After a few months of being here I am still completely mind boggled at the game of Cricket. All of my students seem to understand the rules not only of regular Cricket, but for "Single Wicket-Cricket" quite clearly. The problem for me lays in the fact that I am supposed to be teaching a Cricket unit to my students in the very near future!! Although I have had a few try to explain the game to me....it still holds about as much clarity as the sky has shown here lately...which, for the record, is not that much (record rates of rain have been falling in the North Island!).
For the rest of you that are like me...here is a simple explanation of the game:
Cricket: As explained to a foreigner...
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.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.
Although intended to be comical and being very difficult to understand, this is an entirely correct explanation of Cricket.
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Simple? That's what I thought!! Here are the major differences between baseball and cricket:
So what are the major differences between baseball and cricket?
Start with baseball and apply the following functions:
You can't strike out. Swing and miss as much as you like.
There's no foul territory. Hit the ball anywhere you like.
There are no balls. The pitcher is even allowed to bounce the ball on the ground before it reaches the batter.
There are no walks either. If you get hit by a pitch, tough.
If you hit the ball, you only have to run if you think it's safe to do so. Otherwise, stay where you are and take another pitch.
If you reach home plate and score a run, don't go back to the dugout. Stay there to face the next pitch. Or keep running on to first again if you wish.
When you get out, no matter what base you're on, the next batter comes in to replace you where you were.
The bases are always loaded.
So if you hit a home run, that's 4 runs. But don't bother actually running the bases, since that's pointless. Just stay where you are.
Take the gloves off the fielders.
Once you're out, you can't bat again in the same inning.
The team's inning is only over when 6 players are out, since this leaves only 3 players who aren't out to man the bases.
Let's increase a home run to scoring 6 runs, but still the batters don't move any bases when one is hit.
Reduce the number of bases from four to two.
Replace each base with three upright wooden poles in a row, 32 inches high, with the outermost two 9 inches apart.
When batting, you are out if the pitcher hits the poles with a pitch, or if you get in the way and he hits you. You better defend them with your bat!
If the ball hits the wall around the field, let's automatically score 4 runs and the ball is out of play, like if a home run is hit.
Increase the number of players from 9 to 11 per team. So now, the inning is over when 10 players are out, since that just leaves one player and two bases to man.
Reduce the number of innings from nine to two.
From:http://www.dangermouse.net/cricket/baseball.html
Still don't understand? Try these websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/cricket/explanation.htm
http://www.uk.cricket.org/link_to_database/ABOUT_CRICKET/EXPLANATION/EXPLANATION_OF_CRICKET.html
For the rest of you that are like me...here is a simple explanation of the game:
Cricket: As explained to a foreigner...
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.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.
Although intended to be comical and being very difficult to understand, this is an entirely correct explanation of Cricket.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_towel_explanation_of_cricket"
Simple? That's what I thought!! Here are the major differences between baseball and cricket:
So what are the major differences between baseball and cricket?
Start with baseball and apply the following functions:
You can't strike out. Swing and miss as much as you like.
There's no foul territory. Hit the ball anywhere you like.
There are no balls. The pitcher is even allowed to bounce the ball on the ground before it reaches the batter.
There are no walks either. If you get hit by a pitch, tough.
If you hit the ball, you only have to run if you think it's safe to do so. Otherwise, stay where you are and take another pitch.
If you reach home plate and score a run, don't go back to the dugout. Stay there to face the next pitch. Or keep running on to first again if you wish.
When you get out, no matter what base you're on, the next batter comes in to replace you where you were.
The bases are always loaded.
So if you hit a home run, that's 4 runs. But don't bother actually running the bases, since that's pointless. Just stay where you are.
Take the gloves off the fielders.
Once you're out, you can't bat again in the same inning.
The team's inning is only over when 6 players are out, since this leaves only 3 players who aren't out to man the bases.
Let's increase a home run to scoring 6 runs, but still the batters don't move any bases when one is hit.
Reduce the number of bases from four to two.
Replace each base with three upright wooden poles in a row, 32 inches high, with the outermost two 9 inches apart.
When batting, you are out if the pitcher hits the poles with a pitch, or if you get in the way and he hits you. You better defend them with your bat!
If the ball hits the wall around the field, let's automatically score 4 runs and the ball is out of play, like if a home run is hit.
Increase the number of players from 9 to 11 per team. So now, the inning is over when 10 players are out, since that just leaves one player and two bases to man.
Reduce the number of innings from nine to two.
From:http://www.dangermouse.net/cricket/baseball.html
Still don't understand? Try these websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/cricket/explanation.htm
http://www.uk.cricket.org/link_to_database/ABOUT_CRICKET/EXPLANATION/EXPLANATION_OF_CRICKET.html
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