Cricket for beginners!

phatima · April 11, 2005, 8:57pm

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^^
I’ve never felt so stupid in my entire life

Ok and do you HAVE to take the bat with you when you run ?

funguy · April 11, 2005, 9:01pm

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You don't have to. But almost all the batsmen do prefer running with the bat.

You raise a very interesting question. Next time while running a definite two, I am throwing rhe bat at the striker's end. Why carry a kilogram of wood with you if you will be coming back to the same end. Some purists might argue that a bat gives you about 38 inches of extension while touching down at the popping crease... is it worth carrying the darn thing?. Your call.

PS. What part of LBW did you not get?

phatima · April 11, 2005, 9:07pm

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Ok, wait. First, let me go snub at my brother because he was wrong and I was right. See, he always yells at me because I don't take the bat with me when I run.

Yea, let me just check if I got this right. So, if I am standing infront of the wicket and the ball hit's anything besides my hand or the bat, then I'm out. Right?

And then there's 3 outs until the next batman is up, right?

funguy · April 11, 2005, 9:10pm

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You are crazy.

You are out ONLY if in the umpire's opinion the ball would have gone on to hit the stumps. Wait a minute... are you asking for a match played between you and your brother?... There is NO LBW at that level... you can even play the ball with your head if you like.

Each batsmen gets ONLY one chance, one out and next one is in.

Captain1 · April 11, 2005, 9:12pm

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Phatima1: LBW is not given for ball hitting upper body (if it is not covering wicket in some awkward way). If ball hits legs as desribed by funguy just ONCE the batsman is out, this "three" times is gali/mohalla cricket.

funguy · April 11, 2005, 9:14pm

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Captain1, you did not have to mention 'upper body' while describing the law of LBW to a lady.

Has the ball ever hit your upper body?

Captain1 · April 11, 2005, 9:18pm

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Are you saying a ball can never hit your upper body? I have seen many players receiving ball on thighs, above waist-line etc.

wait-a-minute: does “upper body” mean something that I’m not aware of?

acrobi123 · April 11, 2005, 9:25pm

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lol nah captain you cannot be given LBW out if the ball hits you above your pads (lbw rule) unless you are Sachin Tendulkar playing in Australia in your prime form and even the ball hit you on your helmet you are lbw

phatima · April 11, 2005, 11:31pm

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HAHA! lol!!! woo that was a good one :k:

Ok, I think I got it now. Ok so can someone explain the innings to me please. How often do the teams switch positions from batting to fielding?

Captain1 · April 12, 2005, 4:14am

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^ once all players (batsmen) are out (10 out of 11) or quota of overs is completed, one inning is over and the team who was bowling first takes "batting" and the one who was batting first goes to "field" and bowling.

Dimagh_HotaToNa · April 12, 2005, 4:24am

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uzzybuzzy:

Seeing as no one else will help you I will tell you what I know.

There are 2 main types of cricket…test cricket and one day cricket. in each match 2 teams play against each other. There are 11 players in a team. There will be a toss of the coin to see which team bats and fields first.

In one day cricket each team will bat for 50 overs called an innings. An over is 6 bowls by a bowler. One bowler can bowl a maximum of 10 overs in one day cricket. The bowler is changed after each over i.e. a bowler cannot bowl 2 overs one after the other. The batting team must score runs. To score a run you and your batting partner must run between the wickets. If you hit the ball and it goes to the boundary and it touches the ground in between you score 4 runs. If the ball goes to the boundary without touching the ground you score 6 runs. The fielding team do thier best to contain runs and get the batters out. The ways the batters can get out are run out, caught, bowled and lbw(leg before wicket). After 50 overs or the batting team is all out there is lunch time and then the teams switch over. You can win by scoring the most runs or by saving the most wickets.

In test cricket its the same but you play for 5 days. Each team plays 2 innings each which are longer than 50 overs. A bowler can bowl as many overs as they like. thats all i know about test cricket.

I think thats all the basics. hope you find it helpful.

Hearing this, I have no idea what we played as kids -cricket or fricket! Thanks so much! It really helped. It really sounds like fun but not good enough to watch it for hours.

Dimagh_HotaToNa · April 12, 2005, 4:25am

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Captain and funguy -- Thanks.. those comments helped too. :D

uzzybuzzy · April 12, 2005, 8:19pm

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No problem. No one else was helping you so I decided to.

phatima · April 12, 2005, 8:21pm

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^^ Yes thankyou. Saved me a lot of question.

BUT...Here's some more question I have:

What brings upon the end of a game?
How many innings are there in a game per team?
Do the teams constantly switch back and forth like in baseball, or they only switch once in a game?

Aejaz · April 12, 2005, 8:28pm

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Me thinks here you are talking about Baseball here.

phatima · April 12, 2005, 8:35pm

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Ok, so it's only 1 out and then the next batsman comes up?

acrobi123 · April 12, 2005, 8:42pm

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yea and goes down to 10

uzzybuzzy · April 12, 2005, 8:44pm

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answers for phatima1

What brings upon the end of a game?

In One day cricket when both teams have batted for 50 overs or both teams have gotten out or basically when a team has won the game (either by scoring more runs than the other team or getting the other team out before they score the required runs).

How many innings are there in a game per team?

I already answered that but I'll answer again. In 1 day cricket each team has 1 innings of 50 overs. In test cricket each team has 2 innings...I dunno how long they are...I think there is a time limit .

Do the teams constantly switch back and forth like in baseball, or they only switch once in a game?

I have no idea about baseball but in one day cricket each team will bat and field only once.

In test cricket they will bat and field twice because each team plays 2 innings.

You should really watch a game if you wanna learn more. All I know about cricket is what I have seen from tv or asked my brother/cousin.

Captain1 · April 12, 2005, 9:01pm

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I don’t think there is any limit, if you wanna enjoy batting play all 5 days … Lara scored his 400 in 2+ days (I don’t remember how much of 3rd day WI played for).

phatima · April 12, 2005, 11:37pm

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Yea I watch like 20 minutes of a game and it’s like so boring But I’ll try :k: