CRICKET! IS IT YOUR CUPPA? A comparison between Cricket and Baseball Click here to begin ! EME 6415 Spring 2009 Aditya Joshi
Dec 15, 2015
CRICKET! IS IT YOUR CUPPA?A comparison between Cricket and Baseball
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EME 6415 Spring 2009Aditya Joshi
INTENDED AUDIENCE
The intended audience for this PowerPoint presentation are high school baseball athletes
The intention is to familiarize the athletes with the rules of cricket in order to spread the popularity of the game
This will be the first in a series of presentations on Cricket
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After this module, learners will be able to state the differences between four similar aspects in the two games: The field Batting Bowling/Pitching Running Team composition Game Length/Flavours
A QUICK HISTORY OF CRICKET
Originated in England Thought to have begun around the 16th
century CE Believed to have been invented by bored
shepherds Played at some form and level in over 100
countries Ten major nations at the International level
LET’S BEGIN!
The Field
Batting
Bowling/Pitching
Running
Team Composition
Length/FlavoursQuiz
Click on the speaker for instructions
THE FIELD
Baseball is played in a quadrant of fair territory between foul lines. The official minimum distance from home plate to the far edge of fair territory is 250 feet (76.2 metres), but the recommended distances are at least 325 ft (99.1 m) along the foul lines and 400 ft (121.9 m) in center field. This produces a recommended fair territory field area just over 100,000 square feet (10,000 m2). Most Major League Baseball parks have fair territory areas in the range 110,000 to 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2).
THE FIELD
In contrast, cricket is played on a field with a minimum width of 420 ft (128 m) and length 426 ft (129.8 m), giving a minimum area of 140,500 square feet (13,050 m2), assuming an elliptical shape. However the shape of a cricket ground is not fixed. Grounds around the world are typically 450×500 ft (137.2-152.4 m), an area of 175,000 square feet (16,300 m2)
THE FIELD
BATTING
The baseball bat is narrow and round The cricket bat is wide and flat
Batters in cricket may play defensive strokes and are not obliged to hit the ball every time it is thrown
There is no strike zone
BATTING
Each innings in baseball allows each team three outs and batters may re-play as many times as they can until three batters are dismissed
Each innings in cricket allows each team ten outs and batters may not recycle See Running for more information See Team Composition for more information
BOWLING/PITCHING
Baseball pitchers must work within a strike zone
Therefore, they use ball speed and movement to deceive batters
Pitches are thrown as volleys
Cricket bowlers are not limited by a strike zone
They vary the line and length of the delivery The ball must bounce once (and only once)
before it reaches the batter
BOWLING/PITCHING
The typical motion for a pitcher The pitcher throws from a stationary position
BOWLING/PITCHING
The typical motion for a bowler The bowler runs in to deliver the ball
BOWLING/PITCHING
In baseball, the pitcher must deliver from a rubber slab (officially called the "pitcher's plate" and typically called "the rubber") whose front is 60.5 feet from the point of home plate
In cricket, the distance between the two wickets that the batsmen defend is 66 feet. The rectangular area between the two lines is called the pitch.
In baseball, the pitcher's release point could be about 55 feet away from the batter depending on his delivery style
In cricket, the typical distance is about 57 feet between delivery point of the bowler and the bat.
BOWLING/PITCHING
A legal baseball weighs no less than 5 ounces and no more than 5 and ¼ ounces
A legal cricket ball must weigh between 5.5 and 5.8 ounces
RUNNING
Baseball games are much lower scoring affairs Runners run around the sides of a diamond There can be three runners and one batter present
at a single time on a baseball field Pinch runners may be used for speed
Cricket games are high scoring Runs are scored when batsmen cross each other on
the 22 yard pitch and reach the safety of the crease on the other side
There can only be two batters on the field at a time Runners can only be employed in case of an injury
to a batter
TEAM COMPOSITION A baseball team may have a roster of 25 players with
pitchers in a rotation There are 8 position players with the pitchers being
replaced
A cricket team is allowed 11 active players at any one time in a match. Bowlers must field after finishing an over (consisting of 6 legal deliveries)
The 12th man may be used as a substitute only in case of injury to a fielder. He may not bowl or bat
A runner may be employed during batting only in case of an injury to a batter. This has to be one of the 11 players in the active list
In case a batter is injured seriously enough to prevent him from taking the field, he may not play at all and the team loses an out
LENGTH/FLAVOURS
A baseball game usually lasts between 2 ½ and 4 ½ hours.
There are three flavours of cricket:
Test Matches One Day Internationals Twenty20
TEST CRICKET
Is played over 5 days In white clothes There 90 overs a day.
Each over consists of 6 legal deliveries
2 innings per side. Therefore, a total of 20 outs per team, per game
Matches may be drawn (no result due to end of playing time) or tied
ONE DAY CRICKET
Is played over one day – 8 hours
In coloured clothes 100 overs – 50 overs
per side 1 innings each Break between each
innings Innings closes at 50
overs or ten outs, whichever is earlier
TWENTY20 CRICKET
Is played over an evening
Usually 3 hours and multiple beers
Wacky clothes Cheerleaders! 20 overs per side 1 innings each.
Innings closes at 20 overs or ten outs, whichever is earlier
QUIZ
We will now have a short 5 question quiz to test what has been learned in this module.
Please click the ‘next’ arrow to begin.
QUESTION 1
What shape is a cricket field?
An ellipse A rectangle A diamond
QUESTION 2
Batters in cricket must hit each ball they face
Agree Disagree
QUESTION 3
How many times may the ball bounce before reaching the batter in cricket?
1 time 2 times 3 times
QUESTION 4
How many days does a Test Match last?
One evening One day Three days Four days Five days
QUESTION 5
There are 11 active players at any one time in a cricket match, in a single team
True False
WRONG!
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CORRECT!
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THE END!
Thank you for going through this module!
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
All information and pictures from Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org