As a longtime cricket fan, I'm not mad at all. Helping people understand the game by using familiar terminology is a great idea. Once you learn the concepts, you can learn the terminology afterwards.
When the ball is in the air you can run but if it’s caught these runs don’t count. You can’t get double plays in cricket. So as soon as the ball is caught the play is over.
Keep learning the game and keep reacting to cricket! Watch more match highlights and apply the learnings from these videos so you get to know the game better just like a regular cricket fan! Cheers mate!
@@Bd0MZ Nice to see your learning about the game of Cricket from an fellow American. There's another You Tube channel you'd may want to have a look at Called Cricket for American's check it out and see what you think?
Johnson's batting effort looks very significant; 25 from 13 balls, because they clearly needed a rapid boost to the run rate when he came in; apart from Broom (and Rutherford briefly) all the other batsmen were scoring 100 per 100 balls or fewer. Economy rate is the number of runs conceded by a bowler divided by the number of overs he/she bowled.
Your man went through the bare essentials of T20 cricket.. but trust me there are intricacies and technicalities where umpires have to pause and discuss. There are also many ways and technicalities around how you get someone out, what happens when there are batting or bowling violations (no-balls, and wides and how many of them you can bowl like "balls" in baseball, etc.), video replays to see what exactly happened, there are "power plays" relating to fielding restrictions at certain stages of the innings where only a limited number of fielders can be inside or outside the circle.... the list goes on!
The best way to learn cricket is to watch the game a few times. Like, when I learned NFL I got the idea of having 4 Downs to reach the 10 yard line but I got confused when they made the 10 yard marker and still called it a 1st Down. Lol. Basically all these rules are just stuff like that. There is a good RUclips channel called "Cricket for Americans ". They started reacting to cricket during the pandemic and are now doing live play by plays of 5 day cricket games. It was awesome the day when one of them exclaimed... " I finally get cricket!" And it was a 5 day game. Just think of a 5 day cricket game like a 5 game series in baseball with their own challenges... Great video!!
Yeah this is a really good explanation. It should give you a good understanding of two of the main formats of cricket - T20 cricket (20 overs, 1 inning) and 1-day cricket (50 overs, 1 inning) - I'd like to see your man explain Test Match Cricket (not limited by overs but limited to 5 days! And each team can have 2 innings)
Very good explanation of the game for people who have never watched the game. Watch out for the Indian premier leage 20 overs, One day cricket 50 overs and the one most Americans find baffling Test Matches which have unlimited overs and can last up to 5 days and can end in a draw. The Ashes tests are on at the moment between Australia and England and are the oldest of all cricket international contests. Note that the one day and test matches stop for lunch and tea during the course of the day. Take a picnic to these games, many will have a hamper and a decent wine or scotch or even port to wash it down with.
If a batter is caught out the run does not count, however if the batters crossed over while running the new batter will come in at the end the outgoing batter was running to
At 6:30 the fielder did not throw the ball in because he caught the batsmen, which means he is out and the ball is 'dead'. There is no such thing as a double-play in cricket if that was what you were thinking. If a batsman hits the ball in the air they do NOT have to wait for the ball to reach the ground before they can run; that would be terrible cricket.
But, it should be clarified, if the fielder makes the catch, any runs completed while the ball was in the air don't count. I'm sure OP knows that, but just for anyone else reading
I'm English and would say that it is one of the better attempts that I have seen. Anything that makes it easier for you guys to understand is good in my book. One thing there are no double plays in Cricket. If the ball is caught the play ends and no runs are scored.
I don't know who would be annoyed by this video, it's easier to understand something if you relate it to something you do know. Learning a new language, you always sort of convert it to your mother tongue at first. Economy is the average runs scored per over.
Economy is the average amount of runs you concede per over. For example A Verma conceded 22 runs in 4 over which is an average of 5.5 runs every over. The match in this video is a Twenty20 match so economies of 7-9 are extremely common. This was a low scoring match aside from Kuggeleign who, from looking at the scorecard, did pretty terribly with his bowling.
Economy is a bowler's "Runs allowed per over", very similar to ERA in baseball (Which is runs allowed per 9 innings). The bowler will want this number low. (More specifically ERA is "*[E]arned* [R]uns allowed per 9 innings, [A]veraged", because in baseball statistics the concept of fielder error is baked in, and I do not believe there is an equivalent of that in cricket, it's all on the bowler's shoulder in cricket.)
Cricket also has many stupid rules, most of which try to diminish the glory of Australian Cricket History. For example, you are not allowed to bowl underam, you can no longer use an aluminium bat and for some reason the use of yellow sandpaper to shine the ball is a sackable offence.
Regarding "Economy you can do the maths yourself with the figures shown here. A bowler's 'economy rate' is the number of runs he/she conceded divided by the number of overs he/she bowled. In 'limited overs' cricket it is a useful indication of the bowler's effectiveness in shorter formats. If a bowler finished with an incomplete over then divide the runs conceded by the number of balls bowled (six balls in an over) and then multiply the result by six.
You can run in cricket whenever you wish but you have to judge whether you can safely complete the run you take on, and it is not just yourself that you have to consider; your batting partner has to be able to complete the run as well. You don't make yourself very popular if you keep running batting partners out. If a ball is hit a long way in the air the batsmen will run but if it is caught any runs they complete are wiped off. In the case of run outs it is different; if you are run out going for a third run, for instance, the first two runs you actually completed are still credited to your team total and your individual score (if the ball came off your bat).
He explains the game really well for newbies, good video. If you enjoy baseball then it's definitely worth watching T20 cricket. I've been a cricket fan for years and started getting into baseball last summer. I think it's possible to transfer the appreciation you have for one sport to the other. One of my housemates is American, he enjoyed watching some cricket on TV last summer, and we watched some of the free MLB games on here, which I enjoyed. I'm still trying to get my head round all the technicalities of baseball though!
