As an Australian, my advice to people who are new to cricket is to start with t20 and work your way up to test. Cause test can get pretty boring sometimes.
Yes that is good advice especially if the test wicket is as dead as the ones in the last few ashes tests then for people starting it would find those games pretty boring
5 days sounds a long time, but it is just a different rhythm. It becomes the background to your life for that time. I like all formats, but the tests are the most epic.
5 days cricket is called Test cricket. It is the original format of cricket. There are other formats like T20 and ODI, One is 4hrs game and other is approx 10hrs game respectively. But in Test it tests your techinque,patience,and fitness.
@@rishis4292agree Test is not for constant watch..... Test is for Men vs men That fast bowler spell. That acceleration at the last session. And for sleeping at night with 10 theories and prediction about next day.
20 overs cricket more palatable to some, but it doesn't come close to the true form of the game. Test cricket is where it's at. The mere fact that the condition of the pitch changes over time makes Test cricket a completely different ball game, no pun intended. 20/20 is great but it's basically just trying to hit every ball for six.
One correction I want to point out is that at 16:23 target:222 doesn't mean that India scored 222 runs rather it means that India scored 221 runs and now to beat them England has to score atleast 222 runs. Basically, target is the least amount of runs a team has to make to defeat the opponent team which is always one run more than the no. of runs made by the opponent team.
If ppl actually understand how cricket is played, they'll be blown out of their minds. The way the team sets their field and the way the bowler bowls the ball exactly so tht the fielder gets the ball. It's amazing tbh.
Just from your name, I understand why. Cricket provides a great deal of time for self-reflection and meditation. It's a well known fact that most great philosophical insights happened at cricket matches. Indeed, the gradual decline of Western philosophical thought, can be traced to the introduction of one day matches.
Fun fact - in Australia, our football (AFL) was invented in the 1850s to keep cricketers fit in the winter, and that’s why AFL games are played on cricket ovals - so they get used all year round.
@@himanshupanwar6974I think while still somewhat popular, it is now growing because we have so many more migrants coming from India. While Australians like cricket, Indians love it.
One key element of all cricket formats is the role of the Captain . Unlike most other sports, coaches have no role once the game gets underway. The Captains decide on tactics, bowler selection and field placings, great captains are tactical geniuses, especially the way they martial bowlers and move fielders to take advantage of the ground's dimensions and exploit the skill sets and vulnerabilities of the batters. For example if a batter is known to prefer the left side of their body for big hits, the captain can ask the bowler to bowl to the batter's right side to restrict scoring chances. Then when the batter gets frustrated the bowler can fire one to the batsman's preffered side and their over exuberance may result in them lofting the ball and being caught out. A good team will have specialised bowlers, there are 2 basic types; Fast bowlers and Spin Bowlers, the fast paced folk can deliver balls in excess of 90MPH, which can be intimidating, but if the batter gets their eye in, they can score many runs from fast bowlers. Spin bowling is a dark art, the ball can swing in the air or bounce left or right so the batter doesn't know where the ball is going to pitch. Good spin bowlers can mix left, right and straight balls in an over, which can become a very intense psychological battle. The Captain who is off the field also plays a role in the game, deciding which player will be out to bat next. Some for example like to alternate left and right handed batters, which causes headaches for the fielding side. It's a game of great subtley. Modern Televised games have a DRS element ,( digital review system), a fielding side appeals for an out and the batting side can challenge this with a DRS. (Bit like a booth review in NFL) It's great fun and adds to the tension, worth searching a video or 2 on the DRS and Hawkeye decisions The ball is about the size of a tennis ball and weighs 5 1/2 ounces and it is very hard, it stings when you catch it (if you have poor technique) only the wicket keeper is allowed to wear gloves. There have been deaths on the pitch when a player has been struck by a fast ball, these days batters are better protected, but broken fingers are not unusual and aggressive body-line bowling can lead to serious bruising. Some limited overs cricket is played with a white ball which is easier to see and works for games at night under food lights. First class cricket uses a red ball, which is harder to see and that in turn helps Captains set up more aggressive field placings. The ASHES the series between England and Australia came from a sporting column in a newspaper, and a trophy was commissioned containing some wood ash and presented to Ivo Bligh in Melbourne Australia the trophy is one of the smallest in the world, it is 4 inches high and made of pottery, it is currently "held" by Australia. after they drew the 2023 series with England in England. It resides more or less permanently in England and has never been an official trophy. The English team will travel to Australia next time to try to win the Ashes in a 5 match Test series. Test matches are played in both Cricket and Rugby, both sports being held in great regard by private schools in England and the old Empire. "Test" comes from the academic roots of the games.
It sounds odd, but a five day draw (or a tie, they are different!) can be the most exciting cricket. One team desperately trying not to lose wickets, the other team desperately trying to bowl them out. Every ball bowled could be a turning point. Edge of the seat stuff.
Agree. Jimmy Anderson v Steve Smith and ten Australian fielders last January was a spectacle! There was a shot at the point of delivery during the final overs on the broadcast where everyone on field except the square leg umpire was in the frame.
i will never forget that ashes test, Brett lee and Kasprowich fighting to win, Harmison with the short ball, aussies losing by 2 runs. absolute scenes afterwards
Test cricket is widely regarded as the highest form of the game, and rightly so. As Australian radio commentator Jim Maxwell said, "It has drama. It has theatre. And most of all, wonderful expression of character."
This is so true and I think the thing people miss when they scoff about matches lasting five days.... if you are losing a match in test cricket, you have to stand there in the field, losing, suffering through it, for day... after day... after day... it's like some sadistic psychological test. How are you going to react? Likewise if you are winning easily after the first day... what happens now? Do you still have the same commitment, intensity and focus on day 2? day 3? Nothing has happened of any interest for 4 hours, and now suddenly a ball is coming your way... Will you make the catch? Are you still sharp? Is your mind still in the game? It's a fascinating test of who players truly are in their hearts.
Test Cricket is something else. It is basically a cricket marathon for both teams. It's a true test of stamina, mental and physical fortitude, and sheer will. I really can't think of any other team sport, specifically, that rewards stamina and willpower as much as cricket does.
