I am a big baseball fall but know nothing about cricket.  A good friend of mine is a huge cricket fan, and I would like to know something about this sport.  Is it like baseball?
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not at all like base ball, two teams of 11 players, each team bats and bowls for two innings, a typical match will run for 5 days, these games are usually known as Test matches and are played between countries, the best Cricket team in the world is Australia,followed by India, South Africa, Pakistan, England, West Indies, New Zealand.\nThe aim of the game is to bowl the opposing team out for as few runs as possible and than score as many runs as possible when you bat, there are specialist batsman and bowlers. It is a complicated game to explain as there are many rules and subtleties, you may like to "Google" cricket where there are some very good sites.
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Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players each. It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly elliptical grass field, in the centre of which is a hard, flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called the pitch.\n\nAt each end of the pitch stand a set of wooden poles called wickets (traditionally made from the wood of the ash tree). A player from one team (the bowler) propels a hard, fist-sized ball from one wicket towards the other. A player from the opposing team (the batsman) attempts to defend the wicket from the ball with a wooden cricket bat, traditionally made of willow. Another batsman (the non-striker) stands in an inactive role near the bowler's wicket.\n\nIf the batsman hits the ball with his bat, he may run to the other wicket, exchanging places with the non-striker. This scores a run. The batting team attempts to score as many runs as it can, while members of the bowling team gather the ball and return it to either wicket. If the ball strikes a wicket while the nearest batsman is still running, the batsman is out. Batsmen can also be out by other means, such as failing to defend the bowled ball from hitting the wicket, or hitting a catch to a fielder.\n\nOnce out, a batsman is replaced by the next batsman in the team. As there must always be two batsmen on the field, if and when the tenth batsman is out, the team's turn to bat or innings (always with a terminal "s" in cricket usage) is over, and the other team may bat while the first team takes the field. Depending on the specific rules of the match, one or two innings may be played, possibly with a fixed number of legally-bowled balls defining the end of an innings rather than ten batsmen having been dismissed. At the end of the match, the winner is the team that has scored the most runs. However, the game may run out of time before it is finished, in which case it is a draw, even if one team is overwhelmingly winning at that point. This is sometimes surprising to those not familiar with the game, but it does add interest to one-sided games by giving the inferior team the incentive to try and achieve a draw even if they cannot win.\n\n    Cricket Portal \nCricket has been an established team sport for several centuries. It originated in its modern form in England, and is popular mainly in the countries of the Commonwealth. In some countries in South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, cricket is by far the most popular sport. Cricket is also a major sport in England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies. It is also a prominent minor sport in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Israel, Nepal, and Argentina (see also: International Cricket Council).\n\nThe length of the game — a match can last six or more hours a day for up to five days in one form of the game — the numerous intervals for lunch and tea, and the rich terminology are notable aspects which can often confuse those not familiar with the sport. For its fans, the sport and the intense rivalries between top cricketing nations provide passionate entertainment and outstanding sporting achievements. It has even occasionally given rise to diplomatic outrage, the most infamous being the Bodyline series played between England and Australia.
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Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players each. It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly oval grass field, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 20.12 m (22 yards) long, called a pitch. At each end of the pitch is a set of wooden stumps, called a wicket. Note that, rather confusingly, the pitch itself is also often referred to as the wicket. A player from the fielding team (the bowler) propels a hard, fist-sized cork-centred leather ball from one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching a player from the opposing team (the batsman), who defends the wicket from the ball with a wooden cricket bat. Another batsman (the "non-striker") stands in an inactive role near the bowler's wicket.\n\nGenerally, the batsman attempts to strike the ball with the bat and run to the other end of the pitch, exchanging places with his partner, scoring a run. However, he can attempt to run without hitting the ball, and vice versa. While the batting team scores as many runs as it can, the bowling team returns the ball to either wicket. If the ball strikes a wicket with enough force to knock a bail off before the batsman nearer to that wicket has reached safety, then the batsman is out, or "dismissed" - this is also known as a wicket. The batsman can also be out in a number of other ways, such as failing to stop the bowled ball from knocking the bails off, or if a fielder catches the ball before it touches the ground. Once the batsmen are not attempting to score any more runs, the ball is "dead" and is bowled again.\n\nOnce out, a batsman is replaced by the next batsman in the team. As there must always be two batsmen on the field, the team's innings ends when ten batsmen are out, and the teams exchange roles. The number of innings, and possible restrictions on the number of balls in each, depend on the type of game played. At the end of the match—of which there are several definitions—the team that has scored more runs wins. In first-class cricket, a draw can result if the team to bat last fails to match the required total before a time limit is reached or if the bowling teams fails to take 10 wickets. This can add interest to one-sided games by giving the team in the worse position an incentive to play for a draw. This is distinct from a tie, which results if scores are level at the completion of both teams' innings.\n\nCricket has been an established team sport for several centuries. It originated in its modern form in England and is popular mainly in the present and former members of the Commonwealth. In some countries in South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, cricket is by far the most popular sport. Cricket is also a major sport in England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies. There are also well established amateur club competitions in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Kenya, Nepal, and Argentina (see also: International Cricket Council).\n\nThe length of the game — a match can last six or more hours a day for up to five days in one form of the game — the numerous intervals for lunch and tea and the rich terminology are notable aspects that can often confuse those not familiar with the sport. For its fans, the sport and the intense rivalries between top cricketing nations provide passionate entertainment and outstanding sporting achievements. It has even occasionally given rise to diplomatic outrage, the most notorious being the Basil D'Oliveira affair which led to the banning of South Africa from sporting events. Other examples include the Bodyline series played between England and Australia in the early 1930s, an event that almost meant diplomatic ties were severed with England or the 1981 underarm bowling incident involving Australia and New
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Cricket is a much better game than not only Baseball but also than any other games.\nCricket is played and is supported by the people all over the world,but Baseball is mainly played in USA.
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no boring Cricket is interesting sport like SOCCER\n\nhope this feature will help you.\n\nA cricketer is a term used to refer to a person who plays cricket. It is generally used to refer to professional cricketers rather than amateur players.\n\nA cricket match is played between two sides, each consisting of eleven cricketers or players, though by agreement that sides may allow fewer or more than eleven cricketers to play as long as no more than eleven players are fielding at any one time. Each team appoints a captain.\n\nThe rules concerning the players of a cricket game are in Law 1 of the Laws of cricket. This law also requires each team to be named prior to the toss of a coin to decide which team bats and which team bowls first. They may not be changed thereafter (but see Substitute). Law 1 also makes the captains responsible at all times for ensuring that play is conducted within the spirit and traditions of the game as well as within the Laws.\n\n\nTypes of cricketers\nCricketers can be classified by what area of the game they are best at. The most common classifications are:\n\nBatsman \nBowler \nWicket-keeper \nAll-rounder
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Yes, Yes. \n1. As it seems to  become arranged.\n2. It is not most popular Game in the World. Only then called British colony playing Cricket.\n3. It's rules and set-up arranged to facilitate the Empire, where only two players play i.e. one baller and one batsman. To collect the ball, require 10 man (Like servants of Empire). 10 players sitting in the rest room, wastage of manpower and resources.\n4. One Game taking 1 to 5 days. Which is also wastage of time by 26 men.(incl. Umpire). And no. of lacs people watching and westing the time. If only 1 crore people watching the game for 8 hours only, means 8 crore manpower hours are wasted. By this much manpower, any productive or developing task can be achieved.
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............. this is cricket man ........... and not Ramleela ....... that the result will always be same ......... that Ravan is killed ........... NO this is the real world .................. learn to appreciate cricket as cricket and not be mind less about ur team winning ........... make good strong characters in your country and not only ......... chocolate heros ............ and get ahead by using influence and building on lies  from school days ............. there is no comparison between the characters of both teams .......... can u compare player by player and see who is better and ....... a strong competitor on the field .............
