American Reacts to the Rules of Cricket

American Reacts to the Rules of Cricket - Explained!

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Hey, guys! I've been wanting to do this video for a while - ever since I started getting into sports on this channel. It's been fun learning about the sports played around the world, and I'm deviating from my football videos into a brand new sport - cricket! I've only seen short clips of cricket matches before, but I've never seen a game, and have no idea how it's played. But this video explained the rules and some other aspects of the game, so I'm now looking forward to watching my first cricket match! Maybe the Hundred?
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@SoGal_YT 2 жыл бұрын

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@matthewr9506 2 жыл бұрын

Crease is where the batter stands, 41 wickets, or outs. 646 Leg bys, 199 runs four outs

@robbeaman3542 2 жыл бұрын

You should react to Freddie Flintoff.. One of the greatest British cricket players/bowlers.

@robbeaman3542 2 жыл бұрын

And they point out the crease at 9:59. It's written in the picture.

@michaeldruce3288 2 жыл бұрын

Don't get too hung up about the rules, they will come with time. Can I suggest watching a few videos of cricket, especially the hard fought matches between England and Australia. You will enjoy them! Oh yes try and watch the bowling of Shayne Warne, probably the greatest Aussie bowler of all time.

@sanyamsapra1853 2 жыл бұрын

I play cricket daily 🥰🥰🥰🥰🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 cricket is love cricket is life cricket is 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 india

@DrDaveW 2 жыл бұрын

The wickets are 66 feet (22 yards) apart. It’s the camera angle that makes it look less.

@Emmet_Moore 2 жыл бұрын

A chain!

@andrewlemonshark3614 2 жыл бұрын

Four Rods

@barrygower6733 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewlemonshark3614 …poles or perches…

@andrewlemonshark3614 2 жыл бұрын

Got me Barry, I'd have to Google that and not sure that's in the spirit of this chat...

@ftumschk 2 жыл бұрын

I loved cricket as a kid, and used to practise spin-bowling in the street with a tennis ball, and the lamp-post outside my house was the "stumps". I thought I was pretty good, until I encountered a full-sized pitch at secondary school. I'd seriously under-estimated how far the bowler had to launch the ball, and my finely-honed technique (or so I thought) ended up counting for nothing!

@danpatterson2633 2 жыл бұрын

It’s great how you make a concerted effort to actually understand the rules, I really love that

@citizenkane4831 2 жыл бұрын

Learn the rules? They are so complecated so it´s worth start a war instead than learning them. Watch Pool instead. That´s perfect watching if you have difficult to sleep.

@poko60 2 жыл бұрын

@@citizenkane4831 it always is funny when people say cricket rules are compliacted. I've watched a lot of sports and I understand it pretty much in a day. Baseball, football, hockey... The sheer ignorance to learn Cricket in Americans comes from their close mindedness, they think anything they're not atoned to is just weird...

@mtk3755 2 жыл бұрын

@@poko60 yeah it's not that complicated you know that when even kids know about it. But that's a fact though that cricket rules would be challenging for people who aren't introduced to the rules before and watch other sports that don't have so many rules. Even people who play don't know the rules many times because the keep changing and you're confused.

@bhavyasharma3224 2 жыл бұрын

@@citizenkane4831 I don't think cricket rules are that difficult . I use to watch cricket cause my father loves to watch cricket and I understood all Rules when i was 6 years old . I love watching cricket 🏏 not only me All the people in India are crazy about cricket

@rohanmarkjay 3 ай бұрын

@@poko60 They don't play it in America jackass. Why should they bother to learn something they are not exposed to? I don't think they are closed minded I am sure many would learn it and enjoy it if they were exposed to it. I live in England, there is sheer ignorance amongst most UK people (Most follow soccer and other sports) to learn Cricket. So if there is sheer ignorance to Cricket in England itself. Its a bit of a stretch to expect Americans to learn it. In England they actually play Cricket in the summer and the sport is struggling here because most people follow football and in many cases actually diss cricket. Making a lot of Cricket fans in England keep a low profile because they would be rediculed if they found they were Cricket fans. Thats how it really is England for Cricket.

@ftumschk 2 жыл бұрын

The term "crease" comes from the early practice of marking the batsman's "home" position by making a scratch-mark in the turf; essentially, making a "crease" in the ground. Later, it became conventional to mark the pitch with white lines using quicklime or special white paint.

@flamingfrancis 2 жыл бұрын

You have confused two different functions. Firstly, there are in fact three "creases" as defined in the Laws of the game. The outermost crease is the bowling crease the centre of which is where the wickets / stumps are located. There is a "return" crease at the side which defines the widest point a bowler can legally bowl from. The batsperson bats on the "popping" crease. What you identified is what a batsman does to take "centre" of their batting stance. If the batsperson so desires they can take their stnce to cover whichever stump(s) desired.

@ftumschk 2 жыл бұрын

@@flamingfrancis No - I'm not talking about the grooves made by batsmen scraping the ground to centre their batting stance. A couple of centuries ago, the pitch itself was marked by making "creases" in the turf, before they decided to use lime/paint. Besides, I really didn't want to complicate matters by bringing in such arcane concepts as return creases and popping creases. They evolved later, as did the laws of the game. My aim here was to establish why the term "crease" came to be used in the first place, and I did that.

@ftlpope 2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly I heard Joe Root say last year that his players needed to to 'step up to the plate.' Also said by one of the Hundred TV commentators.

@rocketrabble6737 2 жыл бұрын

I just use white emulsion diluted; I don't want it to last forever!

