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Are you american? have you been confused yet today?

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DrStrangelove
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well if you haven't, you're about to be:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

have fun with that, ive been it for 30 minutes and clicking on all the relevant links and i still have no fucking clue how it works
Oct 3 2009 1:31AM
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DrStrangelove
Posts: 1948 - Karma: 3
i mean to say "ive been reading it for 30 minutes"

fuck, i hate having to respond to my own posts with corrections
Oct 3 2009 1:32AM
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gordie.
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i live in canada
we have no major cricket leagues, it doesnt have widespread popularity, and no one really likes it
but most of the people still know how to play it, its not that confusing strange or new of a game
its been around forever and its wildly popular some places
Oct 3 2009 1:35AM
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k-rob
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i'm not American, but this Sir Don Bradman guy is really fucking cool.
Oct 3 2009 1:37AM
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Mr.Panda
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Yes, I have been confused today.  And yes, this is making it worse.  Can we get someone fromnd to explain this to us?
Oct 3 2009 1:38AM
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DrStrangelove
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yeah, duh it's hugely popular someplace, it's like the biggest sport in india, im not trying to be a close-minded asshole, im just saying i have noooooooo idea how it works and neither do 95% of americans, we have enough trouble trying to remember how baseball works, or whether or not actual "intent of deliberate forward motion" is a factor under consideration when deciding whether or not that last play was an incomplete pass or a fumble

i mean, i get the basics of cricket, but then they start throwing in terms like "limited overs" and "googly-style bowlers" and a bunch of acronyms and i just get lost...
Oct 3 2009 1:40AM
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Frank_Spinatra
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i had a guy from India explain it to me a few weeks ago while watching it on tv in a bar.  I probably stopped him 20 times to say "well that's fucking stupid".  I can't imagine spending 5 days playing a boring-ass game.
Oct 3 2009 1:40AM
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Mr.Panda
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That was supposed to say someone from England to explain this to us.  Fucking computers and laying in bed trying to type.
Oct 3 2009 1:40AM
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DrStrangelove
Posts: 1948 - Karma: 3
that's the fucked up thing, the short kind is called "speed cricket" and has a limited number of overs so that the games "dont last more than a day"...but the fucked up thing is that everyone from hardcore cricket countries HATES speed cricket...they would literally rather stand around and watch teams place serious week-long test matches

cricket with limited overs is designed to makes cricket matches last no longer than, say, a long baseball game...and long baseball games make me want to kill myself
Oct 3 2009 1:43AM
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tigon
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AMG IM SO CONFUZED
Oct 3 2009 1:44AM
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carbon.pulse
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Haha its so funny watching Americans and countries try and understand cricket.

Basically, the 3 forms of cricket are just how long the games are.

20/20, twenty overs each. One innings per team.
One dayers, 50 overs each. One innings per team.
Tests, how ever many overs are needed, but there is a limit of 5 days. 2 innings per team.

Each game is just 20/50/however many overs of 6 balls per team where the teams have to try to score as many runs as possible. Highest score wins.

Bowlers bowl the ball and try to hit the wickets or get the batsmen to hit it to a fielder. Batsmen try to get as many runs as possible before they are out.

If anyone wants more explanation just ask.


Oct 3 2009 1:53AM
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DrStrangelove
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see, any more explanation would just make it worse...ive read all of that stuff and it still doesnt mean anything to me

im just gonna have to watch a match sometime and have a cricket expert there to walk me through it
Oct 3 2009 1:55AM
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AdolfShitler
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cricket is for pussies
Oct 3 2009 2:45AM
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PacificRimJob
Posts: 24703 - Karma: 29,680

Just look at the positions! HOLY CLUSTERFUCK!

Oct 3 2009 2:57AM
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babujib
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whats a over?
whats a dayer?
whats a tests?
whats a inning?
whats a wicket?
whats the point?
Oct 3 2009 2:57AM
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PacificRimJob
Posts: 24703 - Karma: 29,680

Cock... I accidently copied the german one... here's the one in eng.

Again... why so many goddamn positions?