Another good vid Bd0MZ. Although this clip DOES show you a lot of what other clips don't, and yeah, I get that it's possibly easier to understand after being only subjected to baseball all your life, it also DOESN'T cover soo many things. I guess none of the cricket vids out there cover everything. What I like about this video is that he very clearly explains the scoreboard and the scorecard - that is most definitely something that was missing from all those other videos.Cricket, like baseball, has a load of statistics behind the sport. Some things you enquired about and that he missed: - the Economy rate is basically, the number of runs given up per over bowled by the bowler. There is also a Strike Rate stat which is number of balls bowled per Wicket taken. Both of these atats are better if the numbers are lower. The strike rate isn't shown on the video. - Batsmen have similar stats, a Strike Rate (Runs Scored / balls faced * 100), and Average (ALL runs scored / number of innings played. If "not out" just add amount scored, and not the innings to the equation) - Dot ball stats are good for t20 games, but longer formats use "Maiden overs" where you bowl an entire over without the batsmen scoring - far harder to do and far more of an achievement Something that none of the learn cricket videos ever touch on is the role of the team members - Batsmen are not expected to ever bowl or be good at bowling, and Bowlers are normally expected to be crap batsmen (that's not to say it's always the case). You normally also put all your best batsmen in to bat first to give them the most number of balls to face and score off as many as possible. Most cricket teams have 3-4 members that will only ever bat, and 3-4 members that will be considered bowlers only, however, it's not unusual to see bowlers batting, and are called "Tail-enders" due to their prowess with the bat. Those few team members that can Bat and Bowl are called All-Rounders and are normally mediocre to good at both. So Broom being a no. 3 batsman - 62 is good, but not great for him. What's more shocking is the opening batsmen only getting 8 and 10! At least they got those scores without taking up too many balls. I'd love to see any video go into depth about the Wicket Keeper, as that's always overlooked. This video doesn't look at ANY of the actualmechanics behind the game - eg, batting, bowling, ways to get out, equipment, playing field. All of these things, if compared to baseball would help. It really comes down to having to watch all the different videos out there and mash them all together to get all the information. Oh, last point - Once the ball is hit, the batsmen can run. Nothing is stopping them. BUT - if the ball is caught without hitting the ground, the runs are cancelled, but if the batsmen advance more than half way down the pitch, if they are caught, the new batsman coming in doesn't have to immediately face the bowler as he would then be at the non-strikers end when he was caught out.
Great comment! Honestly, by learning the scoreboard, and this may sound weird, it actually helps me understand other aspects. You are right though, I've watched so many cricket videos now and still find they all lack a lot. Maybe because you can't cram it all into 1 video. And that's a good idea, I will see if there is anything on wicket keepers. Eventually I want to tackle it all
Also, in baseball we have the same thing. Hitters aren't ever expected to pitch (unless the game is a blow out, then a coach may say to the hitters"who wants to go out there" so that they can not waste a relief pitcher for a game that doesn't matter. Pitchers are also terrible hitters. In fact, the MLB is broken up into the AL and the NL, and in the AL we have a "designated hitter", a player who's sole job is to hit for the pitcher. Never touches the field defensively, just acts as a pitchers batter. Doesn't have to hit for your pitcher, could be any other position, but 99.999999999999% of the time it's the pitcher. Then, 2021 brought us Shohei Ohtani. He is something else. He won the most valuable player award by a landslide because he was a top 3 hitter and a top 5 pitcher at the same time. Keep in mind there's around 850 active players at any given time. Before him you have to go back to Babe Ruth, and even he gave up pitching to hit and this was in the 1910s lol
@@Bd0MZ A big problem with learning from video highlights is they don't often show the details you need to know when you start out watching. This is illustrated by really basic occurrences like when a batsman hits the ball into the deep, the camera follows the ball and the fielder, so very often you don't actually get to see the batsmen running between the wickets. The small inset screen here showing the batsmen running is very helpful for the novice watcher.
When looking at the batting card, the best batsmen come first, then the usually the allrounders, ( bat/ bowl) and finally the specialist bowlers.( Rabbits).
The batsmen can run even if the ball is hit in the air and they don't need to wait until it hits the ground.. but if the ball is caught by the fielder before it hits the ground the batsman who hit is out and even if they ran the run isn't counted. But if the fielder drops the catch then the run is counted
Correct. The thing about this if the more skilled/set/in form batsmen is at the non strikers end and the batsmen cross over before the catch is taken the better batsman will be on strike unless it was the last ball of the over. Can make a big difference in a very close match. Crossing over means to pass your batting partner on the way to the opposite crease.
@@AlexEwan1 ah, in baseball if you cross the next runner, they are out lol. That's one thing thats very different about the sports. But the ball in air mechanics are very similar. So cool how they can be similar yet so different.
13:18 You can say it's about a Bowler's efficiency. Economy is basically _Number of Runs ÷ Number of Overs._ From the name itself you can guess it talks about how expensive or inexpensive a Bowler was during his entire Spell. 14:47 In Cricket too they're called Umpire & probably they existed in Cricket long before baseball. 15:10 I don't think we've any rules like that & I'm glad we don't.
If the ball is hit in the air and is caught, the runs the batsmen made by running, if any, will not count. Batsmen do usually run when the ball is in the air about to be caught, just in case the fielders drops the catch, in which case the runs will count.
Economy is runs per over bowled . e.g. 22 runs from 4 overs (22 divided by 4 ) = 5.5 ,that's your economy rate . It runs per over . As a bowler the lower the rate the better . In the shortened versions of the game keeping them from scoring freely can be as vital as taking a wicket.
5:50 I'm an umpire. If a batter is out caught, no runs are scored from that delivery. :) But they should not wait until the ball is dropped to run, as they'll run out of time to make a run.
You can run on the equivalent of a fly ball but it doesn't count if the ball is caught. If it is dropped, they will have had time to take a very easy run and they will usually run in that situation. There are no double plays so they can't run out the runner as well as taking the catch.
Even cricket has a lot of rules. The rules of cricket are called Laws.. it's written down in the MCC (Marylbone cricket club) laws of cricket book. There are numerous intricacies and the umpires even though they know most of the rules they get confused many times and have made a lot of mistakes. What he explained is just how the game works. There are a lot of confusing rules in cricket
Top level umpires don't "get confused many times" about the laws. Where "mistakes" occur is that they have to make judgements based on extrapolating what would have happened.
Lesser the economy for a bowler in T20 cricket format, the more successful he was on that day, plus the wickets he takes in those overs is an added double bonus.
Economy for a bowler: How many runs per over are scored off you in that match (or career, if you look at the entire career stats) Strike rate is balls per wicket. A Verma: 22 runs off 4 overs = 5.50 runs per over scored Batsman: Average: runs per "out". Strike rate: runs per 100 balls (4 runs from 2 balls is a strike rate of 200)
Bear in mind you cannot bowl more than four overs in this format of cricket (20 overs innings). In 50-over cricket a bowler may bowl up to ten overs. In first class and test cricket there is no limit on personal overs other than stamina, time and the captain's preferences.