@jonathanhalloran8807 Жыл бұрын

The fact that Americans know nothing about cricket while Aussies, English and Indians know everything about baseball speaks volumes about America

@rohanmarkjay 3 ай бұрын

Aussies, English and Indian don't know everything about baseball. They have heard of it maybe the famous teams like New York Yankees and LA Dodgers but thats about it there knowledge of Baseball. I understand Aussies know a bit about baseball. Thats because American sports are very popular in Australia. However most English people and Indians are clueless about baseball. Even though American culture food, movies, music etc is popular in both countries. I don't understand your comment. Why should they follow Cricket if they have their own sports over there. Your comment that Aussies, English and Indians know everything about baseball is just stupid and not true. Go to England or India and you could live your entire life in either country and not come across a game of baseball. In Australia they play a bit of Baseball but it still be rare for you to run into one. So your comment just is just stupid. Probably says volumes about you and the type of person you are.

@alanmccartney3922 2 жыл бұрын

Also even after five days, test matches can end in a draw. However if the scores are tight on that last day (session) the game can produce the most tense moments of any sport.

@mikeyhau 2 жыл бұрын

A match can even end in a tie rather than a draw. More cricket confusion.

@poko60 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeyhau A tie is when both teams score the same runs, in a tournament format where a win is needed they play a tie breaker like many other sports. A draw is when both teams cannot compete for some reasons. But I've not seen a cricket draw in a long time, the matches are either delayed or played at a different date. Never ends in a draw these days

@barney992 2 жыл бұрын

But if some game time is lost to weather or anything, up to an hour can be added to a day if a chance of a result . but in about 90 overs or about 7 hours per day their is 3/4 hour for lunch . 1/2 hour for afternoon tea and a small break between them decided by umpires . One test in Sri Lanka in 17 or 1800's went for 9 days , then only stopped because the boat had to leave.

@davidwright7193 2 жыл бұрын

@@poko60 Drawn games are still very common in test, first class and single innings formats. It just means that the game hasn’t finished in the allotted time. You can’t get a draw in a limited overs match unless a game is washed out by the weather. In a test you can have 5 full days play and still not finish 2 full innings a side or get a result. To get a tie both teams must have the same score after the game is finished.

@davidwright7193 2 жыл бұрын

Particularly when you have ten to get with the last man in

@gary.h.turner 2 жыл бұрын

Just to note: in cricket, the singular of "innings" is (weirdly) "innings", not "inning" like it is in baseball. So, in test cricket, for example, each team plays a "first innings" and a "second innings".

@fossy4321 2 жыл бұрын

There must be two batsmen because if one run is scored the batsmen have changed ends, and now the second batsman is defending the wicket the ball is being bowled to. And yes the "crease" is the long white line in front of the wickets, I really like your videos, keep them coming.

@LKeogh-mc8fk 2 жыл бұрын

Best to keep watching vids on cricket and you’ll pick it up, it’s called test cricket as it’s mentally and physically testing as it lasts 5 days , in my opinion it’s the best format

@markmorris7123 2 жыл бұрын

Yep,, by far the best.. But not easy for a casual to get into.

@farhaan8260 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah just came from watching ENG vs IND. What a test match Could go till last ball

@Markus117d 2 жыл бұрын

I've always thought Test cricket, Was because it was a test of the participant nations teams..

@johnleonard9090 2 жыл бұрын

@@markmorris7123 there’s always test match special to listen to 😛

@stu2333 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely 👍

@oscarsusan3834 2 жыл бұрын

Down the rabbit hole we go. Definitely the best ,most convoluted , intro ever and it said it all.

@nicksykes4575 2 жыл бұрын

I think your getting confused. When the first over is bowled and they switch ends, the first batsman isn,t finished. A different bowler bowls 6 balls to his team-mate. Then the original bowler bowls another 6 balls to him. They carry on like this, switching ends every 6 balls until one of them is judged out in one of those 10 ways. then the next batsman replaces him. So a complete innings is when 10 of the 11 batsmen are out. (remember a batsman can,t be on his own).

@stevehendon4076 2 жыл бұрын

9 ways....you can't be timed out if you are at the crease 😊😎

@nicksykes4575 2 жыл бұрын

@@stevehendon4076 Yea, I said 10 cause that,s what it said in the commentary. If I had said 9 it would of just added to the confusion.

@stevehendon4076 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicksykes4575 We like confusion 🤯

@grahamstrong995 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Elgin, Scotland where we are one of the few teams in history to have bowled an opposing team out for 0 runs. You seemed to have picked this up very quickly - just a couple of points though: that hox is actually made up of a number of creases it gets a bit complicated so best to remember that the batsman is considered 'in' they get past the line drawn across the wicket (about 3 feet in front of the stumps). The pitch or wicket (the bit between the stumps) is 22 yards long. The batsman can stand where he likes - I typically stand a foot or so out of my crease but a batsman would stand with his back foot 'in' the crease when facing a slow or spin bowler to avoid the chance of being stumped. Thanks for taking the time to learn the greatest game ever played..!

@nigelhamilton815 2 жыл бұрын

The 5 day Test Match is a version of sport and a social occssion. The antics of the fans are often a integral part of the event. Most people just attend for one day out of the 5.

@DJJ212 2 жыл бұрын

Cricket is an amazing game! Just a note on an inaccuracy in the video, referring to one of the ways to get out. "Hit Wicket" is not when the batsman hits the other set of stumps after he plays a shot. Hit Wicket is simpler than that; it's when you hit your own wickets with your bat. In the example given in the video, the batsman at the other end CANNOT be out, unless the bowler manages to touch the ball as it comes back to him off the bat. If this happens, it's a run out, as explained in the video, as the non-striker batsman is out of his crease. Great job on figuring it out! Best way to learn is to watch it, and you'll soon pick it up.

