Can anyone explain the game of cricket to me?

Question

I'm a former baseball player and coach who likes to watch cricket, but has no clue what is going on.

Answer 1

If you really want too.. watch these and then at the end watch the game Between South Africa vs Australia.

Batting - http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=4467666702892093130&q=cricket+masterclass

Fast Bowling - http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=4410213710170264644&q=cricket+masterclass

Slow Bowling - http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-1622125182818951912&q=cricket+masterclass

Fielding - http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-7341309384834537116&q=cricket+masterclass

Tactics and Field Settings - http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=5779821382588485398&q=cricket+masterclass

and Finally here is a clip of the Best Cricket game ever Played!

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=8490059537129220004&q=australia+vs+south+africa

Answer 2

Cricket is a bit like baseball. So here is the story.

2 teams - each team has 11 players
Each team plays 50 overs - each over has 6 balls to be bowled.
There are two batsmen who play at one time. The bowler throws the ball (I'm sure you know the action) and the batsman tries to hit it(just like baseball) and scores runs. The batsmen can run between the wickets, if the ball goes out of the boundary then its a 4, if its like a homerun then its called a 6.
Now the bowler tries to take the wicket of the batsman by hitting the ball at the Stumps (The three sticks u see behind the batsman). Another way to get the batsman out is if he hits the ball and its caught by a fielder without hitting the ground. And he could be runout as well while he is trying to score.

Once the 50 overs have been bowled or the whole team gets out, the other team starts to play. If they score more then the first team within 50 overs and without getting out, they win. Otherwise the first team wins.

There are many other small rules but this is just to give an idea to get u started. It looks like a long and boring game but actually its pretty good if one starts to understand it. The British started this game many decades ago. Now its played worldwide.

I hope you enjoy it even more now.

Answer 3

It involves two teams of eleven players each. One side bats and the other bowls. The batting team has to protect the stumps which are the three shortish poles stuck in the ground at each end of the pitch, which is 22 feet long and about 6 feet wide. The bowling team has to get the other side 'out' by 1:- Bowling them out. That is hitting the stumps with the ball
2:- Geting them caught. Catching the ball off the bat without it touching the ground
3:- Stumping. The wicket keeper breaks the stumps while the batsman is outside his crease which is a line across the pitch about four feet in front of the stumps
4:- A run out where the stumps are broken while the batsmen are running between the stumps and are outside their respective creases
5:- LBW Leg Before Wicket (stump) this where the umpire can declare a person out if the ball would have hit the stumps had not the players leg been in the way.

The batting team has to score 'runs'. This is acheived by running between the wickets (stumps) without being gotten out. The runs are awarded to the player who strikes the ball but both men must run. A four (four runs) can be score by hitting the ball to the boundary. A six (six runs) is scored when the ball is hit over the boundary without it touching the ground.
The game usually consists of four innings. Each team bats and bowls twice. A batting team is 'all out' when ten players have been dismissed, the last batsman being deemed to be 'Not Out'. The most number of runs at the end is the winning side.
As for feilding positions you would probably be better to find a web site that shows them all as they are to hard to explain, with names like 'silly mid on', 'backward square leg' and 'third man' it gets a bit hard

Answer 4

Ok, cricket is complicated, but quite easy to get the hang of.

BATTING

Basically, you have 2 batsmen at either end of the turf, the bowler bowls to one of them and if the batsmen hits the ball, both batsmen run, if the batsmen get to the opposite set of wickets (3 posts bowler has to hit to get batsmen out), they score 1 run, sometimes there is enough time (depending on hit size) to run 2, 3 times etc. A batsmen can also hit a '4', which is when the ball rolls/bounces out of the playing circle, the batsmen can also hit a '6', which is where the ball goes stright out of the circle without touching the ground. Any runs the batsmen get by running are excluded when a '4' or '6' is hit.
There are 11 batsmen in a team and when 10 are out, the batting team are "all out" and the 2 participating teams swap round.

