For someone who only started following cricket recently, I'm amazed at how quickly Jomboy has learned how to read the game (like the back-of-the-hand release for slower balls).
Oh yeah, I forgot about his time in Australia. Still, it's impressive how quickly he's picked up on nuances; I imagine the baseball knowledge complements the learning curve.
Not every bowl that turns is a 12 6 curve...ugh..Jamboy needs to learn reverse swing, leg spin, off spin, doosra, googly. Google all these terns dude 😊
As a cricket loving Aussie it's amazing to see all these mostly American (I guess) fans you are getting into the game Your breakdowns are fantastic Jomboy. The breakdown you did of the stumping in The Ashes was better than anything we had cover it here. Also, side note, I've always wanted to get into baseball and your videos were really what helped to understand all the technical side to it. Keep it up, great content as always!
@@harlowmcfly96 I'm not sure we can get it without having like, ESPN42. Unfortunately all the programming here is 15 different talk shows about freedom football. At best, the international programming we can get is from the UK. Finding rugby, Aussie rules, cricket, is an absolute fucking nightmare.
Can I say, as an Aussie, who’s grown up playing baseball but obviously cricket is THE national sport here- Jimmy has done an amazing job of using the ‘correct’ cricket terms “ball”, boundary, batsmen and knowing what a 4 and a 6 is, a “direct hit on the stumps” etc Well done.
HAHAHA! OMG. That has to be the best comment on this message. How long is this cricket love affair going to go on anyway? Marshawn Lynch doesn't play cricket so... WTF are we doing here? "They say come on instead of let's go." What kind of shit is that? There's no excuse for that. Whoever says come on should be ashamed of themselves.
Been watching MLC having never really watched cricket outside of warehouse BiP before, expected to be in it for the big sixes but the fielding and bowling had been the real highlight. de Kock’s catch to end the game against the Unicorns was insane.
You will never get a feel for real cricket by watching the T20 game and it is a big advantage to have played as a youngster and to have been coached correctly. Sixes are to cricket what a HR is to baseball (but more are hit) and in the non wham-bam variant there are real strategies and as many skills that are simply not a part of T20.
I am excited for Major Leauge Cricket. And the fact that I am saying that is 100% only because you have bridged the gap between cricket and baseball for me. Living in Ireland and Scotalnd 10 years ago. I never understood this game.
The wicket at 2:38 is bowled by a ‘leg-spinner’ hence the reason why it bounces and spins towards the leg-side. That will be his stock ball. There’s lots of different styles of bowling but you can break it down to spinners and pace bowlers (in its most simple form) Sam Curran, who bowled it out of the back of his hand for the wicket, is a pace bowler and that was a variation. Like a 2-seamer pitcher with a great 12-6. Hope that helps!
He is a leg spinner and that was a leg break delivery, but for opposite reason. Spin is named in the direction it comes from rather than going to when bowled to a right handed batsman, so leg spin turns from leg to off when bowled to a right handed batsman. It's just in this case the batsman is left handed that it turns into him
Greetings from the UK! I became a casual viewer of your channel a few years ago when I started to get into baseball. I'm loving your recent cricket content and it warms my heart that you're helping to expose this wonderful sport to a new audience, just as you helped expose the great sport of baseball to me. Keep up the great work!
Jomboy, I love your enthusiasm for all sports. I'm a Canadian who worked in international development and knew nothing about cricket until I went to Sri Lanka when the country was hosting the World Cup. It took me a long time to learn the rules of the game but I learned to love it after a time, although it's as slow as baseball, maybe even slower but some of the athleticism is astounding and if the match is close it can be very exciting. You conveyed that in your review of this match. Well done.
Another must go-to for world cricket breakdown Jimmy! These are so good! Those two cutest shots (aside from the improvised ramp shot) are classic late cuts, perfectly executed. It's a difficult shot that almost disappeared from the game for a while but it's back again and I'm loving it. Oh and the catch that wasn't I'd have given out. As long as fingers are underneath the ball, which they were, then it's definitely out. Seems like third umps fail to remember the grass isn't infinitely short - it grows up above the ground so it's very possible in fact to have fingers under the ball while it's below the tips of the blades of grass.
Not sure if anyone else has already explained this but, the championship game spin bowler is bowling LEG spin. The ball comes out of the pinky side of your hand and spins towards your less dominant hand. A bowler spinning it the other way bowls OFF spin. The ball comes out index finger side and spins back towards your dominant hand. Hope that helps. Really enjoy your cricket breakdowns!
Persons who know both sports will temm you that the release action of a leg spinner has been used in baseball A HOF LAD pitcher named Fernando Valensuela was famous for his "screwball" in the 1980's. Throwing at the velocity he did was detrimental to the length of his career.
So a small distition: I heard you call Sam Curran & Ish Sohdi's bowling both similar to a 12-6 curve ball while yes it's back of the hand it needs to be considered that Sam Curran was bowling a "Slow Ball" because he is a pace bowler & with Ish Sohdi his style of spin bowling is called leg spin which is predominantly out the back of the hand
Great video, another cool thing was In the semi final, twin brothers Jamie and Craig Overton played against each other on opposite teams. One of them actually caught the other out to get his wicket as well
For a spinner we call the movement drift (sideways) and dip (when it drops from topspin like a 12-6) and we have flight (when they bowl it a bit more loopy to allow for more drift, used a lot to get the batsman to try and smash it for 6 and beat them with the movement in the air). Then once it bounces its spin. For a fast bowler it's just swing then either seam or cut after its bounced (typically cut is when it's intentionally bowled or for a large movement where as seam is a little deviation). The "12-6" the fast bowler bowled is a slower ball. The exact same as a breaking ball in baseball. Gets them swinging out in front and can have some variation on the bounce
Hey so i understand the rules and concept but can some hardcore cricket fan explain some of the strategy to me? Like how do they decide where to stand? and does the batsman just try to hit in where theyre not? Thanks!
Most players have scoring patterns to balls of a particular height/speed/line. There are two lines of thinking - trying to get outs and trying to stop the rate of scoring. Placing guys close in will get you more catches but is risky because if it goes past them you concede more runs. And yeah generally the batsmen try to hit gaps but to certain bowlers that can be difficult.
@lawrenceeverglade7493 Nice. Fielder placement is all part of the bowling team setting and springing traps on the batter. Like 2 balls in a row tight into their ribs, cramping up their swing. Then a lovely juicy hittable one right in the batters favorite spot, but bowled a fraction slower so they're too far through the shot when the ball gets to them. Skied up for a catch. Maybe. Runs are cheap and outs are rare, so bowlers are usually happy to leak a few runs before getting the batter out.
@@Nizzleson 3 Formats of Cricket: 1) Test Cricket - lasts 5 days, played with RED ball (90 overs a day; both teams bat 2 times alternating) [Domestic red ball matches called First Class cricket] 2) One Day Int'l (ODI) Cricket - lasts 8-9 hours; played with WHITE ball, 50 overs a side [Domestic 50 over matches called List A cricket] 3) T20I Cricket - lasts ~3-4hours; WHITE ball, 20 overs a side [Domestic/Franchise 20 over matches called T20 cricket] An over consists of 6 balls (Pitches?). So, 20 overs means 120 legal deliveries. There's concept of extras - No Balls, Wides, etc. (leaving those out here) A decent score in T20 would be something like 150 - IFF conditions of the pitch and the outfield aren't too favorable to either side. There are total 10 wickets, and if your team is out before they are able to bat for the full quota of overs - consider those remaining overs wasted. These were some basic info off the top of my head. P.S. Field placements are tough to comprehend if you are new to cricket. Even I find it tough sometimes. 😂 Hope you enjoy this amazing sport!
@@Nizzleson "Runs are cheap and outs are rare, so bowlers are usually happy to leak a few runs before getting the batter out." -- well said. This is cricket and strategically this is the first way to think differently compared to baseball. Especially in the longer formats of the game.
Fielding positions are decided by the captain in conjunction with the bowler, the type of bowling, the condition of the ball (the leather and seam progressively wear out and in tests the same ball must be used for 80 six ball overs until you are eligible to take a new one) the weather and state of the pitch AND how the game is progressing. To make it even more complex in limited overs cricket there are rules depending on the number of overs bowled which require fielders to be inside the circle which denotes catching and run saving positions. Generally speaking, if the pitch is bouncy and fast, and maybe the weather is overcast and there's high humidity, the bowling will be fast, the ball will move around more in the air and off the pitch and that will entice the batter to play at a good delivery which gets an edge through to the keeper(catcher) or one of the players next to the keeper in the slips cordon and "gully". That would be a very attacking field. If the pitch is very flat, the bowlers are often slower and then the fielding positions will attempt to slow down the flow of runs to maybe frustrate the batter into making a rash shot .... perhaps to hit over the field, mis-hit it and get caught near the boundary rope. The fielding positions can be anything from within a few feet of the batters to right on the boundary rope; usually there's a combination of catching in close, single run saving in the 25-35 yard circle around the pitch and 4 saving positions right on the boundary fence/rope... cutting a good shot down to a 1 or 2 rather than a 4 or 6. Here are some positions to look up apart from bowler and keeper .. in an anti-clockwise direction from the keeper on the "off-side" .. slips, gully, backward point, point, cover-point, cover, extra cover, mid off then the bowler. Continuing round that inner circle on the "on-side" AKA "leg-side" you have mid on, mid wicket, square leg, backward square leg, leg gully and back to the keeper again. There is no hard or fast rule as to where these positions are .. they can be "deep" mid-on for example closer to the boundary or "silly" mid-on which is as you'd expect right in front of the batsman and likely to be in danger if a big shot is hit. Then around the boundary again anti-clockwise ... "3rd man", Deep Backward Point, Deep point.. a Sweeper, deep cover, deep extra cover, long off, long on, deep mid-wicket, deep square leg and deep fine leg/long leg. There are even more rarer positions than those, but only 9 players apart from the bowler are allowed to occupy any of those positions ... it's like a game of chess - you have a strategy and use combinations of those positions to attack/defend depending on the state of the game (PHEW!). That's what makes cricket so interesting... there's LOADS happening but the T20 and One Day formats are less complex and easier to watch and appreciate for new fans of the sport. Cheers and enjoy our game - the more you watch and understand, the more you'll love it - that's a promise.
Just to be precise Jimmy, Sam Curran's ball is called a slower ball and its done by a fast baller, its disguised as a fast and straight one, often a yorker, but because its slower and comes out of the back of the hand its stays lower. On the other hand, Ish Sodi is a leg spinner(ball spin from right to left if thrown by a right hander) so the back wrist movement you see is his usual routine, while for Curran its just a disguise. As you can see Sodhi's skids quickly straight while coming drifting from the left.
You should sometimes review MLC matches. Would be good to see cricket being promoted through your channel in the US. I started watching baseball highlights on youtube because of your videos. Love from India, man.
Love how you're getting into cricket! Only very slight pedantic point was that you got the teams mixed up on the winning play of the tournament. Essex are batting, not bowling. Everything else is nailed on! The 12-6 curve comparison, we just call a slower ball 👍
Also funny hearing you say 'championship' game, that's the domestic four day competition (like test cricket), we call it the 'final' :) but most of your terminology is absolutely spot on
They have lights in them. They're designed to light up when the bails (the things sitting on top) are removed. As the other reply said, there is a circuit broken when they are removed which causes them to light up
Since ESPN+ lost the rights for so much cricket coverage, what's the next best thing for watching in the US? I've developed a love for the game from these breakdowns and watching what I can but would love to have better access.
They also don’t chuck like pitchers which is frowned upon and is illegal because it’s considered easy to do.Cricketers generate the same pace without bending their arms
pretty sure its a catch, so long as your fingers are underneath the ball. So, if such is the case, and then the ball continues to touch the ground somewhat afterwards, its still a catch. The ashes one was weird and stupid -as he caught it, he then used it to stable himself as he was falling to the ground. Thus, supposedly, there was an insufficient distinction between the two motions of catching and grounding the ball.
It will never become America’s biggest sport, but even if it becomes the 5th or 6th most popular sport in the US in the far future, that will be great for American cricket…
The "old man dressed as a British person" is actually how umpires dressed until about 20 years ago. They then introduced different styles and colours depending on the format of the game
4:08 I like how clear their rule is for Is it a catch? If it hits the ground, NO catch...we definately WOULD use that on the school ground because its so clear and simple...maybe you are paraphrasing? because that rule has no loopholes. I suppose the grass/ground is the only hard part about this. or the gaps between finger are sometimes hard to tell if its touching ground. In your clothes? good, you fumble it twice? good. It touches that blade of grass? good. It pushes grass into the ground? BAD. Solid hand grip the entire time but the stitches touch the dirt? BAD.
When we don't know any sports well, then we tend to think that it is easy. It is natural to assume that when you don't know what skills are needed to play it. I used to think like that for baseball, but after learning the sports, I realised that pitching the ball and hitting the ball well enough with a cylindrical bat is very difficult.
“An old man dressed as a British person” had me dying 😂😂😂
Is that Jake? You can’t tell me that’s not Jake
Huh?
For someone who only started following cricket recently, I'm amazed at how quickly Jomboy has learned how to read the game (like the back-of-the-hand release for slower balls).
Jomboy lived in Australia for a couple years when he was a 10yo kid so he has some background.
Yeah, he didn't just start. He teaches us Americans who did just start
It's almost as if a sports analyst is better at understanding sports than you 😅
Oh yeah, I forgot about his time in Australia. Still, it's impressive how quickly he's picked up on nuances; I imagine the baseball knowledge complements the learning curve.
Not every bowl that turns is a 12 6 curve...ugh..Jamboy needs to learn reverse swing, leg spin, off spin, doosra, googly. Google all these terns dude 😊
As a cricket loving Aussie it's amazing to see all these mostly American (I guess) fans you are getting into the game
Your breakdowns are fantastic Jomboy. The breakdown you did of the stumping in The Ashes was better than anything we had cover it here.
Also, side note, I've always wanted to get into baseball and your videos were really what helped to understand all the technical side to it.
Keep it up, great content as always!
I went to the MLC game in Grand Prairie, Texas tonight. Thanks to your videos and others, I was able to understand most of what was going on.
What was the atmosphere like?
@@dienkonig33 great atmosphere, lots of drums, and "chirping" noises
Welcome to the World of Real Cricket 🥳🙏☺
I have watched more cricket and learned more about cricket on Jomboy than anywhere else in my life and I love it.
I've started following the England and Wales Cricket Board and the MLC RUclips channels and I am addicted to cricket like crack. Thank you, Jomboy!
Watch the 20/20 games mate in Aus the big bash you won't be disappointed not on till later in the year
@@harlowmcfly96 I'm not sure we can get it without having like, ESPN42. Unfortunately all the programming here is 15 different talk shows about freedom football. At best, the international programming we can get is from the UK. Finding rugby, Aussie rules, cricket, is an absolute fucking nightmare.
@@2639theboss cricket is p easy to pirate and find streams for. if that's yoru only option then that's your only option.
@@2639theboss - Willow cricket - around $15 per month when I was last subscribed
That's awesome to hear as a diehard cricket fan!
Can I say, as an Aussie, who’s grown up playing baseball but obviously cricket is THE national sport here- Jimmy has done an amazing job of using the ‘correct’ cricket terms “ball”, boundary, batsmen and knowing what a 4 and a 6 is, a “direct hit on the stumps” etc
Well done.
This is the best Cricket Commentary I've ever heard, and I've been watching it for over 50 years.
Still can’t believe the Seahawks didn’t run the ball.
Win!! 😂😂😂
HAHAHA! OMG. That has to be the best comment on this message. How long is this cricket love affair going to go on anyway? Marshawn Lynch doesn't play cricket so... WTF are we doing here?
"They say come on instead of let's go." What kind of shit is that? There's no excuse for that. Whoever says come on should be ashamed of themselves.
Same, what a dumb play honestly
Too many skittles
@@ttgamer9416 They would have won.
Been watching MLC having never really watched cricket outside of warehouse BiP before, expected to be in it for the big sixes but the fielding and bowling had been the real highlight. de Kock’s catch to end the game against the Unicorns was insane.
Happy that People watch MLC other than those who already lived with Cricket.. Welcome to the Club 🥳
You will never get a feel for real cricket by watching the T20 game and it is a big advantage to have played as a youngster and to have been coached correctly. Sixes are to cricket what a HR is to baseball (but more are hit) and in the non wham-bam variant there are real strategies and as many skills that are simply not a part of T20.
t20 is cricket bro. @@flamingfrancis
I am excited for Major Leauge Cricket. And the fact that I am saying that is 100% only because you have bridged the gap between cricket and baseball for me. Living in Ireland and Scotalnd 10 years ago. I never understood this game.
It was just bad timing. Both Ireland and Scotland play to a really high level internationally now.
The wicket at 2:38 is bowled by a ‘leg-spinner’ hence the reason why it bounces and spins towards the leg-side. That will be his stock ball. There’s lots of different styles of bowling but you can break it down to spinners and pace bowlers (in its most simple form) Sam Curran, who bowled it out of the back of his hand for the wicket, is a pace bowler and that was a variation. Like a 2-seamer pitcher with a great 12-6. Hope that helps!