@tymmjupp1510 2 жыл бұрын

Test cricket is so-called because it is meant to be the supreme "test" of the player's skill, technique, commitment, stamina and fitness.

@sangfroidian5451 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck with understanding the names of the fielding positions, if you ever get that far!! :D

@experimentnation3612 2 жыл бұрын

Facts 😂

@hasibalfuad9652 2 жыл бұрын

That's a silly point you made mate! :D

@anthonynicholson5193 2 жыл бұрын

@@hasibalfuad9652 I'm glad you slipped that on in. 😂

@stevehendon4076 2 жыл бұрын

Bad cricket jokes....you're all long off😎

@stevehendon4076 2 жыл бұрын

I think my wife likes cricket because the other night I heard her talking to a friend about a third man 🤣🤣🤣😎

@hasibalfuad9652 2 жыл бұрын

Discovered you from Football videos. You are learning cricket now! Love from Bangladesh.

@K_B11ss 2 жыл бұрын

It's hilarious when she asks questions in the beginning that get answered later in the video. Chill we'll get to that later 😂 Not bad how she deciphered the graphics 👏🏿

@dave_h_8742 2 жыл бұрын

Yes this is sooo annoying, watch the video THEN ask the questions not answered.

@dresdyn100 2 жыл бұрын

It's the angle of the camera that makes the "pitch" or batting/bowling area look so short, side on it's a lot longer. From memory, from the pitcher's mound to the home plate is around 18m or about 60ft. The distance between the stumps (wooden things) is 20.12m or 22yds. So great to see you wanting to learn about cricket! It'll take a while.

@johnmcgurn8921 2 жыл бұрын

Hi SoGal, I really admire you taking on the game of cricket although the video you were watching is not the best I have seen explaining the rules. I’ve seen a video based on graphics rather than live action which is easier to understand although you have made an excellent job of grasping the basics. Well done!

@alfmalf3310 2 жыл бұрын

The oldest international cricket match was USA against Canada at the St. George’s cricket club New York in 1844

@michaeljg67 2 жыл бұрын

From an Australian cricket fan ... that was entertaining, well done!

@tarifulsajid4349 2 жыл бұрын

@osamabinladen7884 2 жыл бұрын

Why there is always competition between Melbourne vs Sydney ?

@markschwartzkopff7442 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was excruciating. They need to have an expert there answering all the stupid questions immediately.

@tymmjupp1510 2 жыл бұрын

The T20 world cup is coming up in a couple of months, so now is a great time to get familiar with the game. All the biggest cricket playing countries will be represented, plus a few up and coming nations.

@pauldocmusic2411 2 жыл бұрын

You need 2 batsmen at a time , both might bat in same over depending on runs scored. If they get one or three runs they have swapped positions. So next bowl is to the other batsman. So in an over they could face 3 bowls each if that makes sense

@ajitjalady 2 жыл бұрын

You got the crease thing right. It is the long line on either ends of the pitch , just before the wickets. An over is 6 balls. 19.2 in the scoreboard - means 19 overs are completed(19x6)and two balls of the 20th over have already been played. It also means that 4 balls of the 20th over are remaining.

@aplund 2 жыл бұрын

This is definitely one of the more thoughtful reactions to cricket out there.

@aplund 2 жыл бұрын

@Aarshey Tripathi A very Indian question. Yes, Swedish.

@mtk3755 2 жыл бұрын

@@aplund I had the same question and you know why 😅 I'm glad you are not hailing from Indian subcontinent or ppl would mock nonstop😅

@taipan1237 2 жыл бұрын

Just to add some more history of the game the first ever international game was between Canada and the U.s. in 1844 at the St Georges Cricket Club in New York

@mrgyani 2 жыл бұрын

What? Really?

@taipan1237 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrgyani yes if you look fo videos of cricket in america on you tube they give the history of the game.

@andrewlemonshark3614 2 жыл бұрын

The subtle difference between Baseball and Cricket has been usefully described as this. In Baseball, the fielding team tries to consistently pitch and defend so the opposing batsman can't score. When the batsman scores (a home run) it's a big deal. In Cricket, the batsman tries to consistently not get out, and progressively score points (runs). When the fielding team gets a batsman "out" its a big deal.

@guyellory784 2 жыл бұрын

The oldest International cricket match took place in New York between the America and Canada in 1844, 20 years before the civil war. Cricket was very popular in the US at one time.

@tonybravado9993 Жыл бұрын

Why/when did it become unpopular?

@akshat_khare Жыл бұрын

I think people got biased against cricket for being English . Baseball got to be considered as patriotic . Maybe same thing happened with tea .

@cricketexplained8526 Жыл бұрын

@@tonybravado9993 As far as I can tell, major factors include: (1) Civil War camps being more amenable to the quicker, more dynamic game of baseball, that needed no prepared surface (2) A feeling that baseball was more of an embodiment of Americanism than the English game of cricket (3) Lack of nationwide cricket league, something baseball achieved fairly quickly. Cricket's heyday in America was maybe the 1850s. Then the wheels fell off from the Civil War onwards, although Philadelphia area remained a bastion for a few decades longer.

@tonybravado9993 Жыл бұрын

@@cricketexplained8526 Thank you for your answer.

