Yes it does. You must be gentlemen and apologise for the death of the opening batsman when you kill him. It is always a beer at tea time, (The local water on tour can not be trusted). Each batsman must use his own box. And, while keeping up the banter, if as the wicket keeper you are going to cause the batsman to leave his crease to discuss your choice of words, you must time it so that it occurs in conjunction with the start of the bowlers run up. I mean your death wont be in vein as a result. (Desmond Haynes to Ian Heely, who was lucky that Haynes didn't kill him)
Cricket is played by most countries that are or were part of the commonwealth. Believe it or not the first international cricket match was between Canada and USA in 1844.
*On a 'bowled-out' as long as the bails are knocked off the stumps then it doesn't matter how many stumps are hit by the ball. *No 'free run' for getting hit by the ball. You have a bat, use it to protect yourself. *In test Cricket typically 6 hours per day is played with breaks for meals and drinks.
@@lrtaralte I'm pretty sure Bruce is referring to test cricket which has a requirement of at least 90 overs bowled per day with reductions for weather related interruptions to play.
@@davidburke2132 I recall that, on a really hot day, the varnish on the bails melted, gluing them together. The bowler knocked out the middle stump but the batsman wasn't out as the bails hadn't been dislodged. The varnish has changed - can't happen again.
Don’t forget that’s a 90 over minimum. Most test matches will regularly have 110+ overs a day if there’s no changeover and the fielding side has a spinner at one end all day
We won’t talk about the Timeless Test played in Durban in 1939 between England and South Africa. It lasted 12 days and ended in a draw as the English team had to catch a ship home.
@@thomas316 we all know the Ozzie’s can deal it out but can’t take it. Larwood wasn’t anything like as bad as Devon Malcolm when someone pissed him off by breaking his helmet but you didn’t hear South Africa complaining.
The bowler's objective is to get the batsman out, and that does not necessarily mean aiming to hit the wicket. A seam or swing bowler could try and get the batsman out by being caught in the slips by tempting him, or making him play by bowling close to the wicket. A spin bowler might aim to get a batsman stumped by tempting them down the wicket or, perhaps, miscuing the ball so he is caught.
The two balls are almost identical in weight and diameter. Average delivery speed of a baseball in elite level game is substantially higher than average delivery speed in elite cricket. (Test game). The sewn seam on a baseball is longer than cricket ball seam and is more raised so potentially does more damage.
@@flamingfrancis Baseball 5 to 5/14 oz, cricket ball 5.5 to 5.75 oz. At top pace thats significant and there is NO doubt a cricket ball is harder. Also you're talking average speeds, cricket has spinners and all sort of different bowlers. But the average speed of a fast ball and a fast bowler are pretty close to the same. Of course a big difference is a fast bowler will be aiming at your head, he will try to intimidate and hurt you and that ball is bouncing off an uneven surface that often moves on a slightly different angle when it bounces. But the batsmen have a wider bat, can block the ball - they arent always looking to score. This isnt to take away from the skill of baseballers, just pointing out the facts. Elite sportsmen at the top of any sport are all super highly skilled.
And, of course, deliberately bowling at the batsman first came to controversial prominence in the so-called 'Bodyline' series of matches between England and Australia in 1932/33. In order to combat the perceived batting superiority of the Australian players, English players bowled the balls at pace and with the intention of pitching high--basically towards the batsman's chest. The hope was that this would intimidate the batsmen and force them into defensive errors. The tactic was controversial both because it was viewed as unsporting and also that it was not in line with the previous understanding that the bowler should always be aiming primarily for the wicket (rather than the defending player).
@@MrPaulMorris Mainly to stop perhaps the greatest sportsman ever - the great Sir Donald Bradman. Batting average of 99.94. To put that into perceptive, other greats of the game averaged around 55. Not only did they bowl short at the body, they stacked the fielders on the leg side.
@@Jackripster69 It worked. Bradman only averaged 56 for that series. The uproar resulted in a new law - maximum of 2 fielders behind the wicket on the legside. The highest career test average of any other batsman who played at least 20 innings is less than 62.
@@philattlee1 that's run out. Not hit wicket. The law refers to the touching of the bowlers hand as an act of deliberate deflection on to the stump in an attempt to find the non striker out of his/her crease. Hit wicket is an act solely and solely performed by the striking batsman on his/her own stumps.
@@dc7916 Thank you, Dipankar. You seem to know the game inside-out. Are you an umpire? Anyway, thank you for your contributions that are more substantial than my rather pedantic note. Actually, it's encouraging that cricket would appear to be taking hold in new countries such as the USA where, I understand, more and more cricket clubs are being founded. Kind regards.
In Australia we write the score different to the rest of the World In Australia we say the number of batsman out first then the number of runs E.G. 4/288 In England they say it in reverse 288/4 If a bowler has got 5 batsmen out and had 48 runs hit off him it is written down as 5/48 Up until the 1979 in Australia the number of balls bowled was 8 in an over
Cricket is the second most watched sport globally, with about 2.5 Billion viewers, Baseball has about 450 million in comparison. In Test cricket each day lasts about 7-8 hours, but they do stop for Lunch and Tea. Cricket is mostly watched in the UK and the Commonwealth.
Predominant countries are England, Australia, India, South Africa, N Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Other countries do also play but these are the 'Bigger Boys'. The oldest and biggest rivalry is between England and Australia, who regularly plat a test series called The Ashes...check out the history of The Ashes...there is an Ashes series coming up at the end of the year when England will tour in Australia.
@@juliancrittall3291 I think we can place them in the 'others', along with Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands. They were once a very good One Day team. Along time ago. I even shared a flight from Singapore with the Dubai cricket team; returning from a world cup qualifying game against Singapore.
@@lrtaralte We can places these three in the 'others' category. The list could go on and on otherwise. Singapore, Various Emirates nations, Namibia, Canada and so on.
As a 60 year old Aussie mum, I love my cricket. Used to go to the traditional Boxing Day test at the MCG with my beautiful grandpa from when I was 6. Still love it.
In some circumstances if the ball hits the batter, he can score runs as if the ball were hit. These are called leg-byes. If he misses the ball, he can also run for a bye.
Test match cricket is, for me, the best form of the game although I also like the shorter forms. I am quite happy to sit and watch every ball of a five day match even if it is a draw at the end. The form of cricket in the video you watched is shorter versions. In one short version, each side has a maximum of 50 overs in which to score as many runs as possible. In the shortest version each side has only 20 overs. It looked to me like much of the video was IPL (Indian Premier League) action, a very popular cricket league in many countries, twenty overs a side. The game was invented in England and is played in Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Ireland and a number of others including the USA. One good place to start may be to look at a video detailing the oldest and fiercest rivalry in cricket - England v Australia for The Ashes. Have fun.
A batsman can be standing out there running and not face a bowler if the batsmen desire. In the instances where one player is a great bowler but is the 11th best batsman in the side it's quite often the batsmen will only run even numbered runs so that the better batsman keeps 'strike' except at the end of an over where they will run an odd number so that he's ready for the new bowler to change ends.
It would help to explain the batting order and the number batter you are depicts whether you are a batter or a bowler or an all rounder (both batter and bowler). So numbers 1 and 2 are your openers they set the pace and get the runs on the board moving. Numbers 3 and 4 are considered the best batsman because by this point the pace has been set, the crease has loosened up and 3 and 4 can hopefully get comfortable and make lots of runs. Batter 5 is normally the wicketkeeper and an ok batter. Numbers 6 to 11 are traditionally your batsman so the further down the list you go the weaker their batting ability is. You can have a number 4 paired with a number 10 for example which means the number 4 is the dominant batter and as Brian said his job is to stay at the batting end so 10 isn't screwed.
@@Lisammifsud umm not necessarily. Limited overs cricket and even a few Test matches (as best as I know), have recorded instances of so-called "weaker" batsmen being "promoted" up the batting order. Indian captain Mohd. Azharuddin used bowler Javagal Srinath as a "pinch-hitter" in the 90s in a few games. More recently, in the IPL, bowler Sunil Narine was similarly utilizes by the franchise Kolkata Knight Riders aka KKR. I followed cricket since the 90s and really don't see numbers on the back making any significant contribution. May be it has some cricketing strategy, but for a viewer it does nothing, really. Back in the 90s we knew who's who. May be a debutant intrigued us, but we didn't need numbers. Test matches don't have numbers (though shirts & trousers have now been replaced with more cricket-friendly outfits). Coming back to the batting line-up, your suggestion would also not be viable if say a top-order player is injured and later returns to play as a No.8 or No.9. There are provisions to accommodate this and it has happened. But in your defence, broadcasters do indicate which player plays what role with the use of icons to depict batsmen, bowlers, keepers, all rounders + the category of wicketkeeping all-rounders.
Enjoying your videos. Cricket is the 2nd most popular sport in the world (after football/soccer ), is played in countless countries and has an estimated 2.5 billion followers. Many towns and villages have their own amateur teams. No nicer way to spend the occasional sunny day.
First thing to understand is that Cricket has absolutely nothing in common with Baseball, I think it's one of the biggest mistakes that Americans make when trying to understand Cricket is to think it has anything in common with Baseball and then try to relate what they are watching to Baseball, watch this rules things several times and then it will take a lot of watching different formats to gain an understanding of each one and the overall aspects of Cricket. Cricket is a played by a number of nations with the top tier being the test playing nations, they are England, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, The West Indies, Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh, two other countries have played test matches they are Ireland and Afghanistan, there is a third Zimbabwe but they are currently banned from all international Cricket, when it comes to the different formats ODI and T20 there are more countries involved and there is a World Cup competition for each of these short game formats. Overall there are some 105 countries that play cricket and an estimated 2.5 billion fans of the sport worldwide.
They do this thinking AFL is some way similar to their NFL. Oops. No similarity. Funny thing though, the first ever international game of cricket was between America and Canada.
yeah its nothing like Baseball, but you can use baseball as a way to explain to an American. Both games have innings, batters/batsmen, pitchers/bowlers. Coaches are usually very good at picking up these things as well. I've explained rugby league and cricket to American Football coaches on numerous occasions and by the end of the game, they knew enough that they could learn the rest by just watching more games. Actually in many ways Cricket and american football have that same aura of WTF is going on, but once you learn them both and understand the tactics etc. they are good to watch.
Loving your videos, I’m from the U.K. but a huge fan of North American sports, including baseball, and it’s always enjoyable to see knowledgeable people like yourself on the other side of the Atlantic take a look at our sports
Americans should know a lot more about cricket than they do. At one time they had over 400 clubs with thousands of registered players. It is still popular in some regions.
I would not be recommending viewing that game....he is struggling with the rules as they are let alone the rule that has been changed as a result of what happened in that game.
New Zealand should have won that if the scoring had been kept properly. Also the rule that allowed England to win has since been removed from the ICC rulebook.
First day of play in test cricket is usually a Thursday, they used to have a rest day on Sunday but this stopped quite a few years ago so now they play 5 consecutive days, though many matches are concluded in 4 days or even 3 days. To decide who bats first they have a coin toss, one captain tosses while the other calls. the winning captain will decide to bat or bowl, whether to bat or bowl is determined by many factors such as the current weather conditions, the weather forecast for the next 5 days, the pitch being used and even team selection. A day in test cricket is divided into 3 x 2hr sessions, with a break for lunch and tea, typically in England these 3 sessions will be 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm to 3.40pm and 4.00pm to 6pm there are usually around 90 overs in a day, usually there is an agreement on a minimal amount of overs per day, 10 minutes play is lost for a change of innings. play can also be suspended for bad light and rain, though this lost time can be made up at the end of the day by extending play, play can also be extended if less than the agreed minimum overs are bowled. this is quite a common occurrence with the day often finishing later than the official 6.00pm The end of the day is called 'stumps', it was shortened from 'drawing the stumps' because the umpires remove the stumps at the end of each days play.
Sunday as rest day probably stopped decades ago. It was thing around Bradman's era when timeless tests were common. Never saw a Sunday off (for Tests) during 90s. Presently owing to commercial reasons, Sunday cannot be a rest day. Lol. So much for what once was a gentleman's game.
Long standing cricket fans will tell you that traditional Test cricket is the only format, but for someone like yourself that is interested in learning about the sport - you should start with T20 cricket. It is (I'm guessing) more akin to Baseball and can be very entertaining. Good luck with understanding the various laws within cricket, but stick with it and you will enjoy it.
Honestly, hate the people who say test cricket is better and the only form of cricket. They are just a bunch of edgelords. T20 is also cricket and a good format at that. The laws of cricket allows for it, then why not? The only thing that matters is that it's cricket and people enjoy playing it. And T20 requires more skill than test. Yes you can fight me on that.