Well like he said .. for a first time watcher .. to understand "BASICS" .. like he did ... Cricket comparatively simpler than BB. As you progress deep in your learning of Cricket .. you will realize that Cricket too has a ton of weird/complex/controversial Rules or Laws. In addition to that there are many "Unwritten" Rules also .. which are technically not illegal ... but if you break them then everyone will kinda look down upon you for going against spirit of the game .. Its a big deal.
Yeah, if you break an unwritten rule in baseball you get a hard object thrown 100mph at your head, so that I totally understand lol. I cant wait to go even deeper.
@@Bd0MZ 😅 and in cricket, if a bowler hits a batsman in the head they are congratulated regardless of whether the batsman had broken an unwritten rule or not
Very good explanation and reaction, my friend. In the final analysis when you look at the performance of each bowler then the " dots" and "economy rate" is only important to the team, not the fans. All we need to see is the Number of Overs=4. How many Batsmen did you remove=1 and how many runs did you concede-20: 1/20 in 4 overs:)
A minor point ~ batsmen and bowlers do not change sides, they change ends. Looking at the standard television view, top and bottom are ends, left and right are sides. It's not a major thing, but for someone trying to follow a live commentary on a match it could be confusing.
Hi, I think he did a great job explaining the basics, which is what you mainly need to know. On the complexity of Baseball, I think cricket has the same issues. Trying to explain LBW , its a way a batsman maybe out, but is complicated, or scoring in a shortened game (Duckworth Lewis).
If a ball, hit in the air, is caught by a fielder the batter is out and the ball is then dead. Any runs completed while the ball is in the air DO NOT COUNT. Cricket has no equivalent of "tagging-up". Batters can try for a run at any time even if they haven't hit the ball.
Economy means on an average of 6 pitches (i.e 1 over) how much Runs has the pitcher (bowler) leaked E.g. In a 4 overs (24 pitches) tally a bowler concedes 32 runs then on an average a pitcher has given away 8 runs in every over he is bowled (pitched) Now the intresting thing is a bowler may feel elated that in his first 4 pitches batter couldn't collect a single run but if in the remaining 2 pitches 2 boundary (4 runs) are struck or on one pitch batter ran 2 runs and on another hit a Six then it is heartbreaking for the bowler. A bowler tries to keep his economy as low as possible which means greater percentage of pitcher's (Bowler in Cricketing terms) pitches has been successful! Now there is another more important stat that every Bowler strives for and every team's captain crave for - A bowler with a great Strike Rate. It means how many pitches a bowler expenses to get his next hunt (Wicket). Obviously a bowler with low Economy and a great Strike rate means he is a bowler who most of the time is getting you (batters) down, 1st with less run making opportunities and then getting finally OUT too!
I call T20 cricket for Americans. A great way to learn the game because a match is over in about 3 hours: shorter than a typical MLB game. It's also packed with more action than baseball. The ultimate in cricket, however, is the test match. Played over 5 days, with two innings for each team, it requires more tactics and patience.
Once the catch is taken the play is over. You can only get one batsman out on any ball so no need to throw in if yo take the catch. Batsmen can start running as soon as they like.
Economy is the number of runs the bowler was hit for, divided by the number of overs they bowled. eg. 21 runs from 4 overs = 5.25 runs per over. If they got 60 runs from 4 overs, then the economy would be 15 runs per over. etc. Obviously, from the bowlers point of view, the lower that number is, the better they performed.
If it is caught and the fielder is in control of the ball in his palms and the ball doesn't pops out or slips out of fielder's hand, then Bowler is credited to get the batter out back to pavilion. And there is No run!! It is a Wicket-Dot ball. Like a fool, the 2 batters can keep running 'n' number of times but if you hit in air and fielder catches it then it is Hurray for the next batter to come in. At times 2 batters may end up playing all the 120 pitches and nobody else in the team gets to bat and the whole match is spent sitting in dugout and running all over park like an extended Cardio session, that too out under scrothing ☀️ sun!
They run while ball is in the air because no one that someone can catch it or not but after getting got runs don't count no matter how many .some player don't run when they think catch is easy and he has no chance of survival
I'm 61 and I've been watching cricket all my life and I don't know all the rules. Do don't feel left out if you are still unsure after watching this video.
If you can hit it high enough for both batsmen to completely ground their bat behind the opposite end crease it would in fact count as a run even if the ball ended up being caught. The batsmen would still be out but would be credited the run. I don't know if I have ever seen that happen. I don't think the highest hit would be far enough for the batsmen both to cross before it was caught but theoretically the answer to your question is that the run would count. I think what he said at the end about being simple to understand is the basic concept. Rules? There are no rules in cricket there are only laws. The size of the book of rules for baseball that you indicated might be the introduction to the laws of cricket. From that perspective cricket is insanely complex, but you would not expect much else from a game that started evolving nearly 1000 years ago and has been played as an official sport for nearly 300 years.
The last ball was not a good delivery; it was short in length and pitched outside leg stump on the short side of the ground; it was exactly what the batsman would have wished for. To be honest once the first six of the over went over the odds were very much against the bowler.
I should have consolidated all these into one, rather than commenting as it came up. LOL. Cricket has Laws, rather than Rules. I mean, it has rules, but rules in Cricket are called "Playing conditions" which apply to that type of match only. Laws apply to the entire sport. Having a Law book on field is an extreme no-no. We're expected to know the Laws and Playing Conditions for the game we're doing :)
It always frustrated me when watching the usual "cricket explained" videos that never really explained how the running between the wickets worked or how the bowling switched at the end of each over. Running between the wickets and calling between the batsman is one of the biggest components of cricket, and this American made video explains it the best so far
Just a minor point; at the end of an over I don't understand why he says they "switch sides". That doesn't make any sense; what they do is switch 'ends.'
Because for us Americans, we only "pitch" and "hit" from the same places for the entire game. In cricket it's almost like you have 2 home plates (to continue the baseball comparison) with the 2 wickets so to us it looks like you are switching sides that you bat from.
in a nutshell, cricket and rugby was played in america looooooong before baseball n gridiron were invented. The reason cricket was given up is that it was deemed by the ppl there to be too difficult to understand, so they eventually came up with a game they believed to be simpler n that they could call their own.....same with rugby but they gave up on that primarily because it was deemed too rough, hence your helmet and pads etc
Your history is awry; there were no helmets when some of the American colleges were amending the laws of rugby; they came along a lot late. Their young men were just as competitive and physical as ours in Britain.