He is a leg spinner and that was a leg break delivery, but for opposite reason. Spin is named in the direction it comes from rather than going to when bowled to a right handed batsman, so leg spin turns from leg to off when bowled to a right handed batsman. It's just in this case the batsman is left handed that it turns into him
Jomboy is singlehandedly turning me into a cricket fan. Legendary breakdown.
No one does a breakdown like Jomboy specially the cricket ones
Jomboy has single-handedly revitalized my excitement for cricket. Great stuff as always
I’m from Barbados and played cricket in primary school. That’s probably why I’m a baseball fan today. Cricket is an awesome sport.
That tongue transition was a thing of beauty
Greetings from the UK! I became a casual viewer of your channel a few years ago when I started to get into baseball. I'm loving your recent cricket content and it warms my heart that you're helping to expose this wonderful sport to a new audience, just as you helped expose the great sport of baseball to me. Keep up the great work!
Petition to get Jomboy on TMS for at least a session during the next Ashes test 🙌
Where do I sign?
This! ⬆️
We need an Oval test vlog
Jomboy, I love your enthusiasm for all sports. I'm a Canadian who worked in international development and knew nothing about cricket until I went to Sri Lanka when the country was hosting the World Cup. It took me a long time to learn the rules of the game but I learned to love it after a time, although it's as slow as baseball, maybe even slower but some of the athleticism is astounding and if the match is close it can be very exciting. You conveyed that in your review of this match. Well done.
ODI will look slow for New Fans..
I recommend only T20 until u understand the game ☺
Another must go-to for world cricket breakdown Jimmy! These are so good! Those two cutest shots (aside from the improvised ramp shot) are classic late cuts, perfectly executed. It's a difficult shot that almost disappeared from the game for a while but it's back again and I'm loving it.
Oh and the catch that wasn't I'd have given out. As long as fingers are underneath the ball, which they were, then it's definitely out. Seems like third umps fail to remember the grass isn't infinitely short - it grows up above the ground so it's very possible in fact to have fingers under the ball while it's below the tips of the blades of grass.
It is the case from 2d image you can’t tell either way the tech isn’t good enough
Great vid! Wish I could watch more cricket! And when are you going to start covering kabaddi? ;)
These breakdowns are the best, I'm a huge baseball fan but you've gotten me into cricket now!
The USA is going to have the best cricket team in the world in 144 years and they will pull these videos up as the reason we even started playing it.
Bro is a time traveller
It would help with your knowledge of cricket in the USA by visiting USA Cricket.
Damn, Cricket seems pretty tight. I don't know what tf is really happening but, the passion is obvious. Radical
I wish Jomboy would breakdown something iI did at work with this much enthusiasm
Send in a video of you jumping around and screaming "let's go" after you file your tps report. He might do a lip reading.
Love this cricket content! Big hype for Ashes Test #4 tomorrow!!
I love coming back to your Channel after a month and catching up on all the videos I missed.
Best Cricket coverage, this side of the Thames.
Thank you for the breakdowns Jim!
MLC, Asia Cup, Asian Games, World Cup ->Looks like I can get a lot of Jomboy cricket commentry in the next few months.
That last out was like Kyle Tucker's catch against my Angels the other day. Brutal
This is the most I’ve ever understood cricket. Thanks Jomboy!!!
Thanks for the cricket breakdowns, Jimmy. Love 'em
I enjoy cricket content
Not sure if anyone else has already explained this but, the championship game spin bowler is bowling LEG spin. The ball comes out of the pinky side of your hand and spins towards your less dominant hand. A bowler spinning it the other way bowls OFF spin. The ball comes out index finger side and spins back towards your dominant hand. Hope that helps. Really enjoy your cricket breakdowns!
Persons who know both sports will temm you that the release action of a leg spinner has been used in baseball A HOF LAD pitcher named Fernando Valensuela was famous for his "screwball" in the 1980's. Throwing at the velocity he did was detrimental to the length of his career.
Love seeing the slo-mo release from the bowlers. Makes me want to see if tunneling and other baseball concepts have cricket equivalences.
LOVE Jomboy's take on cricket! So refreshing and such enthusiam for the sport. Get him a spot on TMS !! 😅😅
Love the cricket coverage
Before jomboy
Never watched baseball, never watched cricket
After jomboy
Still don't watch baseball or cricket
But watch every damn breakdown.