The closest I could think of would be motor endurance racing The whole team has to be ready for something to happen and they usually stay up for the whole race (6-24 hours) of course the drivers get swapped out during the time but they are still in for a couple hours at a time
Many people criticise the long format of the game but they don’t understand how it can be watched. I have it on in the background. When the action heats up then I’ll take time to sit and fully engage. Outside of that, it’s enjoyable to listen to the commentators witter on about the game, life, whatever. The commentators are as important as the game. For me there is nothing more exciting than when my team, England are bowling on a grassy English wicket which is offering something for the seamers and swing bowling. When I first started watching cricket, England were pants. My dad would always joke that the lad extras was our best batsman. Nonetheless, Gus Fraser got me hooked. A big lug of a man, he’d trundle in and land 6 in the same position. They’d all nip of the turf slightly differently and have the batsmen in knots. Mmmmm bliss! English wickets and conditions are the best for the game.
@@Pad13 REALLY fast spin bowlers that have accuracy are rare, and they're my favorite kind of bowler. When the pitch is extremely bouncy, even landing it in the exact same spot ball after ball means it can bounce VERY differently. So much fun to watch lol.
@@Pad13 As an Australian I wholeheartedly agree. You can really tell the game was invented on those wickets, and an even contest between bat and ball (maybe a little favouring the ball) on a wicket that swings and seams is the pinnacle of the sport. I have to say though that a similarly balanced contest on subcontinental wickets is almost as good. The predominance of spin bowling and the way that completely changes the way the whole game looks and feels is incredible. The southern hemisphere doesn't quite match up, but I will admit I have a special place in my heart for the mean fast bouncy wickets and the late afternoon Freemantle Doctor at the WACA. I was hooked in 2013 watching the sheer destructive force of the moustachioed Mitchell Johnson spearing in bouncers and body shots before offering the wicket ball juuust full of a length outside off or spearing into middle and leg with a yorker.
I am Australian, so have watched a lot of cricket, but I have been to a few baseball games. I think this guy did a great job explaining cricket for people familiar with baseball. There are obviously lots of subtleties not covered, but it is a very good introduction. One of the thing he could have included is the different types of bowlers. There are fast bowlers, who run in to bowl the ball quickly and might have the ability to swing the ball (make it move sideways in the air) or seam (bounce a little bit sideways), and spin bowlers, who bowl the ball less quickly but gets the ball to spin sideways either towards the bowlers legs or away from the bat. In terms of the best countries, England, India and Australia are often among the best nations, but teams' fortunes do fluctuate over time. Australia has just won the World Championship Test Match against India. This is a pretty new concept (this was only the second one played, the previous one being won by New Zealand). There are nine major test nations (England, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies - yes, not really a nation but in cricket they play as one) that play each other in test series (anything from one to six 5-day games) over the preceding 2 years, gaining points for wins and draws (when neither side can get the other out twice) and the two top sides play off for the championship at the end of the 2 years. Australia is now playing England for the Ashes (I am watching the first Ashes test right now). You might find it odd that a competition is called the Ashes and there is a story behind it. England invented the game and of course dominated in the early years. The first test match ever played was between Australia and England in 1877 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In 1882, Australia beat England in England for the first time, which was devastating for the English, and a satirical obituary, lamenting the death of English cricket, was published in an English newspaper. The obituary stated that "the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia". When England toured Australia, some women from Melbourne presented an urn (perhaps a perfume container?) maybe continuing the ashes of a cricket bail to the English captain (who later became the husband of one of those women). The tiny urn is not really a trophy but has become the symbol of test series between the countries, who play each other in two series (one in England, one in Australia) every 4 years. In terms of the most popular formats, it depends who you ask (which generation) and which country you are in. The shorter forms of the game, especially T20, have become increasingly popular. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional T20 competition in India that is extremely popular. The shorter forms of the game are more exciting in some respects, in that you will see more big hitting, but in my opinion, test cricket is more interesting and meaningful. The fortunes of the game can ebb and flow over the course of 5 days and wickets are more significant than in a limited overs game, where you don't necessarily need to bowl the other team out, just score more runs. A few of the most famous cricket grounds are Lords in London, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Adelaide Oval and Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town for different reasons: Lords because of its history, the Melbourne Cricket Ground because of its size (100,000 capacity) and history, Adelaide Oval because of its setting, with views to Moreton Bay fig trees and St Peter's Cathedral and Newlands because of Table Mountain looming behind it. Sydney Cricket Ground is also picturesque because it has retained two of its old stands.
the other thing would've been that bowlers are not allowed to bend their arms during the delivery, which is why they're said to be bowling rather than pitching
I'm a cricket fan but when I was last in the US I made an effort to go to a Baseball game and really enjoyed it. I did some research before and the thing that struck me and helped me understand the game, was that baseball is weighted in favour of the fielding side but cricket favours the side that is batting. Wickets are a big deal in cricket whereas it's runs in baseball. In terms of which is best to watch, I think cricket has the edge due to the variety of bowling styles and the wide range of shots. It's very pleasing on the eye. The flowing elegance of a quick bowler is a thing of fearsome beauty and a cover drive is worthy of a place in an art gallery!