@@mistersoman I think the various formats are one of cricket's strengths. Test cricket has a mental dimension to it that is not so evident in other formats of the game.
Hi Coach, nice video! 2:22 - No, you don't need to hit all three. As long as the ball hits one of the three wickets and knocks either of the bails, the batsman is out A bail is basically rested on the top of the two wickets. So since there are three wickets, we have two bails. 2:54 - There is no penalty if the ball hits the batsman 4:19 - Yes. 1 innings per side (in case of 20 & 50 overs) 4:41 - Yes. One bowler will have bowl the over (6 legal balls). Say on the first ball, the batsman who is on strike hits and takes a run,the non-striking batsman would now be facing the second ball. 5:27 - A typical test match will start in the morning. and will have a lunch break after 3-4 hours. Lunch break is 40 mins. Play will resume post the break, and carry on till tea break 20 mins. Once the sun starts to set, and day light is fading, the umpires will call it a day. At least 90 overs would be bowled by the bowling team by the end of the day. Test match has two innings per side. Sample test match pattern Team A vs Team B Day 1: Team A (1st innings) bats first scores 300 runs and loose all 10 batsman Day: 2 Team B (1st innings) bats and scores 350 runs and loose all 10 batsman **now Team B has a lead of 50 runs** Day 3: Team A (2nd innings) scores 200 runs and loose all 10 batsman **since team B already had 50 runs lead, the final target will be 200 - 50 = 150 ** Day 4: Team B (2nd innings) scores 151 and win Test match can end in with No result as well. After all 5 days, neither Team A could get all of Team B batsman out, and Team B could not reach the target set by Team A.
The 1st international match ever for any sport was in 1844. This was a cricket match between USA and Canada and took place in New York. Canada won by 23 runs.
If the batsman gets hit with the ball it's just bad luck,you don't get a run.In the past bowling bouncers,a ball that is bounced with the attention of making it pass around head height to intimidate the batsman was very typical.In the 70s when the batsmen didn't wear helmets bouncers made batting a very scary,difficult job.Nowadays,despite the development of improved equipment, the number of bouncers that can be bowled has been reduced.Tragically Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes died in 2014 during a match after being hit on the head.It was a miracle that a lot of players weren't killed in the 70s and early 80s.English cricketer David Lloyd tells a funny story about being hit in the privates during a match against Australia.
1) You don't have to hit all of the stumps to bowl the batsman out. You only need to dislodge one or both of the bails. So you could even hit the bail dead on and miss the stumps entirely. 2) Getting hit by the ball means nothing other than pain, no penalty or automatic runs. The difference is if it hits your leg pads then there's a chance for LBW, or your gloves which counts as a hit and therefore you can get caught out. In cricket, bowlers are fully allowed to aim directly at the batsman's body. However, cricket is at spirirt a gentleman's sport and players are expected to not be too offensive with their strategies. 3) A bowler is not allowed to bowl 2 overs in a row. So after they've had one over, a different bowler bowls the next over from the other end of the pitch. A bowler is only allowed to bowl so many overs before needing to be switched out (called a spell), and must wait a certain number of overs before being permitted to bowl again. This means a bowler must perform well given only 6 legal deliveries, and means that a team cannot have 1 or 2 star bowlers they use all the time. 4) Test cricketers play roughly 9AM-6PM, but the day is broken into sessions of a few hours with breaks for drinks, lunch, tea etc. Games do not always go for 5 days, and some have no winner even after 5.
2:21 All that needs to happen to be bowled out is for at least one bail to be dislodged. If both bails remain, it isn't out, even if the ball hits the stumps. 2:53 There is no penalty to the fielding side if the batsman is struck by the ball. Technically, the batsman can be out Leg Before Wicket with the ball hitting any part of his body, it's just that it's 99.999999% of the time on the legs. The "pitcher" is called the bowler. He bowls the ball. The "batter" is called the batsman. 3:44 "Accidental out"?! I have NEVER heard of this and I suspect the content creator is talking out of his arse. The example shown on the video shows what looks like the batsman striking the ball and the bowler deflecting it into the wicket at the non-striker's end while the non-striker is out of his crease. That is in fact a run-out. The batsman smacking the ball into his partner's wicket at the non-striker's end does NOTHING. Even if the non-striker is stood outside his crease, it does nothing. A member of the fielding side has to intentionally touch the ball first. 4:02 #10 is, in my experience, properly named "timed out". 4:17 Depends on the type of match. International test matches have two innings per side over a period of five days. County first-class matches last three or four days with two innings. A match has to be a one day match to have only one innings per side. Perhaps rather peculiarly, there is no such word as "inning" in cricket. The word "innings" is both the plural and the singular. 4:32 He should say "from the other end", not "from the other side". I get the increasing impression that this content creator doesn't know very much about cricket. 4:32 Each BOWLER will bowl the ball to whomever is stood at the striker's end of the pitch. If the batsmen run one or three off a ball in the middle of an over, then the non-striker will be down the opposite end and will face the next delivery from the bowler. 5:25 Yeah, five days! Lol A minimum number of ninety overs must be bowled in each day (there is no maximum), which usually lasts from eleven AM to six PM, taking place over three sessions, broken by breaks for lunch and tea. If time is lost due to bad weather, up to an hour of extra play can be authorised, extending the day until seven o'clock. 6:27 Yes, the game is VERY popular in Asia. Like football (the game mostly played with the feet that you'd think of as "soccer"), basketball, baseball, rugby football and others, it was invented by the British and exported to the world through the British Empire. All the countries who play cricket were British Empire countries at one point, or, like Pakistan, formed out of a country that used to be in it. I would recommend the most spectacular cricket test match in history for you: the 1981 third test match at Headingley, between England and Australia. It's the most famous test match in history, for reasons which will be obvious if you search CZcams for its highlight show.
@@davemellet6878 It is, but why are you putting that on my thread? I didn't say anything which disputes that. I just didn't feel the need to mention it. I wasn't listing methods of dismissal.
Baseball is in many ways a simplified descendant of cricket. The pitched ball doesn't bounce or move about as much through the air, the wicket was replaced by empty space, no changing ends means the batsman faces the same circumstances (field of view, wind direction, shadows etc.), only takes a few hours (the day long version only became an international format in the 70's, the 3 hour version only this century to keep up with our dwindling attention span and ability to concentrate, the spectators I mean), only one pitcher for the majority of the game means more predictable deliveries (imagine facing a pitcher who does primarily burners and then a minute later you're facing someone much slower but can have the ball reach you maybe 4 feet off the line from where it just hit the ground (see "Ball of the Century" where the ball pitched (hit the ground) near the batsman's feet, which was well to the side of the wicket, goes behind his legs and across to hit the stumps) and then 5 minutes after that due to a bowler change you are facing a mixture of the two who bowls with his other hand!). So yeah, baseball does have its complexities that have happened over time, but it is still cricket simplified.
To a cricket fan it's the opposite. We'd find cricket easier. So much so that it just needs a narrow playing area and something to represent a batting wicket. A notebook and a crumpled paper/foil could serve as bat & ball. And then it's Game On !
The are some rules about hitting the batsman, the ball has to either bounce before it hits the Batman or if it doesn’t bounce it has to hit the batsman below the waist, if it doesn’t, the bowling team is penalized 1 run, he has to bowl the ball again and if the same person bowls 2 then they can be banned from bowling for the rest of the innings. Also the umpires theoretically have the power to take action against intimidatory bowling but it rarely ever gets enforced.
Bowled: no need to hit all wickets; one will do. The bails (the cross pieces on top) have to be dislodged. Rarely, the ball will just brush the wicket and the bail does not dislodge. The batsman would not be out if this happened. If the bowler bowls a full toss (like a baseball pitch - i.e. the ball doesn't bounce) and it hits the batsman above the waist, this is a "bean ball" and the batting side gets one run (an "extra"). Test match: each day is limited to 90 overs (540 balls), so maximum of 450 overs (2700 balls). Cricket is popular all over the Commonwealth (ex British colonies), so England (not so much Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland), Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. Some of the lesser cricket nations include Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe.
cricket is played in every country my country invaded and took over! its an english game, the indians are prob the most fanitical fans in the world, its their no1 sport, whereas in england its prob joint 2nd with rugby. when you team is fielding you will have 5 of them out and out batsmen, a wicket keeper(the guy who stands behind the wickets with the big gloves on), maybe a all rounder(good at bowling and batting) and 5 out and out bowlers, the captain will choose which bowlers to use against certain batsmen, some will spin the ball and some are very fast, he will use 2 of the 5 bowlers for a few overs(6 balls) each to see what they can do, then put another couple of bowlers in if he's not pleased. the batting team will put their strongest batters out first, then the bowlers last as they are not really good at batting so usually get out pretty quick, but there are always exceptions which are the all rounders. and to answer your question, no you dont have to hit any one of the 3 stumps in particular its as long as either one or both of those two little wood pieces balanced on top of them fall(the bails).
Hi Coach, I am from England, I love most competitive sports from any and every country on the planet and to watch top players showing their mind-blowing skills makes my life worth living. IMHO Cricket is the toughest game to understand, every aspect of the game is so complicated to understand from fielding, bowling and batting etc.Learning to play the game is should be started at a young age (as with most sports) as there is a hellishly lot to learn. To be Captain of a team you need to be as intelligent as Einstein believe me, the short versions of the game are exciting to watch, the five day games are best watched by devotees who prefer and understand the deeper complexities of cricket as it requires the concentration of a top chess player. Ps: I remember a few years ago top baseball coaches from the USA teaching top cricket players how to correctly and effectively throw cricket balls from fielding positions, so a big thank you from to our cousins from across the pond 😉👍
@Anurag Dutta A good majority do. Including countries like China, Italy & Argentina. It's however not that popular or well-televised. But there are ICC based tournaments. Mainstream one has 12 Test teams and "associate countries" which tend to qualify to participate in the World Cup. We may well be back to 10 Test playing teams if ICC revokes W.I. & Zimbabwe's test status (based on their performances). W.I. recent test success can't hide the overall decline in their cricketing culture.
@@rhys2091 tbh it can't be compared to baseball except for a few similarities. What Anurag perhaps meant is that unlike something like football/soccer, or gymnastics, cricket limited in its outreach. Great sporting nations like Brazil, Germany, Russia, etc. would simply not make the cut (presently) in terms of their respective cricket offerings. What you're referring to is in terms of population. Yes it is growing in popularity and rivals some major sports, especially in economic terms. It has been played in diverse locations such as Morocco and even in the US. But it's not translated into the same success. In fact, an interesting vit of trivia here might be - the decline of West Indian cricket. One of the factors is that potential cricketers are lost to other sports such as basketball. FYI, Usain Bolt may well have been a West Indies pace bowler..who knows maybe an all-rounder too. West Indian born bowler Jofra Archer is playing for the English. So while cricket's gaining new pastures it's also in the danger of losing some traditionally strong cricketing cultures which are on the tenterhooks.
@@ericfischer1560 I mean overall it just can’t tho, Apple and Samsung are near basically on par if you ask anyone unbiased sports aren’t really like that was a bad comparison
Brian Johnson, (Johnners), when trying to describe a batman attempting to stop himself hitting his own wicket, got himself into hysterics, talking about the batman trying to get his leg over, (the Stumps). The clip is very likely on You Tube.
A point to mention is that we have different types of bowlers. A good fast bowler can reach 95mph, while a specialist spin bowler can be almost unplayable. There are also lots of ways to bowl, in baseball you have a fastball or a curveball etc, in cricket we have bouncers, seam, leg spin, off spin, yorkers, googlies, full tosses and more. During the course of an over, if the facing batsman scores a single run then the other batsman will face the next ball. The batsmen also do not have to run each time the ball is played, and the crease is an area marked by white lines on the pitch to define the area in which batters and bowlers must operate.
Watch any Indian cricket matches as they’re mad for the game. The British took the game to any country they colonised. India adopted it most passionately. I’m a Brit living in the San Francisco Bay Are and there’s a thriving cricket culture out here. Glad you’re enjoying the rugby and now cricket clips.