Oct 3 2009 3:04AM
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PacificRimJob
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okay. WHAT THE FUCK COMPUTER. COPY THE CORRECT ONE GODDAMNIT!

THERE. FINALLY.

Oct 3 2009 3:06AM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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Their are not people in all those positions, people can just be their if they want.
Oct 3 2009 4:04AM
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DrStrangelove
Posts: 1948 - Karma: 3
yah, but just the fact that there are so many options and they all have names seems prohibitively confusing
Oct 3 2009 4:06AM
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k-rob
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this is an interesting use of the word prohibitively.
Oct 3 2009 4:12AM
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HWW
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An over is 6 balls from the bowler towards the batsman.

A one dayer is a one day long match, where 50 overs per team are bowled.

A test is a match that goes on for up to 5 days, for as long as both teams need to get each other out.

An inning is all the batsmen getting to play once. (until they're out / until the overs are finished). Each time does this, then swaps.

A wicket is behind the batsman (there is also a wicket opposite, at the other end of the strip), and it is what the bowler tries to hit with the ball. A wicket consists of 3 wooden posts (stumps) in the ground, with 2 small pieces of wood (bails) resting on top of it. If the bails come off the batsman is out.

(it's not quite that simple, but that's how it works.)









Oct 3 2009 4:27AM
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eheath
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We played cricket in gym like my sophomore year of high school, shit is fun
Oct 3 2009 5:58AM
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nickyp
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Oct 3 2009 9:03AM
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steveyp
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No you didn't.

You've never been anywhere near a gym, or a gym class in your entire life.
Oct 3 2009 9:05AM
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OhMyBosh
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Let me try:

There are 10 batsmen per team (lets call them batters to make it easier).
There is a bowler (lets call him a pitcher to make it easier)
There are 2 batters on the pitch (lets call it a field) at a time, but thats not really relevant, so just pretend that there is 1 at a time.
The pitcher throws the ball towards the batter to try and hit the wickets behind him. Think of it like baseball except instead of just a plate, there are sticks in the ground the pitcher is trying to hit.
The batter is trying to hit the ball, it can go in any direction. He can chose not to run when he hits it. If he does chose to run, he can run from his wicket to where the pitcher threw from and back. Each time he runs there and back he gets 2 runs.
If the batter hits the ball out of the field without the ball bouncing, he gets 6 runs. If it goes out of the field but it touches the ground 1st he gets 4 runs.

The batting team plays either until every batter is out (either the pitcher hits the wicket, or a ball they hit is caught), and then the teams switch. The team with the most runs at the end wins.
There are also games where instead of going until everyone is out, the pitcher throws a certain amount of pitches, and then the teams switch. Again, the team with the most amount of runs at the end wins.



^That is a very simple explanation. If you dont understand it still you are mentally retarded. Obviously i have left out a lot of details, but none of which are really necessary when it comes to understanding how the game works.
Oct 3 2009 10:35AM
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yellav
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so baseball = fat dumbed down american cricket is what im getting out of this.
Oct 3 2009 10:52AM
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gordie.
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same here, i loved it
its fun
Oct 3 2009 10:58AM
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DrStrangelove
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i mean it's confusing enough to render the sport inaccessible to loads of people...i just hope youre not debating the english language with me, cause it's a pretty common construction
Oct 3 2009 11:09AM
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MCIRONCOCK
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Same here, except it wasn't really fun.  We played with shitty PlaySkool bats and a whiffle ball, and no could understand how to play right.
Oct 3 2009 11:20AM
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prontocuts.com
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I'm american and know what cricket is, its not that hard to not be ignorant
Oct 3 2009 11:22AM
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DrStrangelove
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everyone knows WHAT cricket is you jagoff, why must people like you troll this site trying to find threads to build ivory towers in?

im just saying i dont know how the fuck to play it
Oct 3 2009 12:01PM
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sarahskis
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Story:

One time my mom crashed her car into a ditch, and it was in the middle of NOWHERE, dirt roads, no one around, no cell cervice. 