There's also the pitch element The surface is a major factor in gameplay and team composition. This makes cricket a mixture of baseball and tennis almost
*I have played both (a lot more cricket than baseball) - But Baseball easily wins after the introduction T20 in cricket.* *They started T20 to make the game more popular by drastically reducing the boundary size, putting idiotic restrictions on the bowlers and field placement, and made rules like 'Free Hit' to favor the batsmen. All in an effort for the crowds to see more sixes, and thus, to create more excitement.* *This worked for a little bit - but now fans yawn at sixes. Every over is like 4 6 6 3 4 6. It's just boring to see this idiocy. A missed hit now lands for six in a 60 meter boundary. (In baseball, a missed hit NEVER goes for a homerun). As the old saying goes, "You can't scare them with the same alligator everyday."* *The uncertainty behind each pitch in baseball is still great because the rules are equally balanced between the pitcher and the hitter. In white ball cricket, the rules heavily favor the batsman.* *There wouldn't be anymore fun left in baseball if the park size is reduced to 175 feet and fields are forced to stay very close the mound. You will see homerun after homerun after homerun, and it's value be reduced to a point where hardly anyone will move out of there seats when a homerun is scored. That's exactly is what happened with cricket in T20 format.* *The distance required to a hit a six in cricket versus the distance required to a homerun in baseball is ASTRONIMICALLY different (96 feet vs 425 feet) - and THAT'S what separates boys from men.*
@@khaleefax9553 I Think You Not Watch T20 Matches Because You Are Saying All Over Like This 6,4,6,6,4,6 Not All Overs All Like This 24 Runs In An Overs There Are So Many Matches Like This 120 Runs Target 100 Runs Target
@@khaleefax9553 you’re just deluded. A baseball home run is far larger because a baseball bat is made for pure power hitting. It doesn’t need to accommodate for finesse or various stroke play, handle heaviness etc. that a cricket bat needs. Plus a baseball travels much easier through the air. Extreme example, go and throw a golf ball and then a cricket ball and see how far you can throw each. Baseballs material and aerodynamics allow for a flight path much more like a golf ball than a cricket ball
@@vtsv27 Watch older footage in Australia. The bats were paper thin and the boundaries were large enough that the batsmen would run four runs. When was the last time you saw that? Fans would jump out of their seats when a six was hit. It's *YOU* who is delusional if you don't believe that cricket rules have been changed to heavily favor the batsman. It now rains sixes and fans don't seems to move. These small boundary size, and tree trunks used in the name of cricket bats, under the power play field restrictions and free hit non-sense rule are TRUE SHAME for cricket.
@@khaleefax9553 On the tree trunk thing, as the technology of batmakign got better, of course they were going to be able to get more wood in less space. Even then, the bats that you are mentioning, the Donald bradman bats for example, are not that much different in size to a modern bat. The pick-up is heavier but as time has gone by beatmakers have figured out the best ratio of wood on the bat to be light to pick up and effective.
My first time watching cricket was The Ashes 2005 at Edgebaston with Freddie Flintoff's heroics. Is it any wonder I was hooked?! All the formats are enjoyable; you just have to approach them differently as a spectator.
They don't call it TEST cricket for a reason, it is indeed a true test because your technique and batting/bowling ability, stamina, concentration gets tested. But conversely its not exciting unless you truly love the game and/or are truly invested in the team or individuals playing. I live in the Caribbean so I grew up watching the West Indies, and regardless of the format I would watch my team play.
My childhood memories owe a lot to cricket. As an introvert kid, cricket was the best component of outlet for me to socialize with other kids and be myself. And for that I am truly grateful for this gentlemen's game.
I remember when the great West Indies batsman Brian Lara scored 400 not out against England in 2004 during a test match, it was an incredible achievement.
And I remember when Australian Matthew Hayden beat Brian lara first record at 380 from 437 balls, only beaten by laras 400, Matthew Hayden's batting remains the 2nd highest stil
@@PBMS123 Hayden played against a fifth rate side.I have more admiration for the Three Aussies who got out after hitting 330 or in Warners case 3 runs more than Bradman
Many youngsters grow up playing backyard cricket, sometimes even in the street. Just using a wheelybin for the wickets. Or even on the beach. It’s the kind of game that can be played amongst all ages, the whole family, kids, dads, etc, so it can be a lot of fun during the weekends and holidays.
It's the perfect beach game because you can safely slog it without hitting any windows and you can do spectacular diving catches on to the soft sand or the sea!
That comment looks so uninformed and absolutely stupid when you learn about the skills and techniques from baseball that have beeen introduced to cricket over more than a century
@@flamingfrancis Rubbish. Baseball never taught us how to bat to catch to bowl to wicket-keep The only contention is that someone said that a baseballer taught us how to Throw. I mean we have been throwing a cricket ball from 360 Degrees around the field for 200 years
As there are multiple formats of cricket. In the international "Test" setting (5 day cricket), Brian Lara from the West Indies scored 400 runs in a nearly 13 hour innings in 2004 against England. That is the current record for highest individual test score.
Cricket is a much more family friendly game which is a lot of it's appeal compared to other sports we play in the UK and it also attracts a lot of people (like myself) who have a deep rooted numbers orientated brain. It's a game that is very numbers heavy and a statistician's dream.
Very well explained. I’m a New Zealander and Cricket is our main summer sport, if I didn’t know anything about the game I would have learnt a lot. The narrator set out the basics and as he said, the rest are just details.
Lord’s cricket ground is London is probably the most famous it was founded in 1814 and is called the “home of cricket “ due to it being one of the oldest world cricket grounds. England play 2 test matches a year there and usually some ODi and T20 games too.The first test match was in 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne, first ODI was in 1971 between Australia and England and first International T20 was 2005 Australia v New Zealand
As an Asian Australian, I have played this game all my life, there isn't a lot of folks with my background who plays it but it doesn't stop anyone with having a go. I too have follow baseball, I understand where it sit and how sometimes it can be boring at times but both games have strategies in place and that the most fun getting it right in the long forms of cricket and baseball too
@@Declan398 Its getting very popular around the World and will be the World Cup T20 next year with some games in the USA and now that Cricket is in the Olympics for the LA 2028 I think it will grow and grow for everyone to enjoy playing.
