Cricket

[Kron]

quick 'rules' (although officially in Cricket they are laws) for those who don't know

 

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 thats 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 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!

 

Great description.

 

Now for the advanced class - the Duckworth-Lewis method.........

[danccooke]

A Test Match is 5 Days

One Day cricket is normally 50 overs (6 balls to an over) each (should be able to do in 8 hours easily)

T20 (twenty twenty) is 20 overs each (about a 3 1/2 hour game)

 

There are old Times games where the first team in get an hour and 20 overs, the following team have 40overs but that inevitably ends in a draw if the first team score an unacheivable target, as the second team will just defend out the overs to get the draw ( a really sucky result after an afternoons cricket)

 

Duckworth - Lewis = minefield, it is a seemingly (although not) random calculation that is used when rain stops play and the full overs won't be bowled, so the calculation works out what thier oppositions average score was and sets a reduced target for the chasing team depending on how many overs will actually be played. Very tricky, very annoying, always controversial.

 

While I am at it.

 

As a bats man you can be 'out' by the following means.

 

Bowled = the bowler hits your stumps and dislodges the bails.

Caught = if the ball touches the bat or glove (in contact with the bat) and is caught on the full by a fielder

Stumped = if the batsman steps out of his crease and the wicket keeper collects the ball and dislodges the bails

Run out = if the batsman nearest the wicket isn't grounded behind the popping crease and a fielder dislodges the bails with the ball.

Hit Wicket = If the batsman dislodges the bails himself (cock)

Handled Ball = If the batsman deliberatly handles the ball with the hand not holding the bat , other in defence or passing it back to a fielder without fielding teams permission

Obstructing the field = wilfully obstructing the fielding team from catching

Hit Ball Twice = hitting the ball for a second time other than to defend your wicket from being bowled, no runs can be scored from that hit though

Timed Out = taking more than 2 minutes to come out after the last batsman was out

and last but by no means least

LBW (Leg Before Wicket) = in short stopping the ball with your legs from hitting the wicket when being bowled at (facing) many many many rules as to how, e.g the balls tradjectory would hits the stumps, the ball was delivers outside of leg stump etc etc.

 

and I think that is the only ten ways of being out.

[LeeinVA]

A Test Match is 5 Days

One Day cricket is normally 50 overs (6 balls to an over) each (should be able to do in 8 hours easily)

T20 (twenty twenty) is 20 overs each (about a 3 1/2 hour game)

 

There are old Times games where the first team in get an hour and 20 overs, the following team have 40overs but that inevitably ends in a draw if the first team score an unacheivable target, as the second team will just defend out the overs to get the draw ( a really sucky result after an afternoons cricket)

 

Duckworth - Lewis = minefield, it is a seemingly (although not) random calculation that is used when rain stops play and the full overs won't be bowled, so the calculation works out what thier oppositions average score was and sets a reduced target for the chasing team depending on how many overs will actually be played. Very tricky, very annoying, always controversial.

 

While I am at it.

 

As a bats man you can be 'out' by the following means.

 

Bowled = the bowler hits your stumps and dislodges the bails.

Caught = if the ball touches the bat or glove (in contact with the bat) and is caught on the full by a fielder

Stumped = if the batsman steps out of his crease and the wicket keeper collects the ball and dislodges the bails

Run out = if the batsman nearest the wicket isn't grounded behind the popping crease and a fielder dislodges the bails with the ball.

Hit Wicket = If the batsman dislodges the bails himself (cock)

Handled Ball = If the batsman deliberatly handles the ball with the hand not holding the bat , other in defence or passing it back to a fielder without fielding teams permission

Obstructing the field = wilfully obstructing the fielding team from catching

Hit Ball Twice = hitting the ball for a second time other than to defend your wicket from being bowled, no runs can be scored from that hit though

Timed Out = taking more than 2 minutes to come out after the last batsman was out

and last but by no means least

LBW (Leg Before Wicket) = in short stopping the ball with your legs from hitting the wicket when being bowled at (facing) many many many rules as to how, e.g the balls tradjectory would hits the stumps, the ball was delivers outside of leg stump etc etc.

 

and I think that is the only ten ways of being out.

 

Do the players chew tobacca and grab their crotch before they bat

Edited July 20, 2009 by LeeinVA

[danccooke]

Nah but we shine our balls up on our groin

[LeeinVA]

Nah but we shine our balls up on our groin

 

I was new to golf, and have only played the game twice. The first time i went I saw a sign that said 'Ball wash station' So i put my boys in there, well come to find out they meant 'Golf ball washing' man, did i feel stupid. I was relieved too as it did pinch and hurt a little

[Sussexboy]

I remember a very interesting hour spent after lunch in ***** Last Resort in Dallas West End, trying to explain cricket with the help of a marker pen and a large white table cloth. The bucket of ribs and several beers did not help one little bit

[amateur]

Brilliant explanation, Dan

[Mungler]