I am a baseball fan, and respect its cricket roots. Yet cricket makes no sense to me. Help, please? :)?

Question

I have seen a little bit of cricket, and know the batsman is trying to keep the bowler from hitting those rectangular objects on the vertical poles (?) . Other than that, I frankly have no clue!

What is the object of the game, how is scoring done, and what are some basic rules?

Thank you!

---Pauly

Answer 1

Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass field, roughly oval in shape, 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 construction of three parallel wooden stakes (known as stumps) driven vertically into the ground, with two small crosspieces (known as bails) laid across the top of them. This wooden structure is called a wicket.

A player from the fielding team, known as the bowler, hurls a hard, fist-sized, cork-centred, leather-covered ball from the vicinity of one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching a player from the opposing team, the batsman, whose job it is to defend his wicket from being struck by the ball. In defence of the wicket, the batsman uses a wooden cricket bat to deflect the incoming missile. Meanwhile, the other members of the bowler's team stand in various positions around the field as fielders, players who retrieve the batted ball and throw it back toward the pitch in an effort to "dismiss" the batsman. The batsman, if he or she does not get out immediately (by having his wicket struck by a bowled ball, by having his batted ball caught in the air, etc.), may then choose to run between the wickets, exchanging ends with a second batsman (the non-striker), who has been waiting near the bowler's wicket. Each exchange of ends successfully completed constitutes a run, and the match is won by the team that scores more runs.

Answer 2

cricket is a game with 11 players in each team
played on a grass field
roughly oval shaped
the sticks behind the batsmen is called a wicket
and in the middle wicket there is a camera
top of the wicket there is two things called bails
if the ball hits the wicket it is out
if the ball edges the bat and goes to the wicket keeper its is out
if the ball hits the bat and goes to a fielder it is out
if the batsmen hits the ball and runs but fails to reach at the other end and the bowler gets the ball and hits the wicket it is out it is called run out
the ball is cork leathered
test cricket is unlimited overs cricket
and odi which stands for one day international is ussualy 50 overs unless it rains then the match will be shorterned
if a fielder is right beside the batsmen not in the pitch that position is called a silly point
in cricket htere are boundaries
if the ball bounces and goes to the boundary it is 4 runs
if the ball does not bounce and goes to the boundary it is 6 runs
if the batsmen just taps it and runs it is called a single
begining of the match there is a coin toss between the captains who ever wins the coin toss they get a choice that they could bat or bowl
if the bowler oversteps it is a no ball
if the ball bounces more than 1 it is a dead ball if the ball goes far away from the batsmen it is a wide
if the umpire raises his hand it is an out
if the umpire has his both hands in the air it is a six
if the umpire holds to hands across his body it is a wide
if the umpire makes a square shape with his hand the decision goes to the 3rd umpire
if the umpire holds 1 hand across it is a no ball
if the umpire raises his leg and touches it is a leg
and if the umpire gives a no ball but he didnt over step or the ball is too high it is a chuck
chuck is when the bowler bowls a ball but his arm is bent
there are 10 ways a batsmen could be out
caught bowled lbw handling the ball obstructing the field run out stumped hit the ball twice hit wicket timed out
a wikcet keper is to wear wicketkeeping gloves
if the ball goes higher than the chest it is a no ball

Answer 3

Cricket.forum outlines a lot of the basic gameplay, but I'll throw in some comparisons to baseball for good measure. The main point of interest is the duel between the bowler and batsman (equivalent to the pitcher and batter). Instead of having bases, there's just the two wickets, and there's a batsman at each one, so a run is scored every time they switch places. Once a ball is hit, the batsmen can choose whether or not to run (unlike baseball, where one must run). So in cricket, you can take your time and wait for a good hit. Of course, if you do run, then you risk being thrown out. Also, if a fly ball is caught in the air, it's an out - one thing that works exactly the same as in baseball. Oh, and if the bowler manages to get past the batsman and hit that wicket, then he's out also. It's not quite the same a strikeout (since the bowler could miss the wicket altogether and the batsman would be fine), but it's kind of similar in a way.

Cricket and baseball both have innings. In cricket one innings (the singular has an S) involves 10 out of the 11 batsmen getting out. As you need two batsmen at a time, once ten are out, then your innings is finished.

I used to play a bunch of cricket a long time ago after having grown up on baseball. While baseball is my favorite sport, cricket is extremely fun as well. It got made fun of in fielding since as the American baseball guy, I was used to wearing gloves (which aren't needed in cricket). On the other hand, I was used to hitting with a smaller bat, so maybe I was better at that. This was many years ago, but I'd like to be able to play more.

Answer 4

Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass field, roughly oval in shape, 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 construction of three parallel wooden stakes (known as stumps) driven vertically into the ground, with two small crosspieces (known as bails) laid across the top of them. This wooden structure is called a wicket.

A player from the fielding team, known as the bowler, hurls a hard, fist-sized, cork-centred, leather-covered ball from the vicinity of one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching a player from the opposing team, the batsman, whose job it is to defend his wicket from being struck by the ball. In defence of the wicket, the batsman uses a wooden cricket bat to deflect the incoming missile. Meanwhile, the other members of the bowler's team stand in various positions around the field as fielders, players who retrieve the batted ball and throw it back toward the pitch in an effort to "dismiss" the batsman. The batsman, if he or she does not get out immediately (by having his wicket struck by a bowled ball, by having his batted ball caught in the air, etc.), may then choose to run between the wickets, exchanging ends with a second batsman (the non-striker), who has been waiting near the bowler's wicket. Each exchange of ends successfully completed constitutes a run, and the match is won by the team that scores more runs.

Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years. It originated in its modern form in England and is most popular in the present and former members of the Commonwealth. Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world.[1][2][3] More than a hundred cricket-playing nations are recognised by the International Cricket Council.[4] In the countries of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, cricket is the most popular sport. It 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, among others.

The sport is followed with passion in many different parts of the world. 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. Other examples include the Bodyline series, played between England and Australia in the early 1930s, and the 1981 underarm bowling incident involving Australia and New Zealand.

Answer 5

Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass field, roughly oval in shape, 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 construction of three parallel wooden stakes (known as stumps) driven vertically into the ground, with two small crosspieces (known as bails) laid across the top of them. This wooden structure is called a wicket.

A player from the fielding team, known as the bowler, hurls a hard, fist-sized, cork-centred, leather-covered ball from the vicinity of one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching a player from the opposing team, the batsman, whose job it is to defend his wicket from being struck by the ball. In defence of the wicket, the batsman uses a wooden cricket bat to deflect the incoming missile. Meanwhile, the other members of the bowler's team stand in various positions around the field as fielders, players who retrieve the batted ball and throw it back toward the pitch in an effort to "dismiss" the batsman. The batsman, if he or she does not get out immediately (by having his wicket struck by a bowled ball, by having his batted ball caught in the air, etc.), may then choose to run between the wickets, exchanging ends with a second batsman (the non-striker), who has been waiting near the bowler's wicket. Each exchange of ends successfully completed constitutes a run, and the match is won by the team that scores more runs.

Answer 6

I believe that, contrary to what you have stated, baseball is not derived from cricket. From what I have learned, both sports have derived from an antiquated game called rounders. Baseball holds closer resemblance to rounders than cricket, as the latter has evolved a long way from it's roots than the former.

Answer 7

Please check the following links for details:

http://www.cricket-for-parents.com/index.html


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

Answer 8

i cant help you.