Cricket finally explained

[patc]

And we haven't even touched on short square leg, silly mid-off or gully. Not to mention googlies, yorkers and beamers.

Then, there's Chinamen, Jaffas, Chin Music, Bunnys, a Dolly, you can even Carry your Bat or do a spot of Gardening. Me, I always felt good after bowling a Maiden Over . Mind you there's someone else on this Forum who seems to bowl them over no problem without a ball being bowled - no names.

Pat

[ERinVA]

I'll stick with baseball, thanks. And I don't really understand it either.

[kport]

I will throw in my tuppence - apparently (so I have repeatedly assured by cricket fanatics), it is a fact that more people watch cricket, worldwide, than any other sport, including football (soccer). When you consider that India is cricket mad, the claim makes sense; it is one of the lasting legacies of the British Empire.

Having grown up immersed in baseball, as a student abroad I attempted to learn the complex rules, and how to play the game, of cricket; I was left with this analogy between cricket and baseball: Baseball is to Checkers as Cricket is to Chess.

[ERinVA]

Perhaps sometimes "less is more," especially for my brain.

[tankntonic]

I'll stick with baseball, thanks. And I don't really understand it either.

Now, now Ellen: Baseball is easy to understand:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMXgvAGbQGg