Originally posted by ark13sure thing. here goes...
Freddie, I'll tell you how baseball works if you tell me how cricket works. I watched it on TV once and I was completely lost.
there are 11 players on each team. some bowl(pitch) and some bat. some do both. the two captains toss a coin to see who will bat first and who will bowl. which ever team decides to bat first has two players at the crease ( where they hit the ball from) at all times. to score runs both batsmen have to run to the other end of the wicket (22 yards). when they complete one length they score one run, two lengths two runs. if they hit the ball across the boundary they immediatly score four runs, unless the ball doesn't bounce in which case it is 6 runs.
there are 6 ways a batman can get given "out";
he can be bowled; the ball hit the three stumps at the facing batsmans end.
caught; the batman hits the ball in the air and one of the fielders ( we'll come on to them later) catches it.
run out; one of the batsman fails to complete his length of the wicket before the ball is thrown at the stumps and knocks them over.
LBW ( leg before wicket); i wont go into much detail because it is complicated but if the baatman's leg gets in the way of the ball when it is going to hit the stumps he is out.
stumped; the wicket keeper ( who stands behind the stumps to catch the ball) throws the ball at the stumps while the batsman has moved out of a particular area; called the crease.
hit wicket; when the batsman deflects the ball onto his own stumps or hit the stumps with any part of his body.
there is also obstructing a fielder and hitting the ball twice but they are self-explanitory.
SO, each time a batsman gets out a new one comes in to replace him until all the batsman have been used, then the "innings" of the team is over.
the other team will have been fielding. this means that they stand in pretty much set positions around the field making sure the batsmen do not score too many runs and also trying to catch them. there is one bowler at a time and he can bowl 6 balls at a time before another bowler takes over. these 6 balls are called an "over".
thats about as well as i can do it having not played for almost a year. but if you want any more explaining about something..just ask...now where's my baseball thing!!
fred
this is another more concise version of the rules. i hope this makes it more clear.
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in, in the field. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men are out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
Originally posted by Freddie2004Zah???
this is another more concise version of the rules. i hope this makes it more clear.
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in, in the field. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been ...[text shortened]... ter all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
Originally posted by Freddie2004when I saw the post asking for an explanation of cricket I thought of this as I heard it the other day on the radio 🙂
this is another more concise version of the rules. i hope this makes it more clear.
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in, in the field. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in ...[text shortened]... including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
nice one!
Edit - must go check my team, I missed the draft as I was getting my National B license on GT4 & playing with my new dongle so I can bluetooth my phone to my pc.
I am very happy to see that my pics made it in the autodraft.
My plan now is for C Crawford and J Lopez to provide enough distraction when they appear on the pitch that my other players will find it easy.
Most of my batters have an average of about .300 is that any good?
Most of my bowlers have a WHIP (what does this stand for?) of around 1 - is this any good? My lowest is .88 - is that good or bad?
🙂
Originally posted by CrowleyOr alternatively, just ask me 🙂 I am more than happy to wax lyrical for hours about the rules, strategies, etc. of this most wonderful of games 🙂
For an explanation on the wonders of cricket, check out this thread...
http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=8160&page=1