@NikhileshSurve7428 9 ай бұрын

@@tonybravado9993I'd consider 2 or 3 main reasons for it. Baseball was increasingly promoted as American made & therefore seen patriotic to play it as opposed to Cricket being a remnant of British Imperialism even though baseball too was brought to US from England by English immigrants. Professionalism wasn't encouraged in Cricket, in fact professional players were looked down upon in Cricket, same problem existed with Rugby which eventually led to the Union & League split. Baseball on the other hand encouraged professionalism making it an easy decision for athletes to switch sport. Then in 1909 ICC was formed (then Imperial Cricket Conference, now International Cricket Council) who banned membership for countries not in the British Empire which hurt Cricket activities in countries like US, Argentina, etc where Club Cricket was doing well & US was said to have a national team good enough to beat even some English County teams.

@soyelx4888 2 жыл бұрын

It’s called a “BAT!”

@sodyouall9206 2 жыл бұрын

Am from the U.K. and found this helpful! It’s such an old complicated game 💁

@Groffili 2 жыл бұрын

Now that was very interesting. I've never been into (these sort of) teamsports, but for most of the common ones, I at least have a basic understanding of the way it's played. And now I've learned something about cricket! Awesome! If I may make a suggestion about a sports I personally like to watch... please do a video about snooker!

@chrisvowell2890 2 жыл бұрын

Hi SoGal, You might be interested to know that the world's first international cricket match was between the US and Canada. (It was also the world's first international sporting contest of any type!) It took place at the New York Cricket Club in downtown Manhattan - at 30th and Broadway, where Bloomingdales was later sited. Canada won by 23 runs - YAY!

@nickshale6926 2 жыл бұрын

Check out the KZfaq channel ’Cricket for Americans’ hosted by Nick & Gabe. 12 months ago they didn’t know the 1st thing about Cricket. Now they live and breathe it!

@melvyncollins7305 2 жыл бұрын

The first cricket game I remember watching was with my Grandad in 1981, the famous Ashes tournament between England and Australia. That was an incredible Test match. I think there is quite a bit about it on KZfaq.

@johnleonard9090 2 жыл бұрын

Ready for the next one in December?

@brontewcat 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching that series in December 1980 with my grandmother. Although the gamevmight have been a one day game because it was early December. I remember nothing of the game. What I remember was over the game they were playing Beatles songs. I suddenly became aware of the songs, and I thought I don’t remember popular songs being played at cricket matches. Then one of announcers menthol music, and said it was I’m memory of John Lennon, who had just been shot in New York.

@rohanmarkjay 3 ай бұрын

Same here I was living in London in 1981 a 7 and half year old kid. I was channel surfing watching British television and there was the Cricket. The Ashes and guess who came into bat Ian Botham. I did not understand the match situation at the time. But the next 2 1/2 hours to three was some of the best most exciting sport I have seen on tv. As a guy with a beard called Ian Botham the most amazing cricket innings ever. Smashing it allover the ground against a very skillful and formidable Australian bowling attack. Its was the ashes 1981 I had seen it live and experienced how exciting Cricket can be and from that summer on I was a Cricket fan for life. Still remember watching the match at my fathers home in London in summer of 1981 live. It was the best cricket ever. From that period on I knew who Ian Botham was and Dennis Lillee and Bob willis etc and I was a cricket fan for life. I later came to enjoy Sri Lankan cricket and their style of play and rise in the cricket rankings. Since my father was Sri Lankan and a big fan of Cricket and the Sri Lankan Cricket team. However it was the Ashes 1981 and Ian Botham that first made me a Cricket fan for life at seven and a half years of age in Summer of 1981.

@andyp5899 2 жыл бұрын

He suggested watching the Indian Premier League because they televise many of their matches and the quality of play is good

@neilgriffiths6427 2 жыл бұрын

Hey SoGal! What the vid didn't show is that, when the two batters are running between the creases, if they get to the other end, and think they can go back before the fielding team can get the ball back, they can again run between the creases - so get two runs (runs, not "points"). Sometimes, if the fielders are badly placed, they might even get three runs by...well, running... Point is, during the same over, the batter the bowler is bowling to probably changes during the over (because they have swapped ends by running). Which is why you need two batters.

@stevehendon4076 2 жыл бұрын

CRICKET. You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. 😊😎 Simples

@arthurerickson5162 2 жыл бұрын

😅I have that on a tea towel!! (Given to me a number of years ago by a very good friend who was also quite a good cricketer🏏.)

@stevehendon4076 2 жыл бұрын

@@arthurerickson5162 I was just trying to help 'SoGal' 😉😊😎

@andrew7648 2 жыл бұрын

@@arthurerickson5162 I was about to type exactly the same thing. How Cricket is that, "I have this on a teatowel" HAHAHA

@stevehendon4076 2 жыл бұрын

@@arthurerickson5162 good afternoon...my last gf was of the German variety and I used to take her to cricket matches.....she couldn't understand why all the players wore the same colour...despite my best efforts to explain 🤣🤣😊😎

@jameshumphreys9715 2 жыл бұрын

That reminds me of Mind your language kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fJmXbJZ4vZy-ln0.html

@yotelex 2 жыл бұрын

Well done, you picked up a lot of information there and you got the idea of many of the features for Cricket. I think you did very well for an obscure topic. Gold Star at least! Crease: You were correct, it's that long white line you noticed at each end. Distance: The wickets are 66 feet apart. Baseball is 60 feet to home plate. While it looked very short, that was just due to the camera angle (and telephoto lens). Ball: The cricket ball is slightly smaller and slightly heavier than a baseball. 100 mph has been reached when bowling, but rare. 90-95 mph is more common. Floor: Never heard the ground called "floor" in cricket before :)

@Paldasan 2 жыл бұрын

One thing that the video missed at the level of the introduction the video was aimed at, is that the two batters can run back and forth more than once for multiple 'points' off a single bowled delivery. So whilst a single delivery might be hit for a boundary scoring 4 runs, a ball might pull up short of the boundary but in the time that the fielding teams takes to get to the ball and throws it back into a position where the bails could be removed the batters could crossover 2, 3 or even 4 times (often indicated as 4 "all run" to not confuse it with a normal 4 runs from the ball reaching the boundary).