Economy = How many runs you gave up on average per over (6 balls/pitches) - It's just runs divided by overs! Yes it's an efficiency thing. Kuggelejelelelellelelngngng was expensive!!
One thing I don't understand in these how to play videos is that they go on about batsmen running to change "sides", they don't change sides they change 'ends'. Sides doesn't make any sense.
You don't need to explain baseball to Aussies, we learn that at school too. Yes it can be overwhelming for people who have never seen cricket and most of the rules videos are not very explanatory or explain too fast for you to follow. I always think you should check the rules in a document or wiki with the video paused if it is confusing.
I understand the importance of baseball to American culture, and that's cool. But I've always sought of believed Americans would like cricket, and that too is cool. I don't know wheather this is true or not, but I read the first cricket international was between the U.S and Canada. Which the Americans won?
Cricket has both laws and rules. The "laws of the game" are set by the overall governing body and apply to all forms of cricket, while rules are set by the organizers of a competition, league or tournament and are specific to that competition. For example, limits on the number of overs each bowler may deliver are rules and vary according to the competition being played, they are not universal. Having no more than two fielders behind square on the leg side is a law, it applies to all cricket, whereas any limits on the number of fielders outside a 30 yard circle are rules applied to a particular competition.
I grew up in Japan playing baseball all thru high school and university. In fact a scout once told me I was a AAA prospect if it wasn't for the fact I was female. When I came to the UK, I had to self-teach myself cricket and it was so difficult due to a lot of slang terms and unhelpful jargon. I totally agree with you, that explaining it in baseball terms is so much easier, and doing a play-by-play breakdown of the scoreboard is an excellent way of explaining how the stats work. Now I just have to convince Brits that baseball is the better sport 😂
I think both sports have a place and are both great in their own way. But there are so many nuances that even Americans who aren't into baseball don't understand. It's the only job that you can make millions at while failing 70%+ of the time. That alone makes it interesting.
We prefer cricket and cricketing terms are not unhelpful they are cricketing terms/jargon. Would you say that baseball jargon is 'unhelpful' to 'outsiders'? It is fairly incomphensible to most people elsewhere.
@@kingspeechless1607 no one is saying ignore cricket terms. But some actually get upset that we use baseball as a way of understanding the game of cricket easier. To me, who cares how you learn as long as you are enjoying it?
I don't know why any cricket fan would have a stump up their arse about Americans using baseball terms as a frame of reference. How else to describe it if baseball is the bat and ball game of your culture?
It's as simple as Cricket is to most Americans... there are so many deeper intricacies to both games than even many fans realize. By your statement I can tell you don't know nearly as much about baseball as you think you do.
good for you? I'm sure most people could to, but if you know one thing, and another thing can be explained in a way that relates more to you, it tends to make the learning process easier. I dont get why so many people are so against this concept... why does it matter how, as long as the knowledge is learned?
Yes because I don't have any other videos on my channel of me learning cricket. Nope, not a one. If you love a sport you should want more and more people to get interested. This guy has a massive following and he, like myself, is just learning about the sport and introducing potentially millions of people to something they knew nothing about before hand. But sure, be a rude keyboard warrior and drive people away from the sport. That always helps things and acting like that definitely makes the world a better place...
Ok. So the major issue I have these videos is that Americans look at this game like it’s brand new (is like 140 years old and 2nd to soccer in term of world wide involvement. How can you know zero about it?
A lot of the cricket videos are not particularly well done to be honest, but if you have seen them and this you should have a basic beginning but you then need to move up a notch if you actually want to be able to have a conversation with an experienced cricket follower.
Cricket, what was the inspirationto baseball, was originally English. But baseball was developed in Cooperstown, New York, not in England. Now, I know what you are referencing, the first known use of "base ball", but baseball as one word and as it is now is American. That "base ball" if I remember right is a varied form of cricket that a specific area in England played once a year, again probably trying to shorten the games. Also gotta remember that for the first 100 years or so after we gained independence that we were all European decent. So, what probably happened is the guy that invented baseball either came from that area or heard about it and decided to recreate it. But honestly, we may never know. There's plenty of "British" things that actually were American first, vice versa and everything inbetween. Honestly, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter who "start it". Both games are great in their own ways and I hope people around the world fall in love with any sport that they can, because not only is it fun but just a great escape from reality for a few hours and all the negativity that comes with it.
I mean, according to all the comments across the several cricket videos I have reacted to I am learning. So idk what you're getting at here but the answer is yes.
As a longtime cricket fan, I'm not mad at all. Helping people understand the game by using familiar terminology is a great idea. Once you learn the concepts, you can learn the terminology afterwards.
When the ball is in the air you can run but if it’s caught these runs don’t count. You can’t get double plays in cricket. So as soon as the ball is caught the play is over.
Keep learning the game and keep reacting to cricket! Watch more match highlights and apply the learnings from these videos so you get to know the game better just like a regular cricket fan! Cheers mate!
I am really enjoying it so far
@@Bd0MZ Nice to see your learning about the game of Cricket from an fellow American. There's another You Tube channel you'd may want to have a look at Called Cricket for American's check it out and see what you think?
Economy rate For bowlers is runs divided by overs. Another rate often shown in cricket stats in longer games is runs per wicket.
Johnson's batting effort looks very significant; 25 from 13 balls, because they clearly needed a rapid boost to the run rate when he came in; apart from Broom (and Rutherford briefly) all the other batsmen were scoring 100 per 100 balls or fewer.
Economy rate is the number of runs conceded by a bowler divided by the number of overs he/she bowled.
Economy sounds very similar to a baseball term called "earned run average," or ERA for short.
Your man went through the bare essentials of T20 cricket.. but trust me there are intricacies and technicalities where umpires have to pause and discuss. There are also many ways and technicalities around how you get someone out, what happens when there are batting or bowling violations (no-balls, and wides and how many of them you can bowl like "balls" in baseball, etc.), video replays to see what exactly happened, there are "power plays" relating to fielding restrictions at certain stages of the innings where only a limited number of fielders can be inside or outside the circle.... the list goes on!
The best way to learn cricket is to watch the game a few times. Like, when I learned NFL I got the idea of having 4 Downs to reach the 10 yard line but I got confused when they made the 10 yard marker and still called it a 1st Down. Lol. Basically all these rules are just stuff like that. There is a good RUclips channel called "Cricket for Americans ". They started reacting to cricket during the pandemic and are now doing live play by plays of 5 day cricket games.
It was awesome the day when one of them exclaimed... " I finally get cricket!" And it was a 5 day game. Just think of a 5 day cricket game like a 5 game series in baseball with their own challenges...
