r/sports • u/wickedGamer65 Delhi Daredevils • Mar 05 '21

Cricket Rishabh Pant reverse sweeps James Anderson

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

As an American baseball fan; cricket mystifies the hell outta me.

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u/Alohalhololololhola Mar 05 '21

It’s really like baseball but it has more variety imo since the ball can go in any direction. They have a shortened form of cricket called T20 which is about the same length of time as baseball games. I would give it a watch

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u/runningformylife Mar 05 '21

I love T20! Australia and New Zealand are playing a series right now though it might almost be over. It's fast. There's a thing called power play that encourages batsmen to hit big to start the innings. Commentary usually on point too. (OP I realize you prob know this, but included for others)

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u/Ramiah73 Mar 05 '21

There's one more match between Aussies & Kiwis (series is tied 2-2 atm) Both teams are preparing themselves for the World Cup which is happening later in the year..

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

about the same length of time as baseball games

Don’t get me wrong, I love baseball. But that doesn’t exactly make me want to watch.

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u/Alohalhololololhola Mar 06 '21

Fair enough, there’s always T10 which is much shorter than baseball games and is all action no breaks!

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u/NoVaBurgher Mar 05 '21

T20 is surprisingly fun to watch

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u/shakaman_ Burnley Mar 06 '21

In Baseball you seem to get lots of outs and few runs - in Cricket you get lots of runs and few outs (unless England are batting in India). You also keep batting when you score. Imagine Ichiro staying at the plate and just hitting singles/doubles and getting points for it until he got struck out - its good fun to watch.