@phillee2814 2 жыл бұрын

Which is why the rarest is a 5, because it is all run, and mostly batsmen will not even attempt running if they believe it is a boundary (four), so 5 virtually has to involve some level of mis-fielding, or occasionally an injury in sliding to stop the ball. In over half a century watching cricket at all levels from village cricket to test matches, I've only ever seen a couple of 5s, other than overthrows. In one, the fielder tripped as he threw and the ball went straight up and landed on him, in trying to see where it was he got on top of it, it rolled, and he went down again. This comedy of errors led to 5 runs being scored. The other was a near boundary four in which the fielder slid behind the ball just inside the rope to stop it, slid over the rope injuring himself, leaving the ball sitting just inside the boundary, and it wasn't until another fielder arrived that the ball was returned - the first having been the only one who believed he'd be able to stop a boundary, he was not backed up. I've heard of others, like fielders being knocked out by the ball, fielders running into each other trying to catch the same ball. The highest score from one ball is actually seven - a no-ball hit for a boundary 6, although in theory, a series of really comical misfields could result in even more.

@chrislawley6801 2 жыл бұрын

Love the way your talk trying to understand and remember things. some of your expressions are priceless : ) Respect to you for trying to understand & learn more . The Scores on the screen : 199-4 is the teams score 144 runs with 4 batsmen out at that point. The time line is the number of batsmen out showing how many runs they had + the batsmen still in, playing. LBW is that batsmen was out for Leg Before Wicket - Also the batsmen can run multiple times between the wickets though increases the risk of the fielders returning the ball and being Run Out, which can also happen to the second batsmen

@circus1701 2 жыл бұрын

And next week SoGal learns the rules of the Eton Wall Game.

@michaelgoodman7410 2 жыл бұрын

Just wait till she tries to learn “Mornington Crescent”

@circus1701 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelgoodman7410 The beauty of Mornington Crescent was if someone came new to the programme, it actually sounded like a real, very complicated game.

@saintlyknight3186 2 жыл бұрын

When you queried what a crease was you actually stopped the video at the exact right time. The white box on the ground you can see is essentially the crease

@patrickhepworth9426 2 жыл бұрын

Love that you want to learn, explaining cricket once on holiday in Portugal was interesting! The best way is to watch a match, preferably a Test, with someone who can explain what is going on! It is almost like chess in some ways. Love your videos😺Hi to Roger & Scarlett x

@wembleyford 2 жыл бұрын

The important difference with Test cricket (the sort that can last up to five days) is that there's no fixed number of overs (6 balls) that a team will have to bat against. This means, in theory, if one side is good enough they could spend all or most of the game batting and never get have all their batsmen bowled or run out. The trouble with this is that if both teams don't get to play a full innings then the game is declared a draw, no matter how far in the lead one side might be. This is how a game that can take five days to play can still end up without a result. This means there are hugely strategic elements in play about when a team should decide to stop batting to give the other side enough time to play, who should go first, how fast to bowl, etc. etc.

@robertyoung2755 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you have started trying to understand Cricket, the best sport in the world in my opinion, well Test cricket is anyway. There is a test match on at the moment between England and India at Lords the home of cricket. we are currently on day 3. One thing I would like to point out they are not rules of cricket but laws of cricket. Love watching your videos, keep up the good work.

@mtk3755 2 жыл бұрын

What a test match it was 5th day thriller 🔥

@carokat1111 2 жыл бұрын

It's popular in Australia. We love to beat England! The competition between Australia and England is called 'The Ashes', after the original bails were burnt and kept.

@farhaan8260 2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry We will beat them for u As we have already beaten u earlier this year. U can beat them later this year

@thatindiandude4602 2 жыл бұрын

@@farhaan8260 you talking about India? Man, why do you have to talk smack 😐 India is not doing well right now 😔

@davidbrent2046 2 жыл бұрын

We are the England boys let’s make some noise

@mtk3755 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidbrent2046 you could make all the noise you wanted but now we have made you quite in lords now mate💪

@edwardspencer9397 2 жыл бұрын

@@mtk3755 First learn to spell. It is 'quiet'. Even brits know better hindi than you. Pehle seekh ke aaja!

@davidhill3542 2 жыл бұрын

Your guess at the graphics was really good for someone new to the game

@davidmurphy2903 2 жыл бұрын

It's called 'Test Cricket' because it is a test of all that makes a cricketer, especially endurance. Additionally, cricket, like football, is an international game. The ultimate goal for sports people in most of the world is to play for their country. The progression in cricket goes like this. Play your heart out for your local team to get selected by a big club Play your heart out for your club to try to get selected for your state/province/county Then play with everything in you to gain selection to play for your country. This is the main reason it's called Test Cricket. A player might perform well against his or her compatriots domestically, but how will they perform against the best players of another country? The best way to find out is to select those performing the best in your domestic competitions (best bowlers, batters, fielders) and 'Test' them against the best players of another country.

@EvsEntps 2 жыл бұрын

We need Rugby next!

@TheIppoippo 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely!