Great video!!
Yeah this is a really good explanation. It should give you a good understanding of two of the main formats of cricket - T20 cricket (20 overs, 1 inning) and 1-day cricket (50 overs, 1 inning) - I'd like to see your man explain Test Match Cricket (not limited by overs but limited to 5 days! And each team can have 2 innings)
Very good explanation of the game for people who have never watched the game. Watch out for the Indian premier leage 20 overs, One day cricket 50 overs and the one most Americans find baffling Test Matches which have unlimited overs and can last up to 5 days and can end in a draw. The Ashes tests are on at the moment between Australia and England and are the oldest of all cricket international contests. Note that the one day and test matches stop for lunch and tea during the course of the day. Take a picnic to these games, many will have a hamper and a decent wine or scotch or even port to wash it down with.
If a batter is caught out the run does not count, however if the batters crossed over while running the new batter will come in at the end the outgoing batter was running to
At 6:30 the fielder did not throw the ball in because he caught the batsmen, which means he is out and the ball is 'dead'. There is no such thing as a double-play in cricket if that was what you were thinking. If a batsman hits the ball in the air they do NOT have to wait for the ball to reach the ground before they can run; that would be terrible cricket.
But, it should be clarified, if the fielder makes the catch, any runs completed while the ball was in the air don't count. I'm sure OP knows that, but just for anyone else reading
I'm English and would say that it is one of the better attempts that I have seen. Anything that makes it easier for you guys to understand is good in my book. One thing there are no double plays in Cricket. If the ball is caught the play ends and no runs are scored.
But they can change strike
@@galaxray8700 Only if they cross before the ball is caught.
They could back then. That rule has now changed. The batters must return to their original ends now. @@galaxray8700
I don't know who would be annoyed by this video, it's easier to understand something if you relate it to something you do know. Learning a new language, you always sort of convert it to your mother tongue at first.
Economy is the average runs scored per over.
Economy is the average amount of runs you concede per over. For example A Verma conceded 22 runs in 4 over which is an average of 5.5 runs every over. The match in this video is a Twenty20 match so economies of 7-9 are extremely common. This was a low scoring match aside from Kuggeleign who, from looking at the scorecard, did pretty terribly with his bowling.
That makes a ton of sense now
In baseball parlance, would Economy be the rough equivalent of ERA (Earned Run Average)?
Best way to explain cricket
Economy is a bowler's "Runs allowed per over", very similar to ERA in baseball (Which is runs allowed per 9 innings). The bowler will want this number low.
(More specifically ERA is "*[E]arned* [R]uns allowed per 9 innings, [A]veraged", because in baseball statistics the concept of fielder error is baked in, and I do not believe there is an equivalent of that in cricket, it's all on the bowler's shoulder in cricket.)
Cricket also has many stupid rules, most of which try to diminish the glory of Australian Cricket History. For example, you are not allowed to bowl underam, you can no longer use an aluminium bat and for some reason the use of yellow sandpaper to shine the ball is a sackable offence.
Pommy bastards
Regarding "Economy you can do the maths yourself with the figures shown here. A bowler's 'economy rate' is the number of runs he/she conceded divided by the number of overs he/she bowled. In 'limited overs' cricket it is a useful indication of the bowler's effectiveness in shorter formats. If a bowler finished with an incomplete over then divide the runs conceded by the number of balls bowled (six balls in an over) and then multiply the result by six.
You can run in cricket whenever you wish but you have to judge whether you can safely complete the run you take on, and it is not just yourself that you have to consider; your batting partner has to be able to complete the run as well. You don't make yourself very popular if you keep running batting partners out. If a ball is hit a long way in the air the batsmen will run but if it is caught any runs they complete are wiped off.
In the case of run outs it is different; if you are run out going for a third run, for instance, the first two runs you actually completed are still credited to your team total and your individual score (if the ball came off your bat).
He explains the game really well for newbies, good video. If you enjoy baseball then it's definitely worth watching T20 cricket. I've been a cricket fan for years and started getting into baseball last summer. I think it's possible to transfer the appreciation you have for one sport to the other. One of my housemates is American, he enjoyed watching some cricket on TV last summer, and we watched some of the free MLB games on here, which I enjoyed. I'm still trying to get my head round all the technicalities of baseball though!
Another good vid Bd0MZ.
Although this clip DOES show you a lot of what other clips don't, and yeah, I get that it's possibly easier to understand after being only subjected to baseball all your life, it also DOESN'T cover soo many things. I guess none of the cricket vids out there cover everything.
What I like about this video is that he very clearly explains the scoreboard and the scorecard - that is most definitely something that was missing from all those other videos.Cricket, like baseball, has a load of statistics behind the sport. Some things you enquired about and that he missed:
- the Economy rate is basically, the number of runs given up per over bowled by the bowler. There is also a Strike Rate stat which is number of balls bowled per Wicket taken. Both of these atats are better if the numbers are lower. The strike rate isn't shown on the video.
- Batsmen have similar stats, a Strike Rate (Runs Scored / balls faced * 100), and Average (ALL runs scored / number of innings played. If "not out" just add amount scored, and not the innings to the equation)
- Dot ball stats are good for t20 games, but longer formats use "Maiden overs" where you bowl an entire over without the batsmen scoring - far harder to do and far more of an achievement
Something that none of the learn cricket videos ever touch on is the role of the team members - Batsmen are not expected to ever bowl or be good at bowling, and Bowlers are normally expected to be crap batsmen (that's not to say it's always the case). You normally also put all your best batsmen in to bat first to give them the most number of balls to face and score off as many as possible. Most cricket teams have 3-4 members that will only ever bat, and 3-4 members that will be considered bowlers only, however, it's not unusual to see bowlers batting, and are called "Tail-enders" due to their prowess with the bat. Those few team members that can Bat and Bowl are called All-Rounders and are normally mediocre to good at both. So Broom being a no. 3 batsman - 62 is good, but not great for him. What's more shocking is the opening batsmen only getting 8 and 10! At least they got those scores without taking up too many balls.
I'd love to see any video go into depth about the Wicket Keeper, as that's always overlooked.
This video doesn't look at ANY of the actualmechanics behind the game - eg, batting, bowling, ways to get out, equipment, playing field. All of these things, if compared to baseball would help. It really comes down to having to watch all the different videos out there and mash them all together to get all the information.