Usually you have say three or four main bowlers, they change after each Over (set of 6 balls), usually they’ll have a couple of ‘backups’ too, or very rarely the whole 11 can bowl. But there’s no bullpen, the bowlers are part of the 11, and if they’re not bowling they’ll be fielding somewhere. Same with batting, everyone bats (although there is a batting order, although another factor is to take into account the pairings), there’s no DH equivalent. I think the key difference between US sports (and military personnel roles coincidentally from my experience), is ultra specialisation, players are hyper focused on their role on the field, whereas elsewhere in world sports you’re generally going to be really good at an aspect of the game but generally do the rest of it as well - particularly because with say a rugby or soccer team, the vast majority of players are going to play the entire game, bar up to around 3 substitutions (which are permanent for the game of course, once you’re off the field you’re not going back on)
Hey Coach Tube! The one who throws the ball is called bowler (pitcher) & the one who plays it is called batsman (batter). 1. Bowler just needs to hit one wicket to get batsman out. One Bale needs to fall otherwise it is not out. 4. LBW is a bit completed. In simpler terms, i f your leg is before wicket it is out
in a test match - 5 day, they try for 90s overs in a day. teams do get fined or penalized if they have a slow over rate (usually 12-15 per hour expected)
90 overs is the minimum in one day, generally for 8 hours of 7 -8 hrs of play, you can bowl more than 90 overs, but less than 90 gets you a fine, repeated offences of slow over rate get's the captain of the team banned for a couple of days. if you have to play test match next, then this generally rules you out of the next test, however if you have a one day or t20 game next, the ban can apply to those matches, meaning by the next test, you will be allowed to play
@@allisterfield6028 u cant bowl more than 90 overs unless there are due overs from the previous day due to bad weather or light and then too you can only bowl 98 max overs in a day...
A ‘day’ in a test match typically tends to be around 8-9 hours, with two breaks. In total, it tends to take place from around 11am to 6-7pm depending on the light level. Once the umpire decides the lack of light would make play dangerous they will end the day, then things will pick up where they left off the next morning. So in total a single test match is probably 30 hours of cricket in total.
Cricket is Popular amongst most countries that are part of the British Commonwealth. Some of the top countries are New Zealand, India, Australia, England, Pakistan, South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, West Indies( Caribbean)and Sri Lanka.
@@joeteaoterangi3785 very good,, I just always remember a pub landlord giving this answer to an offhand question of , who r we playing? By over pronouncing the first b,, as if to say they can't win bc of their nations name,, I don't know much about cricket but I'm sure he wasn't on the right track,, the idiot 🤔🙄
Normally 90 overs a day in Test cricket. Countries that play test cricket: Afghanistan New Zealand Australia England & Wales India Sri Lanka Pakistan Bangladesh West Indies Zimbabwe South Africa Ireland Then you have a bunch more who play ODI 50 over matches like UAE, Kenya, Netherlands, Scotland, Nepal etc
I'd also recommend fire in babylon a documentary about the feared west Indian team of the 70's and 80's. An all pace attack that regularly scared the hell out of other sides, bowling 90 mph bouncers at the the opposition batsmen.
No they do not, they aim at the ground so that the flight and bounce of the ball takes it passing through at head height, or just under. Any bowler aiming at the head can be retired by the umpires as a bowler.
@@jeffcarroll6553 so they are pitching the ball short so that it bounces at their head....so they're aiming to get the ball at the batsman's head. So they're trying to intimidate the batsman by LEGALLY aiming at their head. Isn't that what I indicated in my first comment? Or did you just misread it? I think the word 'legally' is the important word. You, sir, have described a completely illegal delivery or scenario.
To bowl out a batter, the ball doesn't actually have to hit any of the stumps. It has to remove one or both bails (the two horizontal pieces that connect the left and right stump to the middle stump to form the wicket). The bails rest freely in a shallow channel atop each stump, so it would be unusual to hit a stump and not dislodge a bail but it has happened - usually after the batter has connected with the ball somehow. The bowler is considered to have bowled out a batter if the ball he has delivered dislodges a bail (IE breaks the wicket) either directly or via any part of the batters anatomy, protection or bat as long as the delivery was legal.
As an Aussie, I loved your coverage of AFL (Aussie Rules Football) and cricket. As for your cricket question: When bowling a batsmen out, do you have to hit all 3 stumps, or just one? Just one is needed, but importantly, at least one of the bails (bails are the two wooden horizontal pieces that sit on top of the stumps (the vertical wooden pieces) has to come off. Normally when a stump is hit by the cricket ball by the bowler, at least one of the bails will come off, so the batsman is out. In rare situations, I've seen the stump hit but the bails don't dislodge, so the batsman is not out. Thanks for your interest in these Aussie games. BTW, the second biggest attendance (86,174) at a sporting game anywhere in the world played by women was when Australia played India in the T20 (20 over) Cricket World Cup Final on 8/3/2020. I was at this game. The biggest attendance (78,113) at a sporting game anywhere in the world played during Covid-19 was when Collingwood played Essendon on 25/4/2021. I was also at this game.
@@mistersir7882 Cricket IS an Aussie game, mate! It's also an: English game Indian game Kiwi game South African game Pakistani game Sri Lankan game Bangladeshi game West Indian game Zimbabwean game ....another 185 country's game!
@@davidbernadine i see where you're coming from, but if it's every country's game, then it actually isn't any country's game. therefore, it's better to stick to the fact, and admit that the game is english. doesn't mean that these other countries have no right or say to the sport, but for the name's sake it's an english game.
1. There is no penalty for getting hit but the batsman can run if the umpire does not give out. 2. Within an over the batsmen switch sides while scoring runs while the bowler continues from the same end. You can see that there are two ends on the pitch. After an over is complete, the new bowler will start from the other end. 3. An innings is complete when all batsmen on one team are out or if they run out of overs. 4. In test cricket, there is no limit to the number of overs bowled but they need to be bowled in a particular amount of time. It is generally 90 overs per day played over 3 sessions of play. If the winner cannot be decided in the 5 days of play, the match is deemed as a draw. Draw and tie have different meanings in cricket.
OK British Cricket AND Baseball fan here. I’ve been to Test matches, World Cup ODI’s and also Major League games in both the US and the UK so I know whereof I speak. They are similar games. Sorry but it’s true. Beyond the obvious bat and ball game similarities both games revel in the history of their game to an extent that no other game on either side of the pond does. There’s very few instances of football comparing the achievements of say, Messi with a player from the 1930’s but in both Cricket and Baseball that’s definitely the case. Also statistical records in both games are more highly prized than they are in other games. You rarely hear anyone talk about a football player scoring his 200th Premier League goal but 3,000 major league hits or 500 test wickets? They celebrate that. Then there is the way the game is played. Both games are games of patience, concentration and technique. A game rarely turns on a single moment but rather develops and evolves over time. Both games are marathons, not sprints and a week of 6 baseball games has much the same feel as a test match. The ebb and flow of the game over time is very similar in both. So stop being so overly protective and sensitive. They are similar games and that’s fine. Both are great. Oh and the rounders comment got old decades ago. Work on better material mate.
@@fallofcamelot Yeah, you are right. I hadn't thought about it but they both have that statistical fascination about them. I guess there is more time in between the action for commentators to bring up obscure records that may soon be broken or deliberate on why left-handers or right-handers do better in specific situations.
It’s about frame of reference, it goes the same way in reverse. If you know one sport and start learning a new one of course you’ll be looking for similarities between them to grasp it better.
1.No, it's not required for both bails(or stumps for that matter) to be dislodged, at least one of the bails being dislodged is sufficient.However, if the bails, after getting hit by the ball, somehow remain intact on the stumps, the batsman is not out(although very rare, this has occurred). 2.No, there isn't any penalty for receiving the ball with your body instead of the bat. In fact, u can run and score in such instances. However, those runs are only added to the team score(as extras) but not ur individual score. 3.An inning(s) of the batting side is over when whichever of the two happens earlier: a. 10 of the 11 batsmen are out b. The inning has reached its maximum overs limit 4. A test match is usually played for five days with 90 overs required to be completed on each day. Each day's play consists of three sessions of roughly thirty overs each(total duration is abt 2+2+2=6 hrs). Between the first and second sessions is the lunch break of 40 mins. Between second and third sessions is the tea break of 20 mins. So each day's play is roughly of 7 hrs.
There are a few others that play, beyond the former British colonies, like the Netherlands, but yeah, it is largely a game that stays within the commonwealth
@@barbaradyson6951 er read the post you arrogantly criticised before jumping in with your size 18's. I said they are other notable teams that is all - if you think America is a notable cricket team you are a stone cold moron
Some purists say that only test cricket counts, which lasts for up to 5 days. Even after the 5 days, the match may end in a draw. A full test series lasts for 5 matches, although we do occasionally play a 3 or 4 match test series. The most eagerly awaited test match series in England, is against the Australians, which is known as the Ashes.
Hi coach. Love your reactions to rugby, now cricket. You'll love cricket in it's various forms and many rules. Maybe start with 20/20 and go from there. I'm biased so please react to any of the New Zealand (black caps) vs anyone games as we're the best lol Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England, India, Pakistan the west Indies, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe is where it's played mostly.
Hey coach if you want watch this young guy in NZ who watches and does commentary on major rugby games in NZ and around the world. Cheers.czcams.com/channels/8RD-WJtwx3R-iqIAeJe_ag.html
@@arafatrakib4954 Bangladesh now is at par if not better than the Sri Lankan cricket team in mid 90s. Better because they've evolved and are not daunted by reputation. One significant match was Bangladesh Vs Australia where Md. Ashraful scored a century. That for me was a turning point in Bangladesh cricket. Love from 🇮🇳
In Test cricket, play is generally 6 hours of play on top of 2 breaks. Test cricket is named because it’s one true sport to test individual and team endurance. It is a real test. It also requires a lot of patience and mental endurance as well as physical.
React on India vs Australia day 5 highlights of 4th test match in 2021. This is one of the most historic test matches ever as Australia was beaten by India at Gabba,Brisbane where they haven't lost for 28 years .This test match is also more special bcoz India chased down a mammoth score on day 5 which is not a cup of tea bcoz the pitch gets detoriated on day 5 and it is very hard to bat. And with this match win India also won the TEST match series and became the only Asian country to beat Australia in Australia in Test format. So this is very special
How many stumps need to get hit? Any with enough force to knock off either of the lightly balanced “bails” on top. A stump being clearly touched or moved and the bails don’t fall down is incredibly rare
I don't know if anyone else has said it, but the the best game to watch, for me personally, is the 438 one day international between South Africa and Australia. It was a record breaking game, with some of the best one day cricket ever played.
I did, but you said it before me. Lol. I just don't rate it as the No.1 game ever as it lacked bowlers like McGrath & Warne. Still a great achievement nonetheless.
React to HIDDEN ASHES 2005 react to THE TEST NEW ERA FOR AUSTRALIAN CRICKET react to FIRE IN BABYLON react to SACHIN THE BILION DREAMS REACT TO 2019 WORLD CUP FINAL ENGLAND VS NEWZEALAND
I studied at Michigan State University and decided to run an English games session. This reminds me of the week we did cricket and the lads just couldn’t get their heads round the rules 😂. Loved this video 👏🏿.
I grew up with three brothers. I am the eldest, and the only girl. Our father made all of us play football and cricket.. I loathe football but hate, hate, hate cricket.. On the other hand I really love rugby union..
I also loved playing rugby union and was fairly good at it. I did not mind playing football (I am in my 70s now) and always played in deep defence telling others, "I am not very good at football, but I know how to stop those who are." As regards to cricket, growing up in Worcestershire, my friends were mostly good at cricket. I was hopeless. But I still enjoy WATCHING cricket. '
Yes, there are no wickets / stumps to defend in baseball but from the time any junior starts playing pitch baseball he / she is schooled to "protect the plate". That is to say defend your strike zone.
To answer some of your questions. 1. If the ball is pitched and doesn't bounce and is above the waist of the batsman, this is an illegal ball and the bowler has to bowl it again as it is fairly dangerous. This is to answer you question about if there were any fowls like in baseball for the pitcher. Apart from this, which is very very rare, and depending on the format of the game, there are very minimal restrictions for fouls. Basically anything goes. The ball just needs to either bounce or be 'pitched' or 'bowled' below the waist. It can bounce on the wicket which most bowlers do and sometimes they use tricks to make it move in the air or off the ground. I believe in baseball you call them curve balls or something. For the 5 day game, these can be spectacular events when there is a good game on. Basically each session for 1 day lasts about 7 hours with 90 overs balled each day so they will start at 10am and finish at around 6pm with several breaks in between like a 30 min lunch break and several drinks breaks too. Final answer. You asked something if you actually think about, you can figure out the most logical answers to each question. You asked does the ball need to hit all 3 sticks in the wicket to be out? No. What it needs to do is just dislodge 1 of the bails that sits atop the 3 sticks. If you look carefully at the 3 sticks, you will notice 2 tiny sticks on top of these sticks or wickets as they are called. The tiny sticks that lodge on top of the wickets are called bails. Basically if you hit the wickets with the ball, the force from it quite easily knocks the bails off. When that happens, the batsman is out. If you watch some videos, you can see the bowler bowling so fast he absolutely destroys the wickets and you can see the bails are ripped off. Fun to see : czcams.com/video/No2Nz4R4HUs/video.html. Everything else, just slow it down and try to understand basic concepts and then watch some highlights and do reaction videos and get ppl to help you. IMO, its a superior game to baseball as instead of just swinging at the ball which is really just 1 wild swing, you have a wide variety of shots and the entire round oval field is in play unlike baseball. Obviously you probably will disagree but I have to admit I am biased. Good luck
For test cricket, the limit is morning until sunlight goes away. There is a new type of test cricket now where the game can continue with stadium lights, which used Pink ball.