@tsandman 2 жыл бұрын

Then Australian Rule Football... Then Hurling... Then Sepak Takraw... or any other "less known" sports

@anthonynicholson5193 2 жыл бұрын

Watched my All Blacks win another bledisloe cup tonight and then was able to watch the AFL afterwards

@4Fox_Shake 2 жыл бұрын

Yes , last weekends British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa was historic. squidge rugby is a good chanel

@Raven-fh2yy 2 жыл бұрын

The distance from the pitching mound to home plate is based on the length of the cricket pitch (Cricket predating baseball) and is virtually the same... the distance between the wickets is 66 ft although the bowler delivers the ball slightly closer than that and the batsman stands in front of his wicket reducing the delivery distance to pretty much the same as Baseball.

@johnrebori9131 2 жыл бұрын

Major League Baseball distance from mound to Home Plate is 60ft 6 in. :-)

@tommyau2006 2 жыл бұрын

Kudos to you....... You have done really well figuring out this game. It is a great game

@geoffpoole483 2 жыл бұрын

Cricket is mainly played in England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, and the Indian sub-continent where the game is HUGE. Famous cricketers past and present include Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Ian Botham, Viv Richards, Imran Khan and Steve Smith. England and Australia contest a series called the Ashes. In the 1930's England adopted a controversial bowling technique known as "bodyline" which really upset Australia to the extent that politicians got involved. You might find the game of rugby (both league and union) worth reacting to. Both forms of the game are very physical.

@markwilliamson2864 2 жыл бұрын

The cricket season in England runs from about mid-April to mid-September. In the English winter the England national team tours one or more of the other Test playing nations.

@Ubique2927 2 жыл бұрын

The wickets are ‘One Chain’, ‘22yards’, ‘66 feet’ apart.

@honey_Kp_ Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate that you tried to understand each and every thing before moving to the next and you finally know enough to watch a game of cricket. As you were a pitcher yourself, you might understand the difficulty and therefore like cricket even more.

@cuthalin4976 2 жыл бұрын

Until @ 1939 there was no time limit on a Test Match. one lasted 9 days, before being abandoned or the visiting team would have missed the boat home !

@ftumschk 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: The first ever international cricket match was played between the USA and Canada in New York in 1844.

@graemebayles6652 2 жыл бұрын

Test cricket is an incredibly tactical game. Which bowlers bowl from which end of the ground depending on the wind can make a huge difference

@drjohnsmith5282 2 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating to watch. Someone learning about something I’ve understood the details of for more than 20 years is a great thing to watch. Keep looking into it if you’re interested. Also, an American noting the length of a test match given how long baseball and NFL can take is pretty funny!

@DrDaveW 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry about the pauses. It’s you trying to interpret it that makes it interesting!

@charlestaylor9424 2 жыл бұрын

Cricket is essentially played in the countries of the empire.

@stevehendon4076 2 жыл бұрын

Including the US of A 😊😎

@cricketexplained8526 2 жыл бұрын

It's *prominent* in the countries of the empire. There are over 140 member or associate ICC countries. Including the US.

@sampeeps3371 2 жыл бұрын

Watching an American stumble through cricket is the cleanest best pleasure

@scanspeak00 2 жыл бұрын

Originally, all cricket was test cricket, i.e. 5 day matches. In the mid 1970s World Series cricket was created which was a 1 day game (50 overs per side), usually ending under lights. This is my favourite game because it combines a lot of action and suspense with strategy. Finally in 2003 came T20, 20 overs per side - very fast paced game but mainly just about smashing the ball at every opportunity. All 3 forms of cricket are still played, test in the most prestigious, T20 the most commercialised. Test cricket is really like chess, so many strategies and skills at play - from the weather, the condition of the pitch and how it varies over 5 days, the types of bowlers chosen (fast, spin or swing), the order of batsmen, placement of fielders, and so on.

@richardcoulson6005 2 жыл бұрын

Much admiration to you for trying to understand, probably, the most difficult game in the world to understand. It's probably not as difficult as you think - there are many formats. Watch some of the 100, that's probably the easiest to understand and a good start

@mtk3755 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't recommend 100 if you know that it's literally different than other formats where concept of overs have been scrapped. It'll be hard for her to transition from 100 to regular cricket.

@cricketexplained8526 2 жыл бұрын

Some baseball rules are harder to understand than some cricket rules. I'm not joking.

@ianhardy5915 2 жыл бұрын

Another wow from me. You really like to take on the difficult subjects. You’ve grasped the very basics and you’re right, the description in the video wasn’t the most helpful. The ‘crease’ is the longer white line (4ft) In front of the wickets (also known as ‘the stumps’) The batter has to be stump side of this line with either their bat or a part of their body to be ‘in’ or safe as you might call it in baseball. The remaining lines on the ground form what is known as the ‘popping crease’ and they all have various impacts on the rules of the game. For example, the bowler has to have part of their foot behind the crease line when they bowl otherwise this is a no-ball, the batting team get one run and the bowler has to bowl that ball again.The ball is very hard, particularly when it is coming at you in excess of 90mph. The protective padding is compulsory for obvious reasons (a very well known and experienced Australian international cricketer died only a few years ago having been hit on the head… even though he was wearing a helmet) it’s a bit like a goaltender in ice hockey maybe? There is a whole lot more to cricket most of which will be equally confusing so good luck but it is a wonderful game.. I’m actually sat watching day 3 of a Test Match between England and India as I write this…..

@tonys1636 2 жыл бұрын

All this protective gear worn these days, all we had back in the 60's was the pads and a box, getting hit there was more painful than a hit on the head, which I occasioned a few times ending up in A&E a couple of times with severe concussion. What made one time embarrassing was the ball came off my bat! It was caught by the keeper so I was out, caught behind, on the scoresheet not retired hurt, knocked self out, for everyone to see years on.

