They love crickett here . . . some twisted version of baseball that takes three days to play and results in hundreds of runs which they don't call runs. I am looking forward to a Saturday morning here to watch a Friday afternoon baseball game in Los Angeles with the Phillies leading the series one game to none.
I have a season membership to listen to baseball online. Most days, work and other schedules prevent me from listening although Sky TV here sometimes plays the games on delay. The most played teams on Sky: the Phillies, the Yankees and the Red Sox.
I saw some of the game today, a see-saw back and forth battle that was total nerve rattling with the Phils coming out on top 8-6. I actually have the first game of the world series on my calendar. We will see if the fighting Phils make it again this year. Its fun!
I don't love Cricket though
Let me just put up my hand here and say that Cricket is not one of my favoured sports. let me enlighten you a little more of this game. There are 3 versions - 1 Day test match, 5 Day test match and the shortened version 20:20. That means there are 20 overs each - each over is when someone bowls 6 times. I think the one day is a 50 over match. So they are called runs, but they look at runs per over....confused?
You can get out by being bowled - meaning the ball takes out the wicket (those 3 sticks set up behind the batter), you can be caught out, you can be run out, you can get out if your legs get hit before the wicket.
The only time I have ever attempted to watch cricket on tv I fell asleep - enough said really!
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