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I'm not a Yank - just north - Canadian.  The game is really taking off here.  Both my kids are playing competitive soccer and loving it.  My son quit hockey to focus on soccer all year - smart kid.  It's a great game and for all the people who think it's boring, it is because they don't understand the subtleties of the game.  A lot of people find baseball boring but only if they don't see all the little things going on.  Soccer (football) is full of so many skilled moves that casual viewers miss - especially the European and South American players.  The World Cup is going to be awesome.  Go England (until my son leads Canada to the Cup in about 2018).
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baseball is the only sport where you can fail 3 out of 10 times and still be considered successful,  besides what is there not to like about baseball. Trying to hit a round ball with a round bat, an inch is the difference between a homerun and a pop up. A sport where strength has nothing to do with your success. Baseball is a real life chess game between teams. I guess if youre into football and all the hitting then youlle be dissapointed by attempting to watch 9 innings of baseball. But baseball is just one of the sports you cant pick up right away and just be good, even if you are a natural athlete, and a players strongest attribute is his head, the real game of numbers. A pitcher can throw a no hitter and still lose, i can just sit here all day and think about what really makes me love baseball. and the guys like pujols, smoltz, clemens is what really make people love the game.
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many many many differences in the two, yet many similarities. The playing stratigies are different also. \n\nActually the game of baseball really originated from a game which was played more like softball! The balls were similar to the 16" softball game played today.\n\nAlso, a seven inning softball game goes a lot quicker than a seven inning baseball game! I have called a seven inning BB game which laste 4 hours, and also a seven inning SB game in 50 minutes!. Love 'em both though!
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And that in a nutshell is cricket!! Or isnt?
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Cricket, darts, and curling are very popular sports in areas outside the USA.  Yahoo Answers does have an international audience, so I see why these are listed individually.\nI guess that Yahoo can't put all of the sports in their own category.\nLacrosse would probably need to have quite a few questions being asked, or have a national/worldwide craze to get its own category.\nI love the sport - wish I grew up in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast area so I could have played in high school.
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Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players each. It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly elliptical grass field, in the centre of which is a hard, flat strip of ground some 22 yards long, called the pitch.\n\nAt each end of the pitch stand a set of wooden poles called a wicket. A player from one team (the bowler) bowls a ball (similar, but not the same as a baseball) from one wicket towards the other. A player from the opposing team (the batsman) attempts to hit the ball around the field. Runs are scored buy the Batsmen (there is one up the other end of the pitch) running between the wickets before the fielding team can return the ball to the centre. If the batsmen to not return to a line near the wicket by the time the ball has been returned they are out. Runs can also be scored by hitting the ball to the boundary of the field (4 runs) or over the fence (6 runs)\n\nCricket is a global game. It originated in in England, and is popular mainly in the countries of the Commonwealth. In some countries in South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, cricket is by far the most popular sport. Cricket is also a major sport in England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies. All national teams tour much of the year.\n\nTest match cricket can last for 5 days. One day cricket is normally completed in 8 hours\n\nThe most famous cricket games are between Australia & England. The are a series of 5 test match games and normally occur every 2-3 years.
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i'm a little league coach for my little brother's team of 8-10 year olds. the whole fun thing is definitely important... also put a big emphasis on sportsmanship- the kids always have to cheer their teammates on, never make fun of the other kids, regardless of whether they're your opponents or teammates. respect the coaches!!, what the ump says goes... all that stuff. make sure the kids dont get stressed or tense. often they get nervous when they're up to bat and they're the main focus... also, avoid competition between players!! its a team game, and they have to be supportive and sportsmanlike... good luck!!
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Is this related to baseball?
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cricket...cricket...cricket...  there are no legitimate, Legal, moral arguements for this  stuff)
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You dumb ass.. first you should know that baseball was invented from cricket. Even when the ball bounces it still comes at you about 90+ miles per hour. So its hard to predict how high the ball will bounce.. So cricket is not a sissy sport you are a sissy sitting there talking crap about a sport which you are not man enough to play..