I have always found cricket intriguing but at the same time ridiculously difficult to understand. A few years back I came across "Cricket Explained {An American Viewpoint}" which does a very good job of explaining the basics. Additionally there is a decent pictorial guide to cricket here, and another decent introductory article here which also has links to coverage of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
The real motivation for this post:
Any sporting competition with this in their opening
ceremony cannot be completely written off
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Well, at least you aren't the only American watching the world cup - I'm sitting at my laptop following the Sri Lanka-India match online rather than considering the British national debt in the 18th century and its effect on naval budgets (as I ought to be, ahem.)
On the other hand, I have three solid excuses for cricket watching :
- my father is posted at the embassy in Barbados
- I played pick-up cricket as a kid
- I was personally acquainted with a former Sri Lankan international
How about you?
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