any one here watch cricket!!!!

[AJ]

But it also seems like too much hassle to get through all the fine print just to have a good time.

Kind of like OS Dev then?

[Solar]

Which I don't do actively, either.

[B.E]

Do you recognize the problem for non-fans?

What does the /8 and /1 mean?

these numbers refer how many people are out. If the fielding team gets 10 (11 in a team, but he can bat by him self) then the whole team is out.

Why did they win "by overs" instead of by scoring higher (143 vs. 142)? Why does the one with less overs win?

The aim of the game is to score the highest runs (or points).

Team A first bats (which in this case is Deccan Chargers) to set a target for Team B (Delhi Daredevils) in a set amount of overs (this case it's 20 overs, although 5 day matches are a little different). The game is over when Team B:

- has no one left to bat - which results in Team A winning
- all over are completed (over consist of 6 balls) - which results in Team A winning
- scores the target amount of runs - which results in Team B winning

If Team A successfully defends their target, then they have won by the difference of the two scores. If Team B beets Team A's score, they win by overs. because, we don't know how much Team B would of scored if Team B had of completed their overs.

[Solar]

Thanks, that was actually helpful.

[pcmattman]

I'm a bit late but...

Two years ago I got to go to the Ashes when it came to Australia. It was great watching England get pummeled. They don't shut up in the stands though .

[AJ]

Bah - when will we get a good team again. It doesn't seem like we've been any good since the days of Botham/Willis and that's about 25 years ago now!

They don't shut up in the stands though.

Yup - that can be a bit embarrassing with all that 'Barmy Army' rubbish. Blimey - you know there's a problem when an Australian thinks you make too much noise

I guess some people will already have seen the 'Tea Towel Explanation' of the rules of cricket, but for anyone still unclear on the rules:

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.

Cheers,
Adam

[JackScott]

From that, Solar is justified in his confusion.

I must I didn't get it for the first fourteen years of my life. Deprived I was. Now that I have seen the light, I will never go back.

David Boon forever!

[B.E]

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.

That confuses even me, and I know the game. It's as clear as the Brisbane river.