Oh, last point - Once the ball is hit, the batsmen can run. Nothing is stopping them. BUT - if the ball is caught without hitting the ground, the runs are cancelled, but if the batsmen advance more than half way down the pitch, if they are caught, the new batsman coming in doesn't have to immediately face the bowler as he would then be at the non-strikers end when he was caught out.
Great comment!
Honestly, by learning the scoreboard, and this may sound weird, it actually helps me understand other aspects. You are right though, I've watched so many cricket videos now and still find they all lack a lot. Maybe because you can't cram it all into 1 video. And that's a good idea, I will see if there is anything on wicket keepers. Eventually I want to tackle it all
Also, in baseball we have the same thing. Hitters aren't ever expected to pitch (unless the game is a blow out, then a coach may say to the hitters"who wants to go out there" so that they can not waste a relief pitcher for a game that doesn't matter. Pitchers are also terrible hitters. In fact, the MLB is broken up into the AL and the NL, and in the AL we have a "designated hitter", a player who's sole job is to hit for the pitcher. Never touches the field defensively, just acts as a pitchers batter. Doesn't have to hit for your pitcher, could be any other position, but 99.999999999999% of the time it's the pitcher. Then, 2021 brought us Shohei Ohtani. He is something else. He won the most valuable player award by a landslide because he was a top 3 hitter and a top 5 pitcher at the same time. Keep in mind there's around 850 active players at any given time. Before him you have to go back to Babe Ruth, and even he gave up pitching to hit and this was in the 1910s lol
@@Bd0MZ A big problem with learning from video highlights is they don't often show the details you need to know when you start out watching. This is illustrated by really basic occurrences like when a batsman hits the ball into the deep, the camera follows the ball and the fielder, so very often you don't actually get to see the batsmen running between the wickets. The small inset screen here showing the batsmen running is very helpful for the novice watcher.
When looking at the batting card, the best batsmen come first, then the usually the allrounders, ( bat/ bowl) and finally the specialist bowlers.( Rabbits).
The batsmen can run even if the ball is hit in the air and they don't need to wait until it hits the ground.. but if the ball is caught by the fielder before it hits the ground the batsman who hit is out and even if they ran the run isn't counted. But if the fielder drops the catch then the run is counted
Correct. The thing about this if the more skilled/set/in form batsmen is at the non strikers end and the batsmen cross over before the catch is taken the better batsman will be on strike unless it was the last ball of the over. Can make a big difference in a very close match. Crossing over means to pass your batting partner on the way to the opposite crease.
@@AlexEwan1 ah, in baseball if you cross the next runner, they are out lol. That's one thing thats very different about the sports. But the ball in air mechanics are very similar. So cool how they can be similar yet so different.
13:18 You can say it's about a Bowler's efficiency. Economy is basically _Number of Runs ÷ Number of Overs._ From the name itself you can guess it talks about how expensive or inexpensive a Bowler was during his entire Spell.
14:47 In Cricket too they're called Umpire & probably they existed in Cricket long before baseball.
15:10 I don't think we've any rules like that & I'm glad we don't.
If the ball is hit in the air and is caught, the runs the batsmen made by running, if any, will not count. Batsmen do usually run when the ball is in the air about to be caught, just in case the fielders drops the catch, in which case the runs will count.
Economy is runs per over bowled . e.g. 22 runs from 4 overs (22 divided by 4 ) = 5.5 ,that's your economy rate . It runs per over . As a bowler the lower the rate the better . In the shortened versions of the game keeping them from scoring freely can be as vital as taking a wicket.
5:50 I'm an umpire. If a batter is out caught, no runs are scored from that delivery. :) But they should not wait until the ball is dropped to run, as they'll run out of time to make a run.
My dad has been a cricket coach for 45 years.... and I still don't understand the game.
No problem as long as you don't swap places.
You can run on the equivalent of a fly ball but it doesn't count if the ball is caught. If it is dropped, they will have had time to take a very easy run and they will usually run in that situation. There are no double plays so they can't run out the runner as well as taking the catch.
Even cricket has a lot of rules. The rules of cricket are called Laws.. it's written down in the MCC (Marylbone cricket club) laws of cricket book. There are numerous intricacies and the umpires even though they know most of the rules they get confused many times and have made a lot of mistakes. What he explained is just how the game works. There are a lot of confusing rules in cricket
Top level umpires don't "get confused many times" about the laws. Where "mistakes" occur is that they have to make judgements based on extrapolating what would have happened.
Lesser the economy for a bowler in T20 cricket format, the more successful he was on that day, plus the wickets he takes in those overs is an added double bonus.
Been surrounded by cricket all my life and I know very little about baseball... but this explainer is top shelve
Economy for a bowler: How many runs per over are scored off you in that match (or career, if you look at the entire career stats) Strike rate is balls per wicket.
A Verma: 22 runs off 4 overs = 5.50 runs per over scored
Batsman: Average: runs per "out". Strike rate: runs per 100 balls (4 runs from 2 balls is a strike rate of 200)
Bear in mind you cannot bowl more than four overs in this format of cricket (20 overs innings). In 50-over cricket a bowler may bowl up to ten overs. In first class and test cricket there is no limit on personal overs other than stamina, time and the captain's preferences.
Well like he said .. for a first time watcher .. to understand "BASICS" .. like he did ... Cricket comparatively simpler than BB.
As you progress deep in your learning of Cricket .. you will realize that Cricket too has a ton of weird/complex/controversial Rules or Laws.
In addition to that there are many "Unwritten" Rules also .. which are technically not illegal ... but if you break them then everyone will kinda look down upon you for going against spirit of the game .. Its a big deal.
Yeah, if you break an unwritten rule in baseball you get a hard object thrown 100mph at your head, so that I totally understand lol. I cant wait to go even deeper.
@@Bd0MZ 😅 and in cricket, if a bowler hits a batsman in the head they are congratulated regardless of whether the batsman had broken an unwritten rule or not
Very good explanation and reaction, my friend.
In the final analysis when you look at the performance of each bowler then the " dots" and "economy rate" is only important to the team, not the fans.
All we need to see is the Number of Overs=4. How many Batsmen did you remove=1 and how many runs did you concede-20: 1/20 in 4 overs:)
A minor point ~ batsmen and bowlers do not change sides, they change ends. Looking at the standard television view, top and bottom are ends, left and right are sides. It's not a major thing, but for someone trying to follow a live commentary on a match it could be confusing.
Hi, I think he did a great job explaining the basics, which is what you mainly need to know.
On the complexity of Baseball, I think cricket has the same issues.
