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Post by Hogey on Jan 10, 2006 15:56:45 GMT -5
Score as many runs as possible.................you get 4 if it goes to the boundary along the ground (a line surrounding the playing area) and 6 if you hit it over the boundary in the air.
They're called runs, as in the real game the two batsmen (have bats :-D ) run between the two sets of stumps (three sticks stood in the ground) You have 10 batsmen to a team.
The fielders try to get the batsmen out, by the bowler bowling the ball and hitting the stumps.....or the batsman hitting the ball and the fielders catching it before it hits the ground.........You get as many runs as possible with your 10 batsmen before they all get out......or as many runs as you can in a set number of overs (an over is 6 balls...each over is bowled by a different bowler)
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Post by no nickname, just Andrea on Jan 10, 2006 15:58:35 GMT -5
Wow. That was like reading a foreign language. LOL  |
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Post by BeiNtelligentLater on Jan 10, 2006 16:06:48 GMT -5
Yeah it is as clear as murky water from Lake Michigan now!!!!
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Post by Hogey on Jan 10, 2006 16:24:06 GMT -5
hehe it's like trying to explain the off-side rule in soccer
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Post by BeiNtelligentLater on Jan 10, 2006 16:58:41 GMT -5
LOL....I get it is like some funky form of baseball. What is the wicket? I have heard that term before associated with cricket!! So I want to hit the sticks I see? The bowler..that is the person throwing the ball? Or is that rolling the ball?
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Post by Hogey on Jan 12, 2006 7:47:34 GMT -5
Nope you most definatly don't want to hit the sticks! you want to hit the ball far far away......
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Post by Dragonheart on Jan 12, 2006 8:27:52 GMT -5
BTW Australia are the NUMBER 1 team in both one-day and test cricket....
also there are different styles of bowling as well, if you still don't get it, just watch a bit of CNN sport they show highlights ona daily basis....
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Post by BeiNtelligentLater on Jan 12, 2006 11:41:43 GMT -5
I have heard that some cricket matches last days...is that right?
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Post by Dragonheart on Jan 13, 2006 3:17:11 GMT -5
5 days and there are one-day matches too....
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Post by BeiNtelligentLater on Jan 13, 2006 10:38:51 GMT -5
WOW do the players get to sleep?
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Post by Dragonheart on Jan 13, 2006 11:10:06 GMT -5
5 day games go from 10am to 6pm....most ofthe cricket fields are located near hotels so its only a 5 minute busdrive away
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Post by BeiNtelligentLater on Jan 13, 2006 11:15:02 GMT -5
Ahhhhh ok, thanks for that info. I was imagining guys out there playing nonstop for days and days on end.
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Post by no nickname, just Andrea on Jan 13, 2006 12:47:58 GMT -5
Like Quidditch!!
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Post by BeiNtelligentLater on Jan 13, 2006 13:01:13 GMT -5
LOL yeah, but without the flying!!!
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Post by Dragonheart on Jan 14, 2006 9:30:07 GMT -5
there is an exhibition AFL (Australian Football League) game in LA on monday - oh hum....give me soccer anyday!
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