Swinging Away: How Cricket and Baseball Connect
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At one time I had the rules of cricket down... more or less... but it's been years now and I don't really remember it all that well.
Pretty much I only remember that the bowler is trying to bust the wicket with the ball, and the batsman is acting as sort of a goalie to prevent that by batting the ball away.
Pretty much I only remember that the bowler is trying to bust the wicket with the ball, and the batsman is acting as sort of a goalie to prevent that by batting the ball away.
The English cricket team were in the West Indies somewhere for a test match, many years ago. They were filmed playing baseball on the beach in some leisure time. It was pretty impressive. I guess if you get paid for throwing balls and hitting them with a bat, you'll be good at any form of the genre.
I would say that this is generally true, although the physical mechanics of pitching is much different than the physical mechanics of bowling.
Why do they call it a "test" match? Are they practicing for the real thing? 
Dusty Ayres
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Why do they call it a "test" match? Are they practicing for the real thing?
That's most likely what a match is called in cricket-it's probably just tradition.
Why do they call it a "test" match? Are they practicing for the real thing?
That's most likely what a match is called in cricket-it's probably just tradition.
Though I know next to nothing about cricket, it is a fairly apt word. I mean, it does get used all the time in sports. IE, "Team A will face a real test tonight when they play the league-leading Team B tonight," "Though [talented forward] tested [talented goaltender]'s abilities all game, he was unable to beat him," etc, etc.
^ Yep, that's about right.
However, not all Cricket matches are Test matches. Check out the (hopefully accurate) Wikithingummy for more.
However, not all Cricket matches are Test matches. Check out the (hopefully accurate) Wikithingummy for more.
I prefer Test Matches because England can beat anyone on there day in that form but for real excitment you want One day or 20/20 cricket. England are actually building really good teams in those two areas having recently beaten the Aussies in a One Day series and becoming 20/20 world champions.
To be honest outside the World Cup I wonder if Cricket should adopt the PRO 40 game from England for the ODI matches or at the least make the ICC cup 40 overs to make it something different.
To be honest outside the World Cup I wonder if Cricket should adopt the PRO 40 game from England for the ODI matches or at the least make the ICC cup 40 overs to make it something different.
"A superb display of inertia there..."
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I would love to watch a Cricket match. It looks extremely complicated, yet fun.
Re-familiarized myself with the rules the other day. Cricket is actually a simpler game to understand than baseball is, for the completely uninitiated. I think it's actually pretty exciting to watch.
Why do they call it a "test" match? Are they practicing for the real thing?
That's most likely what a match is called in cricket-it's probably just tradition.
A test match is between 2 nations. There are currently only 10 nations in the world granted this right. A test match can go upto 5 days.
I remember when the World Cup was being played in the West Indies, there was plans to a match or two being played somewhere in Florida. But USA didn't qualify.
As like Jax and others on trekbbs, I like test cricket the most. Currently Australia are playing a two series against Pakistan in England.
Also looking forward to the Ashes starting in November.
You have to understand that cricket began by two village teams battling it out on a village green, while the two communities sat at the side and drank beer all day. As a team memeber was knocked out, he would join the beer drinkers. This was very likely the first truly civilized form of war ever invented. By the English, of course.