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Test cricket is the ONLY cricket... none of this one-day nonsense ;) Once you know the rules (easy* ) and start to understand the strategy (hard) then test cri
by mrspeaker 11y ago
Test cricket is the ONLY cricket... none of this one-day nonsense ;)
Once you know the rules (easy* ) and start to understand the strategy (hard) then test cricket is fascinating and pretty exciting!
* The easy rules are easy, then there about a thousand weird rules that hark back to ol' England. You take "tea" for example. Though my favourite is that if a ball is damaged or goes missing in the middle of a game, they go down to a kind of ball library and choose other balls that would be in similar condition (ball condition is extremely important and plays a major part in game strategy). Then both team captains must decide which of the candidates should be used.
- hefty 11y agoMy favourite weird rule is the one where the bails are already broken and the stump needs to be removed from the ground to affect a run out or stumping. Nice example here from the 2011 world cup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXChmlp2g0Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXChmlp2g0Q
- akent 11y agonitpicking: ... to effect a run out
- cricketer9923 11y agoGreat rule indeed it also happened last night, Australia vs England ODI on the run that brought up James Taylor's 100.