A test match last 5 days and play occurs from 11:00am until 6:00pm (or until it get too dark to play) There is a 30 minute lunch break at 1:00pm and a 15 minute "tea" break at 3:00pm. The LBW rule only applies if the ball hits the batsman's leg below the knee and he is standing in line with the middle stump. The umpire also has to take into account the rising ball will pass over the top of the stumps. Google "the ashes" to watch some top notch cricket.
To answer your question at 3:20, if the bowler hits the batsman when he is NOT in front of the wicket, the batsman must run to the other end before the fielding side can collect the ball. These are classed as extra runs, or specifically, leg byes.
Bowlers are usually specialist players who will bowl either seam or spin. Seam bowlers are fast and rely on swinging the ball in the air and/or hitting the seam on the pitch to vary the movement of the ball. Seam bowlers usually take a shorter run up and deliver the ball from either the front or back of the hand, imparting a rapid spin to deliver the ball into, or away from the batsman.
Someone else who has mistyped! I'm pretty sure you meant to say that "SPIN bowlers usually take a shorter run up....." Lisa and Jock, you'll end up confusing our baseball coach even more than necessary! ;)
With test cricket they generally start at 10 am and finish at 6pm each day with breaks for lunch and afternoon tea. The umpires can call it a day early if there is bad light after the sun goes down. they will take a break when it rains and come back out after the shower passes or lose a day for rain sometimes and sometimes its a washout
Playing time in Test Cricket is 6 hours a day; three periods of two hours. The game is popular in England, Austrailia, New Zealand, Pakiistan, India and the Carineann.
The (1st) bowler will deliver 6 balls to make 1 over. Another (2nd) bowler then takes over and bowls another over from the opposite end of the wicket. The 1st bowler then returns to bowl. The bowlers typically bowl a number of overs, may be 8. Then a 3rd bowler may replace the 1st bowler. Any of the fielding side can take their turn at bowling. In a 'limited' over game of maybe 40 overs for the whole innings - then an individual bowler is likely to be limited to 10 overs before being 'bowled out'.
The answer to the question about the ball hitting the batsman comes down to the difference in the bowlers role compared to a baseball pitchers role. In baseball like games the pitcher has the job of delivering a ball for the batter to hit. A strike is a ball in the right place for the batter to hit, a no ball is one he can’t hit easily. So a ball that hits the batter is one he can’t hit and is dangerous hence penalised. In cricket the bowlers role is to attempt to knock over the wicket and the batsman’s role is to defend the wicket with their bat. 6 of the 10 ways of getting out amount to failing to defend the wicket (bowled, lbw, stumped, run out, hit wicket, and handled the ball). So the batsman not the bowler is at fault if they are hit. To be given out LBW the ball doesn’t have to hit your legs if you fall over or duck and the ball hits your body you can be out LBW. There are rules to protect the batsman from being deliberately attacked by the bowler, one calls a no ball for a ball that is well above the stumps and doesn’t bounce before reaching the batsman. The other limits the number of fielders behind the batsman on his leg side (the batsman’s left side for a right handed batsman).
Another way of being run out is that If a throw to the stumps results in the bails being dislodged and the batsman is inside his crease and the ball goes further to allow more runs but within the boundary rope, then a batsman can be run out returning but the fielder must by using the ball in their hands completely dislodge at least two stumps or the remaining stumps from the ground.
No penalty for hitting a batsman. It's considered a vital part of a fast bowlers repertoire to aim/hit the body to soften up a batsman, the most feared delivery being called a bouncer where they deliberately pitch the ball short in order to get it to rear up at head height. Batsmen wear steel toecap shoes, large pads from ankle to just above the knee, a thigh pad, gloves, helmet and some wear a lower chest pad to protect against balls to the ribs. Fast bowlers are capable of bowling 90+mph, when you take into account it's coming off the ground you have to judge both speed, bounce and direction all at once.
Cricket is the traditional summer village sport you'll see in many English villages in the summer. The pitches are often remarked for soccer pitches in the winter months. The top cricket nation's tend to be Australia, New Zealand, India and Pakistan. The top flight professional game in England is played between Counties (States) and not Cities like most other sports. This is addition to national games.
Hilarious how Americans think the batter should get a reward for being hit by the ball. The adrenaline that comes from understanding that you could get hurt is half the fun of batting. It’s not like you’re defenceless, they let you carry a bat!.
Cricket was brought to England by itinerent Flemish farm workers in the late 17th century. Back in Flanders they used notches in sticks to record the score, the old Dutch word for stick was Krikke, thus the name. This is also why somebody who is very good at something is described as 'top notch'. Cricket (like baseball) had started as a defending the castle type game, originally the target was wicker gates between farm fields, known in Dutch as Wickets. The pivoted bar at the top of the wicket that held the gate in place was called a beil (pronounced like 'bale' in English.) When the game arrived in England they didn't have the wicker gates so they used tree stumps. This is why today the wickets are sometimes referred to as stumps, and vice versa. The ball was originally bowled along the ground which is why the pitchers are called bowlers, it was women who forced the turn towards overarm delivery because their wide 17th and 18th century dresses made bowling difficult.
The limit for test cricket is 1. Completion of 90 overs a day or 2. Before completing 90 overs, if a sun light gone the match will stop and continue to next day.
Re: rule one. The ball can hit any stump/wicket, but it is not out if a bail is not dislodged. Re: Test cricket. Each day is about 6 hours of play or 90 overs. Re: Bowlers. A bowler can only bowl every second over. So a different bowler operates from each end. In the shorter formats there is a limit on how many overs each bowler can bowl. In a 50 over game a bowler can bowl a maximum of 10 overs. In test cricket there is no limit on how many overs a bowler may bowl.
Cricket originated in S.E England in the late 16th century. First ever international cricket match was between America and Canada in 1844. Study the rules more, find a couple of umpires who already know the rules, get yourself some gear, find some opposition, and start organising a game. It's addictive.
The major difference for someone coming from baseball to cricket to understand is the balance of power between bat and ball is inverted. In cricket the advantage is almost always with the batsman, and a good performance from a batsman in the longer forms of the game is 50-100 runs (the record for a test match is 400). Wickets are game changing moments. The major difference between limited overs and first class (multi day) cricket is that in first class cricket each side has two innings with no limit on how long they can bat for, and you have to get all the other side's wickets twice to win. Any other result is a draw. This massively changes the tactics, since the offensive/defensive roles are reversed between the batsmen and the bolwers.
Answering your questions: No, you don't have to hit all 3 of the wickets, just as long as the "stumps" on top of them are dislodged, it's an out. Regarding the penalty, no. The bowler does sometimes bowl wide (not deliberately) and the batsman will still try to hit the ball. If he misses and the ball hits him instead, it's not the fault of the bowler. A very wide ball being bowled though that is deemed as a ball the batsman would not have been able to hit is however a penalty and one run gets added to the batting teams score. On the five days, the limits per day would usually be the same as a 1 day match. Visibility of the ball in both those formats also play a role. If it gets too late and the batsman can no longer see the ball in bad light, the day is called off and they start where they left off the next day. It is very popular in India yes, but the sport originated in Britain and most nations play it. I would recommend watching any videos you can from a man called AB de Villiers, including his fastest to 50 runs and fastest to 100 runs also his Superman catch and his best fielding moments. Most people would agree he is one of the best cricketers ever. Also watch old players like Jonty Rhodes and his Superman run out and watch players like Brian Lara and bowlers like Makhaya Ntini.
Cricket is primarily played by countries in the Commonwealth of Nations. Test Cricket is the original form played, this was then followed by One Day cricket; T20 or twenty-twenty is the most rapid form of the game. Besides the games organized throughout the International Cricket Board, there is an IPL(Indian Players League) which features players contracted from around the world.
The only penalty given for getting hit with the ball is pain.
Yeah, he needs to Google Bodyline.
Or being LBW.
Or death. RIP Philip Hughes.
As I know by very personal experience!!
My dad lost the vision in his left eye, from a cricket ball.
4 minutes to explain the rules, 4 hours to explain LBW.
Infinty to explain duckward lewis method
Yeah even i have tried to explain non cricket fans how lbw works but its just so complicated
*the laws
LBW is cricket's offside. (Not cricket's off side; that's something else.)
Even I can't get D/W. Thee was once a match where England were given a target of more than the actual runs scored by the team batting first.
"The rules of Cricket?" How dare they!
Cricket doesn't have rules!
Cricket has 'laws!'
Exactly right, Dan. I've corrected quite a few of these reactions now - none of them ever seem to do any elementary research. The LAWS of Cricket.
Classy
laws dear boy, laws:)
Yes it does. You must be gentlemen and apologise for the death of the opening batsman when you kill him. It is always a beer at tea time, (The local water on tour can not be trusted). Each batsman must use his own box. And, while keeping up the banter, if as the wicket keeper you are going to cause the batsman to leave his crease to discuss your choice of words, you must time it so that it occurs in conjunction with the start of the bowlers run up. I mean your death wont be in vein as a result. (Desmond Haynes to Ian Heely, who was lucky that Haynes didn't kill him)
Cricket has LAWS , but can have localised rules!!
Cricket is played by most countries that are or were part of the commonwealth. Believe it or not the first international cricket match was between Canada and USA in 1844.
*On a 'bowled-out' as long as the bails are knocked off the stumps then it doesn't matter how many stumps are hit by the ball.
*No 'free run' for getting hit by the ball. You have a bat, use it to protect yourself.
*In test Cricket typically 6 hours per day is played with breaks for meals and drinks.
About 90 overs per day
@@brucewilliams4152 in one day match it is 100 overs, 50 overs each from both team..
Just to be super clear… only one of the two bails needs to be dislodged from the stumps for someone to be ‘bowled out’ not necessarily both bails.
@@lrtaralte I'm pretty sure Bruce is referring to test cricket which has a requirement of at least 90 overs bowled per day with reductions for weather related interruptions to play.
@@davidburke2132 I recall that, on a really hot day, the varnish on the bails melted, gluing them together. The bowler knocked out the middle stump but the batsman wasn't out as the bails hadn't been dislodged.
The varnish has changed - can't happen again.
90 overs per day.
3 sessions
Each session last 2 hours.
Day-night test, 2:00 pm till 8:30pm
Normally test matches start from 10:00am till 6:00pm
With breaks for lunch (40 minutes) and tea (20 minutes).
Don’t forget that’s a 90 over minimum. Most test matches will regularly have 110+ overs a day if there’s no changeover and the fielding side has a spinner at one end all day
It is 90 overs per day, so 90 overs is maximum in one day but yeah it can move on to next day if batsman team is not all out @@falaramal3979
We won’t talk about the Timeless Test played in Durban in 1939 between England and South Africa. It lasted 12 days and ended in a draw as the English team had to catch a ship home.
The bowler’s objective is to hit the wicket. If the batsman gets hit, well, he shouldv’e hit the ball.
England fanboy? 😂
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyline
@@thomas316 we all know the Ozzie’s can deal it out but can’t take it. Larwood wasn’t anything like as bad as Devon Malcolm when someone pissed him off by breaking his helmet but you didn’t hear South Africa complaining.
While this is true, it’s not your though process when you’ve been hit in the balls
The bowler's objective is to get the batsman out, and that does not necessarily mean aiming to hit the wicket. A seam or swing bowler could try and get the batsman out by being caught in the slips by tempting him, or making him play by bowling close to the wicket. A spin bowler might aim to get a batsman stumped by tempting them down the wicket or, perhaps, miscuing the ball so he is caught.
@@TheEulerID true.
No automatic walk/run in cricket, you can pretty much bowl directly at the player - the ball is harder than a baseball too
The two balls are almost identical in weight and diameter. Average delivery speed of a baseball in elite level game is substantially higher than average delivery speed in elite cricket. (Test game).
The sewn seam on a baseball is longer than cricket ball seam and is more raised so potentially does more damage.
