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laxkid7 t1_isya1ob wrote

The more i hear about cricket the more confused i get

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AzLibDem t1_isyln53 wrote

It's just baseball with two bases, you can hit in any direction, and you keep hitting until you're out.

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honestparfait t1_it24eqi wrote

Also the value of runs and wickets / outs are somewhat reversed

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AzLibDem t1_it2dh6k wrote

Sure, there a lot of different details, but my point is that it's really not that hard to figure out the basics.

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TerrenceJesus8 t1_it27ise wrote

Yup, it’s actually pretty fun to watch once you know how it works

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CaptainGoose t1_isyd844 wrote

It's a version of the game called T20. Each team has 20 overs (1 over is 6 pitches) to score as high as they can.

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biscuitslayer77 t1_isyjg1m wrote

This doesn't help us lmao

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Squints1234567 t1_isyjml3 wrote

When explaining provides less clarity

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CaptainGoose t1_isyl5jf wrote

Sorry, I'm a tad drunk.

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lemonloaff t1_isyxi7q wrote

It was clear. I had two Englishmen explain Cricket to me in 15 minutes and I understood just fine. People in North America like to meme about how hard Cricket is to understand because they just don't care to understand.

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CaptainGoose t1_isyxw11 wrote

I think Jomboy has a decent video for the baseball fans - I actually watch him for baseball.

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Squints1234567 t1_iszqnjd wrote

As I was browsing the comments, looking for explanations as I was generally curious.

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chrisb993 t1_isypw0k wrote

In baseballese

Instead of measuring the game in terms of innings which only end with 3 outs, they measure the length of a game in terms of pitches so that a game takes a lot less time. Each team has, say 50 pitches to score as many runs as possible. If you score a run, you get to carry on batting, but if you're out, you're out for the whole of the innings. If your whole team is out before the 50 pitches are up, too bad.

At the end of the 50 pitch/all out inning, the other team have a maximum of 50 pitches to try and score more runs than you did. If they beat your score in 50 pitches or less they win, if they don't, you win.

If you're tied (and it's a knockout match so you need to find a winner), you go to a mini inning each of, say, 5 pitches. If it's still a draw, pluck up some arbitrary rule such as 'most home runs' to split them (and run away from any New Zealanders).

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MrCunninghawk t1_isyy3qd wrote

Each team gets a turn to bat. When batting, they have 20 "overs" worth of balls to score off of. Each over is 6 balls. The bowler Wil bowl the ball 6 times in an attempt get the batsman out, while the batsman will attempt to hit the ball and score runs.

The batting team needs to post a high score between their collective batsmen. They have 20 overs and 10 outs to do this. If the bowling team gets all the batsmen out, that is also the end of the batting teams "innings".

It is then the job of the team batting second to chase the score and surpass it within, you guessed it, 20 overs and 10 outs.

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biscuitslayer77 t1_isyyap5 wrote

Why do these games take like 10 hours?

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XraftcoHD t1_isyz0ry wrote

They don't, this is T20 which lasts like 3 hours

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MrCunninghawk t1_isz2gzq wrote

This is a version called T-20, 20 overs. So it doesn't take as long as "One day" cricket, which has 50 overs an innings.

This is more like 3 hours

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biscuitslayer77 t1_iszbncw wrote

Why on gods earth would someone want to play THAT long?

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MrCunninghawk t1_iszexer wrote

Bro that's nothing, there is also the OG form of cricket. "Test" match. Which goes for days and days.

How long does the average baseball game take? I feel like it's quite long. Same with NFL, every superb owl I've watched as been like the whole afternoon. When we watch MMA PPV's that's like most of the day if u start with the early prelims.

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broke-collegekid t1_it02xi7 wrote

So each team gets 120 potential swings at the ball to get as many hits (which I assume equals points scored) as possible?

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AzLibDem t1_it0mhxl wrote

Yes, plus if the ball makes it to the boundary of the field, it's four runs scored; if it goes over the boundary without hitting the ground, it's six.

Campher scored 72 off 32 balls, so more than two runs per ball on average.

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PooperJackson t1_isyx0cr wrote

Most of the things you said were real words so no complaints here.

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servantoflegba t1_isyvxs0 wrote

I swear, that headline sounds like complete gibberish if you know nil about cricket (me)

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AzLibDem t1_it0ltvm wrote

>Curtis Campher scores 72 not out and leads Irish victory over Scotland in Irelands highest ever run case

Curtis Campher scores 72 runs to win the game and score a record for Ireland.

"not out" = the batsmen continue to be at bat until being "out", which happens if the ball is caught in the air, the wicket is broken, or they are forced out while running.

Since he finished the game without that happening, he was "not out".

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servantoflegba t1_it1jzrf wrote

I kinda figured the meaning, doesn’t change the fact the original headline sounds like a stroke

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onepageresumeguy t1_it85nu1 wrote

More like you can't comprehend basic language.

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servantoflegba t1_ita089a wrote

Lol the sentence only makes sense that d you interpret “not out” as a word/term as well as “run case”

This becomes natural if you dive into a hobby or niche, but makes no sense outside of it.

Also.. I did. manage to figure it out. And no, English is not my native tongue.

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onepageresumeguy t1_itavvdt wrote

I just noticed the "case" Lol it's actually chase... The guy made a typo

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