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Everyone CAN bowl, but teams usually have 5 specialist bowlers.
I can almost hear the cricket playing world screaming at you "The bat is not flat!"
Cricket is the second most popular game in the world behind football (soccer)
I can't wait to see the " duck worth -lewis" scoring explained 😂😂😂
A cricket bat is not a paddle in exactly the same way that a baseball bat isn't a club.
I'd love to see these lads attend a village cricket day, teas and pints included.
You should watch a video explaining the different types of bowling (pitching) styles. A Shane Warne compilation is good to show one of the world's best spin bowlers. You'll be amazed how much a bowler can make the ball move with one delivery
20:10 there is a mistake here. India women scored 221 runs and the target for England was 222 runs.
When he says professional, he means franchise. Professional cricketers have been around for more than 150 years. Franchise rather than club based leagues are the relatively new thing.
"Cricket tournament in the back yard!" = broken windows, angry parents.
A major omission from this video is that when a batter is dismissed caught, the BOWLER is credited for the dismissal, and not the fielder who caught it. In fact, all the methods of dismissal featured in this video are credited to the bowler, except for Run Out. He said the innings ends when all of the batters are out, but this is not quite right. Because there must always be two players batting at the same time, there will always be a not out batter at the end of the innings. Therefore, an innings ends when 10 of the 11 batters are out. The same players play both formats of cricket (First Class and Limited Overs), although many players have a preferred format. When he says 'professional cricket', he means franchise cricket, or league cricket. There has been professional cricket for as long as there has been cricket, and all formats are played professionally, but franchise cricket is almost exclusively the Twenty20 format.
Cricket is like chess. Bowlers bowling a particular type of delivery then switching it right up to fool the batsman. Lots of subtlety in fielding positions and putting men where you know a batter prefers to hit it and then getting your bowler to force him into playing that shot.
While modern baseball was organised in America, the game "base-ball" was documented in England in 1744. Cricket was first documented being played by the English in 1550.
The T20 World Cup has just happened in India and Sri Lanka, which India won in the final against New Zealand. The USA had a team in the competition by the way.
The sun never set on the British Empire, which is why their sports went global.
9:56 No, you can't. He was reaching forward with his bat trying to get over the line. If you block the ball with your bat you would be out for 'Obstructing the Field", which is one of the much less common ways of getting out that he alluded to later.
I tink the reason that sports like cricket and rugby are played all over the world is that, at one point, Britain owned quite a lot of the world.
Im surprised that the US didnt take up cricket. Its an advertisers dream given the pace of the game.
There is a significant feature that is not comparable to baseball and not discussed at all, the playing surface (pitch). How that is prepared, how hard, how much grass, how fast it wears, etc. can highly influence the game's outcome. Often ODI's and T20 pitches are prepared mainly to favor the batters (not excessive bounce for fast bowlers or movement for spinners) It's really favors the batters rather than the bowlers - more fun for the crowd. The beauty of a 5-day test match is the pitch is mostly prepared to be initially hard and fast (favoring fast bowlers), that early effect is usually negated after about 30 overs into an innings (favoring the batter) but due to the natural wear and tear of being used for 6 hours per day, cracks appear, the surface can breakup and it becomes the playground for the spin bowlers. The pitch is rolled between innings (light or heavy roller). In test cricket, the same ball is used for at least 90 overs (540 bowls) so not only the surface wears but the balls that start hard and shiny can be a bit ragged but that change helps the differing bowling styles.
A 5 day test match is a wonderful social event. Lots of food and alcohol consumed during and after play each day is a joy. Play is usually between 11am till 6pm. With two breaks during the day - lunch and tea. And after day 5 it's not unusual for the match to be drawn.