Trying to explain LBW , its a way a batsman maybe out, but is complicated, or scoring in a shortened game (Duckworth Lewis).
If a ball, hit in the air, is caught by a fielder the batter is out and the ball is then dead. Any runs completed while the ball is in the air DO NOT COUNT. Cricket has no equivalent of "tagging-up". Batters can try for a run at any time even if they haven't hit the ball.
Economy is How efficient you are and is calculated by dividing the amount of runs the Bowler conceded by the amount of overs he bowled...
Economy means on an average of 6 pitches (i.e 1 over) how much Runs has the pitcher (bowler) leaked
E.g. In a 4 overs (24 pitches) tally a bowler concedes 32 runs then on an average a pitcher has given away 8 runs in every over he is bowled (pitched)
Now the intresting thing is a bowler may feel elated that in his first 4 pitches batter couldn't collect a single run but if in the remaining 2 pitches 2 boundary (4 runs) are struck or on one pitch batter ran 2 runs and on another hit a Six then it is heartbreaking for the bowler.
A bowler tries to keep his economy as low as possible which means greater percentage of pitcher's (Bowler in Cricketing terms) pitches has been successful!
Now there is another more important stat that every Bowler strives for and every team's captain crave for - A bowler with a great Strike Rate. It means how many pitches a bowler expenses to get his next hunt (Wicket).
Obviously a bowler with low Economy and a great Strike rate means he is a bowler who most of the time is getting you (batters) down, 1st with less run making opportunities and then getting finally OUT too!
I call T20 cricket for Americans. A great way to learn the game because a match is over in about 3 hours: shorter than a typical MLB game. It's also packed with more action than baseball. The ultimate in cricket, however, is the test match. Played over 5 days, with two innings for each team, it requires more tactics and patience.
Best way to learn is to livestream a live match and ask questions to the audience in real time....
Economy is the efficiency of the bowler , runs given by the bowler divided by number of overs bowled by the bowler
Once the catch is taken the play is over. You can only get one batsman out on any ball so no need to throw in if yo take the catch. Batsmen can start running as soon as they like.
Ah the one out thing I didn't get, thanks for the help!
Economy for the bowler (pitcher) means the average amount of runs scored against bowler for each wicket (out) cheers Jobbie from scatology channel
Whatever makes it easier for people to fall in love with similar, but very different sports. :D
Economy is the number of runs the bowler was hit for, divided by the number of overs they bowled. eg. 21 runs from 4 overs = 5.25 runs per over. If they got 60 runs from 4 overs, then the economy would be 15 runs per over. etc. Obviously, from the bowlers point of view, the lower that number is, the better they performed.
If it is caught and the fielder is in control of the ball in his palms and the ball doesn't pops out or slips out of fielder's hand, then Bowler is credited to get the batter out back to pavilion.
And there is No run!! It is a Wicket-Dot ball.
Like a fool, the 2 batters can keep running 'n' number of times but if you hit in air and fielder catches it then it is Hurray for the next batter to come in.
At times 2 batters may end up playing all the 120 pitches and nobody else in the team gets to bat and the whole match is spent sitting in dugout and running all over park like an extended Cardio session, that too out under scrothing ☀️ sun!
They run while ball is in the air because no one that someone can catch it or not but after getting got runs don't count no matter how many .some player don't run when they think catch is easy and he has no chance of survival
I'm 61 and I've been watching cricket all my life and I don't know all the rules. Do don't feel left out if you are still unsure after watching this video.
Economy is like the ERA. Average amount of runs allowed per over. The lower the better.
Economy Rate = Runs Conceded / Overs.
Verma conceded 22 runs in 4 overs => Economy = 22/4 = 5.50 and similarly for the rest
If you can hit it high enough for both batsmen to completely ground their bat behind the opposite end crease it would in fact count as a run even if the ball ended up being caught. The batsmen would still be out but would be credited the run. I don't know if I have ever seen that happen. I don't think the highest hit would be far enough for the batsmen both to cross before it was caught but theoretically the answer to your question is that the run would count. I think what he said at the end about being simple to understand is the basic concept. Rules? There are no rules in cricket there are only laws. The size of the book of rules for baseball that you indicated might be the introduction to the laws of cricket. From that perspective cricket is insanely complex, but you would not expect much else from a game that started evolving nearly 1000 years ago and has been played as an official sport for nearly 300 years.
Not true the run would not count the batsmen would only cross
It would not count.
The last ball was not a good delivery; it was short in length and pitched outside leg stump on the short side of the ground; it was exactly what the batsman would have wished for. To be honest once the first six of the over went over the odds were very much against the bowler.
Economy is simply runs conceded per over (6 balls).
Would be like an ERA for pitchers i guess.
I should have consolidated all these into one, rather than commenting as it came up. LOL.
Cricket has Laws, rather than Rules. I mean, it has rules, but rules in Cricket are called "Playing conditions" which apply to that type of match only. Laws apply to the entire sport.
Having a Law book on field is an extreme no-no. We're expected to know the Laws and Playing Conditions for the game we're doing :)
T20 is the simplified version of cricket. It's fun to watch but not a patch on Test cricket.
It always frustrated me when watching the usual "cricket explained" videos that never really explained how the running between the wickets worked or how the bowling switched at the end of each over. Running between the wickets and calling between the batsman is one of the biggest components of cricket, and this American made video explains it the best so far
Watch boxingday test day 1 on tv at Melbourne cricket ground in 26 th dec
That will be 3rd ashes series test .
Just a minor point; at the end of an over I don't understand why he says they "switch sides". That doesn't make any sense; what they do is switch 'ends.'
Because for us Americans, we only "pitch" and "hit" from the same places for the entire game. In cricket it's almost like you have 2 home plates (to continue the baseball comparison) with the 2 wickets so to us it looks like you are switching sides that you bat from.
in a nutshell, cricket and rugby was played in america looooooong before baseball n gridiron were invented. The reason cricket was given up is that it was deemed by the ppl there to be too difficult to understand, so they eventually came up with a game they believed to be simpler n that they could call their own.....same with rugby but they gave up on that primarily because it was deemed too rough, hence your helmet and pads etc
Your history is awry; there were no helmets when some of the American colleges were amending the laws of rugby; they came along a lot late. Their young men were just as competitive and physical as ours in Britain.
Economy = How many runs you gave up on average per over (6 balls/pitches) - It's just runs divided by overs! Yes it's an efficiency thing. Kuggelejelelelellelelngngng was expensive!!
Haters are going to hate in our tautological world. That's why I tend to ignore them.
