[HPFGU-OTChatter] Cricket (was: What's the fun in baseball?)

[Iggy McSnurd]

> > Iggy:
> > Anyone care to explain Cricket to me?  (I can't understand the
excitement in
> > that... but then, I don't know nearly as much about that as I do about
> > baseball...)
>


>Dreadnought:
> Well, I'm a cricket fan - one of the few sports I like, and the only one I
really like to
> watch. I even like test cricket (Australia v Zimbabwe, heading up to a
thrilling
> conclusion at the moment) which is the form where a match can take 5 days
and
> is just as likely to end in a draw.

*snip*

Thanks for such a detailed explanation of the game.  I think I get the idea
now.  (Kinda makes me want to watch a game just to see if I do...)

Just a few quick questions:

Why does the bowler throw the ball with his arm twisted the way it is?
(compared to the form used in baseball... or even underhand like in
softball...)

Did the term "sticky wicket" come from cricket, or croquet?  (I imagine it
being a term like being in a "pickle" in baseball, where the runner is stuck
between two bases and, since the basemen can toss the ball to eachother, the
runner doesn't really have a safe base to get to, but hasn't been quite
gotten out yet...)

Does cricket have anything that's the equivalent of a "strike" or a "foul
ball" in baseball?  (I understand that they have outs, runs, and "home runs"
of a sort...)

Ok... about runs...

(wicket) ------------------------------------------->(wicket)   = 1 run
(wicket) <------------------------------------------ (wicket)   = 1 run

Right?


(I may have another question or two later...)

Iggy McSnurd