I watched the 20/20 for 20 tournament over the weekend. They actually broadcasted it on ESPN2 and I hadn't watched much of the sport prior to this tournament. Antigua won the tournament with an onslaught of 4 Run & 6 Run hits. Unfortunately, there isn't much access to watching the sport in the US unless you have Setanta (sp?) I wasn't familiar with a lot of statistical terminology. What's a quick rundown on the rules and such?
All I know if is a ball his hit across the ground and passes that line its three points. If it goes over without hitting the ground its six points. A run is when a batter goes from one wicket to the other and he has to have his foot int he crease. LBW is Leg Before Wicket. If the bowler bowls (lol), and it hits the batter's leg, and the leg is in from of the wicket, he's out. If a fielder catches the ball without it hitting the ground, then the batter is out. If the bowler hits the wicket, then batter is out. If the fielder gets the ball and throws it at the wickets before the batter is behind the crease, then he's out. That's all I know.
Yeah, basically, althought there are some rules meaning it's not out if it hits the leg, such as if the batter hits it first. Also it's 4 runs, not 3
Ok, well, 1. I agree, I find it very tedious, and I think cricket's got worse thanks to the mindless neanderthals who get drunk and cheer endlessly at T20 matches, which are just batsmen with inadequate technique hitting the ball very, very hard, a bit like baseball 2. Oops, I covered point 2 in point one, which is basically that cricket is becoming more and more like baseball. I actually enjoy baseball, but it's never on tv
I watch a bit of cricket, my favourite form of the game being T20. Cricket is not the most entertaining sport in the world by any means, but I'd take it any day over something like NFL. If you ever get the chance to watch cricket live I'd recommend it, it's so much better than on TV. I saw India vs. Australia at the MCG which was great, even better when Australia lost . The current South African tour of Australia has been good, they're both elite sides and a lot of games have been going down to the wire. Oh and Shape, There's three major forms of the game. Test Cricket: Played over five (five!) days. Teams get two innings (turns at batting) each. Most runs (score) win. Quite a bit of strategy involved. One Day Cricket. Often called an ODI (one day international). Played over one day. 50 overs each. 6 bowls an over, so 300 bowls (baseball equivalent of pitches) total for each team (not including extras where the bowler does a delivery that wasn't acceptable and must be repeated). T20. Called Twenty Twenty. Teams get 20 overs each. It's a new form of the game, and a with the limited overs the batters go out and go nuts. As a result, it appeals to a wider audience. So given how long test cricket is, the batters play very conservatively. They don't take any risks unless they have to, and really just try not to go out. In ODI's the batsmen look for runs more, but the important part is they have batsmen spare (preferably five or more, you are allowed 10 batsmen out total) at around the 40th over. From there, the batsmen are only looking for runs and take lots of risks. If all your batsmen are out before your overs are up, those are overs you don't get to use. And that can be crucial. In Twenty 20, the batsmen try to get many runs in very limited overs. So there's a lot of action, and your more likely to see something like this <object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/59uoiXf9I7U&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/59uoiXf9I7U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>
