I will probably read the responses too. As I have no idea either.
I will probably read the responses too. As I have no idea
either.
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thought i was the only one
Ask Hippo. He knows all the rules
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Only intellect minds can understand the rules.
Test Matches - The team that isn't in will try to get the team that is in out, so that the team that was out goes in and the team that was in and now is out will try to get the team that is now in ( that was out) out.
This process is repeated twice.
Both teams have 11 men to bat and bowl/field with and then the innings' are over when each side has lost 10 wickets ( leaving 1 man not out at the end).
The batting team will try to compile as many runs as they can during their 2 innings, and the bowling/fielding team will try to take 20 wickets as quickly as they can. The team which scores the most runs at the end of their 2 innings' win (unless England are playing against India or Australia and then we usually only need to use 1 of our innings, scoring enough runs to beat their combined scores over 2 innings', or even four innings' lol ).
The game lasts five days, so this format is not for the crash bang wallop types ( although it is possible to enjoy each format of the game of cricket because they are actually totally unlike) and because of the amount of time involved, many fascinating turn of events take place during the match.
The weather, temperature, grass on the wicket, time of the day and so many other factors are a huge part of Test Match cricket.
England are currently and narrowly the best Test Match Team in the world, but will widen that gap a lot of the next 2 years
Welcome aboard the ja606 cricket forums and bring your good humour with you and you will definitely pick things up as you go along
a poster did this a while back
i'll have a go at it for you.
cricket it a game played between 2 teams of 11 players each.
the playing area is usually roughly circular or oval. in the middle of the playing area is "the wicket" which is a strip of flat and carefully prepared earth with wooden "stumps" or "wickets" placed 22 yards apart at either end of "the wicket". around the wicket the area is known as "the square", and the remainder of the playing area is known as "the outfield".
there are various different forms of the game with the min variance being the duration of it. most of the rules are essentially the same in each form of the game, apart from the duration.
the winning team is the team which scores the most "runs".
runs are scored by batsmen.
teams take it in turn to bat.
the team which is not batting is the fielding team (sometimes referred to as the bowling team).
two players from the batting team bat togethor.
when one of the batsmen is dismissed, the next player from the batting team comes in. this process goes on until 10 of the 11 members of the batting team have been dismissed by the fielding team, whereupon the batting team's "innings" is concluded. a batting team can declare its innings before 10 players have been dismissed if it wishes to do so (this could be beneficial if there is little time left in the game and the team which is currnelty batting wishes to go for a win).
there are 9 ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. the most common of these are :
bowled (the bowler hits the wickets with the ball)
lbw (essentially the batsman unlawfully prevents the ball from striking the wickets with his body)
caught (the batsman hits the ball into a fielder's hands)
run out (a fielder breaks the stumps with the ball as the batsman attempts to score a run).
the batting team scores one run for every time the 2 players run succesfully to the other end of the wicket after the bowler has bowled the ball and before the fielding team returns the ball to the wicket.
4 runs are scored if the batsman hits the ball outside of the playing area (beyond the boundary), and 6 runs are scored if the ball goes over the boundary without bouncing.
a bowler bowls 6 balls in a row which is known as an over. another bowler then balls another over from te opposite end, and so on.
in limited overs forms of the game (where the duration of the game is determined by a set amount of overs for each team), there are restrictions ons field placings and on the number of overs which any one bowler can bowl.
hows that ?
"a bowler bowls 6 balls in a row which is known as an over"
So this would typically be against the same batter? But could he in theory knock out 6 batters, if they get bowled?
it was a fairly quickly prepared attempt to be honest. there are clearly a numberof imperfections and omissions in it.
it could be against the same batsman. as you suggest though if the fielding team dismiss the batsman who is "on strike" (facing the bowling) then a new batsman will come to "the crease*" (the wicket). also, if the batsman on strike runs an odd number of runs off a ball, then the other batsman who is currently at the wicket will be on strike for the next ball (assuming that there is another ball to come in that over). if no runs are scored off the over then the over is referred to as a "maiden over". if no runs are scored and a wicket is taken it is referred to as a "wicket maiden".
*the crease is a line painting om front of the wickets and is used to determine whether the batsman has completed a run (or been run out) amongst other things.
comment by Robert the Spurs fan (U14215)
posted 1 minute ago
it was a fairly quickly prepared attempt to be honest. there are clearly a numberof imperfections and omissions in it.
