Video – Cricket 101 for anyone…its not brain surgery

In explaining Cricket to anyone, why start with the LBW rule stupid ? Keep it simple – Here’s a one line explanation of cricket:

There are 2 Teams, each team gets to bat and score runs. The Team that scores the most runs wins.

Additional info. Forget the Baseball comparisons & stop saying Americans will never understand cricket – use terms when they clarify something but a people who can send a man to the Moon can understand cricket !!

The Bowling/Fielding Team tries to limit the runs scored and/or get the Batting Team out.

The 2 main ways a Battsman gets out are :

1. when the Bowler (Pitcher) bowls the ball, eludes the bat & hits the wicket

2. when the batsmen hits the ball in the air and its caught on the fly by a fielder

Forget all the other ways to get out – they can be learned as a person goes along.

Immediately below, based on the Right-handed Batsman being at the top end, are the terms used to describe the different shots the batsman may play. Creative players can do infinite variations on any of these.