5:30 - There isn't a known record, but a few times a year a batter will be batting for over 2.5 days (In the test-match format, 5 day games) 6:13 - Depends on format. For T20, once every 5 games-ish (10 innings), for One Day (ODI), once every 2 matches, and for tests, usually one person, if not 2 people will get centuries in a match. However, when the pitch is batting friendly, you tend to see centuries from both teams, and if it is bowler friendly, you won't see a century, unless it is a test match. 9:00 - Just to elaborate, for an LBW the ball has to pitch (bounce on the pitch) in line or on the off-side (The side of the body the batter is facing prior to the ball being bowled), and hit the body of the player without touching the bat first (the gloves count as part of the bat) in line with the wickets. This last rule only applies if the batter plays a shot. Another technical way of getting out is caught behind, basically if the ball brushes or rebounds of the side of the bat, and the wicket keeper or slips (fielders behind the wicket next to the wicket keeper) catches it, it is out. If the batter slight touches the ball in this way, it is called an 'edge' or a 'nick' 12:53 - More recently, T20, but everyone enjoys test match cricket since it is the most prestigious form of the game. T20 is enjoyed more, because it is faster paced and has a lot more excitement and innovation in it. The biggest league for T20 is the IPL, but most countries have their own internal league with a mix of mostly domestic and a few international players. There is no significant leagues for non-T20 formats, just organised competition between countries. Each country also has internal league for the other forms of cricket, but none are nearly as popular as the T20 versions. 14:42 - Yes. One of the best, if not the best player of our generation, Virat Kohli is in however, so he could make up the difference all on his own. However, recently (past 3 years) he has been in a massive form slump. 15:34 - It is often shared between Australia, England, India, more recently New Zealand, and historically South Africa (and more historically) the West Indies, though the 'Windies' aren't competitive against these team anymore. (I might be a bit biased), but in test matches, Australia has been the best team for almost the last 10 years (since 2013/14 ashes series), except for a space for a year following the 'Sandpapergate' scandal, where Australia's 3 best batters, including the captain and co-captain were suspended for a year after the 3rd player was caught ball tampering in South Africa. FYI, this ban suspension was from cricket Australia themselves, not the ICC, and was unprecedented in length as similar actions have had bans of 5 games prior. 16:45 - It looks better. Admit it. It rolls of the tongue better. The more crucial info (wickets) is first. And seriously, what did you expect? 17:40 - Lords. It was the second shown in the video. It is known as the 'Home of Cricket', and is a career goal to play at for most profession cricketers. Another major one is the MCG (in Melbourne, Australia), and the test match is always played on boxing day there, making it a calendar event in Australia. On the opening day, the entire stadium will fill out, being more than superbowls at 100,000 capacity. FYI the grounds in order shown in the video are; the SCG (Sydney Cricket Ground), Lords (England), For the next 2 I honestly have no idea but I think it is The Basin (Wellington) and another similar ground, The MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground), The WACA (West Australian Cricket Association, but it is no longer used for international matches, replaced by Optus Stadium). Other things not mentioned: The Pitch - It is sometimes called 'the wicket'. It is very variable and characteristics change based on location in the world. The wicket can be bad or good, depending on how well you can play a balanced game on it, and it can favour bowling or batting, which heavily influences the scores on the matches. Bowling - There are 2 types of bowlers, spin bowlers and pace bowlers. 'Spinners' spin the ball off of the pitch, by putting revolutions on the ball along the seam. 'Pacers' bowl the ball as fast a possible, and use either movement of the ball in the air (swing) or movement off the pitch (seam) to create difference. They are categorised into both left arm and right arm, and off-spin and leg-spin for spin bowlers, and swing and seam, and medium-fast and fast for pace bowlers. Off-spin spins the ball into the stumps (For RH to RH and LH to LH), and leg-spin spins it away. You usually get more turn and have more variations with leg-spin, but it is less consistent and usually slower and easier to hit. An example of off-spin in Nathan Lyon, and an example of leg-spin Shane Warne. Swing bowlers move the ball in the air using air pressure via having a rough/shiny side of the ball and the seam position. This is what is going on in those insane bowling montages. We don't call them 'Swingers' like the other bowing styles, for obvious reasons. 'Seamers' move the ball off the pitch using the seam position, different movements of their fingers when bowling the ball, and natural variations of the pitch. A good example of a swing bowler is James Anderson, and a good example of a seamer is Pat Cummins. Spinners are more consistent and are usually used to 'get through overs' and reduce the run rate, but when teams want to score fast, they are also the easiest bowlers to hit for a lot of runs. Pace bowlers are essentially the opposite. The easiest way to differentiate between the two is the pace of the ball and where the wicket keeper stands. Different countries are known for being good for different bowlers. India and the sub-continent (Pakistan, ect.) are known for being a spinner's paradise, while countries like Australia and South Africa have movement off the pitch and a lot of bounce, benefitting pace bowlers. Batters - There are left hand and right hand batters (LHB and RHB). Same as baseball, the matchups between dominant sides of the batter and bowler matters quite a bit. One things of note, if you have a LHB and RHB pair, it is good since bowlers have to change what side of the wicket they bowl from and how they bowl, and the entire field has to change, creating disruptions in the flow of momentum for the fielding team. Batting styles vary a lot more than bowling, but you can generally tell when someone is 'orthodox' or 'unorthodox', and when someone is aggressive or defensive when scoring runs. To see the difference, look up Steve Smith and Virat Kohli. It will be apparent immediately. Fielders - There are 3 general 'depths' in the field, the out-field (on the boundary), on the 'ring' (a ring around the pitch which is roughly the longest distance where you can stand still and field the ball, if it is his at a regular speed directly to you, prevent the batters from getting a run), and the in-field where you are significantly inside the ring to prevent 'drop and runs' and to be in position to catch the ball if it pops off the bat. There is a lot more, but this is most of what I would tell (along with the video) someone getting into cricket.
I feel horrible that your comment has only 4 likes. So I made it 5. And I hope it gets noticed and gets pinned sooner or later. But understand one thing, it is a beginner's video. It is impossible for a beginner to understand all the rules. It might take them a year or so just to familiarise themselves with it all.
A player for the West Indies called Brian Lara once scored 400 runs in one innings (a turn batting). I believe he batted for about 2 and a half days (20 or so hours of gameplay). Typically in a five day test match there will be one or two 100s. Some have more some have less but rarely more than six in a game.
The highest scores are made by Brian Lara, from the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, he scored 500 in a first class game in England (a test match between English counties) and he scored 400 against England in an international test match for the West Indies. Really big score like 300 doesn't happen that often anymore because it usually is excessive and could end up drawing the game instead of it being a win.