@@flamingfrancis Baseball 5 to 5/14 oz, cricket ball 5.5 to 5.75 oz. At top pace thats significant and there is NO doubt a cricket ball is harder. Also you're talking average speeds, cricket has spinners and all sort of different bowlers. But the average speed of a fast ball and a fast bowler are pretty close to the same.
Of course a big difference is a fast bowler will be aiming at your head, he will try to intimidate and hurt you and that ball is bouncing off an uneven surface that often moves on a slightly different angle when it bounces. But the batsmen have a wider bat, can block the ball - they arent always looking to score.
This isnt to take away from the skill of baseballers, just pointing out the facts. Elite sportsmen at the top of any sport are all super highly skilled.
And, of course, deliberately bowling at the batsman first came to controversial prominence in the so-called 'Bodyline' series of matches between England and Australia in 1932/33. In order to combat the perceived batting superiority of the Australian players, English players bowled the balls at pace and with the intention of pitching high--basically towards the batsman's chest. The hope was that this would intimidate the batsmen and force them into defensive errors.
The tactic was controversial both because it was viewed as unsporting and also that it was not in line with the previous understanding that the bowler should always be aiming primarily for the wicket (rather than the defending player).
@@MrPaulMorris Mainly to stop perhaps the greatest sportsman ever - the great Sir Donald Bradman. Batting average of 99.94. To put that into perceptive, other greats of the game averaged around 55.
Not only did they bowl short at the body, they stacked the fielders on the leg side.
@@Jackripster69 It worked. Bradman only averaged 56 for that series. The uproar resulted in a new law - maximum of 2 fielders behind the wicket on the legside. The highest career test average of any other batsman who played at least 20 innings is less than 62.
Whoever made the original video needs to learn the rules. Hitwicket has nothing to do with the bowling end
If a fielder deflects the ball inn to the wicker, the batsman may be run out sort of hit wicket.
They are the Laws of Cricket, Dipankar. Not the rules. The LAWS.
@@philattlee1 that's run out. Not hit wicket. The law refers to the touching of the bowlers hand as an act of deliberate deflection on to the stump in an attempt to find the non striker out of his/her crease. Hit wicket is an act solely and solely performed by the striking batsman on his/her own stumps.
@@tonyanderton3521 yes agree 😊
@@dc7916 Thank you, Dipankar. You seem to know the game inside-out. Are you an umpire? Anyway, thank you for your contributions that are more substantial than my rather pedantic note. Actually, it's encouraging that cricket would appear to be taking hold in new countries such as the USA where, I understand, more and more cricket clubs are being founded. Kind regards.
In Australia we write the score different to the rest of the World
In Australia we say the number of batsman out first then the number of runs E.G. 4/288
In England they say it in reverse 288/4
If a bowler has got 5 batsmen out and had 48 runs hit off him it is written down as 5/48
Up until the 1979 in Australia the number of balls bowled was 8 in an over
we are strange bunch here Australia
Weirdos
Cricket is the second most watched sport globally, with about 2.5 Billion viewers, Baseball has about 450 million in comparison.
In Test cricket each day lasts about 7-8 hours, but they do stop for Lunch and Tea.
Cricket is mostly watched in the UK and the Commonwealth.
Predominant countries are
England, Australia, India, South Africa, N Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Other countries do also play but these are the 'Bigger Boys'.
The oldest and biggest rivalry is between England and Australia, who regularly plat a test series called The Ashes...check out the history of The Ashes...there is an Ashes series coming up at the end of the year when England will tour in Australia.
Not forgetting Zimbabwe.
@@juliancrittall3291 I think we can place them in the 'others', along with Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands.
They were once a very good One Day team. Along time ago.
I even shared a flight from Singapore with the Dubai cricket team; returning from a world cup qualifying game against Singapore.
Netherlands, Ireland and Zimbabwe
@@lrtaralte We can places these three in the 'others' category. The list could go on and on otherwise. Singapore, Various Emirates nations, Namibia, Canada and so on.
@@joncarter9041 yeah
As a 60 year old Aussie mum, I love my cricket. Used to go to the traditional Boxing Day test at the MCG with my beautiful grandpa from when I was 6. Still love it.
If the ball hits the batter. It is sometimes called "Good Bowling"
In some circumstances if the ball hits the batter, he can score runs as if the ball were hit. These are called leg-byes. If he misses the ball, he can also run for a bye.
or you have to shout "Howzat !!!!!" to try and convince the umpire that the batter is out LBW
Mitchell Johnson terrorising the English is a prime example of top shelf bowling
@@Dicko947 Wasn't that a great spell of bowling. I can't remember the series but he did inspired me to grow my "moe" out for a while.
Love the Test Matches, When you start getting into the fielding positions and change of tactics during the game, it becomes really interesting.
Captaincy is such an underrated skill. There are so many variables to take into consideration, plus your own performance.
Nothing better than seeing a batsman surrounded by fielders trying to see off a spinner late in the day!
Test match cricket is, for me, the best form of the game although I also like the shorter forms. I am quite happy to sit and watch every ball of a five day match even if it is a draw at the end. The form of cricket in the video you watched is shorter versions. In one short version, each side has a maximum of 50 overs in which to score as many runs as possible. In the shortest version each side has only 20 overs. It looked to me like much of the video was IPL (Indian Premier League) action, a very popular cricket league in many countries, twenty overs a side. The game was invented in England and is played in Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Ireland and a number of others including the USA. One good place to start may be to look at a video detailing the oldest and fiercest rivalry in cricket - England v Australia for The Ashes. Have fun.
A batsman can be standing out there running and not face a bowler if the batsmen desire. In the instances where one player is a great bowler but is the 11th best batsman in the side it's quite often the batsmen will only run even numbered runs so that the better batsman keeps 'strike' except at the end of an over where they will run an odd number so that he's ready for the new bowler to change ends.
It would help to explain the batting order and the number batter you are depicts whether you are a batter or a bowler or an all rounder (both batter and bowler). So numbers 1 and 2 are your openers they set the pace and get the runs on the board moving. Numbers 3 and 4 are considered the best batsman because by this point the pace has been set, the crease has loosened up and 3 and 4 can hopefully get comfortable and make lots of runs. Batter 5 is normally the wicketkeeper and an ok batter. Numbers 6 to 11 are traditionally your batsman so the further down the list you go the weaker their batting ability is. You can have a number 4 paired with a number 10 for example which means the number 4 is the dominant batter and as Brian said his job is to stay at the batting end so 10 isn't screwed.
@@Lisammifsud You meant to write: "Numbers 6 to 11are traditionally your BOWLERS."
@@Lisammifsud umm not necessarily. Limited overs cricket and even a few Test matches (as best as I know), have recorded instances of so-called "weaker" batsmen being "promoted" up the batting order. Indian captain Mohd. Azharuddin used bowler Javagal Srinath as a "pinch-hitter" in the 90s in a few games. More recently, in the IPL, bowler Sunil Narine was similarly utilizes by the franchise Kolkata Knight Riders aka KKR.
I followed cricket since the 90s and really don't see numbers on the back making any significant contribution. May be it has some cricketing strategy, but for a viewer it does nothing, really. Back in the 90s we knew who's who. May be a debutant intrigued us, but we didn't need numbers. Test matches don't have numbers (though shirts & trousers have now been replaced with more cricket-friendly outfits).
Coming back to the batting line-up, your suggestion would also not be viable if say a top-order player is injured and later returns to play as a No.8 or No.9. There are provisions to accommodate this and it has happened.
But in your defence, broadcasters do indicate which player plays what role with the use of icons to depict batsmen, bowlers, keepers, all rounders + the category of wicketkeeping all-rounders.
Enjoying your videos. Cricket is the 2nd most popular sport in the world (after football/soccer ), is played in countless countries and has an estimated 2.5 billion followers. Many towns and villages have their own amateur teams. No nicer way to spend the occasional sunny day.
In front of the pavilion with a cold beer on a Sunday afternoon, heaven.
@@daveloboda1769 😂 oh yeah 🔥
Not popular but followed
Well summarised
First thing to understand is that Cricket has absolutely nothing in common with Baseball, I think it's one of the biggest mistakes that Americans make when trying to understand Cricket is to think it has anything in common with Baseball and then try to relate what they are watching to Baseball, watch this rules things several times and then it will take a lot of watching different formats to gain an understanding of each one and the overall aspects of Cricket. Cricket is a played by a number of nations with the top tier being the test playing nations, they are England, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, The West Indies, Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh, two other countries have played test matches they are Ireland and Afghanistan, there is a third Zimbabwe but they are currently banned from all international Cricket, when it comes to the different formats ODI and T20 there are more countries involved and there is a World Cup competition for each of these short game formats. Overall there are some 105 countries that play cricket and an estimated 2.5 billion fans of the sport worldwide.
They do this thinking AFL is some way similar to their NFL. Oops. No similarity.
Funny thing though, the first ever international game of cricket was between America and Canada.
They both have someone throwing the ball and another hitting it with a stick. But there the similarities end
@@AndyViant AFL came into being to keep cricket players fit over the winter months!
yeah its nothing like Baseball, but you can use baseball as a way to explain to an American. Both games have innings, batters/batsmen, pitchers/bowlers. Coaches are usually very good at picking up these things as well. I've explained rugby league and cricket to American Football coaches on numerous occasions and by the end of the game, they knew enough that they could learn the rest by just watching more games. Actually in many ways Cricket and american football have that same aura of WTF is going on, but once you learn them both and understand the tactics etc. they are good to watch.
Loving your videos, I’m from the U.K. but a huge fan of North American sports, including baseball, and it’s always enjoyable to see knowledgeable people like yourself on the other side of the Atlantic take a look at our sports
Americans should know a lot more about cricket than they do. At one time they had over 400 clubs with thousands of registered players. It is still popular in some regions.
Try watching the highlights of the 2019 World Cup final, one of the tightest, closest game in history.
The game was between England and New Zealand.
I would not be recommending viewing that game....he is struggling with the rules as they are let alone the rule that has been changed as a result of what happened in that game.
We want him to continue learning about the sport, not turn him off by witnessing one of the biggest robberies in sports history.
And England finally won something otherwise they have just been embarrassing themselves all these years in cricket and football anyway 🤣
New Zealand should have won that if the scoring had been kept properly. Also the rule that allowed England to win has since been removed from the ICC rulebook.
@SynthMusicFan 501 he's talking about the boundary count I guess
First day of play in test cricket is usually a Thursday, they used to have a rest day on Sunday but this stopped quite a few years ago so now they play 5 consecutive days, though many matches are concluded in 4 days or even 3 days. To decide who bats first they have a coin toss, one captain tosses while the other calls. the winning captain will decide to bat or bowl, whether to bat or bowl is determined by many factors such as the current weather conditions, the weather forecast for the next 5 days, the pitch being used and even team selection. A day in test cricket is divided into 3 x 2hr sessions, with a break for lunch and tea, typically in England these 3 sessions will be 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm to 3.40pm and 4.00pm to 6pm there are usually around 90 overs in a day, usually there is an agreement on a minimal amount of overs per day, 10 minutes play is lost for a change of innings. play can also be suspended for bad light and rain, though this lost time can be made up at the end of the day by extending play, play can also be extended if less than the agreed minimum overs are bowled. this is quite a common occurrence with the day often finishing later than the official 6.00pm The end of the day is called 'stumps', it was shortened from 'drawing the stumps' because the umpires remove the stumps at the end of each days play.
Sunday as rest day probably stopped decades ago. It was thing around Bradman's era when timeless tests were common.
Never saw a Sunday off (for Tests) during 90s.
Presently owing to commercial reasons, Sunday cannot be a rest day. Lol. So much for what once was a gentleman's game.
Long standing cricket fans will tell you that traditional Test cricket is the only format, but for someone like yourself that is interested in learning about the sport - you should start with T20 cricket. It is (I'm guessing) more akin to Baseball and can be very entertaining. Good luck with understanding the various laws within cricket, but stick with it and you will enjoy it.
Well said.
Good advice
Yes, 'Test cricket' is time killing... 1) it is boring, 2) have jobs...
Honestly, hate the people who say test cricket is better and the only form of cricket. They are just a bunch of edgelords. T20 is also cricket and a good format at that. The laws of cricket allows for it, then why not? The only thing that matters is that it's cricket and people enjoy playing it. And T20 requires more skill than test. Yes you can fight me on that.
honestly test cricket gets a bit boring. I watch it. but usally in the background. and do other things also.
@@mistersoman I think the various formats are one of cricket's strengths. Test cricket has a mental dimension to it that is not so evident in other formats of the game.
Hi Coach, nice video!
2:22 - No, you don't need to hit all three.
