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Will you Yanks ever catch on to this?

rupert7 posted on Mar 22, 2009 | views: 77 | Tags: cricket
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Caught the tail end of an item on the sports section of the news tonight. It seems one of your baseball players (he just signed up for a 2 year contract with one of you teams) Well,it seems he is devoloping an interest is cricket. Showed him having a lesson from one of our cricketers,he was pretty hopeless! He did manage to hit the ball after a while, and thats good,everyone has to learn. One thing he needs to learn though....when you run,you don't throw the bat on the ground, you have to take it with you!

It is probably not as fast as baseball,it is a good game though (the ball is as hard as a cannon ball) Thats why the players pad up. I wonder if you Yanks (meant affectionatly) will ever get it? I haven't played since high school.



The ball is bowled, not pitched and can  reach 100mph, so not really a game for the faint hearted.

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  • diabolicdame said on Mar 22, 2009....
    Ah.. cricket! The obsession that all Indians share! lol.. not me.. althought I couldnt help watching a million or so matches growing up.. there was always atleast one cricket obsessed person around me!
  • curmudgeon said on Mar 22, 2009....
    I tried batting against my cousin in India. I must admit I was truly pathetic.

    That said, I'd love to see you lot try and hit a cut fastball. No, fouling it off behind home plate doesn't count like it does in cricket.

    For the record, I couldn't do that, either. The best I could do in the 90mph cage was make contact.
  • rupert7 said on Mar 22, 2009....
    diablo! - I forgot!.....you are the cricket queen! *smile*

    curmudgeon -  curved ball? fouling?  don't know what you are talking about. I must confess that I doubt that I could hit a baseball at all. Baseball is quite popular here and while probably not up to USA standards, I think you would find that there are players here that could a cut fastball,whatever that is!

    I know you have a competitive international soccer team that is quite impressive. I just wondered if you might move into international cricket as well. Some new blood would be great! I know you have your own national sports and nothing will replace them and thats fair enough. Have a good day.
  • curmudgeon said on Mar 27, 2009....
    Actually it would be great to see cricket played in the States. Unfortunately we don't really have the patience to watch a test match. Most of our sporting matches end within three hours or so. Test matches go on for quite awhile, don't they?

    I'm sure that in neighborhoods with sizable South Asian and Caribbean populations  we might be able to get some cricket going around here. Maybe in a generation or two we could play you guys.
  • rupert7 said on Mar 27, 2009....
    curmudgeon -  An international test match is over 5 days...but -
    Typically, two innings matches are played over three to five days with at least six hours of cricket being played each day. One innings matches are usually played over one day for six hours or more. There are formal intervals on each day for lunch and tea, and shorter breaks for drinks, where necessary. There is also a short interval between innings.

    Those are the official rules, but it can be as short as you want it to be if it is just for fun! I don't know what the rules are for indoor cricket. If you are not REALLY keen on the game it can get drawn out and a bit boring! I prefer the one day matches. I think they are restricted to 8 hours . I would think that a baseball player would be able to pick cricket up fairly easily. Ball speeds are similar and the cricket bat has a flat face and is quite a bit wider than a base ball bat. I don't know how far apart the bases are in baseball but in cricket you have to run 66 feet to be safe. I was surprised to see how well you guys have done in international soccer,I reckon you could do the same with cricket!

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