Yep. I'm here for the lip reading 🤣
So a small distition:
I heard you call Sam Curran & Ish Sohdi's bowling both similar to a 12-6 curve ball while yes it's back of the hand it needs to be considered that Sam Curran was bowling a "Slow Ball" because he is a pace bowler & with Ish Sohdi his style of spin bowling is called leg spin which is predominantly out the back of the hand
A well pitched 12/6 curve ball is more often thrown with the typical "overhand " curve ball action.
love that cricket shit
I think the second bowler you’re talking about is a spinner, just looked like a leg break to me not a slower ball, but I could be wrong
You're right. Ish sodhi is a leg spinner for New Zealand
Old man dressed like a British dude nailed it! You can't convince me he isn't!
the Jomboy commentary makes cricket even better.
Loving the cricket content!
Great video, another cool thing was In the semi final, twin brothers Jamie and Craig Overton played against each other on opposite teams. One of them actually caught the other out to get his wicket as well
For a spinner we call the movement drift (sideways) and dip (when it drops from topspin like a 12-6) and we have flight (when they bowl it a bit more loopy to allow for more drift, used a lot to get the batsman to try and smash it for 6 and beat them with the movement in the air). Then once it bounces its spin. For a fast bowler it's just swing then either seam or cut after its bounced (typically cut is when it's intentionally bowled or for a large movement where as seam is a little deviation). The "12-6" the fast bowler bowled is a slower ball. The exact same as a breaking ball in baseball. Gets them swinging out in front and can have some variation on the bounce
The one at 2:43, the dude's in front of 95% of the stumps. How does that get through for a wicket?
Tip of the cap.
Insane amounts of spin, and movement through the air, to deceive the batter.
Jomboy, I was there for the whole day, although we were 8 pints deep, the catch at the end was genuinely magical
Hey so i understand the rules and concept but can some hardcore cricket fan explain some of the strategy to me? Like how do they decide where to stand? and does the batsman just try to hit in where theyre not? Thanks!
Most players have scoring patterns to balls of a particular height/speed/line. There are two lines of thinking - trying to get outs and trying to stop the rate of scoring. Placing guys close in will get you more catches but is risky because if it goes past them you concede more runs.
And yeah generally the batsmen try to hit gaps but to certain bowlers that can be difficult.
@lawrenceeverglade7493 Nice. Fielder placement is all part of the bowling team setting and springing traps on the batter. Like 2 balls in a row tight into their ribs, cramping up their swing. Then a lovely juicy hittable one right in the batters favorite spot, but bowled a fraction slower so they're too far through the shot when the ball gets to them. Skied up for a catch. Maybe. Runs are cheap and outs are rare, so bowlers are usually happy to leak a few runs before getting the batter out.
@@Nizzleson
3 Formats of Cricket:
1) Test Cricket - lasts 5 days, played with RED ball (90 overs a day; both teams bat 2 times alternating) [Domestic red ball matches called First Class cricket]
2) One Day Int'l (ODI) Cricket - lasts 8-9 hours; played with WHITE ball, 50 overs a side [Domestic 50 over matches called List A cricket]
3) T20I Cricket - lasts ~3-4hours; WHITE ball, 20 overs a side [Domestic/Franchise 20 over matches called T20 cricket]
An over consists of 6 balls (Pitches?). So, 20 overs means 120 legal deliveries. There's concept of extras - No Balls, Wides, etc. (leaving those out here)
A decent score in T20 would be something like 150 - IFF conditions of the pitch and the outfield aren't too favorable to either side.
There are total 10 wickets, and if your team is out before they are able to bat for the full quota of overs - consider those remaining overs wasted.
These were some basic info off the top of my head.
P.S. Field placements are tough to comprehend if you are new to cricket. Even I find it tough sometimes. 😂
Hope you enjoy this amazing sport!
@@Nizzleson "Runs are cheap and outs are rare, so bowlers are usually happy to leak a few runs before getting the batter out." -- well said. This is cricket and strategically this is the first way to think differently compared to baseball. Especially in the longer formats of the game.
Fielding positions are decided by the captain in conjunction with the bowler, the type of bowling, the condition of the ball (the leather and seam progressively wear out and in tests the same ball must be used for 80 six ball overs until you are eligible to take a new one) the weather and state of the pitch AND how the game is progressing. To make it even more complex in limited overs cricket there are rules depending on the number of overs bowled which require fielders to be inside the circle which denotes catching and run saving positions.