As long as the ball hits one of the three wickets and knocks either of the bails, the batsman is out
A bail is basically rested on the top of the two wickets. So since there are three wickets, we have two bails.
2:54 - There is no penalty if the ball hits the batsman
4:19 - Yes. 1 innings per side (in case of 20 & 50 overs)
4:41 - Yes. One bowler will have bowl the over (6 legal balls).
Say on the first ball, the batsman who is on strike hits and takes a run,the non-striking batsman would now be facing the second ball.
5:27 - A typical test match will start in the morning. and will have a lunch break after 3-4 hours.
Lunch break is 40 mins. Play will resume post the break, and carry on till tea break 20 mins.
Once the sun starts to set, and day light is fading, the umpires will call it a day.
At least 90 overs would be bowled by the bowling team by the end of the day.
Test match has two innings per side.
Sample test match pattern Team A vs Team B
Day 1: Team A (1st innings) bats first scores 300 runs and loose all 10 batsman
Day: 2 Team B (1st innings) bats and scores 350 runs and loose all 10 batsman
**now Team B has a lead of 50 runs**
Day 3: Team A (2nd innings) scores 200 runs and loose all 10 batsman
**since team B already had 50 runs lead, the final target will be 200 - 50 = 150 **
Day 4: Team B (2nd innings) scores 151 and win
Test match can end in with No result as well.
After all 5 days, neither Team A could get all of Team B batsman out, and Team B could not reach the target set by Team A.
The 1st international match ever for any sport was in 1844.
This was a cricket match between USA and Canada and took place in New York.
Canada won by 23 runs.
He left the best bit out Coach, the game can run for 5 days and end in a draw.
If the batsman gets hit with the ball it's just bad luck,you don't get a run.In the past bowling bouncers,a ball that is bounced with the attention of making it pass around head height to intimidate the batsman was very typical.In the 70s when the batsmen didn't wear helmets bouncers made batting a very scary,difficult job.Nowadays,despite the development of improved equipment, the number of bouncers that can be bowled has been reduced.Tragically Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes died in 2014 during a match after being hit on the head.It was a miracle that a lot of players weren't killed in the 70s and early 80s.English cricketer David Lloyd tells a funny story about being hit in the privates during a match against Australia.
Philip Hughes died in 2014 right? Or am I confused?
@@dhivyabharathi8164 Yes,of course he did.Sorry for that mistake,I was remembering the 70s and miswrote.No excuse,I will edit it now.Thank you
1) You don't have to hit all of the stumps to bowl the batsman out. You only need to dislodge one or both of the bails. So you could even hit the bail dead on and miss the stumps entirely.
2) Getting hit by the ball means nothing other than pain, no penalty or automatic runs. The difference is if it hits your leg pads then there's a chance for LBW, or your gloves which counts as a hit and therefore you can get caught out. In cricket, bowlers are fully allowed to aim directly at the batsman's body. However, cricket is at spirirt a gentleman's sport and players are expected to not be too offensive with their strategies.
3) A bowler is not allowed to bowl 2 overs in a row. So after they've had one over, a different bowler bowls the next over from the other end of the pitch. A bowler is only allowed to bowl so many overs before needing to be switched out (called a spell), and must wait a certain number of overs before being permitted to bowl again. This means a bowler must perform well given only 6 legal deliveries, and means that a team cannot have 1 or 2 star bowlers they use all the time.
4) Test cricketers play roughly 9AM-6PM, but the day is broken into sessions of a few hours with breaks for drinks, lunch, tea etc. Games do not always go for 5 days, and some have no winner even after 5.
2:21 All that needs to happen to be bowled out is for at least one bail to be dislodged. If both bails remain, it isn't out, even if the ball hits the stumps.
2:53 There is no penalty to the fielding side if the batsman is struck by the ball. Technically, the batsman can be out Leg Before Wicket with the ball hitting any part of his body, it's just that it's 99.999999% of the time on the legs. The "pitcher" is called the bowler. He bowls the ball. The "batter" is called the batsman.
3:44 "Accidental out"?! I have NEVER heard of this and I suspect the content creator is talking out of his arse. The example shown on the video shows what looks like the batsman striking the ball and the bowler deflecting it into the wicket at the non-striker's end while the non-striker is out of his crease. That is in fact a run-out. The batsman smacking the ball into his partner's wicket at the non-striker's end does NOTHING. Even if the non-striker is stood outside his crease, it does nothing. A member of the fielding side has to intentionally touch the ball first.
4:02 #10 is, in my experience, properly named "timed out".
4:17 Depends on the type of match. International test matches have two innings per side over a period of five days. County first-class matches last three or four days with two innings. A match has to be a one day match to have only one innings per side.
Perhaps rather peculiarly, there is no such word as "inning" in cricket. The word "innings" is both the plural and the singular.
4:32 He should say "from the other end", not "from the other side". I get the increasing impression that this content creator doesn't know very much about cricket.
4:32 Each BOWLER will bowl the ball to whomever is stood at the striker's end of the pitch. If the batsmen run one or three off a ball in the middle of an over, then the non-striker will be down the opposite end and will face the next delivery from the bowler.
5:25 Yeah, five days! Lol A minimum number of ninety overs must be bowled in each day (there is no maximum), which usually lasts from eleven AM to six PM, taking place over three sessions, broken by breaks for lunch and tea. If time is lost due to bad weather, up to an hour of extra play can be authorised, extending the day until seven o'clock.
6:27 Yes, the game is VERY popular in Asia. Like football (the game mostly played with the feet that you'd think of as "soccer"), basketball, baseball, rugby football and others, it was invented by the British and exported to the world through the British Empire. All the countries who play cricket were British Empire countries at one point, or, like Pakistan, formed out of a country that used to be in it.
I would recommend the most spectacular cricket test match in history for you: the 1981 third test match at Headingley, between England and Australia. It's the most famous test match in history, for reasons which will be obvious if you search CZcams for its highlight show.
stepping on your wicket or accidently hitting the wicket with your bat is also out.
@@davemellet6878 It is, but why are you putting that on my thread? I didn't say anything which disputes that. I just didn't feel the need to mention it. I wasn't listing methods of dismissal.
@@davemellet6878 that's called hit wicket though. Not accidental out
I just love watching these to see how they react to the length of test matches! hahahaha
My Dad LOVES Cricket and plays it all the time
Baseball is in many ways a simplified descendant of cricket. The pitched ball doesn't bounce or move about as much through the air, the wicket was replaced by empty space, no changing ends means the batsman faces the same circumstances (field of view, wind direction, shadows etc.), only takes a few hours (the day long version only became an international format in the 70's, the 3 hour version only this century to keep up with our dwindling attention span and ability to concentrate, the spectators I mean), only one pitcher for the majority of the game means more predictable deliveries (imagine facing a pitcher who does primarily burners and then a minute later you're facing someone much slower but can have the ball reach you maybe 4 feet off the line from where it just hit the ground (see "Ball of the Century" where the ball pitched (hit the ground) near the batsman's feet, which was well to the side of the wicket, goes behind his legs and across to hit the stumps) and then 5 minutes after that due to a bowler change you are facing a mixture of the two who bowls with his other hand!).
So yeah, baseball does have its complexities that have happened over time, but it is still cricket simplified.
To a cricket fan it's the opposite. We'd find cricket easier.
So much so that it just needs a narrow playing area and something to represent a batting wicket. A notebook and a crumpled paper/foil could serve as bat & ball. And then it's Game On !
The are some rules about hitting the batsman, the ball has to either bounce before it hits the Batman or if it doesn’t bounce it has to hit the batsman below the waist, if it doesn’t, the bowling team is penalized 1 run, he has to bowl the ball again and if the same person bowls 2 then they can be banned from bowling for the rest of the innings.
Also the umpires theoretically have the power to take action against intimidatory bowling but it rarely ever gets enforced.
Thankyou
Some who knows the laws.
Watch Curtly & Courtney to Atherton in Trinidad around 96. That man was struck so many times! I think England were all out for 40 something 😳
Bowled: no need to hit all wickets; one will do. The bails (the cross pieces on top) have to be dislodged. Rarely, the ball will just brush the wicket and the bail does not dislodge. The batsman would not be out if this happened. If the bowler bowls a full toss (like a baseball pitch - i.e. the ball doesn't bounce) and it hits the batsman above the waist, this is a "bean ball" and the batting side gets one run (an "extra"). Test match: each day is limited to 90 overs (540 balls), so maximum of 450 overs (2700 balls). Cricket is popular all over the Commonwealth (ex British colonies), so England (not so much Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland), Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. Some of the lesser cricket nations include Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe.
cricket is played in every country my country invaded and took over! its an english game, the indians are prob the most fanitical fans in the world, its their no1 sport, whereas in england its prob joint 2nd with rugby.
when you team is fielding you will have 5 of them out and out batsmen, a wicket keeper(the guy who stands behind the wickets with the big gloves on), maybe a all rounder(good at bowling and batting) and 5 out and out bowlers, the captain will choose which bowlers to use against certain batsmen, some will spin the ball and some are very fast, he will use 2 of the 5 bowlers for a few overs(6 balls) each to see what they can do, then put another couple of bowlers in if he's not pleased.
the batting team will put their strongest batters out first, then the bowlers last as they are not really good at batting so usually get out pretty quick, but there are always exceptions which are the all rounders.
and to answer your question, no you dont have to hit any one of the 3 stumps in particular its as long as either one or both of those two little wood pieces balanced on top of them fall(the bails).
Hi Coach, I am from England, I love most competitive sports from any and every country on the planet and to watch top players showing their mind-blowing skills makes my life worth living. IMHO Cricket is the toughest game to understand, every aspect of the game is so complicated to understand from fielding, bowling and batting etc.Learning to play the game is should be started at a young age (as with most sports) as there is a hellishly lot to learn. To be Captain of a team you need to be as intelligent as Einstein believe me, the short versions of the game are exciting to watch, the five day games are best watched by devotees who prefer and understand the deeper complexities of cricket as it requires the concentration of a top chess player.
Ps: I remember a few years ago top baseball coaches from the USA teaching top cricket players how to correctly and effectively throw cricket balls from fielding positions, so a big thank you from to our cousins from across the pond 😉👍
In test cricket starting time usually is 10:30am and lasts until 6pm. They try to average 90 overs per day.
with breaks for lunch and tea...
By the way, love your interst and your vids. Keep them going
The one day world cup final between England and New Zealand! This game had everything.
Too soon
Crickets played by loads of countries but it’s India’s biggest sport and they’ve over a billion people
@Anurag Dutta well it’s one of the most popular sports in the world on par with the number of players as baseball
@Anurag Dutta A good majority do. Including countries like China, Italy & Argentina. It's however not that popular or well-televised. But there are ICC based tournaments. Mainstream one has 12 Test teams and "associate countries" which tend to qualify to participate in the World Cup.
We may well be back to 10 Test playing teams if ICC revokes W.I. & Zimbabwe's test status (based on their performances). W.I. recent test success can't hide the overall decline in their cricketing culture.
@@rhys2091 tbh it can't be compared to baseball except for a few similarities. What Anurag perhaps meant is that unlike something like football/soccer, or gymnastics, cricket limited in its outreach. Great sporting nations like Brazil, Germany, Russia, etc. would simply not make the cut (presently) in terms of their respective cricket offerings.
What you're referring to is in terms of population. Yes it is growing in popularity and rivals some major sports, especially in economic terms.
It has been played in diverse locations such as Morocco and even in the US. But it's not translated into the same success.
In fact, an interesting vit of trivia here might be - the decline of West Indian cricket. One of the factors is that potential cricketers are lost to other sports such as basketball. FYI, Usain Bolt may well have been a West Indies pace bowler..who knows maybe an all-rounder too. West Indian born bowler Jofra Archer is playing for the English.
So while cricket's gaining new pastures it's also in the danger of losing some traditionally strong cricketing cultures which are on the tenterhooks.
@@ericfischer1560 I mean overall it just can’t tho, Apple and Samsung are near basically on par if you ask anyone unbiased sports aren’t really like that was a bad comparison
"The Bowler’s Holding, the Batsman’s Willey"
TMS at its finest, well played sir.
Urban legend... never said in fact
@@isladurrant2015 Look out, the anti-fun squad have arrived lol
Brian Johnson, (Johnners), when trying to describe a batman attempting to stop himself hitting his own wicket, got himself into hysterics, talking about the batman trying to get his leg over, (the Stumps). The clip is very likely on You Tube.
