. as she put it , “he was a chapter ahead of us in the textbook”… i have a feeling it might have felt a little bit like what i’m feeling right now.
I can't believe they forgot about the tinker rule, which forbid the batter to do a Danish throw unless the picther comes from the left side
@Philip K of course
I learned so much! Namely that "Oh Man!" is next to "Yeah Man!"
This is amazing to see people understanding and appreciating sports from around the world, rugby would be a fun one to see you wrap your heads around 😂😂 Jonah Lomus rugby challenge is good……… 👀
I'd love to see GG play some rugby games too!
16:50 Tenacious D! 😆 🤣 😂 dammit Dan that's twice this week you have dropped some great music references lol
Sometimes Arin's brand of humor is "I show up, fart, laugh about it and leave"
That Tenacious D reference. I see you Dan!
"How about the power of flight? That do anything for ya?" :D
That's levitation, Holmes!
that happened 2 seconds after I read this in the comments :o
I hope we get more cricket episodes! This was so fun to watch and learn cricket with them at the same time.
Those cricket balls are no joke. Back in 2014, an Australian batsman got hit on the side of the head just under the helmet and unfortunately passed away shortly after from a haemorrhage.
On a more pleasant note - I am loving watching Arin and Dan learn about and get into cricket 🙌🙌
Also test matches last days because they do 50+ overs per team so it takes a while, you dont need to get all 10 batters out you either get 50 overs which is 300 balls or 20 overs which is 120 balls. The outs come into play because the more batters you get out the worse the quality of the batsmen and getting a full 10 out before the full overs is obviously beneficial to bowling team
Cricket balls ARE terrifying...and those leg guards are thick as armor!
Okay so I adore this series and even though it won't happen I would love watching Dan and Arin just fumble through a cricket game like once a month.
But I love it because cricket is my second favorite team sport, and it is so, *specifically,* because of Don Bradman (I know nothing else about the sport, which should show you where my interest level in sports is usually.)
So Don Bradman is the best batter in the history of cricket. Not "one of the best" batters; just hands down the best. Like if you look up a spread of career batting averages of the best players, the numbers go up to like 62, and then Don's average is way the hell out there at 99.94. Whatever the hell that means, Don's average is still fully 50% better than the next best player. He's arguably the best athlete in history, like, the *actual* GOAT, simply because of how much better he is than everyone else who has ever played the same game.
Okay, so you know the "throw it at the legs" option the game gives you? Like that's a really awkward angle to bat at, but you have to make the strategic decision of not even trying to hit the wicket to begin with, but hey that's why there players wear huge leg padding, right? Well Bradman was so good, (this was back in like, the '30s, by the way,) that the only way to win against Australia that the English could figure out, was too just wail the ball at his fucking chest and hope to knock him out of the game with an injury, (or force himself to defend his body with the bat, allowing a fielder to potentially catch the deflected ball out of the air and get him out immediately.)
This wasn't technically illegal in the rules of cricket at the time and the strategy, known as "bodyline," was so controversial that it nearly caused an international political incident between the two countries.
I could honestly go for a whole series of Dan and Arin chatting while doing cricket batting practice.
Arin and Dan learning in realtime that there are different cricket rulesets is amazing
Arin randomly quoting Star Trek 2009 was wild
16:50 "thats telekinesis Kyle" love wonderboy
Fuck Yeah!
@@Lolwthify just listened to the vinyl like 2 days before watching this lol
@@kikij6465 fuck yeah! xD
7:42 can't wait for the sbassbear remix.
"Cricket!? No body understands Cricket! You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand Cricket!" -Raphael the TMNT
hah, i just got done cleaning up cat diarrhea. sit down, press play, Arin: "diarrhea"
Hmmmmm.......
*Switches over to either "Arin rage complication or Game Grumps Dark Souls (1 - 3) comp.
Palpatine, I’m beginning to understand Cricket way to well!
“MISCONSTRUE IT!!!”
There's something hilarious about watching them frantically chase after a ball that slowly rolls over the line.
Did they point?
DID THEY POINT?!
Game Grumps Heel Turn
Every Aussie knows the best part of cricket is the whole team jumping & screaming "That's out!!" incoherently when someone catches the ball
I know it's years late, but I feel like the guys would either enjoy immensely or not understand at all the Nier series
I mean, they could just play on easy. Beating it once would be neat. NG+ would make for great stream content
"I don't know what we're talking about and I haven't for a while"
0:49 greetings from Oman, Grumps!
Lol Dot ball is literally the name for it, Dan had it right
The amount of farts these refs waved away during the game is insane
Things i learned: how to play cricket
Also, I assume "wd" meant wide (like throwing a ball as opposed to a strike in baseball)?
W stands for Wicket being hit by the bowler?
The numbers in the bottom left indicate how many points are needed by the batting team to win and how many pitches are remaining?
Hanzo was not known famously as a samurai, but as a ninja, however he was a shinobi after being the general to a lord. He “was” a samurai. Also Kill Bill evoked his name but as a swordsmith instead but he was real. Nobody needs to um actually Arin, I fact checked it right away.