@@abdaalzeb3703 Nothing is impossible, especially with stuff like bazball, I could definitely see another 300. Even Marnus had a good chance at a triple ton against the windies last year, fair to say he threw it away in the 200s but it's definitely still possible in todays game.
England weren’t necessarily annihilating them, India still had 5 batters yet to play (so half way through) so they had every chance of scoring more (even if every batter scores only scores 20 runs each that’s 100 more) - at that point it’s a bit too early to tell
@@nathanoyeght I belive commentators have switched to 'batter' from 'batsmen' and 'player of the match' from 'man of the match' to accomodate female players. It sounds a bit awkward to me too, but I'm confident I'll get over it, like I got over 'chair(person)' instead of 'chairman'.
The guy that was doing the tutorial said he is not sure whether cricket is more popular around the world than baseball. The answer is that cricket is way more popular globally. The amount of countries that care about baseball is a very small amount compared to cricket
Its actually a lot. I get cricket is a huge sport but baseball also has a huge following outside of europe. They just have no control in india, china, europe, or africa.
I prefer the 5 day test format. Yes the one day formats alcan be more dramatic, but the 5 day formats can involve subtle tactics and may still end in a draw, which believe it or not can be exciting. 5 day is more like chess...
Sort of. One-dayers and 20-20s aren't automatically dramatic. There's nothing more boring than a 20-20 that's dominated by one side, when half the game is utterly pointless because you know the chasers are either doomed to lose or guaranteed to jog to victory. And dramatic Test matches are games to savour forever.
That's great to know! I need to pull my mind out of thinking sports such as baseball and other short match-type sports. I'm starting to understand the game and how strategy can be a huge part of the game in the long term. Very interesting!
I always think of it like music. T20 is like a pop song. Catchy and quickly over, but you might not remember it later. One-dayers are like jazz - harder to get into but with a lot more subtlety and variation. Test matches are like a classical symphony. Much harder to sit through unless you know what you're listening to, but much more intricate and - to the die-hard fan - much more interesting.
I think people get put off when they hear 5 days . But when you consider that baseball teams normally play series of matches over I think 4/5 days , it's not much different. Also consider that each cricket day can be completely different as to which team is on top which sustains the attention and excitement over a longer period.
T20 cricket is really exciting. There’s a new league starting in the United States, so might be a good opportunity for new viewers to watch it live. IPL (Indian Premier League) is by far the largest professional T20 league. PSL, The 100, SA20, and Big Bash are some other popular leagues. India, Australia, and England dominate world cricket. New Zealand, South Africa, and Pakistan are pretty good too. Lords, MCG, Eden Gardens would probably be historically most important cricket grounds.
@@GedUK the 100 is a sorry "inoffensive" joke of a format. It doesn't change the game in any way or make it any more exciting, it goes out of its way to make it more "accessible". And in that too it is hardly a success.
I’m glad you’re enjoying this explanation. The only thing that needs a bit of clarification is that professional cricket has been around for a long time- definitely all 20th century, particularly in England. The recent growth in T20 leagues (India- IPL, Caribbean- CPL, England- Blast, Australia- BBL, South Africa, Pakistan and UAE) has allowed many more players to become fully professional. Major League Cricket starts in the USA later this year
As a baseball fan, I agree, it can be a bit boring at times. BUT, when it isn’t, it’s INTENSE! Which is what I think really drives the baseball fans. It’s a whole vibe. It’s the top of the 9th, the home team is up by 1, 2 outs on the board, there is a runner at second. Uh oh, it’s the clean up hitter, the big man, nickname “Slammy Sosa”. He steps into the box as the pitcher and him have a stare down before their dual. All eyes are on him. The players, the crowd, the cameras. Before you know it we’re at full count. The crowd is silent before the last ball is thrown. This next pitch defines the last 3 hours of the game. The crack of a bat is heard and the camera pans as fast as it can. The crowd cheers as camera finally catches up to find the Third Baseman getting to his feet, he steps and fires to First Base. BALL GAME. I like Cricket too, I just think it lacks defining plays. The competition is mostly between the Bowler and Batsman. Rarely is the defense relevant. It’s a batters game and that’s proven by the scores. Where Cricket beats baseball is that it’s faster pace and provides a little more action per bowl. It can be innings in Baseball before you get that little dose of intensity.
I’ve watched baseball a lot whilst living in Japan and enjoy it, but it always perplexed me when Japanese people would say they thought Cricket was too hard to understand and not interesting for them… to me Cricket has always felt the more simple of the two games, but also the more nuanced between them.
I agree with them. I grew up playing and watching Cricket and have watched a Baseball game only once while fully understanding and enjoying it. I think Baseball doesn't have the options and complexity Cricket has. So, Cricket is more complex and hard to understand game but that is the fun part for me. And Cricket doesn't have as much continuous pace and tension as Baseball. That said, I do prefer Cricket.
I have friends from the West Indies who introduced me to Cricket. I remember watching my first T20 match in Broward County, FL. I had no idea what was going on.
As the video says, just knowing that as a batsman you just need to protect the stumps while scoring as much runs as you can by either hitting it beyond the boundary or running between the two lines and if you are a bowler you just need to aim the ball at the stumps is all you need to know to play and enjoy the game. Rest are just rules and nuances that you learn once you play more and more games.
Don’t think I’ll be playing, but the grand scheme of the game as you’ve explained helps immensely! Rules and nuances as I watch. I’m going to give it a try. I only watch baseball and American football. They seem fairly easy!
The highest test innings was Sri Lanka vs India. India scored 537 for 8 wickets declared in their first iniings; Sri Lanka replied with a massive 952 for 6 wickets, declared. After all that, (I assume the five days was up) the match was drawn!
I love this video, really glad to see you react to it. A lot of people will tell you that you HAVE to watch the longform Test Cricket. And honestly, it's fantastic - but as a newbie, shorter forms of cricket are great ways to get into the sport. That's how it started for me. I would have never have dreamed of watching a test match, every time I tried, it seemed so boring - then I watched the ODI (One Day Internationa) World Cup and I was suddenly hooked on the sport. Now, a few years later - I've actually got tickets to The Ashes (An important test match between England and Australia that has been happened regularly for many years).