A point to mention is that we have different types of bowlers. A good fast bowler can reach 95mph, while a specialist spin bowler can be almost unplayable. There are also lots of ways to bowl, in baseball you have a fastball or a curveball etc, in cricket we have bouncers, seam, leg spin, off spin, yorkers, googlies, full tosses and more. During the course of an over, if the facing batsman scores a single run then the other batsman will face the next ball. The batsmen also do not have to run each time the ball is played, and the crease is an area marked by white lines on the pitch to define the area in which batters and bowlers must operate.
The best part of cricket is " He is gentleman game"
Watch any Indian cricket matches as they’re mad for the game. The British took the game to any country they colonised. India adopted it most passionately. I’m a Brit living in the San Francisco Bay Are and there’s a thriving cricket culture out here. Glad you’re enjoying the rugby and now cricket clips.
Usually you have say three or four main bowlers, they change after each Over (set of 6 balls), usually they’ll have a couple of ‘backups’ too, or very rarely the whole 11 can bowl.
But there’s no bullpen, the bowlers are part of the 11, and if they’re not bowling they’ll be fielding somewhere. Same with batting, everyone bats (although there is a batting order, although another factor is to take into account the pairings), there’s no DH equivalent.
I think the key difference between US sports (and military personnel roles coincidentally from my experience), is ultra specialisation, players are hyper focused on their role on the field, whereas elsewhere in world sports you’re generally going to be really good at an aspect of the game but generally do the rest of it as well - particularly because with say a rugby or soccer team, the vast majority of players are going to play the entire game, bar up to around 3 substitutions (which are permanent for the game of course, once you’re off the field you’re not going back on)
Hey Coach Tube! The one who throws the ball is called bowler (pitcher) & the one who plays it is called batsman (batter).
1. Bowler just needs to hit one wicket to get batsman out. One Bale needs to fall otherwise it is not out.
4. LBW is a bit completed. In simpler terms, i f your leg is before wicket it is out
in a test match - 5 day, they try for 90s overs in a day. teams do get fined or penalized if they have a slow over rate (usually 12-15 per hour expected)
7 hrs
90 overs is the minimum in one day, generally for 8 hours of 7 -8 hrs of play, you can bowl more than 90 overs, but less than 90 gets you a fine, repeated offences of slow over rate get's the captain of the team banned for a couple of days. if you have to play test match next, then this generally rules you out of the next test, however if you have a one day or t20 game next, the ban can apply to those matches, meaning by the next test, you will be allowed to play
@@allisterfield6028 u cant bowl more than 90 overs unless there are due overs from the previous day due to bad weather or light and then too you can only bowl 98 max overs in a day...
@@himanshupareek2439 Allister has given a pretty fact based summary.
Your point about added overs to cover up is spot on👍
A ‘day’ in a test match typically tends to be around 8-9 hours, with two breaks. In total, it tends to take place from around 11am to 6-7pm depending on the light level. Once the umpire decides the lack of light would make play dangerous they will end the day, then things will pick up where they left off the next morning. So in total a single test match is probably 30 hours of cricket in total.
Cricket is Popular amongst most countries that are part of the British Commonwealth. Some of the top countries are New Zealand, India, Australia, England, Pakistan, South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, West Indies( Caribbean)and Sri Lanka.
,, u forgot Zimbabwe 😏
@@harrymarshall Yes, I did sorry I was trying to remember everyone without googling.
@@joeteaoterangi3785 very good,, I just always remember a pub landlord giving this answer to an offhand question of , who r we playing? By over pronouncing the first b,, as if to say they can't win bc of their nations name,, I don't know much about cricket but I'm sure he wasn't on the right track,, the idiot 🤔🙄
@@joeteaoterangi3785 do u think Coach knows about Samoan rugby ? 😏
@@harrymarshall He has just recently started watching Rugby and I'm pretty sure he has seen Samoan players.
Normally 90 overs a day in Test cricket.
Countries that play test cricket:
Afghanistan
New Zealand
Australia
England & Wales
India
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Bangladesh
West Indies
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Ireland
Then you have a bunch more who play ODI 50 over matches like UAE, Kenya, Netherlands, Scotland, Nepal etc
I'd also recommend fire in babylon a documentary about the feared west Indian team of the 70's and 80's.
An all pace attack that regularly scared the hell out of other sides, bowling 90 mph bouncers at the the opposition batsmen.
Also "Lagaan" a Bollywood film about an indian village playing cricket against their local British Empire army unit
@@simpl51 albeit a fiction
To add to this list, I'd like to add Crossing The Line, which covers the Sanderpaper Gate Scandal.
The looks on coach's face is gold as he is learning crickets laws! Australia... England....west Indies...sri Lanka... Pakistan....India....new Zealand
Checkout the infamous “Bodyline” series between England and Australia.
Or the TV series depicting it, starring Matrix-famed Hugo Weaving as notorious Douglas Jardine.
One very important thing is: the bowler is not allowed to bend his elbow when the ball is launched. hence the unusual movement of body/arms.
Lol...no penalty when a bowler hits the batsman...Most fast bowler will 'legally ' look to intimidate a batsman by aiming at his head!
No they do not, they aim at the ground so that the flight and bounce of the ball takes it passing through at head height, or just under.
Any bowler aiming at the head can be retired by the umpires as a bowler.
@@jeffcarroll6553 so they are pitching the ball short so that it bounces at their head....so they're aiming to get the ball at the batsman's head.
So they're trying to intimidate the batsman by LEGALLY aiming at their head.
Isn't that what I indicated in my first comment? Or did you just misread it?
I think the word 'legally' is the important word.
You, sir, have described a completely illegal delivery or scenario.
To bowl out a batter, the ball doesn't actually have to hit any of the stumps. It has to remove one or both bails (the two horizontal pieces that connect the left and right stump to the middle stump to form the wicket). The bails rest freely in a shallow channel atop each stump, so it would be unusual to hit a stump and not dislodge a bail but it has happened - usually after the batter has connected with the ball somehow. The bowler is considered to have bowled out a batter if the ball he has delivered dislodges a bail (IE breaks the wicket) either directly or via any part of the batters anatomy, protection or bat as long as the delivery was legal.
As an Aussie, I loved your coverage of AFL (Aussie Rules Football) and cricket.
As for your cricket question: When bowling a batsmen out, do you have to hit all 3 stumps, or just one?
Just one is needed, but importantly, at least one of the bails (bails are the two wooden horizontal pieces that sit on top of the stumps (the vertical wooden pieces) has to come off.
Normally when a stump is hit by the cricket ball by the bowler, at least one of the bails will come off, so the batsman is out. In rare situations, I've seen the stump hit but the bails don't dislodge, so the batsman is not out.
Thanks for your interest in these Aussie games.
BTW, the second biggest attendance (86,174) at a sporting game anywhere in the world played by women was when Australia played India in the T20 (20 over) Cricket World Cup Final on 8/3/2020. I was at this game.
The biggest attendance (78,113) at a sporting game anywhere in the world played during Covid-19 was when Collingwood played Essendon on 25/4/2021. I was also at this game.
cricket isn't an aussie game, mate. it's an english game
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Cricket IS an Aussie game, mate!
It's also an:
English game
Indian game
Kiwi game
South African game
Pakistani game
Sri Lankan game
Bangladeshi game
West Indian game
Zimbabwean game
....another 185 country's game!
@@davidbernadine i see where you're coming from, but if it's every country's game, then it actually isn't any country's game.
therefore, it's better to stick to the fact, and admit that the game is english. doesn't mean that these other countries have no right or say to the sport, but for the name's sake it's an english game.
1. There is no penalty for getting hit but the batsman can run if the umpire does not give out.
2. Within an over the batsmen switch sides while scoring runs while the bowler continues from the same end. You can see that there are two ends on the pitch. After an over is complete, the new bowler will start from the other end.
3. An innings is complete when all batsmen on one team are out or if they run out of overs.
4. In test cricket, there is no limit to the number of overs bowled but they need to be bowled in a particular amount of time. It is generally 90 overs per day played over 3 sessions of play. If the winner cannot be decided in the 5 days of play, the match is deemed as a draw. Draw and tie have different meanings in cricket.
Stop comparing it to baseball. Its a completely different game
Baseball is just glorified rounders.
OK British Cricket AND Baseball fan here. I’ve been to Test matches, World Cup ODI’s and also Major League games in both the US and the UK so I know whereof I speak.
They are similar games. Sorry but it’s true. Beyond the obvious bat and ball game similarities both games revel in the history of their game to an extent that no other game on either side of the pond does. There’s very few instances of football comparing the achievements of say, Messi with a player from the 1930’s but in both Cricket and Baseball that’s definitely the case. Also statistical records in both games are more highly prized than they are in other games. You rarely hear anyone talk about a football player scoring his 200th Premier League goal but 3,000 major league hits or 500 test wickets? They celebrate that.
Then there is the way the game is played. Both games are games of patience, concentration and technique. A game rarely turns on a single moment but rather develops and evolves over time. Both games are marathons, not sprints and a week of 6 baseball games has much the same feel as a test match. The ebb and flow of the game over time is very similar in both.
So stop being so overly protective and sensitive. They are similar games and that’s fine. Both are great.
Oh and the rounders comment got old decades ago. Work on better material mate.
@@fallofcamelot it maybe old, but it’s true. I’ve played both games and I enjoyed playing them equally.
@@fallofcamelot Yeah, you are right. I hadn't thought about it but they both have that statistical fascination about them. I guess there is more time in between the action for commentators to bring up obscure records that may soon be broken or deliberate on why left-handers or right-handers do better in specific situations.
It’s about frame of reference, it goes the same way in reverse. If you know one sport and start learning a new one of course you’ll be looking for similarities between them to grasp it better.
1.No, it's not required for both bails(or stumps for that matter) to be dislodged, at least one of the bails being dislodged is sufficient.However, if the bails, after getting hit by the ball, somehow remain intact on the stumps, the batsman is not out(although very rare, this has occurred).
2.No, there isn't any penalty for receiving the ball with your body instead of the bat. In fact, u can run and score in such instances. However, those runs are only added to the team score(as extras) but not ur individual score.
3.An inning(s) of the batting side is over when whichever of the two happens earlier:
a. 10 of the 11 batsmen are out
b. The inning has reached its maximum overs limit
4. A test match is usually played for five days with 90 overs required to be completed on each day. Each day's play consists of three sessions of roughly thirty overs each(total duration is abt 2+2+2=6 hrs). Between the first and second sessions is the lunch break of 40 mins. Between second and third sessions is the tea break of 20 mins. So each day's play is roughly of 7 hrs.
The game is popular is old British colonies: South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
West Indies (Carribean islands combined team) and Bangladesh are also notable international teams.....and also ex British colonies
There are a few others that play, beyond the former British colonies, like the Netherlands, but yeah, it is largely a game that stays within the commonwealth
@@henryburton6529 er do your research OVER 100 countries play cricket. There are 12 full members and 106 associate members one of which is america.
@@CaptLoquaLacon wrong.
@@barbaradyson6951 er read the post you arrogantly criticised before jumping in with your size 18's.
I said they are other notable teams that is all - if you think America is a notable cricket team you are a stone cold moron
Some purists say that only test cricket counts, which lasts for up to 5 days. Even after the 5 days, the match may end in a draw. A full test series lasts for 5 matches, although we do occasionally play a 3 or 4 match test series. The most eagerly awaited test match series in England, is against the Australians, which is known as the Ashes.
Hi coach. Love your reactions to rugby, now cricket. You'll love cricket in it's various forms and many rules. Maybe start with 20/20 and go from there. I'm biased so please react to any of the New Zealand (black caps) vs anyone games as we're the best lol Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England, India, Pakistan the west Indies, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe is where it's played mostly.
Hey coach if you want watch this young guy in NZ who watches and does commentary on major rugby games in NZ and around the world. Cheers.czcams.com/channels/8RD-WJtwx3R-iqIAeJe_ag.html
and also in Bangladesh 🙂
i agree. for someone familiar with baseball, 20/20 is probably the easiest introduction. I started with the IPL which was a nice intro.
@@arafatrakib4954 Bangladesh now is at par if not better than the Sri Lankan cricket team in mid 90s. Better because they've evolved and are not daunted by reputation.
One significant match was Bangladesh Vs Australia where Md. Ashraful scored a century. That for me was a turning point in Bangladesh cricket.
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@@mremumerm T10 may be easier still. Lol. JS 😁
In Test cricket, play is generally 6 hours of play on top of 2 breaks. Test cricket is named because it’s one true sport to test individual and team endurance. It is a real test. It also requires a lot of patience and mental endurance as well as physical.