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I honestly know nothing about Cricket. So it has been genuinely helpful.
other uses of the crease are :
- to determine whether the bowler has bowled a legal delivery. if the bowler's front foot is entirely in front of the crease at the moment that he releases the ball, then the umpire* should call a 'no ball' in which case the ball has to be taken again, and the batting team scores an additional run **. the batsman can not be dismissed on the illegal delivery (apart form being run out) and any runs scored off the ball in addition to the extra run are still counted in spite of the ball not being legal.
-to determine whether the bstamn has been dismissed by a stumping. the fielding team is allowed to have one of it's players wear a pair of specialist gloves and stand directly behind the wickets (or anywhere else he wants to stand). if the wicketkeeper deflects the ball on to the stumps with the batsman out of his crease (but not attempting a run) then the batsman is out stumped.
* the game is refereed by 2 umpires.
** a no ball is added to the team's total, but not to the batsma's individual score. as such it is called an "extra" (in australia they cll it a "sundry" )
I honestly know nothing about Cricket. So it has been genuinely helpful.
============
good.
in my opinion it is a fascinating game once you understand it. i was talking to an irish lad recently who had always "hated" cricket until he moved to australia, where he felt forced to try to watch it. it's now his number one sport. it doesnt necessarily become everyone's favourite sport of course, but in my experience it is not uncommon to become interested in, and entertained by, the game once you have a bit of an understanding of it. as with everything, once you have the basics, the details fall into place fairly readily.
I used to hate cricket as a boy, i took the time to try & understand it & now i love it!! It's fantastic
admin its international cricket. if u had bowlers taking 6 wickets in an over, then I wouldnt be watching this game. its technically possible but will never happen in the game of cricket. The day it happens i will stop watch cricket.
On the other note, the bowler doesnt necessary bowl to the same batsman for the 6 balls since the batsman take runs, i.e singles and 2 runs and etc. though in tests that is a possibility since it really hard to score runs.
and that is why people like watching tests. how will the batsman counter the pace of the bowler, the swing if u r in england, the spin if you are in asia. and etc.
cricket is a game that once you start watching u will surely like it. I started watching it in 2008 and I didnt have a clue how u actually win a test match. but as i kept on watching i started to understand it.
OP. Do you have a favourite type of cricket format?
T20 where both teams get to face 20 overs ( 120 balls excluding no balls and wides) and the batsmen try to hit as many fours and sixes as they can.
ODI which consists of 50 overs ( 300 deliveries excluding noballs and wides) and in this format the batsmen get a little more time to play themselves in, get used to the conditions and the bowlers and then try to score fairly quickly. If they can score very quickly then that is obviously very good too, but it is important that the team use up all their 50 overs, which is more time than you might think to play nice cricket shots.
Test Match Cricket, which lasts 5 days, can go quite slowly, and has many fascinating twists during those days. The modern game has produced quick results and the home sides have been doing very well.
England will start a test match on Thursday and if you are on here then just ask questions as the match unfolds. We will have nearly a week to discuss just about anything within the game, and believe me, there are loads of small details that can be explained
The only way you can really learn anything about Cricket is by watching it, preferably with someone who understands it.
As a kid I learnt so much just by watching days on end of cricket on Channel 4. It's such a shame that so many kids haven't had the chance to watch cricket in their summer holidays since 2006.
Cricket :-
England have the Ashes.
This is all you need to know
England have the Ashes.
This is all you need to know.
--
For the OP - The Ashes series is named after a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, in 1882 after a match at The Oval in which Australia beat England on an English ground for the first time. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. The English media dubbed the next English tour to Australia (1882–83) as the quest to regain The Ashes.
England have been regularly winning these Ashes under the Australian captaincy of Ricky Ponting, and nothing is going to change in the next 2 years either
"England have been regularly winning these Ashes under the Australian captaincy of Ricky Ponting"
"England have been regularly winning these Ashes under the Australian captaincy of Ricky Ponting"
top bombing MCH
I don't have the patience for cricket. I am sure it really is a fascinating game, but I am one of those who at school, used to treat being in bat the same way I would if I were playing baseball. Wild swings at everything.
It's just a personality thing, cricket does not suit those with short attention spans!
Cricket is the only game that played over 5 days without any result.
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posted on 12/5/12
I will probably read the responses too. As I have no idea either.
posted on 12/5/12
I will probably read the responses too. As I have no idea
either.
---
thought i was the only one
posted on 13/5/12
Ask Hippo. He knows all the rules
posted on 13/5/12
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 13/5/12
Only intellect minds can understand the rules.
posted on 13/5/12
Test Matches - The team that isn't in will try to get the team that is in out, so that the team that was out goes in and the team that was in and now is out will try to get the team that is now in ( that was out) out.
