Anyone for Cricket?

[ishtat]

Last Thursday the USA beat Pakistan in the 20 /20 World Cricket Cup. The rag tag American team made up of American migrants from India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean, did something equivalent to a team of Icelandic dwarves beating the USA at Basketball. It wasn't possible, but it was. It happened.

Today is the big game, only 30,000 will turn up to the temporary stadium somewhere on Long island NY, but twice as many as watched the Superbowl will be watching India vs Pakistan on TV. These countries have been to war at the drop of a hat - several times. They hardly ever play at home against each other; it's just too dangerous for fans and players. At the moment the military government in Pakistan is under attack because they locked up their former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Imran was the Captain who achieved god status and masterminded Pakistan's greatest sporting triumph in winning the World cup in 1992. They not only won, but defeated their Colonial oppressors the British in the final. I kid you not, if Pakistan proves un-competitive against the hated Indians, it could bring down the government in Islamabad.

And pray that the police today can keep a lid on things.

 

[Cuckwannabe111]

I want to watch cricket, but the scoring system and the rules have me lost. I think if I could watch a couple of games with someone that knew the rules and didn't mind me asking stupid questions, I would enjoy it

 

[Bray123]

Cricket is a game where everyone wears the same outfit and it's possible to watch for four days and not know who is in the lead.

The scoring is simple enough; If you can run between the wickets before getting 'out', you score a run. If the ball bounces over the boundary it counts as four, if it clears the boundary without bouncing it counts as six.

The Rules of Cricket

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 that's 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 got 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!