by Craig. » Sun Mar 16, 2003 5:02 am
i think there is a bit of coverage in the US but i am not sure where though.
as for how its played two teams of 11 players, on a circle or oval shaped pitch with a batting strip in the middle about 22 yards long. there are two batters on the field at any one time. then you have your 11 fielders, unlike baseball though a bowler has a run up and bowls over arm, not side arm. loads of differant styles of bowling, fast,spin,swing, and so on. there are tons of ways to get out but the main ones are being bowled when a bowler directly hits the wickets at the batters end. then being caught same as baseball pretty much. then LBW which is leg before wicket, thats where if a batters leg is infront of the wicket when he is being bowled at and the ball hits the leg it'll usually be given out. then there is a run out which is when a batsman doesnt make it back into his crease in time and a fielder or wicket keeper hits the wickets. and the list goes on. scoring is achieved by either running between the wickets, a single for each time the striking batsman gets to the other end, then there is a 4 when a ball goes over the boundry along the ground. and a 6 if it goes over it without hitting the ground. then there are extras, for no ball, wides, and others.
sorry it had to be song long its difficult to describe it any shorter.
i think alot of the reason americans and alot of people outside america dont like it is because its a long game, usually lasting all day in limited overs(6 balls to an over then bowlers change) and upto 5 days in test cricket
if you have the encarter program do a search on there it has a short video clip of some action.
feel free to make any corrections people:)
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Craig. on Sun Mar 16, 2003 5:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
best just to say australia then, and ignore the second part all together. (for those who dont know its where baseball was invented from)
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