One thing I love about cricket is that it offers each player a full opportunity to display his/her individual skills, especially when we are talking about the traditional formats... Believe me, 5 days is not just a match, it's a battle if the teams are of equal calibre...
I am procrastinating on important stuff and doing this - I am going to answer all your rhetorical questions. Unfortunately, I only know men's records of the top of my head but women's cricket is also pretty big and they have some pretty accomplished players. 1. Longest Single Player Innings - ODI - 264 Rohit Sharma (Ind), Test - 401 Brian Lara (WI), T20 - 100+. Limited overs cricket has rules favoring the batsmen. 2. How common is century - Fairly common these days since people like seeing batting because the rules have been changed to favor batsmen. You can see one every couple of games. 3. Cricket has dull moments too especially if you're watching only for score deltas and don't care for subtelties like bowls turning on the pitch and what kind of shots batsmen attempted etc. 4. Australia has been dominant for a while - especially between '99 and '15. Lately not so much. But NewZealand, England, India, Pakistan, SriLanka, West Indies (which is a team made up of multiple Caribbean countries) and South Africa are considered the main teams. Its all about the later British Empire here. Though middle eastern and south east asian countries have been coming up as well. 5. Lords in London is called the mecca of Cricket. SCG in Sydney, Eden Gardens in Kolkata, The Oval. * - Cricket is the second most watched team game in the world. PS: America is co-hosting the Cricket World Cup for T20s which is one of the three formats of Cricket.
From an English cricket fan, that was a great effort to explain the game. T20 is by far the most commercial form of the game, and an excellent starting point for anyone who wants to learn about cricket. Test match cricket is for the hardcore fan, and is far more nuanced. The most famous cricket ground in the world is Lord's, London, nicknamed 'the home of cricket' and 'headquarters.' The two teams who dominated Test cricket in the past 50 years were West indies from late 1970s to early 90s, and Australia from mid 90s to late 00s. Eleven nations play Test cricket, about twice that number play ODIs, while T20 is the one truly global form of the game with 87 nations - including USA.
There was a massive innings in the mid 80's by an Australian player called Dean Jones, who has unfortunately since passed. It was in a test match in India with the temperature around 113°F and humidity past 80%. He batted for almost eight and a half hours. After each session of play when there was a break, his team mates stripped him dowm, chucked him in an ice bath, redressed him and put him back out to bat. At several points of the innings he involuntarily urinated and threw up on the ground many times. Rushed to hospital when he got out. He doesn't remember anything of the innings after getting to 120 apparently. He batted in the second innings. Thanks for a great video, glad you enjoyed it.
Australia, England and India are typically at the top of the game. He did not mention that when the bowlers change at the endof an over, then the new bowler comes in from the other end. This sometimes is interesting depending on the wind, etc. The Melbourne Cricket Ground (or MCG) in Australia is one of the biggest and best. England has some very historic grounds such as The Oval and Lourdes.
It Lords. Lourdes is a French town near the border with Spain famous for supposed Marian miracles since the mid 19th century. Cricket isn't wildly popular there.
@@jaswanthchoudhary8715 they might bowl at the same end in some local matches but any domestic/international/league game will have bolwers alternating ends. batsmen switching ends is just to approximate this if you cant bowl at both ends for some reason.
@@jaswanthchoudhary8715 Well... no. The batsmen do not switch ends or sides, they stay in the same place until they make a run, otherwise they can stay at the same end all day. It's true that bowlers can elect to bowl from either side of the wicket as long as they tell the umpire and allow the non facing batsman to switch sides so they are clear of the bowlers approach run.
I love Cricket and Baseball, but due to my childhood prefer Cricket. When I was younger, I found there were periods of time when it seemed very little was happening in the game and due to the 5 day format of a test match, I could do something else until I heard a wicket had fallen or something exciting had happened. Now I'm older, I actually love the times when it appears that not much is happening, as they are generally the times when a bowler is trying to out think a batsman and vice versa. I love the strategies put into play by captains at perceived low points in a game too. I am sure in baseball it is the same. The low points are probably the most interesting...
On the 6th June 1994 a cricket player who goes by the name Brian Lara, who played for the West Indies at International level, and played for County side Warwickshire, in Yorkshire, England, who scored 501 runs not out in a match against Durham County. This record has never been beaten.
The most memorable batting performance was by Ben Stoke sin the Ashes, 2nd game in 2019. He managed to claw a 150 point deficit with a player who is last in the order. Was amazing.
TEST CRICKET IS THE ULTIMATE TEST OF A PLAYERS SKILLS . IN LIMITED OVER CRICKET PITCHES ARE PREPARED TO FAVOUR BATSMAN MORE TO BOOST ADRNALINE BOOSTING ENTERTAINMENT. IN TESTMATCHES THE PITCHES ARE MORE EVEN GIVING BATSMAN AND BOWLERS MORE EVEN CONDITIONS BUT OVER THE 5 DAYS THE PITCHES CHANGE AND AT THE END OF THE GAME IT CAN PLAY A ROLE IN THE RESULT. THE SKILL LEVEL OF BOTH BATSMAN AND BOWLERS ARE REALLY PUT TO THE TEST. THAT IS WHY IT IS CALLED TEST CRICKET INTERNATIONALLY
This video explains everything pretty well. If some one doesnt know both baseball and cricket, it would be much harder to explain to them about cricket.
as an Indian who lives for their national cricket team and love for cricket I just watched your video despite knowing everything about cricket. India loves cricket!
17:51 Famous Cricket Grounds - Lords (England) MCG (Australia) Eden Gardens (India) Wanderers (South Africa) Most New Zealand cricket grounds are beautiful and batting friendly.
The MCG is the largest stadium in Australia and can seat 100,000 people but for the most enjoyable experience for the fans, the Adelaide Oval and the Sydney Cricket Ground are far better. The Adelaide Oval in particular is a dream for spectators. It is so easy to get to and to get into and out of and the sight lines from anywhere in the stadium are great.
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game
A fascinating game on all levels, whether a match over four days or about limited overs. Glad you’re getting to know it. I’m 50, English, and still learning about it.