@wembleyford 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, next stop the Duckworth Lewis method? Including all the calculus

@mtk3755 2 жыл бұрын

@@wembleyford oh don't even mention that 😂 it'll take ages and still you won't understand it

@mtk3755 2 жыл бұрын

@@tonys1636 ya it still boggles my mind how they used to play at that time

@fredbailey2076 2 жыл бұрын

Bodyline is a tactic devised for and primarily used in the Ashes series between England and Australia in 1932-33. The tactic involved bowling at the leg stump or just outside it, but pitching the ball short so that, on bouncing, it reared up threateningly at the body of a batsman standing in an orthodox batting position. A ring of fielders ranged on the leg side would catch any defensive deflection yes it can get nasty

@markwilliamson2864 2 жыл бұрын

The fastest bowlers today can bowl at up to 95mph, if you were a softball pitcher you could well make a good bowler, especially a spin bowler.

@mtaylor44 2 жыл бұрын

I really like cricket, but my gosh, it can be like watching baseball on valium.

@starrynight1657 2 жыл бұрын

There's a lot of different formats though, unlike baseball I think.

@shreyaskalnad970 2 жыл бұрын

‘the hundred’ format lasts for 2 n half hours or lesser

@tobydawes6007 2 жыл бұрын

would you ever play cricket? Its an amazing sport

@DoowopTN 2 жыл бұрын

You were right about the crease, it's the line 4ft from the wickets. The crease being referred to is also called the popping crease, which is where the batsman will normally take his stance. There is a second crease, in line with the wickets which is known as the bowling crease. Batsman will continue to bat for as long as possible. Depending on the type of game, scoring runs quickly and more riskily may take priority over just not getting out. As an innings develops, batsman are always swapping ends as they score runs, so bowlers will often be bowling at different players during a single over.

@andrewclayton4181 2 жыл бұрын

I'll give you a bit more info. The cricket pitch is 22 yards long. 66ft. The crease is the line about a yard in front of the wicket. Top cricket nations:- England. Australia. New Zealand. India. Pakistan. The west indies. The competition between England and Australia is particularly fierce. It is known as The Ashes. The trophy is a tiny urn ( salt cellar size) containing the Ashes of a burnt wooden cricket stump. The two countries have fought for it on the cricket field since 1870 (?) The Indians are most fervent for the game. The rule about a no-ball giving a run to the batting side is new to me. ( but I'm not a sports fan, so what do I know?) The game can be slow if the batsman is playing defensively. Just blocking the ball and not going for runs. Over a test match, which will last days, all sorts of subtleties start creeping in. Playing for a draw. Praying for rain. It starts getting beyond me.

@devonbestek3064 2 жыл бұрын

You are really smart! Love the way you figured out everything by yourself! You were 99% right about most of the things you assumed!!!

@Raven-fh2yy 2 жыл бұрын

If I can suggest look for videos for the women's T20 world cup that happened a couple of years ago. The women play to an excellent standard and are well worth watching.

@chimaera4461 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The major difference between the men's and women's games is that there aren't any extreme fast bowlers amongst the women (AFAIK), which makes it easier to see exactly what's going on.

@davidmurphy2903 2 жыл бұрын

In cricket, you bat until you're out, or, until you've hit the winning run, or in Test Cricket you bat (if you're batting last) until the time the game finishes on the last day.

@peterwebb7133 2 жыл бұрын

Cricket doesn’t have rules. It has laws. Same thing in practice, but very important terminology to use.

@rushdimagiet9172 2 жыл бұрын

We need a rugby reaction video

@BlueShadow777 2 жыл бұрын

No, you are perfectly right about ‘the ground’ vs ‘the floor’. It’s *not* a “UK thing”. I’m in the UK snd we’re not *all* illiterate idiots like this narrator must be… The “floor” is an artificial surface (usually indoors), while the “ground is a natural (usually outdoors) surface. This is one of my ultimate *hates* when people *incorrectly* refer to the ground as the floor. You are also right regarding the ‘crease’. They should explain that too rather than expect people to magically understand what it is.

@andrewlemonshark3614 2 жыл бұрын

Baseball was played in the UK in olden days. Mentioned in Jane Austen's Nothanger Abbey (1817). Derby County football club played at the "Baseball Ground" until 1997.

@flamingfrancis 2 жыл бұрын

That game is / was Rounders...Has almost nothing in common with baseball. It has ten "stations" spaced around a circular track.

@davidmurphy2903 2 жыл бұрын

Be aware that bat-to-boundary distances in cricket are usually much less than bat-to-fence distances in a ballpark. Any home run, even the shortest home run fences would, almost always, be a six in cricket, whereas many sixes in cricket that barely go over the boundary would be very catchable by the warning track in almost all ballparks.

@stevehendon4076 2 жыл бұрын

A test match can last 5 days....and still end in a draw....which is different to a tie 😊

@andyp5899 2 жыл бұрын

And nothing like a cravat :)

@markwilliamson2864 2 жыл бұрын

@@andyp5899 Or a neckerchief!😆

@LKeogh-mc8fk 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the second best sport after football! ;)

@TheIppoippo 2 жыл бұрын

Third best… best is rugby Union 🤣

@memo-wc9pq 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheIppoippo are you kidding 😂rugby🥴

@markmorris7123 2 жыл бұрын

Third best,, Rugby league, boxing, then cricket. I use to love football but the game isn't the same today.

@ramblingtiger9320 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Australian Rules footy is the best sport. Go Tigers🐅

@LKeogh-mc8fk 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheIppoippo Come on gavin less of that 😂;)

@Jon1950 2 жыл бұрын

The Hundred is a new format designed to make the game more appealing (I personally am not keen on it, but it's not aimed at me). They have changed some of the rules, such as 5 balls per over, bowler can bowl more than one consecutive over.

