Cricket is quite interesting

[adrian29uk]

I have always hated Cricket and could not understand what all the fuss was about. I have kept hearing about this 20/20 so yesterday as there was sod all on I decided to I flip over to the 20/20 to watch England v Pakistan. It was actually quite good.

I googled through the match to see what some of these terms mean. I know what an over is and I know what a yorker is too.

I take it from the comm that Pakistan are a very good team. I could see that with their bowling even thou they lost.

So 20/20 is all about seeing how many runs you can get in the amount of overs unless of course you are completely bowled out.
What is the difference between 20/20 and a normal.

Please also explain why sometimes they play in all white, and other times they play in colours like yesterday.

 

[jakarta]

Janet and John go for a walk

John sees a dog

"Look Janet, there is a dog" says John

"Yes, John it is a brown dog" says Janet

The brown dog wags its tail

"The brown dog likes us" says John

Janet and John pat the brown dog

The brown dog looks at a stick

"I think the brown dog wants us to throw a stick" says John

"Yes, dogs like to fetch sticks" says Janet

 

[withdeanwombat]

20/20 cricket is having the beer match first.

 

[Gwylan]

What is the difference between 20/20 and a normal.

Please also explain why sometimes they play in all white, and other times they play in colours like yesterday.

There are no over restrictions in a first class cricket (which is played over two innings). This means that a draw (ie one side hasn't overtaken the other side's total nor has a side been bowled out twice) is possible - you can't have a draw in limited overs cricket, just a tie (ie the scores are identical).

Coloured clothing is used for limited overs, whites for first class.

 

[Hannibal smith]

Test Match cricket is like making love to a stunner.

Slog and run is like having a wank.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

not too keen on twenty20, it's all a bit tacky for me, test cricket is where it's at, and infact i quite like the pro40 stuff

twenty20 is a way of getting people who would usually not bother with cricket interested in it though i guess, as the initial poster has proved

 

[Icy Gull]

Test Match cricket is like making love to a stunner.

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She falls asleep on you?

 

[adrian29uk]

Well 20/20 has got a new fan. I say I am only a fan and not a proper supporter. 20/20 has done its job then.

Do they play 20/20 at Sussex?

 

[beorhthelm]

She falls asleep on you?

and the pitch gets more worn, cracked and unpredictable over the course of the match.

 

[pasty]

and the pitch gets more worn, cracked and unpredictable over the course of the match.

And every now and again a new ball is needed to replace a knackered one.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Did the goozer (yes that does say 'goozer'), who is involved with Hants I believe, make a load of dosh out of his idea for the 20/20 format or not? NSC MUST be told.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Do they play 20/20 at Sussex?

yep

luke wright (man of the match in the pakistan game) plays for sussex

 

[Everest]

and the pitch gets more worn, cracked and unpredictable over the course of the match.

... but in cricket, a lot of moisture can stop play.

 

[the viscount]

I have always hated Cricket and could not understand what all the fuss was about. I have kept hearing about this 20/20 so yesterday as there was sod all on I decided to I flip over to the 20/20 to watch England v Pakistan. It was actually quite good.

I googled through the match to see what some of these terms mean. I know what an over is and I know what a yorker is too.

I take it from the comm that Pakistan are a very good team. I could see that with their bowling even thou they lost.

So 20/20 is all about seeing how many runs you can get in the amount of overs unless of course you are completely bowled out.
What is the difference between 20/20 and a normal.

Please also explain why sometimes they play in all white, and other times they play in colours like yesterday.

I suggest you purchase a book called " CRICKET FOR DUMMIES".

it is £9-99 and you can get it from sussex bookshops.

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

This should explain first class cricket to you (20Twenty is more complicated)

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 thats 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 all 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 been 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!



Easy as pie, but if further clarification is required, try the Duckworth Lewis method.