Generally speaking, if the pitch is bouncy and fast, and maybe the weather is overcast and there's high humidity, the bowling will be fast, the ball will move around more in the air and off the pitch and that will entice the batter to play at a good delivery which gets an edge through to the keeper(catcher) or one of the players next to the keeper in the slips cordon and "gully". That would be a very attacking field.
If the pitch is very flat, the bowlers are often slower and then the fielding positions will attempt to slow down the flow of runs to maybe frustrate the batter into making a rash shot .... perhaps to hit over the field, mis-hit it and get caught near the boundary rope.
The fielding positions can be anything from within a few feet of the batters to right on the boundary rope; usually there's a combination of catching in close, single run saving in the 25-35 yard circle around the pitch and 4 saving positions right on the boundary fence/rope... cutting a good shot down to a 1 or 2 rather than a 4 or 6.
Here are some positions to look up apart from bowler and keeper .. in an anti-clockwise direction from the keeper on the "off-side" .. slips, gully, backward point, point, cover-point, cover, extra cover, mid off then the bowler. Continuing round that inner circle on the "on-side" AKA "leg-side" you have mid on, mid wicket, square leg, backward square leg, leg gully and back to the keeper again.
There is no hard or fast rule as to where these positions are .. they can be "deep" mid-on for example closer to the boundary or "silly" mid-on which is as you'd expect right in front of the batsman and likely to be in danger if a big shot is hit.
Then around the boundary again anti-clockwise ... "3rd man", Deep Backward Point, Deep point.. a Sweeper, deep cover, deep extra cover, long off, long on, deep mid-wicket, deep square leg and deep fine leg/long leg.
There are even more rarer positions than those, but only 9 players apart from the bowler are allowed to occupy any of those positions ... it's like a game of chess - you have a strategy and use combinations of those positions to attack/defend depending on the state of the game (PHEW!). That's what makes cricket so interesting... there's LOADS happening but the T20 and One Day formats are less complex and easier to watch and appreciate for new fans of the sport. Cheers and enjoy our game - the more you watch and understand, the more you'll love it - that's a promise.
4:40 Sorry, Jomboy. Semantics and lawyering in cricket coming from a baseball fan! 😆🤣
Just to be precise Jimmy, Sam Curran's ball is called a slower ball and its done by a fast baller, its disguised as a fast and straight one, often a yorker, but because its slower and comes out of the back of the hand its stays lower. On the other hand, Ish Sodi is a leg spinner(ball spin from right to left if thrown by a right hander) so the back wrist movement you see is his usual routine, while for Curran its just a disguise. As you can see Sodhi's skids quickly straight while coming drifting from the left.
We have to talk about that eye roll at 4:34... That might be top 5 eye rolls of all time. He low key could actually see the replay in his brain
You should sometimes review MLC matches. Would be good to see cricket being promoted through your channel in the US. I started watching baseball highlights on youtube because of your videos. Love from India, man.
Love how you're getting into cricket! Only very slight pedantic point was that you got the teams mixed up on the winning play of the tournament. Essex are batting, not bowling. Everything else is nailed on! The 12-6 curve comparison, we just call a slower ball 👍
Which he corrected ten seconds later.
Awesome highlights love the 12/6 bowl breakdown that is some nasty stuff
Amazing vid guys
No mention of the best part of finals day and the mascot race?
Excellent stuff Jimmy.
YEAH CRICKET
You and a a few of my Indian friends have me loving cricket and I have no dang clue whats happening!
Also funny hearing you say 'championship' game, that's the domestic four day competition (like test cricket), we call it the 'final' :) but most of your terminology is absolutely spot on
Took me until 5 minutes in to notice Jimmy’s face was moving the whole time like a progress bar
You got to do a video of Allen for San Francisco getting out in an embarrassing way against Seattle in the MLC.
I’m a lifelong Seattle Orcas fan but watching San Francisco throw that away was embarrassing
Ish Sodhi, the somerset bowler, was bowling whats called leg spin, turns right to left off the pitch, very difficult to control
You really make the joy for competition apparent.
Do you have to let the ball bounce before you can hit it?
Do the wickets spark like that when hit with the ball or did you add that effect?
It's automatic, they light up when the circuit is broken
EDIT: the circuit being contact between the bails on top and the stumps holding them up.