This process is repeated twice.
Both teams have 11 men to bat and bowl/field with and then the innings' are over when each side has lost 10 wickets ( leaving 1 man not out at the end).
The batting team will try to compile as many runs as they can during their 2 innings, and the bowling/fielding team will try to take 20 wickets as quickly as they can. The team which scores the most runs at the end of their 2 innings' win (unless England are playing against India or Australia and then we usually only need to use 1 of our innings, scoring enough runs to beat their combined scores over 2 innings', or even four innings' lol ).
The game lasts five days, so this format is not for the crash bang wallop types ( although it is possible to enjoy each format of the game of cricket because they are actually totally unlike) and because of the amount of time involved, many fascinating turn of events take place during the match.
The weather, temperature, grass on the wicket, time of the day and so many other factors are a huge part of Test Match cricket.
England are currently and narrowly the best Test Match Team in the world, but will widen that gap a lot of the next 2 years
Welcome aboard the ja606 cricket forums and bring your good humour with you and you will definitely pick things up as you go along
posted on 13/5/12
Admin 1 is wumming us
posted on 13/5/12
a poster did this a while back
i'll have a go at it for you.
posted on 13/5/12
cricket it a game played between 2 teams of 11 players each.
the playing area is usually roughly circular or oval. in the middle of the playing area is "the wicket" which is a strip of flat and carefully prepared earth with wooden "stumps" or "wickets" placed 22 yards apart at either end of "the wicket". around the wicket the area is known as "the square", and the remainder of the playing area is known as "the outfield".
there are various different forms of the game with the min variance being the duration of it. most of the rules are essentially the same in each form of the game, apart from the duration.
the winning team is the team which scores the most "runs".
runs are scored by batsmen.
teams take it in turn to bat.
the team which is not batting is the fielding team (sometimes referred to as the bowling team).
two players from the batting team bat togethor.
when one of the batsmen is dismissed, the next player from the batting team comes in. this process goes on until 10 of the 11 members of the batting team have been dismissed by the fielding team, whereupon the batting team's "innings" is concluded. a batting team can declare its innings before 10 players have been dismissed if it wishes to do so (this could be beneficial if there is little time left in the game and the team which is currnelty batting wishes to go for a win).
there are 9 ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. the most common of these are :
bowled (the bowler hits the wickets with the ball)
lbw (essentially the batsman unlawfully prevents the ball from striking the wickets with his body)
caught (the batsman hits the ball into a fielder's hands)
run out (a fielder breaks the stumps with the ball as the batsman attempts to score a run).
the batting team scores one run for every time the 2 players run succesfully to the other end of the wicket after the bowler has bowled the ball and before the fielding team returns the ball to the wicket.
4 runs are scored if the batsman hits the ball outside of the playing area (beyond the boundary), and 6 runs are scored if the ball goes over the boundary without bouncing.
a bowler bowls 6 balls in a row which is known as an over. another bowler then balls another over from te opposite end, and so on.
in limited overs forms of the game (where the duration of the game is determined by a set amount of overs for each team), there are restrictions ons field placings and on the number of overs which any one bowler can bowl.
hows that ?
posted on 13/5/12
"a bowler bowls 6 balls in a row which is known as an over"
So this would typically be against the same batter? But could he in theory knock out 6 batters, if they get bowled?
posted on 13/5/12
it was a fairly quickly prepared attempt to be honest. there are clearly a numberof imperfections and omissions in it.
it could be against the same batsman. as you suggest though if the fielding team dismiss the batsman who is "on strike" (facing the bowling) then a new batsman will come to "the crease*" (the wicket). also, if the batsman on strike runs an odd number of runs off a ball, then the other batsman who is currently at the wicket will be on strike for the next ball (assuming that there is another ball to come in that over). if no runs are scored off the over then the over is referred to as a "maiden over". if no runs are scored and a wicket is taken it is referred to as a "wicket maiden".
*the crease is a line painting om front of the wickets and is used to determine whether the batsman has completed a run (or been run out) amongst other things.
posted on 13/5/12
comment by Robert the Spurs fan (U14215)
posted 1 minute ago
it was a fairly quickly prepared attempt to be honest. there are clearly a numberof imperfections and omissions in it.