BOWLING

The bowler has 6 bowls (1 over) to try and get the batsmen out, if they don't suceed, another bowler takes over for another 6 bowls. If they do suceed, a new batter comes in and the bowler continues with however many bowls they have left of that over.
The bowling team can get the btter out by either hitting his wicket, or catching a ball he's hit before it touches the ground.
There are different types of bowler;

Fast - Takes a running run up, bowls at high speed

Medium/fast - Takes a jogging and shorter run up, bowls at medium speed.

Slow/spin - Takes a very short, walking run up, bowls at slow speed but bowl contains spin on bounce.

SRORING

For every run the batters get they get a piont, this is shown up against how many batters are out, for example, 78-2, means 78 runs and 2 batters out.

CRICKET TERMS

Duck - Batter out before scoring 1 run

Golden duck - Batter out on first bowl when he is batting

Maiden - An over where no runs are scored

Century - When 1 batter scores 100 runs

Depending on the game type (friendly, test match etc.) There my be restrictions to how many overs the bowling team has, and how many overs a single bowler can have.

Answer 5

hi cricket is a game similar to base ball , but has some different rules, cricket has 11 players , there are two types of cricket matches, ODI and test match, in ODI there 50 overs and each over has six balls ( means in each over the bowler has to throw the bowl six time), as like baseball bat there is a cricket bat , the one throws the bowl is called a bowler, the one who hits the bowl is called the batsmen, like the refry in the base ball , there are three umpire in cricket . two of the umpires stand in the stadium with the players and the third is used when there are chances of run out ( like in base ball). there are many to tell you about cricket. for more information you can send me an e mail on [e-mail]

Answer 6

This is how I explained it to another user some time ago, and it seemed to work :)

Both teams have 11 players, one team starts off by fielding (all 11 players out on the field), while 2 players come out to bat from the opposition.

The aim of the fielding team is to get all the other players out, and the aim of the batting team is to make as many runs as possible with as few batsmen getting out as possible.

A bowler from the fielding team bowls to one of the batsmen (the batsman he is bowling to is said to be 'on strike'). So the striker plays a shot and both batsmen run between the wickets as many times as they can before the bowler gets hold of the ball again.

After the bowler has bowled 6 balls, he is said to have completed an over, and the bowler changes.

When playing shots, a batsman can be out if the ball is caught, if he is run out or bowled. Once he is out, another batsman comes, and so on until the maximum number of overs have been bowled or all the players are out.

Then the teams change positions and the fielding team come out to bat and try to beat the run total that the opposition made.

Answer 7

Cricket is a fantastic game which improves love and hapiness all over the world. Other guys have told you, how to play cricket, so I don't tell you that. Cricket is a game sometimes makes people soo sleepy and sometimes arouse people with curiosity. [it is always interesting for me]

BUT squash for squash and cricket for cricket ( Did you watch the finals of WC 2007?I don't want to tell you the whole story ) So we have to play the real cricket, but not to cheat.

I love sri lankan team. Have you seen their exellent playing?

Anyhow, good question.

Answer 8

lol... tough question..
Aim of the game is to score as many runs as possible in 50 overs each over has six balls. a batsmen is to hit the ball and run to one end of teh wicklet if he can before the ball is thrown back on the wicket. if teh ball hits the wicket before the person gets there, or perosn misses the ball when bating or someone catches the ball the person will be out. this is a normal ODI where teams are wearing diffrent colours. Test is a bit more complicated teh rules are teh same though.. if you want to knw about test matches feel free to post.

Answer 9

Lot of points are to be explained if one has to properly understand about the game of cricket. I, therefore, suggest you to check the following link, where all details about the game of cricket are explained in detail.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

Answer 10

Cricket a game which i have never understood hahahha stop that and support a game which will bring peace not cricket non understandable game.

Hmmmm cricket the name makes me laugh