Cricket Explained (An American Viewpoint)

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Cricket Explained (An American Viewpoint)

Thanks Diamond for showing this article to me.

I know that we have a few Americans on this board who like to discuss our great game and many more that will probably be just a reader. Here is a great article, nice and easy way of explaining it. Have a read and post your thoughts.

Cricket Explained (An American Viewpoint)
 
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It's a good enough attempt by an American, but of course there are few minor errors. I guess I don't want to be a nitpicking grouch, instead see the bigger picture and give the guy credit for attempting this in the first place. Having said that, following statement is wrong:

...I neglected to mention that you also cannot change bowlers in the middle of an over.
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Not exactly true. Of course a bowler can be changed in the middle of an over if a bowler gets injured etc.
 
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i have never been so confused in my life :confused:
 
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For me,when I first started getting in to Cricket, the biggest problem was I was thinking in terms of "baseball". Then I realized "oh wait, instead of switching sides after three outs, the side stays on, everybody bats till they are out", then I started seeing "similarities" for lack of a better word, the 6 is the home run, the ground rule double becomes a 4, and so on. There is even a variation of the seldom seen "dropped third strike". In baseball, if the catcher drops the ball on the third strike the batter is allowed to run and try to make it safely to first, the ball is live. If you are in to baseball, you can see how the game evolved from cricket, provided you are also in to cricket. That is, if you are in to both, or at least understand them, you can see it. I can see how those that only follow or understand one of the two will never see the similarities.(BB)
 
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Diamond Joe Quimby;198467 said:
There is even a variation of the seldom seen "dropped third strike". In baseball, if the catcher drops the ball on the third strike the batter is allowed to run and try to make it safely to first, the ball is live.
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I'm sorry, I thought I was vaguely familiar with baseball but never had heard of any such rule. Of course it doesn't help that I haven't actively and intentionally watched a full baseball game since ahem...... :confused: I think since 1988 or around that time.

So what exactly do you think is the cricket equivalent of this rule I was unaware of? Are you thinking of byes?

If you are in to baseball, you can see how the game evolved from cricket, provided you are also in to cricket. That is, if you are in to both, or at least understand them, you can see it. I can see how those that only follow or understand one of the two will never see the similarities.(BB)
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Baseball evolved from rounders (an old game which originated in England, mostly used to be played by girls). Baseball didn't evolve from cricket.
 
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Chandu;198484 said:
I'm sorry, I thought I was vaguely familiar with baseball but never had heard of any such rule. Of course it doesn't help that I haven't actively and intentionally watched a full baseball game since ahem...... :confused: I think since 1988 or around that time.

So what exactly do you think is the cricket equivalent of this rule I was unaware of? Are you thinking of byes?
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I always saw byes as being "changed" in baseball to this rule, passed balls also. In baseball, if there are runners on base, and the catcher (wicket keeper) does not catch or stop the ball, and it passes him, rolls off, the runner may advance. Hybrid variation, or maybe my baseball mind just adapted it. For example, a 4 in cricket, you get 4 runs obviously. In baseball, suppose the ball bounces on the field, close to the wall or bounces close to the foul line and makes a wierd hop in to the stands, or some weird play, say the ball is a grounder, hit in fair play (within the foul lines) but for whatever reason is "out of play" or unreachable, it rolls into an unreachable area, under the tarp, or is lodged in some freaky area, the batter is awarded a ground rule double, he goes to second base. I always saw that as a variation of the 4, but like I said, maybe it's just me.


Chandu;198484 said:

Baseball evolved from rounders (an old game which originated in England, mostly used to be played by girls). Baseball didn't evolve from cricket.
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Really? I always took it as a given it was cricket! I figured Abner Doubleday took cricket and some variations of kids game like it to set the rules down. I had a Paki friend, I can hear him in my mind, every time we would watch baseball he would say "how can you not like cricket!! It is the true father of this unwanted ************** child!!" I always got a kick when he said that
 
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Diamond Joe Quimby;198493 said:
Really? I always took it as a given it was cricket! I figured Abner Doubleday took cricket and some variations of kids game like it to set the rules down. I had a Paki friend, I can hear him in my mind, every time we would watch baseball he would say "how can you not like cricket!! It is the true father of this unwanted ************** child!!" I always got a kick when he said that
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OK, so maybe I was too categorical in my earlier statement. It is possible that baseball took some elements from cricket, I just don't know for sure which ones. It's more accurate to say that baseball evolved a lot more from rounders than cricket. This maybe of interest to you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_baseball
 
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Wow I never knew the Abner Doubleday thing was a myth! I learned a lot (assuming one can trust Wikipedia) from that article thanks!

In regards to Wikipedia, yes one must be vigilant and careful, but that article is referenced well.
 
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