--------------------------------
I honestly know nothing about Cricket. So it has been genuinely helpful.
posted on 13/5/12
other uses of the crease are :
- to determine whether the bowler has bowled a legal delivery. if the bowler's front foot is entirely in front of the crease at the moment that he releases the ball, then the umpire* should call a 'no ball' in which case the ball has to be taken again, and the batting team scores an additional run **. the batsman can not be dismissed on the illegal delivery (apart form being run out) and any runs scored off the ball in addition to the extra run are still counted in spite of the ball not being legal.
-to determine whether the bstamn has been dismissed by a stumping. the fielding team is allowed to have one of it's players wear a pair of specialist gloves and stand directly behind the wickets (or anywhere else he wants to stand). if the wicketkeeper deflects the ball on to the stumps with the batsman out of his crease (but not attempting a run) then the batsman is out stumped.
* the game is refereed by 2 umpires.
** a no ball is added to the team's total, but not to the batsma's individual score. as such it is called an "extra" (in australia they cll it a "sundry" )
posted on 13/5/12
I honestly know nothing about Cricket. So it has been genuinely helpful.
============
good.
in my opinion it is a fascinating game once you understand it. i was talking to an irish lad recently who had always "hated" cricket until he moved to australia, where he felt forced to try to watch it. it's now his number one sport. it doesnt necessarily become everyone's favourite sport of course, but in my experience it is not uncommon to become interested in, and entertained by, the game once you have a bit of an understanding of it. as with everything, once you have the basics, the details fall into place fairly readily.
posted on 13/5/12
I used to hate cricket as a boy, i took the time to try & understand it & now i love it!! It's fantastic
posted on 13/5/12
admin its international cricket. if u had bowlers taking 6 wickets in an over, then I wouldnt be watching this game. its technically possible but will never happen in the game of cricket. The day it happens i will stop watch cricket.
On the other note, the bowler doesnt necessary bowl to the same batsman for the 6 balls since the batsman take runs, i.e singles and 2 runs and etc. though in tests that is a possibility since it really hard to score runs.
and that is why people like watching tests. how will the batsman counter the pace of the bowler, the swing if u r in england, the spin if you are in asia. and etc.
cricket is a game that once you start watching u will surely like it. I started watching it in 2008 and I didnt have a clue how u actually win a test match. but as i kept on watching i started to understand it.
posted on 13/5/12
OP. Do you have a favourite type of cricket format?
T20 where both teams get to face 20 overs ( 120 balls excluding no balls and wides) and the batsmen try to hit as many fours and sixes as they can.
ODI which consists of 50 overs ( 300 deliveries excluding noballs and wides) and in this format the batsmen get a little more time to play themselves in, get used to the conditions and the bowlers and then try to score fairly quickly. If they can score very quickly then that is obviously very good too, but it is important that the team use up all their 50 overs, which is more time than you might think to play nice cricket shots.
Test Match Cricket, which lasts 5 days, can go quite slowly, and has many fascinating twists during those days. The modern game has produced quick results and the home sides have been doing very well.
England will start a test match on Thursday and if you are on here then just ask questions as the match unfolds. We will have nearly a week to discuss just about anything within the game, and believe me, there are loads of small details that can be explained
posted on 13/5/12
The only way you can really learn anything about Cricket is by watching it, preferably with someone who understands it.
As a kid I learnt so much just by watching days on end of cricket on Channel 4. It's such a shame that so many kids haven't had the chance to watch cricket in their summer holidays since 2006.
posted on 13/5/12
Cricket :-
England have the Ashes.
This is all you need to know
posted on 13/5/12
England have the Ashes.
This is all you need to know.
--
For the OP - The Ashes series is named after a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, in 1882 after a match at The Oval in which Australia beat England on an English ground for the first time. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. The English media dubbed the next English tour to Australia (1882–83) as the quest to regain The Ashes.
England have been regularly winning these Ashes under the Australian captaincy of Ricky Ponting, and nothing is going to change in the next 2 years either
posted on 13/5/12
"England have been regularly winning these Ashes under the Australian captaincy of Ricky Ponting"
posted on 13/5/12
"England have been regularly winning these Ashes under the Australian captaincy of Ricky Ponting"
top bombing MCH
posted on 13/5/12
lol
posted on 14/5/12
I don't have the patience for cricket. I am sure it really is a fascinating game, but I am one of those who at school, used to treat being in bat the same way I would if I were playing baseball. Wild swings at everything.
It's just a personality thing, cricket does not suit those with short attention spans!
posted on 14/5/12
Cricket is the only game that played over 5 days without any result.
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