J.P.C.
Well-Known Member
I must admit, I'm not the biggest fan of cricket because it does tend to bore me, but it has a huge following worldwide, especially in India.
The traditional model is basically 2 innings each played over 4 or 5 days. It can end up as a win, a loss, a draw or a tie. Rumour has it that Americans don't like it as there's not a guaranteed result.
As a slight aside, I do like baseball but I must admit that MLB games seem to be horrendously drawn out these days. The moment a side does something good (like a homer ) there's a time out, a pitcher replacement etc. The game then goes into slow motion until something exciting happens again. Then the other side does the same thing ...
test match is over 5 days, 2 innings per side usually - at the moment it does not look like England will need another innings thanks to the brilliant batting performance of Australia - all out for 60 runs from 111 balls (new record). I'll be honest, the 5 days are a tad boring!
one days are nic and closely matched - 50 overs per side or untill all is out.
then you also have 20/20 games - 20 overs per side, so high run rate is order of the day. think about it, 120 balls to get as high target as possible for the other team - seeing scores as high as 220 is awesome!!
a certain South African player currently holds the record for the quickest 50 runs, quickest 100 runs and quickest 150 runs, he got all of these last year, one them in the Cricket World Cup. all the records were in the one day matches (50 overs). his name - AB De Villiers!