My dads an aussie and took it upon himself to teach us how to play cricket, there was magibally some of the bats and a wicket and balls in the back. 

minus all the positions and rules, its fun
Oct 3 2009 12:04PM
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Hoppy
Posts: 685 - Karma: 95
11.

Its a game of tactics.

On the fielding side the captain has to pick what type of bowling is needed (e.g spin, medium pace, fast bowling etc), to outwit the batter. He also has to set his players that are out in the field, in positions where he thinks the batter may like to place the ball. The bowler then bowls, varying his bowling to try an fool the batter.

On the batting side the batter has to be patient and pick his shots carefully. If hes got alot of overs, he wont want to get out too quickly.  Also if he knows one of the fielders is worse than the rest he can try and place the ball into space near that fielder.

Meh, theres so much more to know.
Oct 3 2009 12:28PM
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frosted_flakes
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it's pretty ironic that your icon says liverpool

cricket isn't that confusing, the only thing that makes it confusing is all the stupid ass words they use for the positions and batters and runs and stuff. I still don't know half the rules yet though, theres way too many

Oct 3 2009 12:37PM
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DrStrangelove
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how is that ironic? just cause it's an english club? and people play cricket in england? yah, makes sense...im a liverpool fan, so naturally i should understand cricket
Oct 3 2009 12:53PM
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frosted_flakes
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i said it was ironic, not you should know cricket because your are a liverpool fan... jesus christ get off ur period
Oct 3 2009 12:55PM
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DrStrangelove
Posts: 1948 - Karma: 3
i just havent had my frosted flakes yet this morning, lemme get back to you about the period thing after that
Oct 3 2009 12:56PM
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frosted_flakes
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frosted flakes are necessary

Oct 3 2009 12:57PM
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OhMyBosh
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You dont seem to understand the concept of irony.
Oct 3 2009 1:01PM
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r0dubs
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fuck it
english people are retarded to want to play a game that confusing
Oct 3 2009 1:04PM
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Hoppy
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The English.............and half of the world
Oct 3 2009 3:40PM
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Thenowhereman42
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My whole family is english and I still don't know how to play it because even the english think its the most boring thing in the world.  Only Australians, Pakistanis, and Indians like cricket. 

Pakistanis and Indians fucking love cricket though.
Oct 3 2009 4:08PM
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Jamestown
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Haha, was that a Pitt vs. Louisville reference?


Oct 3 2009 4:10PM
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DrStrangelove
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i only watched part of that game so i have no idea...just football in general though, that fucking rule gets pulled out almost every game
Oct 3 2009 4:20PM
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PacificRimJob
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More like, baseball is similar to cricket, with half the size of the field... 4 times as many wicket zones or whatever the fuck you want to call them, almost as many players, way shorter games, more racous fans (i've watched a good bit of it on espn360 to try to understand it and it's basically like tennis), you actually know who won after the game is over, Oh, and when we hit a home run... shit hit's the fan.

Basically I hate on cricket the same way as other people hate on US football... Baseball is way more badass. You dont dress up like a hockey goalie to bat... you take it like a man and fuckin kill it.

oh, and in baseball, you dont run up and throw the ball like a monkey to pitch, or 'BOWL' as cricketeers call it.

I know I'm  hating hardcore, but one last thing - cricket is a retarded name for a sport.

Oct 4 2009 3:04AM
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BdoubleU
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your a fucking fagget
Oct 4 2009 3:13AM
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Mr.Panda
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Oct 4 2009 3:14AM
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al_britskiier
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No we dont.  It was front page news almost everyday this summer when we beat the Aussies.  Its a love it or hate it game. and a hell of alot of english people do infact love it.
Oct 4 2009 6:54AM
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Hoppy
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Nah man, baseball is more like rounders..............which women play.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounders



VIVA LA CRICKET!........old bean
Oct 4 2009 8:25AM
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OhMyBosh
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Thats a horrible comparison. You cant compare the two sports just because they involve a ball and a bat.
Its like me saying baseball is for pussies because in basketball you can dunk on people.
Oct 4 2009 12:44PM
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