@martingibbs1179 2 жыл бұрын

I generally like all forms of cricket. I've noticed how the tv shows a lot more families in the stands than I normally see in a cricket match. I admit i'm not a fan of the flashiness of the format, like the team names, seems a bit of a joke really. That said tv is really expensive these days and i like that you can see cricket on mainstream tv again without having to buy special sports channels.

@toddavis8151 2 жыл бұрын

A cricket ball is cork covered in leather and is very hard. Sadly Australian batsman Philip Hughes was actually killed when he was hit in the neck by a quick delivery

@deanstuart8012 2 жыл бұрын

Cricket proves that God is an Englishman with a sense of humour. He enables the English to create this wonderful game and then makes the rest of the civilised world better at it than us.

@Umbreon-ln7fe 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who grew up with cricket, I never imagined it being so confusing to an outsider.

@poko60 2 жыл бұрын

I mean its just not that hard to understand rules of any sport, I've seen multiple sports and can pick them up in a day

@martynhill3479 2 жыл бұрын

The Hundred is 100 balls bowled for each side. The tournament ends next weekend with elimator (semi-final) matches on Friday (20th) and the final on Saturday (21st). This is both for the mens tournament and the womens tournament

@curiousboy4759 2 жыл бұрын

Baseball is like fulltoss ball delivery in cricket 😂

@stevenholt4936 2 жыл бұрын

Ignore the the ridiculous 100. First class cricket is the pinnacle, particularly Test cricket. England is playing India right now and it is gripping.

@webbofysgethin2127 2 жыл бұрын

The Hundred is the new tournament in England & Wales, it's been made to attract new fans to the game by simplifying certain rules and making the scores clearer so I would deffo recommend that!

@mtk3755 2 жыл бұрын

But don't you think it's different than regular cricket like they scraped the concept of overs. I don't know if it should be entry point for beginners. Also she just got to know it's rules, now understanding rules of 100 would confuse her according to me

@cricketexplained8526 2 жыл бұрын

@@mtk3755 That "no overs" concept was hilarious. The commentators had to check themselves from saying "over".

@peterdrewer2574 2 жыл бұрын

At school we had a concrete pitch and played with a high density painted or plastic bound cork ball. Very hard, like a hockey ball. On special occasions we got to play on a turf pitch with a 'proper' leather bound cricket ball. One of the things not explicitly mentioned that distinguishes the game from baseball is there's no foul line. The batsman can play the ball all 360°. This means there's fielding positions other than the wicket keeper behind the crease. The wicket keeper has gloves, the rest of the fielders are bare handed. Catching the ball if it glances off the bat and deflects behind the wicket can be tricky. The ball is hard, moving fast and often spinning like an angle grinder. You have to cage the ball with your hands and let it stop spinning before clamping down on it. There are particular arts like this for every position in the game. Good luck with your explorations.

@rjbride 2 жыл бұрын

Wow well done for really making an effort to follow that because I was lost once he got on the different formats.

@anthonys.2365 2 жыл бұрын

The long white line is the crease. The long wide lines are known as the return crease where if a bowlers back foot touches the line it is a no-ball and also a wide indicator in Test cricket (white clothing and red ball), and the smaller lines are indicators for umpires to determine a wide ball in one-day and T20 cricket (coloured clothing and white ball).

@tristanmair7379 2 жыл бұрын

I love watching and playing cricket in the Australian summer. The is a test match between Australia v England it’s called the ashes i would recommend to watch a documentary of the ashes

@odelayrowemonkey2145 2 жыл бұрын

yes! we're kicking the Poms arses at the moment. second Ashes test starts tomorrow in Adelaide.. day/night test.

@peterfhere9461 2 жыл бұрын

Regarding the bails, the bails must be knocked off for the batsman to be bowled or stumped. There was one famous incident in a hot country where the varnish on the bails melted and then set to "glue" the bails together end to end. When the middle stump was knocked out by a bowler, the stuck bails remained in place and he was declared not out...

@martingibbs1179 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think there is a "cricket season" globally except perhaps "summer". Internationally its always summer somewhere in the big cricket playing countries, so it is played all year round internationally. England plays its home matches in the summer and its away matches in the winter.

@martingibbs1179 2 жыл бұрын

@@amiyavatsa It depends on what part of England and what year. Typically July and August are reasonably dry and warm in my experience. Though global warming does appear to be changing that. England gets a lot of flack for it raining a lot but its not everywhere, Suffolk is actually a very dry place.

@dangermouse3619 2 жыл бұрын

It's not only the bat that hits the ball. If the ball touches the hand that in contact with the bat and is caught or the ball comes back onto the stumps and knocks of a bail its out.

@Notric 2 жыл бұрын

Not points, "Runs". The batsmen stay on the field till they are out, they can face many overs, not just 6 balls.

@markboorman9583 2 жыл бұрын

Probably not the best explanation of cricket but I enjoyed your genuine attempt to understand it. The fact that you mention the anticipation of what might happen with each ball is a fair indication that you get it and will enjoy it.

@andyp5899 2 жыл бұрын

One tactic used is if you have a good batsman and a mediocre batsman (possibly a good bowler) the batsmen may deliberately take a run at the end of the over that way the good batsman will effectively also play against the new bowler. The reason for the padding is the ball when bowled by a fast bowler can reach speeds high enough to break bones. There was an infamous series known as the bodyline series where the bowler used the ball to intimidate the opposing batsmen.