React on India vs Australia day 5 highlights of 4th test match in 2021. This is one of the most historic test matches ever as Australia was beaten by India at Gabba,Brisbane where they haven't lost for 28 years .This test match is also more special bcoz India chased down a mammoth score on day 5 which is not a cup of tea bcoz the pitch gets detoriated on day 5 and it is very hard to bat. And with this match win India also won the TEST match series and became the only Asian country to beat Australia in Australia in Test format. So this is very special
@Coach Tube as an Australian I highly recommend you don't watch this game and forget about it.
Just kidding in fairness India did well
How many stumps need to get hit?
Any with enough force to knock off either of the lightly balanced “bails” on top.
A stump being clearly touched or moved and the bails don’t fall down is incredibly rare
do more cricket stauff i will subscribe.
I don't know if anyone else has said it, but the the best game to watch, for me personally, is the 438 one day international between South Africa and Australia. It was a record breaking game, with some of the best one day cricket ever played.
I did, but you said it before me. Lol.
I just don't rate it as the No.1 game ever as it lacked bowlers like McGrath & Warne. Still a great achievement nonetheless.
React to HIDDEN ASHES 2005
react to THE TEST NEW ERA FOR AUSTRALIAN CRICKET
react to FIRE IN BABYLON
react to SACHIN THE BILION DREAMS
REACT TO 2019 WORLD CUP FINAL ENGLAND VS NEWZEALAND
I studied at Michigan State University and decided to run an English games session. This reminds me of the week we did cricket and the lads just couldn’t get their heads round the rules 😂. Loved this video 👏🏿.
I grew up with three brothers. I am the eldest, and the only girl. Our father made all of us play football and cricket.. I loathe football but hate, hate, hate cricket.. On the other hand I really love rugby union..
I also loved playing rugby union and was fairly good at it. I did not mind playing football (I am in my 70s now) and always played in deep defence telling others, "I am not very good at football, but I know how to stop those who are." As regards to cricket, growing up in Worcestershire, my friends were mostly good at cricket. I was hopeless. But I still enjoy WATCHING cricket.
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The reason for the LBW rule is, unlike baseball, there is a wicket to defend.
So batsmen could use their legs to obstruct the ball and stay in!
Yes, there are no wickets / stumps to defend in baseball but from the time any junior starts playing pitch baseball he / she is schooled to "protect the plate". That is to say defend your strike zone.
You should look up Irish hurling, it’s a rather intense sport and the rules and style looks sort of like LaCrosse on steroids no pun intended!
It's an amazingly hybrid game. Hurling and sepak takraw are truly games which deserve a far broader audience base.
To answer some of your questions. 1. If the ball is pitched and doesn't bounce and is above the waist of the batsman, this is an illegal ball and the bowler has to bowl it again as it is fairly dangerous. This is to answer you question about if there were any fowls like in baseball for the pitcher. Apart from this, which is very very rare, and depending on the format of the game, there are very minimal restrictions for fouls. Basically anything goes. The ball just needs to either bounce or be 'pitched' or 'bowled' below the waist. It can bounce on the wicket which most bowlers do and sometimes they use tricks to make it move in the air or off the ground. I believe in baseball you call them curve balls or something. For the 5 day game, these can be spectacular events when there is a good game on. Basically each session for 1 day lasts about 7 hours with 90 overs balled each day so they will start at 10am and finish at around 6pm with several breaks in between like a 30 min lunch break and several drinks breaks too. Final answer. You asked something if you actually think about, you can figure out the most logical answers to each question. You asked does the ball need to hit all 3 sticks in the wicket to be out? No. What it needs to do is just dislodge 1 of the bails that sits atop the 3 sticks. If you look carefully at the 3 sticks, you will notice 2 tiny sticks on top of these sticks or wickets as they are called. The tiny sticks that lodge on top of the wickets are called bails. Basically if you hit the wickets with the ball, the force from it quite easily knocks the bails off. When that happens, the batsman is out. If you watch some videos, you can see the bowler bowling so fast he absolutely destroys the wickets and you can see the bails are ripped off. Fun to see : czcams.com/video/No2Nz4R4HUs/video.html. Everything else, just slow it down and try to understand basic concepts and then watch some highlights and do reaction videos and get ppl to help you. IMO, its a superior game to baseball as instead of just swinging at the ball which is really just 1 wild swing, you have a wide variety of shots and the entire round oval field is in play unlike baseball. Obviously you probably will disagree but I have to admit I am biased. Good luck
Bowling at the player or bowling “bouncers” towards the head is done but is generally not seen as sporting
It happens, but "it's just not cricket". ;)
For test cricket, the limit is morning until sunlight goes away. There is a new type of test cricket now where the game can continue with stadium lights, which used Pink ball.
A test match last 5 days and play occurs from 11:00am until 6:00pm (or until it get too dark to play) There is a 30 minute lunch break at 1:00pm and a 15 minute "tea" break at 3:00pm. The LBW rule only applies if the ball hits the batsman's leg below the knee and he is standing in line with the middle stump. The umpire also has to take into account the rising ball will pass over the top of the stumps. Google "the ashes" to watch some top notch cricket.
To answer your question at 3:20, if the bowler hits the batsman when he is NOT in front of the wicket, the batsman must run to the other end before the fielding side can collect the ball. These are classed as extra runs, or specifically, leg byes.
Bowlers are usually specialist players who will bowl either seam or spin. Seam bowlers are fast and rely on swinging the ball in the air and/or hitting the seam on the pitch to vary the movement of the ball. Seam bowlers usually take a shorter run up and deliver the ball from either the front or back of the hand, imparting a rapid spin to deliver the ball into, or away from the batsman.
Someone else who has mistyped! I'm pretty sure you meant to say that "SPIN bowlers usually take a shorter run up....." Lisa and Jock, you'll end up confusing our baseball coach even more than necessary! ;)
With test cricket they generally start at 10 am and finish at 6pm each day with breaks for lunch and afternoon tea. The umpires can call it a day early if there is bad light after the sun goes down. they will take a break when it rains and come back out after the shower passes or lose a day for rain sometimes and sometimes its a washout
Playing time in Test Cricket is 6 hours a day; three periods of two hours. The game is popular in England, Austrailia, New Zealand, Pakiistan, India and the Carineann.
The (1st) bowler will deliver 6 balls to make 1 over. Another (2nd) bowler then takes over and bowls another over from the opposite end of the wicket. The 1st bowler then returns to bowl. The bowlers typically bowl a number of overs, may be 8. Then a 3rd bowler may replace the 1st bowler. Any of the fielding side can take their turn at bowling. In a 'limited' over game of maybe 40 overs for the whole innings - then an individual bowler is likely to be limited to 10 overs before being 'bowled out'.
the way he said 5 days??? 🤣🤣 YES SIR IT IS 5 DAYS
The answer to the question about the ball hitting the batsman comes down to the difference in the bowlers role compared to a baseball pitchers role. In baseball like games the pitcher has the job of delivering a ball for the batter to hit. A strike is a ball in the right place for the batter to hit, a no ball is one he can’t hit easily. So a ball that hits the batter is one he can’t hit and is dangerous hence penalised.
In cricket the bowlers role is to attempt to knock over the wicket and the batsman’s role is to defend the wicket with their bat. 6 of the 10 ways of getting out amount to failing to defend the wicket (bowled, lbw, stumped, run out, hit wicket, and handled the ball). So the batsman not the bowler is at fault if they are hit. To be given out LBW the ball doesn’t have to hit your legs if you fall over or duck and the ball hits your body you can be out LBW.
There are rules to protect the batsman from being deliberately attacked by the bowler, one calls a no ball for a ball that is well above the stumps and doesn’t bounce before reaching the batsman. The other limits the number of fielders behind the batsman on his leg side (the batsman’s left side for a right handed batsman).
In test cricket the limit of hours per day is ~8 hours and ~90 overs to be bowled. There are also tea and lunch breaks :)
Another way of being run out is that
If a throw to the stumps results in the bails being dislodged and the batsman is inside his crease and the ball goes further to allow more runs but within the boundary rope, then a batsman can be run out returning but the fielder must by using the ball in their hands completely dislodge at least two stumps or the remaining stumps from the ground.
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Cricket is the 2nd most watched and played sport in the world behind soccer, it’s played everywhere literally
No penalty for hitting a batsman. It's considered a vital part of a fast bowlers repertoire to aim/hit the body to soften up a batsman, the most feared delivery being called a bouncer where they deliberately pitch the ball short in order to get it to rear up at head height. Batsmen wear steel toecap shoes, large pads from ankle to just above the knee, a thigh pad, gloves, helmet and some wear a lower chest pad to protect against balls to the ribs. Fast bowlers are capable of bowling 90+mph, when you take into account it's coming off the ground you have to judge both speed, bounce and direction all at once.
Cricket is the traditional summer village sport you'll see in many English villages in the summer. The pitches are often remarked for soccer pitches in the winter months.
The top cricket nation's tend to be Australia, New Zealand, India and Pakistan.
The top flight professional game in England is played between Counties (States) and not Cities like most other sports. This is addition to national games.
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Hilarious how Americans think the batter should get a reward for being hit by the ball. The adrenaline that comes from understanding that you could get hurt is half the fun of batting. It’s not like you’re defenceless, they let you carry a bat!.
Cricket was brought to England by itinerent Flemish farm workers in the late 17th century. Back in Flanders they used notches in sticks to record the score, the old Dutch word for stick was Krikke, thus the name. This is also why somebody who is very good at something is described as 'top notch'. Cricket (like baseball) had started as a defending the castle type game, originally the target was wicker gates between farm fields, known in Dutch as Wickets. The pivoted bar at the top of the wicket that held the gate in place was called a beil (pronounced like 'bale' in English.) When the game arrived in England they didn't have the wicker gates so they used tree stumps. This is why today the wickets are sometimes referred to as stumps, and vice versa. The ball was originally bowled along the ground which is why the pitchers are called bowlers, it was women who forced the turn towards overarm delivery because their wide 17th and 18th century dresses made bowling difficult.
The limit for test cricket is 1. Completion of 90 overs a day or 2. Before completing 90 overs, if a sun light gone the match will stop and continue to next day.
ive lived in australia for 20 years, I finally get to sit down and understand the rules of cricket now.
Re: rule one. The ball can hit any stump/wicket, but it is not out if a bail is not dislodged.
Re: Test cricket. Each day is about 6 hours of play or 90 overs.
Re: Bowlers. A bowler can only bowl every second over. So a different bowler operates from each end. In the shorter formats there is a limit on how many overs each bowler can bowl. In a 50 over game a bowler can bowl a maximum of 10 overs. In test cricket there is no limit on how many overs a bowler may bowl.
5:31 90 Overs per Day is played or it may decrease or exceed based on the weather or light
Cricket originated in S.E England in the late 16th century. First ever international cricket match was between America and Canada in 1844. Study the rules more, find a couple of umpires who already know the rules, get yourself some gear, find some opposition, and start organising a game. It's addictive.
The major difference for someone coming from baseball to cricket to understand is the balance of power between bat and ball is inverted. In cricket the advantage is almost always with the batsman, and a good performance from a batsman in the longer forms of the game is 50-100 runs (the record for a test match is 400). Wickets are game changing moments. The major difference between limited overs and first class (multi day) cricket is that in first class cricket each side has two innings with no limit on how long they can bat for, and you have to get all the other side's wickets twice to win. Any other result is a draw. This massively changes the tactics, since the offensive/defensive roles are reversed between the batsmen and the bolwers.
Answering your questions: No, you don't have to hit all 3 of the wickets, just as long as the "stumps" on top of them are dislodged, it's an out. Regarding the penalty, no. The bowler does sometimes bowl wide (not deliberately) and the batsman will still try to hit the ball. If he misses and the ball hits him instead, it's not the fault of the bowler. A very wide ball being bowled though that is deemed as a ball the batsman would not have been able to hit is however a penalty and one run gets added to the batting teams score. On the five days, the limits per day would usually be the same as a 1 day match. Visibility of the ball in both those formats also play a role. If it gets too late and the batsman can no longer see the ball in bad light, the day is called off and they start where they left off the next day. It is very popular in India yes, but the sport originated in Britain and most nations play it. I would recommend watching any videos you can from a man called AB de Villiers, including his fastest to 50 runs and fastest to 100 runs also his Superman catch and his best fielding moments. Most people would agree he is one of the best cricketers ever. Also watch old players like Jonty Rhodes and his Superman run out and watch players like Brian Lara and bowlers like Makhaya Ntini.
Cricket is primarily played by countries in the Commonwealth of Nations. Test Cricket is the original form played, this was then followed by One Day cricket; T20 or twenty-twenty is the most rapid form of the game. Besides the games organized throughout the International Cricket Board, there is an IPL(Indian Players League) which features players contracted from around the world.