Not only do I agree with you, but you taught me my word of the day, so thank you. Tautological is fun to say too lol
Economy means the average amount of runs the bowler gave up per over
Economy is like ERA in baseball
If you caught the ball and the batsman is give out not a single run is counted in the team score .
One thing I don't understand in these how to play videos is that they go on about batsmen running to change "sides", they don't change sides they change 'ends'. Sides doesn't make any sense.
You don't need to explain baseball to Aussies, we learn that at school too. Yes it can be overwhelming for people who have never seen cricket and most of the rules videos are not very explanatory or explain too fast for you to follow. I always think you should check the rules in a document or wiki with the video paused if it is confusing.
For the economy just divide total number of runs by the no. Of overs.... That's runs given per over by a bowler
That bowler Name is pronounce "Kugge-lion" Kuggeleijn
I understand the importance of baseball to American culture, and that's cool. But I've always sought of believed Americans would like cricket, and that too is cool. I don't know wheather this is true or not, but I read the first cricket international was between the U.S and Canada. Which the Americans won?
The bowlers name @8:32 is pronounced CougarLine
Yeah it was good to watch it
Economy is the number of runs allowed per over.
Dear sir ,baseball is british , century's. Old, even jane austin wrote about it , in her 1800 s novvel ....north hanger abby. Regards
I enjoyed
Economy = Runs divided by overs
Cricket don't have rules.. We follow laws of cricket
Cricket has both laws and rules. The "laws of the game" are set by the overall governing body and apply to all forms of cricket, while rules are set by the organizers of a competition, league or tournament and are specific to that competition. For example, limits on the number of overs each bowler may deliver are rules and vary according to the competition being played, they are not universal. Having no more than two fielders behind square on the leg side is a law, it applies to all cricket, whereas any limits on the number of fielders outside a 30 yard circle are rules applied to a particular competition.
I grew up in Japan playing baseball all thru high school and university.
In fact a scout once told me I was a AAA prospect if it wasn't for the fact I was female.
When I came to the UK, I had to self-teach myself cricket and it was so difficult due to a lot of slang terms and unhelpful jargon.
I totally agree with you, that explaining it in baseball terms is so much easier, and doing a play-by-play breakdown of the scoreboard is an excellent way of explaining how the stats work.
Now I just have to convince Brits that baseball is the better sport 😂
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I think both sports have a place and are both great in their own way. But there are so many nuances that even Americans who aren't into baseball don't understand. It's the only job that you can make millions at while failing 70%+ of the time. That alone makes it interesting.
We prefer cricket and cricketing terms are not unhelpful they are cricketing terms/jargon. Would you say that baseball jargon is 'unhelpful' to 'outsiders'? It is fairly incomphensible to most people elsewhere.
@@kingspeechless1607 no one is saying ignore cricket terms. But some actually get upset that we use baseball as a way of understanding the game of cricket easier. To me, who cares how you learn as long as you are enjoying it?
@@Bd0MZ I was not saying that. It was just a comment on Akiko Fukuwara's comment about "unhelpful jargon".
Not mad at all, if it helps explain this great game, so much the better
Economy= Runs conceded/no of overs
Economy? Try dividing the number of runs (conceded by the bowlers) by the number of his overs.
I don't know why any cricket fan would have a stump up their arse about Americans using baseball terms as a frame of reference. How else to describe it if baseball is the bat and ball game of your culture?
What's with their names man Broom ,Kitchen, Phillips, like they were short of players so they put all the household items in their team but still won.
if a fielder caught the ball that is out and there is no run.
Economy, runs per over..e.g. Verma 22 runs / 4.
Baseball is a beefed up version of the English game rounders, not cricket.
Rounders is a hybrid between baseball and cricket. Possibly an intermediate form from when baseball evolved from cricket.
Baseball is just rounders. English people already understand that.
Rounders is a hybrid between baseball and cricket.
Rule number 1.
Do NOT try and explain cricket using baseball terms.
I am sorry but I do not need someone to explain Baseball in cricket terms. Baseball is quite a simple game.
It's as simple as Cricket is to most Americans... there are so many deeper intricacies to both games than even many fans realize. By your statement I can tell you don't know nearly as much about baseball as you think you do.
good for you? I'm sure most people could to, but if you know one thing, and another thing can be explained in a way that relates more to you, it tends to make the learning process easier. I dont get why so many people are so against this concept... why does it matter how, as long as the knowledge is learned?
As per the norm, a the dumbing down a game, so Americans can understand.
Yes because I don't have any other videos on my channel of me learning cricket. Nope, not a one.
If you love a sport you should want more and more people to get interested. This guy has a massive following and he, like myself, is just learning about the sport and introducing potentially millions of people to something they knew nothing about before hand. But sure, be a rude keyboard warrior and drive people away from the sport. That always helps things and acting like that definitely makes the world a better place...
Ok. So the major issue I have these videos is that Americans look at this game like it’s brand new (is like 140 years old and 2nd to soccer in term of world wide involvement. How can you know zero about it?
It's 400+ years old
A lot of the cricket videos are not particularly well done to be honest, but if you have seen them and this you should have a basic beginning but you then need to move up a notch if you actually want to be able to have a conversation with an experienced cricket follower.
Economy is runs per over
Support USA CRICKET
No .. if it's catch ..then no runs counts
baseball originally was an english game,
Cricket, what was the inspirationto baseball, was originally English. But baseball was developed in Cooperstown, New York, not in England. Now, I know what you are referencing, the first known use of "base ball", but baseball as one word and as it is now is American. That "base ball" if I remember right is a varied form of cricket that a specific area in England played once a year, again probably trying to shorten the games. Also gotta remember that for the first 100 years or so after we gained independence that we were all European decent. So, what probably happened is the guy that invented baseball either came from that area or heard about it and decided to recreate it. But honestly, we may never know. There's plenty of "British" things that actually were American first, vice versa and everything inbetween.
Honestly, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter who "start it". Both games are great in their own ways and I hope people around the world fall in love with any sport that they can, because not only is it fun but just a great escape from reality for a few hours and all the negativity that comes with it.
@@Bd0MZ They are probably referring to the game called rounders, which was the game baseball and softball were based on.
@@Bd0MZ Baseball was based on a English village game called Rounders played on village greens since the 16th century
economy is runs per over
Are you learning?Really?Are you?
I mean, according to all the comments across the several cricket videos I have reacted to I am learning. So idk what you're getting at here but the answer is yes.
@@Bd0MZ Good,Excellent I should never have doubted it.