NZ is playing England on ESPN right now. Can anyone explain to me what is going on?
Probably not the best game scenario to drop into if you've never watched cricket before.Also.. is someone playing a trumpet in the middle of this thing?
There's quite a few articles explain cricket in baseball terms out there. This one seems reasonable: https://www.cheryl-morgan.com/?page_id=23@NinjaFletch - I played baseball for 15 years, so if you can translate it into baseball terms I can probably pick it up.
I tried reading the rule book for cricket once. I felt that I needed one of those famed Eton educations to “get it”.
It’s not that difficult but is slightly more nuanced than baseball. England will probably win this game now but had we not had the farce over dew on the ground yesterday (how’s that for nuance?!), and New Zealand got another 60/70 runs without losing a wicket it may have been a much closer game.@NinjaFletch - I played baseball for 15 years, so if you can translate it into baseball terms I can probably pick it up.
I tried reading the rule book for cricket once. I felt that I needed one of those famed Eton educations to “get it”.
Test matches last 5 days, 90 overs (6 pitches in a over) a day@NinjaFletch - I played baseball for 15 years, so if you can translate it into baseball terms I can probably pick it up.
I tried reading the rule book for cricket once. I felt that I needed one of those famed Eton educations to “get it”.
Thanks! I think I get it nowThere's quite a few articles explain cricket in baseball terms out there. This one seems reasonable: https://www.cheryl-morgan.com/?page_id=23
The terminology is very different (and reflects the fact cricket has been played in various forms for about 500 years) but at its heart they're two fairly similar games with quite a lot of similarities.
Test matches last 5 days, 90 overs (6 pitches in a over) a day
I take it this is an either/or situation?Each team has 2 innings, bowling team needs 10 outs before it’s their turn to bat
Nah, its just thats how much play is in the day. If the team isn't bowled out then they carry on the next day.I take it this is an either/or situation?
You can end the innings by reaching the pitch limit or the 10 outs?
Ahhh... gotcha. I understand now.Nah, its just thats how much play is in the day. If the team isn't bowled out then they carry on the next day.
There are two other versions where there are 'pitch limits' referred to collectively as 'limited over' matches where teams bat either 50 or 20 overs each (and only one innings). As you can imagine it changes the game a lot and both forms see more aggressive batting.
Yeah, it's becoming the most popular form of the game. It strips out quite a lot of the tactical elements of the game, but is good entertainment. There's a big tournament coming up soon called the Indian Premier League which will have a lot of the best players playing in it. Not sure what the deal is with it being televised in the States, but there will be at least a game every day for about a month.Ahhh... gotcha. I understand now.
Yeah the article you liked me to spoke about 20Twenty Cricket at the end, which actually seems rather exciting.
I’d imagine it does what the shot clock does to basketball. Gotta make the pitches count.
Love the nonchalant introduction to Billy the Trumpet.Probably not the best game scenario to drop into if you've never watched cricket before.
It is the last day of the match and NZ are chasing a score they're almost certainly going to get nowhere near and England need to get 7 wickets (outs, effectively) to win. There's not a huge amount of incentive for NZ to try and score runs (points) and they'll mostly just try and survive to the end of the day instead. Despite people carrying on about it cricket's quite a simple game at the heart of it, and if you have any background with baseball you'll pick it up quite quickly. Some of the ways you can get out are a bit confusing for a newcomer (LBW the most common one you'll run in to thats not self explanatory).
And yes, one of the travelling England fans is a trumpeter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Cooper_(trumpeter)
It does, but to many, myself included, it misses the spirit and heart of the game. One of the reasons test match cricket is so important is that due to the length of a match and the almost complete disregard for the pace of the modern world, winning one is a big deal as a country typically plays less than 15 test matches a year. So with T20 you get into a case of "well, lost today, never mind, there's another one tomorrow" which devalues the single result. To be honest, this is why I've always struggled with NBA, NHL and MLB, each game seems of such little value in relative terms.Ahhh... gotcha. I understand now.
Yeah the article you liked me to spoke about 20Twenty Cricket at the end, which actually seems rather exciting.
I’d imagine it does what the shot clock does to basketball. Gotta make the pitches count.
Still with Root, Bairstow, Stokes, Anderson & Broad the spine of the team is mostly pretty good, the worrying aspect is there are no standout players in the County Championship. Cook's regression has come at the worst time really and England having being unable to replace Strauss, Pietersen, Swann, Trott and Bell are now also having to contemplate replacing their all-time leading run scorer.This is the most mediocre England team I have seen in a long while.
If they don't find some bowlers, it won't be long before they start losing at home.