I dont get cricket?

Question

isnt cricket just baseball with certain varibles such as the pitching is underhand, ball is a lil different, bats are flat, and just some other little rule changes of scoring and a couple other obstacles? maybe its just me but i dont understand it... im not bashing the sport or anything though...

Answer 1

Tyler Yes the closest Comparison an American can have for cricket is baseball. But the similarities are few, cricket than has many complex rules. The Wikipedia article posted above wont be really easy to understand cricket too easily. You will need really many sessions to understand it. I have a cousin in US who just had the same knowledge about cricket as you do and he compared it to baseball too. Now I am proud to say I have been able to teach him to understand cricket :) after around 10-11 days of good coaching LOL. If u use yahoo messenger add me to it and I will explain u bit by bit over time. It is not easy to grasp it at one go!
And finally maybe you wont like the game much and baseball might be more fun for u, as cricket is not as fast a game as baseball. But cricket is like dark chocolate, only the person who tastes it over time and time knows how good it is and then gets irresistible!

Answer 2

whoa....slow down...believe me..if you want to know cricket properly it will take some time...there are so many different rules to understand! It is different from baseball in a lot of ways....I suggest that you watch it....you'll fall in love with it.....but then only true sport lovers understand it....(IT IS BETTER THAN BASEBALL)

Answer 3

Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players. It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly elliptical grass field, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a pitch. At each end of the pitch is a set of wooden stumps, called a wicket. A player from the fielding team (the bowler) propels a hard, fist-sized cork-centred leather ball from one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces before reaching a player from the opposing team (the batsman), who defends the wicket from the ball with a wooden cricket bat. Another batsman (the "non-striker") stands in an inactive role near the bowler's wicket.

Generally, the batsman attempts to strike the ball with the bat, and run to the other end, exchanging places with his partner, scoring a run. However, he can attempt to run without hitting the ball, and vice versa. While the batting team scores as many runs as it can, the bowling team returns the ball to either wicket. If the ball strikes a wicket before the batsman nearer to that wicket has reached safety, then the batsman is out, or "dismissed". The batsman can also be out by failing to stop the bowled ball from hitting the wicket, or if a fielder catches the ball before it touches the ground. Once the batsmen are not attempting to score any more runs, the ball is "dead" and is bowled again.

Once out, a batsman is replaced by the next batsman in the team. As there must always be two batsmen on the field, the team's innings ends when ten batsmen are out, and the teams exchange roles. The number of innings, and possible restrictions on the number of balls in each, depend on the type of game played. At the end of the match - of which there are several definitions - the team that has scored more runs wins. In first-class cricket, a draw can result if the team to bat last fails to match the required total before a time limit is reached. This can add interest to one-sided games by giving the team in the worse position an incentive to play for a draw. This is distinct from a tie, which results if scores are level at the completion of both teams' innings.

Cricket has been an established team sport for several centuries. It originated in its modern form in England and is popular mainly in the present and former members of the Commonwealth. In some countries in South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, cricket is by far the most popular sport. Cricket is also a major sport in England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies. There are also well established amateur club competitions in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Kenya, Nepal, and Argentina (see also: International Cricket Council).

The length of the game — a match can last six or more hours a day for up to five days in one form of the game — the numerous intervals for lunch and tea and the rich terminology are notable aspects that can often confuse those not familiar with the sport. For its fans, the sport and the intense rivalries between top cricketing nations provide passionate entertainment and outstanding sporting achievements. It has even occasionally given rise to diplomatic outrage, the most notorious being the Basil D'Oliveira affair which led to the banning of South Africa from sporting events. The Bodyline series played between England and Australia in the early 1930s, or the 1981 underarm bowling incident involving Australia and New Zealand.
Objective and results
Cricket is a bat and ball sport. The objective of the game is to score more runs than the opposing team. A match is divided into innings during which one team bats and one team fields. The word "innings" is both singular and plural in cricket usage.

If the team batting last is dismissed while their total score is n runs less than that of their opponents, they are said to have lost by n runs. If, in a two-innings match, one team is dismissed twice with a combined first- and second-innings score less than their opponents' first-innings score, then the winning team has no requirement to bat again and they are said to have won by an innings and n runs, where n is the difference in score between the teams. If the team batting last is dismissed with the scores exactly equal then the match is a tie; a tie is a rare result, particularly in matches of two innings a side. If the team batting last reaches their target, they are said to have won by n wickets, where n is the number of wickets the opposition still needed to take in order to dismiss them. If the time allotted for the match finishes before either side can win, then the game is a draw.

If the match has only a single innings per side, then a maximum number of deliveries for each innings is often imposed. In this case the side scoring more runs wins regardless of the number of wickets lost, so that a draw cannot occur. If this kind of match is temporarily interrupted by bad weather, then a complex mathematical formula known as the Duckworth-Lewis method is often used to recalculate a new target score. A one-day match can be declared a "No-Result" if fewer than a previously agreed number of overs have been bowled by either team. This can occur if an interruption makes a resumption of play impossible, for example an extended period of bad weather.
A basic form of the sport can be traced back to the 13th century, but it may have existed even earlier than that. The game seems to have originated among shepherds and farm workers in the Weald between Kent and Sussex. Written evidence exists of a sport known as creag being played by Prince Edward, the son of Edward I (Longshanks), at Newenden, Kent in 1300.

Answer 4

Spheres of impression - colonial powers unfold their video games. Germany and Britian have been one time opponents for international impression. enjoying the comparable video games might point out britians activity became extra useful than a german one

Answer 5

I think they have answered everyhting up there. but its that baseball seems like cricket... because cricket is way older i think tha baseball

Answer 6

i'll admit it is a little hard to get at first but just be patient and soon you will be answering other people's questions about it.

Answer 7

base ball sucks....cricket ...no words for ir...it is a god for indians

Answer 8

i tell u what..u dont even need to get what crickt is..

Answer 9

me neither. they make good fish bait.