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Could someone who understands both cricket and American baseball explain some of the tactics that are still hard to grasp for us stupid Yanks, please? This is what I understand: A bowler hitting the wicket = strike out Leg before wicket - not Hit by Pitch, but more like interference (out) Caught fly ball = same in both, you (the batter) are out 6 runs = home run 4 runs = ground rule double Only 2 bases, home plate (current batter here), and the other home plate (other player here), which can switch for ?reasons? I get that the fielding positions have a lot of odd naming conventions, depending on where they (the defensive player) are in the field in relationship to the position/facing of the current batter. I understand that in cricket some players are primarily bowlers, while others are primarily batsmen, but it seems like everyone has to do both. In baseball this is not the case. Pitchers often have to bat, but they completely suck at it, and if a batter pitches, it is due to extreme circumstances, and often the height of hilarity (batters stink at pitching 10 times worse than pitchers stink at batting). Is there a "bowling rotation" (in that particular game) like in baseball there is a "pitching rotation?" (in that week) Does everyone bat? Does everyone pitch? Is it a requirement for everyone to bat and/or pitch? Do managers try to set up bowling/batting match ups for certain advantages vs. the other team? (My best guy vs. your best guy, OR my best guy [very good bowler] vs. your not-so-best guy [terrible batsman] ie; easy out)
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On the subject of "declares" - Please tell me this decision has historically backfired at one point, and the other team made them pay. When would you declare due to time? Is there a clock? Is it real time, where the clock keeps running regardless of play on the field (your football, what we call soccer) or is it closely monitored to only elapse time while there is something actually happening during the game (basketball/hockey)? Are there defensive specialists? Like a player whose batting is sub-par, can't bowl worth a lick, but can play silly point better than anyone else in the league. Do defensive players play the same general area match to match? Do bowlers who are no good at batting just go up there with the intention of not even trying because they are awful at it? The batsmen line-up: Is it usually best-to-worst as far as batting order? I'm sure certain situations arise where this can change (Player A, our best batter, for some reason has bad luck vs. Player X, the other team's 1st bowler, so lets move him down in the line-up). How many runs are expected from a typical at-bat from the 1st few batsmen? Can one batsmen theoretically stay at bat indefinitely (time permitting)? Are there batsmen who routinely hit for sixes and/or fours and do so multiple times in a row? Would the 2 current batsmen forgo a run, to keep it even, in order to keep the same batsman facing the same bowler? Like they could have switched places, but choose not to, because "I own this guy, but you have problems vs. him. Let's let me keep batting against him" Have they instituted video replay to help make on-field decisions?
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Dec 27, 2014 15:58
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