They have lights in them. They're designed to light up when the bails (the things sitting on top) are removed. As the other reply said, there is a circuit broken when they are removed which causes them to light up
@@DNeonLamp thanks!
@@amireallythatgrumpy6508 thanks!
Never expected to see my very own Hampshire Hawks on this channel, great to see your interest my dude
The back of the hand 12/6 curveball is called a googly.
Oh my mistake, I was actually refering to the one at 2:00, but I`ll bow to your better knowledge.
Jomboy can you review buddy franklins 1000th goal in the AFL?
Think you would have a great laugh on the breakdown of peoples faces 😂
There’s a section in the description for breakdown suggestions if you want to be sure he sees it
MLC have started Jomboy
In all 23 years of my life I’ve never enjoyed cricket besides this video lmao
Since ESPN+ lost the rights for so much cricket coverage, what's the next best thing for watching in the US? I've developed a love for the game from these breakdowns and watching what I can but would love to have better access.
Shit I think I like cricket better over baseball solely on the fact that they field with out gloves.
They also don’t chuck like pitchers which is frowned upon and is illegal because it’s considered easy to do.Cricketers generate the same pace without bending their arms
We gunna get a breakdown of the mascot race controversy?
Jomboy is awesome 😂😂😂...
pretty sure its a catch, so long as your fingers are underneath the ball. So, if such is the case, and then the ball continues to touch the ground somewhat afterwards, its still a catch. The ashes one was weird and stupid -as he caught it, he then used it to stable himself as he was falling to the ground. Thus, supposedly, there was an insufficient distinction between the two motions of catching and grounding the ball.
My hope is that through Jomboy, Cricket becomes America's biggest sport. And that American Cricket becomes a world wide powerhouse!
It will never become America’s biggest sport, but even if it becomes the 5th or 6th most popular sport in the US in the far future, that will be great for American cricket…
@@theamesavenue9834 I was just making a wee joke. Though I would love it if Cricket did catch on here in some capacity.
The "old man dressed as a British person" is actually how umpires dressed until about 20 years ago. They then introduced different styles and colours depending on the format of the game
Jomboy will have single-handedly made cricket in the USA
4:08 I like how clear their rule is for Is it a catch? If it hits the ground, NO catch...we definately WOULD use that on the school ground because its so clear and simple...maybe you are paraphrasing? because that rule has no loopholes.
I suppose the grass/ground is the only hard part about this. or the gaps between finger are sometimes hard to tell if its touching ground.
In your clothes? good, you fumble it twice? good. It touches that blade of grass? good. It pushes grass into the ground? BAD. Solid hand grip the entire time but the stitches touch the dirt? BAD.
We could use some more ‘Cutest hits’ compilations. Great sound effects
Having a strike zone light would be so much better than an umpire.
If the bowl hits the wicketts does it mean anything? Did i use right terminologies?
i dont understand
If you're looking for more diving catches, see the AUDL (ultimate frisbee) playoff highlights happening now
Why don't you cover the MLC that's happening right now???
Nah, not a catch - ball moved up into his hands as it hit the ground.
The back of the hand bowling is called a slow ball.
To be fair “let’s go!!!” Is becoming a lot more popular over here now instead of “come on”!
Cool but can you make videos about US cricket
I’m sorry but a 12/6 curve is nothing but a sinker from baseball (When Baseball was truly BASEBALL!) in the 80’s and early 90’s
T 20 is fun. Lot's of action and only a couple of hours long for those with a short attention span.... ;)
The Dalmatian’s a Leafs fan!
The Blast is just the aperitif for the Hundred
Small note: Jomboy said “Somerset needed 15 from 10”, slight mistake, it was Essex who needed 15 from 10. But he corrected himself afterwards 👍
man i wish you said "an itialian" when you cut to the luigis
Gonna be honest, this kind of game looks like the epitome of "this looks easy". Never played it, and it really, truly, looks so fucking easy.
East to play? Yeah, kids do it.
But to play with the top talent? Like that wicketkeeper's diving catch? Or that ramp shot ? Nah.
So skilled.
Cricket is such a game that it seems easy but when you play it at decent level that's when you get this sport
When we don't know any sports well, then we tend to think that it is easy. It is natural to assume that when you don't know what skills are needed to play it. I used to think like that for baseball, but after learning the sports, I realised that pitching the ball and hitting the ball well enough with a cylindrical bat is very difficult.