Is this Cricket?

[Elgee]

Yeah at least we beat someone at something - our bees are killer! :P

 

*High 5's Sooh back*

[Panchi]

Our bees provide honey. Really. For free too (when they make a comb in your house)

[Ryrin]

What does this all mean?

 

[Elgee]

The Wicket Keeper is the guy who stands behind the stumps (wickets) where the striker is, and attempts to catch the striker out:

 

 

 

The Striker is the batsman who is currently batting:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wickets are the stumps ( 3 wooden (probably plastic, now) poles) with 2 bails on top (makes them look a bit like Stonehenge):

 

 

The Batsman (Striker or Non-Striker) must have his bat grounded in the Batting Crease

 

 

if for some reason the Bails are Lifted while the ball is in play:

 

or he'll be given out by the Umpire:

 

 

 

The Pitch consists of the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets — 1 chain or 22 yards (20.12 m) long and 10 feet (3.05 m) wide. The surface is flat and normally covered with extremely short grass though this grass is soon removed by wear at the ends of the pitch. The Bowler must place each delivery somewhere on the pitch, not to far outside the line to the stumps (or it will be deemed a Wide Ball. Same rules apply then as to a No Ball.)

 

 

 

The Non-Striker is the Batsman not currently facing the ball. He stands around the Bowling Crease area and should also have his bat grounded,

 

 

ready to run. He should NOT be shrieking like a girl and throwing his bat in the air just because his batting partner (the Striker at the other end) just whacked a ball so hard it's coming straight at him at 5000 miles an hour.  Or because he saw a spider on the Bowling Crease.

 

 

 

 

Main Umpire: Traditionally, cricket matches have two umpires on the field, one standing at the end where the bowler delivers the ball (Bowler's end), and one directly opposite the facing batsman (usually, but not always, at square leg). However, in the modern game, there may be more than two umpires; for example Test Matches have four: two on-field umpires, a third umpire who has access to video replays, and a fourth umpire who looks after the match balls, takes out the drinks for the on-field umpires, and also arranges travel and meals for all of the umpires.

 

When a ball is being bowled, one umpire (the bowler's end umpire or MAIN UMPIRE) stands behind the stumps at the non-striker's end (that is, the end from which the ball is being bowled), which gives him a view straight down the pitch.

The second (the striker's end umpire) takes the position that he feels gives him the best view of the play. Through long tradition, this is usually square leg – in line with the popping crease and a few yards to the batsman's leg side – hence he is sometimes known as the square leg umpire.

 

At the end of each over, the two umpires will exchange roles. Because the bowlers end alternates between overs, this means they only move a short distance.

 

 

 

 

The Bowling Crease belongs to the Umpire. Part of the bowler's front foot in the delivery stride must fall behind the popping crease (see below), or it will be called a No Ball, which means the batting team automatically get 1 run, PLUS he must bowl another ball.

 

 

The Bowler is the guys bowling the ball at the Striker:

 

 

He is attempting to get the Striker out by various means, like Clean Bowling him (the idiot missed the ball completely and it's hit the stumps and lifted the bails):

 

 

Or caught in the Slips by one of the Fielders:

 

Or Caught Behind (caught by the Wicket Keeper):

 

 

When he thinks he's gotten a Striker out, he may appeal to the Umpire in a dignified manner to have the Striker be Given Out:

 

 

Should he be successful in his appeal, he and his fellow team members may celebrate the matter, again in a dignified and sportsmanlike manner:

 

 

But not on the Pitch.

[Ryrin]

Does the ball then, sit on the wicket and is hit off of it instead of being pitched like baseball?

[Elgee]

The ball gets bowled "into" the pitch, from where it bounces at the batsman. The speed and height with which it does that, depends on what type of bowler is bowling (spin or fast, mostly). Not sure how it's done in baseball - not a game that is played or watched over here.

[dicetosser1]

Does the ball then, sit on the wicket and is hit off of it instead of being pitched like baseball?

 

 

The ball gets bowled "into" the pitch, from where it bounces at the batsman. The speed and height with which it does that, depends on what type of bowler is bowling (spin or fast, mostly). Not sure how it's done in baseball - not a game that is played or watched over here.

 

The ball gets "bowled" in an overarm roundarmed sort of motion. Bend your elbow then rotate your arm over in a circle and u'll be getting it. It is bowled from the other end of the pitch.

 

Baseball   the Ball is thrown at the batter. It is supposed to travel over the home plate between the chest and knees of the batter. This is called the Strike Zone.

 

Both of these things can be coming at the batter at over 100km per hr. Getting hit    as i did last night    is NOT fun

[Sooh]

*gives Dice another bag of ice and snow wrapped in a towel*

 

There ya go...

[Turin Turambar]

Poor dice. Hbp. Rub some dirt on it.

 

100 kph or 100 mph?

 

Major League pitchers frequently throw at 95 mph or better.

[Elgee]

Fast Bowlers bowl in the 140kph to 150kph range.

[Barid Bel Medar]

The ball is also a lot smaller and somewhat harder than a baseball. 

[Pralaya]

I need to watch a game. The first time I saw it I turned off the channel when I saw the men with the hats in the "end zone."

You need to start watching the shorter form of the game. They are called T20s :)

[Pralaya]

Poor dice. Hbp. Rub some dirt on it.

 

100 kph or 100 mph?

 

Major League pitchers frequently throw at 95 mph or better.

Ball is way harder and you need to account for the bounce too. An prominent Australian cricketer died last year after he got hit by the ball during a batch.

[Turin Turambar]

But how do you score?

[Barid Bel Medar]

A sad day in the cricket world. Richie Benaud has died at 84. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-10/richie-benaud-dead/6009202

[Elaevia]

But how do you score?

By running. The batsman run to the wickets at the other end, so they swop position for each 'run' they score. The fielding team will try to knock the bales off the stumps with the ball while the batsman are running to get one of them out.

 

If the batsman hits the ball and it goes off the pitch without hitting the ground they score 6. If it goes off the pitch but it has hit the ground they score 4.

[Elgee]

A sad day in the cricket world. Richie Benaud has died at 84. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-10/richie-benaud-dead/6009202

 

That is so very sad :(

 

Our condolences.

[Ryrin]

I'm watching Cricket on YouTube.

 

That is all.

[Elgee]

Awesome! What game where, when? Who's playing?

[Ryrin]

A championship one between South Africa and Australia. I'm fascinated by how the "pitcher" sprints up to the line and flings that ball as hard as he can. It appears that you can get many points from one batter.

 

It's a good thing when the ball hits the boundary or edge?

[Barid Bel Medar]

A championship one between South Africa and Australia. I'm fascinated by how the "pitcher" sprints up to the line and flings that ball as hard as he can. It appears that you can get many points from one batter.

 

It's a good thing when the ball hits the boundary or edge?

 

'Bowler' is the term used for what is a 'pitcher' in Cricket :) 

 

And yes, it is good to hit the boundary. The 'runs' are literally that, the number of times the batsmen run to each end. However, hitting the ball to the boundary gives you 4 runs. Hitting it OVER the boundary on the full gives you 6. 

 

As you may have noticed if you have commentators, they sometimes call these 'boundaries', for the obvious reason. 

[Ryrin]

Yes. I heard the commentators make remarks about that and 4 and 6 runs.

 

He's the "bowler!"

 

Thanks for the info. I'm going to learn this game.

[Elgee]

I should take you to Newlands when you come visit *grins*

[Ryrin]

I'll get there. ;)