England vs Pakistan just starting. Because of time zone shenanigans and my work schedule, these England home tests end up being spectacularly well timed for me to watch at/after work.

  • Sarcasm24 [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    I'm sold. What's a good video to watch to understand the rules, and what's a good match to watch to see it in action

    • glimmer_twin [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Haha, awesome. here’s a quick primer that should give you enough grasp of the rules to get started, and here’s the highlights of the World Cup final from last year, regarded as one of the most exciting games in years.

      After that maybe give this a go. It’s the final day highlights of a test match between England and Australia that ended on the 4th (of a potential 5) day. Australia needed to get all england’s guys out to win the game, and win “the ashes” which is a trophy england and Australia play a five match series (so 25 days of cricket) for every 18 months, and had two days to do it. England’s all-rounder (a guy who is good at batting and bowling, not a specialist) Ben Stokes scores 135 runs to win the game, including batting for a 77 run partnership at the end with England’s “number 11”, the last batsman in the order (generally the further down the order you go the worse the batsmen are, you send out your batting specialists first and then the bowlers who are half decent at batting, and then the absolutely terrible batters). You could read this article to get some more context!

      There’s also random stuff on YouTube like videos of the greatest ever catches.

      The one problem with watching highlights is you miss out on the passages of play where batsmen aren’t scoring any runs and the bowlers are bowling well and the pressure is building, obviously by its very nature highlights tend to show wickets and boundaries. Next time you have a chance to watch a game live on tv give it a chance!

      I hope this is the start of a new enjoyment of cricket for you :P