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Ha ha Ed!!!
There is almost no way to simply describe cricket!
Two teams, 11 players on each team
There are now several forms of the game, all played to full International status:
20/20 - twenty overs, done and dusted in a few hrs, the newest form, quick, high scoring, good fun, purists hate it
One Day -50 overs, the form played for the World Cup
Test - up to several days, I lose the plot a bit with the intracasies of this version, this is the major International form
An OVER consists of six ball (pitches)
The ball must be bowled overarm, no chucking
To score:
Both batsmen must cross, one cross = one run
If you hit the ball all the way to the boundary and it hits the ground on the way = 4 runs
Hit the ball OVER the boundary, in the air all the way = 6 runs
You have to defend your wicket which consists of three stumps with two bails on top, stumps get hit - you are out!
One bowler at a time, he changes ends after each over, so the 'on strike' batsman rotates
To be given OUT:
Caught before the ball hits the ground after hitting your bat, CAUGHT
Blocking the ball with your legs thus preventing it from hitting the stumps, leg before wicket, LBW
Having the ball hit your stumps and dislodge the bail as you attempt to bat, BOWLED
Not regaining your ground ('batters crease') when running between the wickets and someone knocks the bails off the stumps, RUN OUT
The team is OUT when 10 batsmen are out by whatever reason OR the alloted number of overs have been bowled
The other team goes IN and tries to exceed the number of runs posted by the other team
They can WIN if:
They pass the number of runs, even if they lose more batsmen
Attaining 50 or 100 runs for an individual batsman is a milestone.
Bowlers try to get as many batsmen out for low scores as possible
An over with no runs scored is called a 'maiden'
A ball bowled for no runs is a 'dot' ball
A ball hit for 4 or 6 is 'expensive'!!
In Bermuda, cricket is not the staid, mellow thing seen on village greens, there is lots of noise, food (usually fish, chicken, peas and rice, macaroni and cheese) alcohol, airhorns, flags, and when a batsman reaches 50 or 100 people run on the field and give him money...
Got it now??
There is almost no way to simply describe cricket!
Two teams, 11 players on each team
There are now several forms of the game, all played to full International status:
20/20 - twenty overs, done and dusted in a few hrs, the newest form, quick, high scoring, good fun, purists hate it
One Day -50 overs, the form played for the World Cup
Test - up to several days, I lose the plot a bit with the intracasies of this version, this is the major International form
An OVER consists of six ball (pitches)
The ball must be bowled overarm, no chucking
To score:
Both batsmen must cross, one cross = one run
If you hit the ball all the way to the boundary and it hits the ground on the way = 4 runs
Hit the ball OVER the boundary, in the air all the way = 6 runs
You have to defend your wicket which consists of three stumps with two bails on top, stumps get hit - you are out!
One bowler at a time, he changes ends after each over, so the 'on strike' batsman rotates
To be given OUT:
Caught before the ball hits the ground after hitting your bat, CAUGHT
Blocking the ball with your legs thus preventing it from hitting the stumps, leg before wicket, LBW
Having the ball hit your stumps and dislodge the bail as you attempt to bat, BOWLED
Not regaining your ground ('batters crease') when running between the wickets and someone knocks the bails off the stumps, RUN OUT
The team is OUT when 10 batsmen are out by whatever reason OR the alloted number of overs have been bowled
The other team goes IN and tries to exceed the number of runs posted by the other team
They can WIN if:
They pass the number of runs, even if they lose more batsmen
Attaining 50 or 100 runs for an individual batsman is a milestone.
Bowlers try to get as many batsmen out for low scores as possible
An over with no runs scored is called a 'maiden'
A ball bowled for no runs is a 'dot' ball
A ball hit for 4 or 6 is 'expensive'!!
In Bermuda, cricket is not the staid, mellow thing seen on village greens, there is lots of noise, food (usually fish, chicken, peas and rice, macaroni and cheese) alcohol, airhorns, flags, and when a batsman reaches 50 or 100 people run on the field and give him money...
Got it now??