I'm happy to join the club! Or at least begin this journey. I watched a few highlight matches just today and saved some to watch and react to once I'm more familiar with the game. Excited!
@@californianreacts Hey you were asking about the biggest league in Cricket it's IPL ( Indian premier league). In terms of money, viewership and revenue generated it comes just second to the NFL considering IPL started only in 2008. It is now the second biggest in the world.
You're freaking out at 5 days. Prior to the 70's, they used to have timeless matches - they just went until they were done. There are games pre-jetplane on the official record that were adjudged drawn by the umpires because it had been going for 10 days and the ship was leaving and the visiting team just had to go home.
The top international teams are usually England, South Africa (my people!), India, West Indies, Australia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan (not sure how active they are lately, however). I haven't watched a game in years, even though I've spent the last 3 years working on cricket themed video games 🤪 But watching this has made me nostalgic, need to find a place to watch a game sometime.
South Africa can't really be considered a top team they have like won nothing for eternity but they have had some world class players like ab ,fab etc still they choke at imp matches (ind ain't that good either they also choke in imp matches lately).
6:15 : There are multiple milestones a batsman can achieve. Century is usually a respectful milestone to achieve in any format of cricket and is fairly difficult but not very uncommon in a game but for a same player to achieve this consistently game over game is usually rare. Other milestone could scoring a half century (50 runs), usually more common and achievable. 12:52 : 20 Overs is currently the most popular form of cricket. In international cricket all forms have different kind of experience for fans so are equally popular. Most professional cricket leagues are 20 overs. Indian Premier league (IPL) is most popular. But most countries do have their own version of professional league which are equally popular or so. A cricket fan would not care what form of cricket is he is watching. Since 20 Overs is a shorter format and fairly new and is getting more and more popular , there is usually more action ( sixes, fours , wickets ) as due to shorter format players try to score more runs hence trying to hit more balls for a boundary , these are riskier shots and hence they also create more chances for opposition team to get wickets. So overall more fun and thrill for fans on every ball. Other format of crickets that are longer allows the players to take less chances on playing riskier shots as well as leave the balls they think will be risky to play. 15:38 : It's mostly a mix bag which teams have dominated cricket scene. It's a fairly ever evolving scenario. 70's & 80's West Indies have dominated cricket. 90's was a mix bag of South East Asian Countries dominating in different forms at different times of the decade. 2000s Australia totally dominated cricket. 2010s and post have been a mostly India, Australia, England, New Zealand dominating the cricket for a basic overview. By dominating i don't mean they were totally annihilating every other team. It's mostly over a longer period which teams have consistently performed good. 17:37 : In Cricket also we call them fields/ground both. Since in cricket the ball is bounced before it reaches the batsman. Different fields have different pitch characteristic. Usually smaller fields are more favorable for 20 overs, as it's mostly a power play of hitting over the boundary. Shorter the boundry better. But pitch plays very important role. It might always be easier to score runs in smaller filed if the pitch supports bounce, swing spin when the ball bounces from the pitch. But none the less each country has popular cricket grounds. England has Lords, Australia - Melbourne Cricket Ground, India - Wankhede, Mumbai, Eden Gardens, Kolkata. India also has a cricket ground with the biggest stadium capacity newly build in Ahmadabad. similarly there are multiple popular cricket fields all over the world. India is hosting the 50 Over Cricket world cup this October. Guess now you are into cricket, come join the madness. Nowhere is the craziness as close to cricket in India. Would be happy to host you over. Another fun thing would be watch with you some of the most nail biting thrillers of cricket. Bet you would love it.
I'd argue that Australia and Sri Lanka both dominated the 2000s. With a fair bit of Pakistan as well, if there was ever team to give Australia a run for their money it was SL. Finals in 2007, Finals in 2009 T20 WC, CT Finals 2000 and 2003.
12:35 Favourite cricket ground - varies by country, fans, facilities, pitches, etc.. Lords cricket ground is considered the most famous and possibly prestigious by many followers, esp English fans. MCG in Melbourne is held sacred by the Aussies, Eden Gardens in Kolkata by the Indian fans, and so forth. My favourite is the Adelaide Oval for its picturesque location and its former grassy bank where families could have a picnic while watching the ground. The grandstands were lovely, and the pitch is a delight to bat on.
The old Sydney Cricket Ground is a beauty. I remember watching an Australia vs West Indies day/night game in the 1980s when the West Indies were unbeatable. Big mid week crowd, heaps of atmosphere but naturally, the West Indies won. In those days, the SCG still had the 'Hill'. Just the place to be for a day/night match.
@jurgentreue1200 yes, it is beautiful. Esp when the sky goes a bit orangey in the evenings. And i remember that grassy bank there. Such a lovely feature to have..
In Australia, the cricket oval is used for Aussie Rules Football during the winter season; cricket is a summer sport. Compared to other playing fields, they are enormous. The shape of the field is derived by creating an arc at each end, the radius of the arc from the wicket is equal to the distance from the wicket to the side boundary. It is unique as a playing field, it is often referred to as egg-shaped.
Except that those OVALS are subjected to an inner border for cricket...generally 70 metres where permissable.None of the MCG, Adelaide Oval, SCG play to the fenced boundary nowadays
Major League Cricket has its first season this year, from July 13 to 30. This is a T20 competition, so games will last 3 - 3.5 hours. The games will be played in Texas, mostly in a stadium near Dallas. There are 6 teams competing, and most, if not all, are affiliated with teams from the Indian Premier League (IPL). Also, the second World Test Championship (WTC) final will be played between Australia and India from next Wednesday. It is being played at The Oval in London. The WTC is played over a 2 year cycle. Points are awarded for wins, draws and ties. The match is a Test Match, to be played over 5 days, with, nominally, 90 overs per day minimum and 2 innings per team.
If you want to start off watching, the most accessible version of the game is probably Twenty20 (each team bowls 20 overs). Because of the very limited number of balls, both batsmen and bowlers play a very attacking game, so there's a lot of action crammed in there! The best league for T20 is probably IPL (Indian Premier League) - games are a really high energy stadium experience with lights, music, cheerleaders and fireworks (Google 'IPL' and even the results page has fireworks!). Also, the newer PSL (Pakistan Super League) is in a similar vein.
