Thanks guys, I was seriously asking as I watched the game but was mistified as to why things happened when they did.
Ok for Rikard, cricket is a played between to teams of 11 players, and is played over a number of innings (the number depends on length of game). During an innings one team wiil be in bat the other bowling and fielding.
The batting team puts two players on to the field at any one time, and the other team bowls to get those players "out". The idea is that the bowler throws the ball which is normally red an very hard to hit the wooden stakes behind the batsman. These stakes are called Stumps, and along with the wooden bars on top are called the wicket.
each bowler has 6 attempts to bowl the batsman out, and this is called his "over". When the player hits the ball he can run to the other wicket (where the bowler) stands to gain a point, and his number 2 must run from the bowler to the batting end for 1 point. If the fielding team get the ball to either wicket before the fielding team that player is out. Sometimes a batsman will hit a ball to the boundary of the pitch in which case he deosn't need to run as he will score 6 or 4 depending on whether the ball travelled the distance airborne or not.
Hope this explains a little, its much easier to show you on the pitch LOL
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