Hello from a Cricket newbie

[Small town cricket]

Have you ever watched test cricket, @Small town cricket? The five day format with the red ball, and the white clothes?

No, I haven't really watched test cricket, but I can see the need for a longer match rather than just a few hours to determine which is truly the better team at a major championship level. Major League Baseball and the NBA both have championships of best of 7 games, which can take 7 days of playing and travel breaks in between.

I watch what's available on ESPN+. Lately that's been the Asia Cup, but that finished up with India winning (I was mildly for India). I usually watched the highlights which condensed the 8-9-10 hour games down to about an hour, though the full games were available. Now they have shows with interviews, etc. One was a huge comeback with Ireland beating England a few years back and probably painful for Englishmen to watch.

QUESTION: Sometimes I see the final outcome listed as Team A beat Team B by say 27runs. That seems straightforward, but then I'll see an outcome listed as Team X beat Team Y by 3 Wickets. I don't get it, but is it that Team X's run total exceeded Team Y's run total when Team X was not out but had 7 Wickets?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

QUESTION: Sometimes I see the final outcome listed as Team A beat Team B by say 27runs. That seems straightforward, but then I'll see an outcome listed as Team X beat Team Y by 3 Wickets. I don't get it, but is it that Team X's run total exceeded Team Y's run total when Team X was not out but had 7 Wickets?

Yes, they had lost 7 out their 10 wickets so had 3 remaining when they passed the required score.

 

[Small town cricket]

Have you ever watched test cricket, @Small town cricket? The five day format with the red ball, and the white clothes?

I've only watched some highlight shows. Can you explain the format to me? Thanks.

 

[Aritro]

I've only watched some highlight shows. Can you explain the format to me? Thanks.

Both teams get two batting innings over the five days instead of one innings each as you've seen in the single-day formats. The innings alternate with one team batting 1st and 3rd and the other team batting 2nd and 4th. The team with the higher aggregate score wins.

There is no limit to the number of overs a team can bat. Each day's play comprises 6 hours of cricket. They aim to get 90 overs in during this time but it almost never happens.

The team batting last will try to beat the two-innings total of the other team before the end of the fifth day's play. The team bowling last will try to get them all out before they do.

The match is declared a draw if the fifth day's play ends before the team batting last has lost all ten wickets. This puts the onus on the team bowling last to get them all out before the close of play.

They get no reward for outscoring the other team if they fail to get all 10 opposition wickets in the final innings.

 

[Small town cricket]

Both teams get two batting innings over the five days instead of one innings each as you've seen in the single-day formats. The innings alternate with one team batting 1st and 3rd and the other team batting 2nd and 4th. The team with the higher aggregate score wins.

There is no limit to the number of overs a team can bat. Each day's play comprises 6 hours of cricket. They aim to get 90 overs in during this time but it almost never happens.

The team batting last will try to beat the two-innings total of the other team before the end of the fifth day's play. The team bowling last will try to get them all out before they do.

The match is declared a draw if the fifth day's play ends before the team batting last has lost all ten wickets. This puts the onus on the team bowling last to get them all out before the close of play.

They get no reward for outscoring the other team if they fail to get all 10 opposition wickets in the final innings.

Thank you. That's very helpful. I realize my questions may be almost comical to cricket veterans, but I'm learning. What I really need now is a team to root for, especially if I can watch them on television.

 

[Aritro]

Thank you. That's very helpful. I realize my questions may be almost comical to cricket veterans, but I'm learning. What I really need now is a team to root for, especially if I can watch them on television.

I think we all love that you give enough ****s about the game to be asking them.

If you mean international teams, and have an overdeveloped masochist streak then I suggest Bangladesh.

If you mean T20 franchises, you could just pick one out at random because they're all as plastic and meaningless as each other. Alternatively, you could adopt a team in the league recently launched in the United States, which is well backed financially and has attracted surprisingly surprisingly big names.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

MI New York, current champs. lol

 

[Aritro]

MI New York, current champs. lol

To clarify for @Small town cricket, that stands for Mumbai Indians New York. Not to be confused with Ouagadougou Burkina Fasonians Los Angeles.

 

[Aritro]

Fun fact: the demonyn for the people of Burkina Faso is actually "Burkinabè"

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

To clarify for @Small town cricket, that stands for Mumbai Indians New York. Not to be confused with Ouagadougou Burkina Fasonians Los Angeles.

True that.