The stumps are simply a physical representation of baseballs strike zone. In cricket if a batsman misses a ball in this strike zone, they are out (mostly!)
An important detail missed here is the variety of bowls or pitches. There's big variety in baseball but imagine firstly that the ball has a thick stitched seam you can pull and spin as you throw, you can have any run up you want and the ball can bounce on the ground. It means almost infinite variety and some bowlers are like pool trick shot players making the ball spins in different directions when it comes off the ground. Also the ball is made of oak and is scary hard, like scary hard.
The longest time a single batter was batting was 970 minutes, Hanif Mohammad for Pakistan. He batted so well that the fielding team couldn't even get him out after this long. The most runs scored is Brian Lara, he scored 400 and didn't get out either. (This is international cricket, domestic cricket records are less well known for time)
Cricket can be exciting, but can definitely have slow moments. Limited over cricket is usually more fun for the audience because it forces the players to go for runs, but test cricket, which runs over 5days, it can get a bit slow (depending on teams playing) where it gets very strategic. Test cricket is probably more fun for the player but may appear slow for the audience. PS: historically different countries have dominated in different decades, though best matches are usually when you have similarly matched teams.PPS: best test matchs I ever saw was the 2005 England vs Australia Ashes series, every day was like a limited overs match, and every game was decided on the last day of play (the 5th day), that was intense and some awesome test cricket!
Test cricket back then was exiting and wery good source of entertainment and to entrained people for 5 days when tv, computers, and phones dont used to exist.....
Baseball is an offshoot of cricket baseball started off in the UK as stoll ball then went to rounders so yes America we invented baseball the same as we invented you lol
The longest individual innings* in an international (Test) match is by Hanif Mohammed for Pakistan against the West Indies in their 1958/59 series. He batted and batted to save a game in which his team was in a terrible losing position; he made 337 in 970 minutes (16 hours 10 minutes). His total of runs has been exceeded on seven occasions (in Tests) but no one else has batted longer. *There has been one longer 'first class' innings, played forty years after Hanif's marathon effort.
U should watch a full game, u will get the essence of the game, sometimes cricket gets so exciting and thrilling that u cant even imagine. India, australia, england, south africa, newzealand are some of the good teams currently. Also cricket worldcup 2023 is happening now. U can watch the final match if u want.
Australia is definitely the dominant cricket country, as a kid, watching the Aussies play cricket was sorta watching your country win and knew nothing else
@@DrArjunSingh_MOICtbh it's just your pride. I'm an Indian myself and I agree Australia is dominant country for cricket. And simplest proof for that is how many trophies they have. Which couldn't be compared to India in anyway.
When people new to cricket are blown away by the 5 day tests, I tend to liken it to watching golf. Most golf tournaments are played over 4 days and you can see the leadership and tactics change as conditions over 4 days change. Test matches are similar in that it is a combination of skill, endurance and strategy.
Lords (London) is probably the most well known Cricket ground and is known as the Home of Cricket. and the largest in the UK was openined in 1814. Old Trafford, Manchester is also a big UK venue.
You've really got to go back to the 1960s to see the last of the amateurs playing first class cricket. A game of amateurs vs professionals known as Gentlemen v Players was a long-running series of cricket matches that began in July 1806 and was abolished in January 1963. It was a match between a team consisting of amateurs (the Gentlemen) and a team consisting of professionals (the Players) that reflected the English class structure of the 19th century. Gentlemen v Players was a long-running series of cricket matches that began in July 1806 and was abolished in January 1963. It was a match between a team consisting of amateurs (the Gentlemen) and a team consisting of professionals (the Players) that reflected the English class structure of the 19th century.
People complain about cricket being boring too. Fast bowlers can take long run-ups before bowling, 50 yards or more, and they walk back to their mark, which can mean more than 30 seconds between every ball. The break between bowlers' six-ball "overs" can take a minute or more also. The average scoring shot is not that exciting either. So you're mainly watching for boundaries, centuries, and wickets. Which can be few and far between.
Most important thing he missed is the "pitch" -> That rectangle where the pitcher bounces the ball. The pitch is specially prepared, in such a way that it can either help the batters or the bowlers. Sometimes the ball can hit the pitch and completely change the trajectory, which can confuse the batters, this results in low scoring games and batters being out more often. And during the course of the match, the pitch's behavior can change. For eg: While the team batting first can bat easily, the ball's behavior changes and it turns while batting second.
Fields like ‘Lords’ in England and ‘the Gabba’ in Australia are very popular. The Gabba is the best ground by far, the Heat are the best team and no one can say anything because they are undefeated at the top of the ladder a the end of the season for when this comment came out.
11:45 that was at wimbledon, john isner (american) vs nicolas mahut (french) - the entire thing is up on youtube and it caused them to change the tiebreaker rules for the next year
Why I love cricket It's actually quite a simple game. You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game! Also, the umpires who are always out can decide if the behaviour of a player who is out towards a player that is in means that he should be sent in; or that a player who is in does something to a member of the team that is out, might be sent in by the umpires who are always out. Whether they are out or in, if they are sent in, they cannot be either out or in for the remainder of the match.
For the record, the One Day International (ODI) tournament held every 4 years just concluded in India. Australia won, beating an Indian team who until that point had not lost a game, had dominated every game and not lost a match. Australia in contrast had lost heavily in their first 2 matches and just managed to win the rest of their matches with some insane individual brilliance. However, Australia won their 6th ODI cup, of the remaining nations that have only won the other 7, only 2 have done it more than twice.
In terms of famous cricket grounds - the most famous is in North London and called "Lords". Bur there are lots of orhers as well. Australia has the WACA in Perth, South London has "the Oval" and Northern England -specifically Leeds - has Headingly.
Famous Cricket Grounds: Lords in London, England MCG in Melbourne, Australia Eden Gardens in Kolkata, India Wanderers in Johannesburg, South Africa Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados
