Tell Me About Cricket

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Paul.Power: Feb 7, 2009; The three roles of APCs:
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Sperglord Firecock posted:

Mostly the concept of Test Cricket. How can anyone play a game that lasts that long and not get dreadfully tired of it?

I guess it's pretty much a test of endurance and concentration, and in particular knowing when to concentrate and when to zone out for half a minute so you can save energy for the next bit of concentration (much like war, cricket is all about "long periods of boredom punctuated by short moments of excitement"). It also tends to encourage a philosophical attitude towards individual successes and failures, since the line between them is very thin and often arbitrary.

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Paul.Power: Feb 7, 2009; The three roles of APCs:
Transports.
Supply trucks.
Distractions.

MightyJoe36 posted:

Sounds pretty much like watching baseball.

Makes sense, they're similar sports. The main difference between the two is that in cricket the batting side have most of the advantages, whereas with baseball the fielding side have most of the advantages.

For instance, in cricket a batsman can leave as many balls as they like (providing it wouldn't get them out bowled, LBW or stumped), and they aren't compelled to run if they do hit the ball (of course, they often need to hit the ball defensively simply to avoid being bowled, etc.). These two things go most of the way to explaining why Test cricket can cheerfully go on for five days and still end in a draw sometimes (limited overs cricket creates an additional incentive for attacking batting through the pressure of setting up or chasing a total off a limited number of balls).

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