boring

twincamman

watched cricket today for first time ,watched for almost a hour,lads its one impossible game to understand and boring thats my opinion anyway,

Xavi6

I don't take much notice of an opinion that is formed after watching a whole hour of a sport.

Come back to me when you watch a few Twenty20 matches at the very least.

twincamman

ya maybe your right,just no atmosphere or excitment but maybe that suits the players to concentrate

mike65

Which game?

twincamman

england and australia

HonalD

That was a pre-season game. Watch one hour on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock on Sky Sports and then come back and say it's boring!

However, each to their own I guess!

Mothman

twincamman, what is your motive for this thread?
I generally find sports that I don't understand boring.
Clearly from the the amount of people playing and watching cricket, it is not impossible to understand.
I'm looking forward to ashes. Won't get to watch it much, but I'll be listening...

Sabre0001

You need to be able to understand the sport (and after watching that fateful Summer when Ireland did quite well, it's not that difficult to get). Also I think a big part of sports is an emotional appeal - It simply means more when you are more involved ('your' team is playing / there is money on the line). Not going to get that in an hour unless it's a highlight reel match.

d'Oracle

Cricket takes a bit of a commitment to get to understand.
But you get back what you put in.

Once you start to understand the mechanics of the game, you will realise what a marvellous spectacle of tension and release it is.

Incidentally, I wonder if there is any point in OP trying to understand, given that you started this thread.....

Spiritoftheseventies

d'Oracle wrote: »

Cricket takes a bit of a commitment to get to understand.
But you get back what you put in.

Once you start to understand the mechanics of the game, you will realise what a marvellous spectacle of tension and release it is.

Incidentally, I wonder if there is any point in OP trying to understand, given that you started this thread.....

yes twenty twenty cricket a good place to start for our friend. just to confirm do Ireland have to qualify again for next twenty twenty tournament?

AnimalRights

One day cricket is a fantastic game to bet on, the toos and fros.

dereko1969

bayviewclose wrote: »

yes twenty twenty cricket a good place to start for our friend. just to confirm do Ireland have to qualify again for next twenty twenty tournament?

yeah unfortunately even though we got through to the super 8's we still have to qualify again for the next tournament which is in the Windies see here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/8135017.stm

if we qualify we'll either be in with the Windies and England (yay) or South Africa and India (boo)

the qualifiers are later this year, can't find dates just yet though

Spiritoftheseventies

dereko1969 wrote: »

yeah unfortunately even though we got through to the super 8's we still have to qualify again for the next tournament which is in the Windies see here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/8135017.stm

if we qualify we'll either be in with the Windies and England (yay) or South Africa and India (boo)

the qualifiers are later this year, can't find dates just yet though

amazing. we get to two super eight finals and without both Joyce and Morgan who didnt get a look in with England in twenty twenty. known Morgan came on briefly as a twelfth man in the field but overall its a crazy situation. Wonder can they be repatriated. any chance of them breaking into english team at this stage?

Dozen Wicked Words

I think Morgan has a great chance of getting back in England's One Day team, they are a long way off from a successful, settled team. Think Joyce maybe a bit further down the pecking order.

Re: OP.

I think if you ignore some of the terminology (like the field placings, mid off, silly mid on etc etc.) you could easily sit down and watch a 20/20 game and enjoy it.

If you start with a friendly warm up game with no crowd in the five day format, you aren't really giving it a chance.

Test cricket (five days) is an acquired taste that some casual cricket fans would not have the patience for.

The Ashes is cricket in its truest form, and if its a close series, thrilling. The 2005 Ashes was absolutely brilliant and almost every game went to the wire.

Spiritoftheseventies

for anyone interested by the way, Ireland playing Kenya in Castle Avenue tomorrow.

TrueDub

dooferoaks wrote: »

I think if you ignore some of the terminology (like the field placings, mid off, silly mid on etc etc.) you could easily sit down and watch a 20/20 game and enjoy it.

Better yet, actually go to a game, and sit with someone who understands what's going on and can explain it to you. You get to see more live than on the telly.

rednik

I found the game boring initially. It didn't take to long to get into. I remember watching England v West Indies in 1984 when the Windies had a great bowling attack which consisted of Malcolm Marshall(RIP), Michael Holding and Joel Garner. I couldn't believe how fast these lads were. This is where my interest in cricket started and to this day I support the West Indies although for the last few years its been like what a Liverpool supporter has gone through the last 20 years (thank god).:D. In the 84 series I also got to see Viv Richards the finest batsman of his generation and an outstanding sportsman. I found the rules and phrases hard to follow but I watched so much cricket on the BBC in those days it just started to sink in.
20/20 and ODIs are great to watch and have brought a new audience to cricket but for me test cricket will always be the ultimate. I was at a Champions League match in Old Trafford and met another hero of mine Brian Lara who was with Dwight Yorke that night.:)

Spiritoftheseventies

rednik wrote: »

I found the game boring initially. It didn't take to long to get into. I remember watching England v West Indies in 1984 when the Windies had a great bowling attack which consisted of Malcolm Marshall(RIP), Michael Holding and Joel Garner. I couldn't believe how fast these lads were. This is where my interest in cricket started and to this day I support the West Indies although for the last few years its been like what a Liverpool supporter has gone through the last 20 years (thank god).:D. In the 84 series I also got to see Viv Richards the finest batsman of his generation and an outstanding sportsman. I found the rules and phrases hard to follow but I watched so much cricket on the BBC in those days it just started to sink in.
20/20 and ODIs are great to watch and have brought a new audience to cricket but for me test cricket will always be the ultimate. I was at a Champions League match in Old Trafford and met another hero of mine Brian Lara who was with Dwight Yorke that night.:)

used to love watching Merv Hughes. had the maddest moustache ever. good footage on you tube of fans mimicing his stretches. very funny stuff.

rednik

Merv Hughes another blast from the past. Do you remember all the Merv supporters in the crowd with the false moustaches. Thats one thing about cricket the supporters always create a special atmosphere.

Dan Dare

Saw Merv Hughes at the Oval back in the early '90's, great atmosphere in the crowd. And lots of false ronnies.

Malari

I'm trying to watch a bit of the Ashes at the moment, and my boyfriend keeps complaining that it's boring

I think it helps to watch the highlights, not the live match. I'm very rusty on a lot of the rules too, will have to question my dad about it. Is it me or is the Sky commentary a bit useless?

rednik

Sky have a good circle of commentators and I have to say I like listening to most of them. They all have differing views on the game and are not afraid of airing them. They have recently retired players such as Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton who have a great insight into the game. Then theres David Lloyd who is brilliant and everytime he's in the commentary box you know something is going to happen not in the Brian Johnson - Jonathan Agnew vein but something hilarious. Bob Willis another great commentator and analyst,Paul Allott, Michael Holding, Ian Bishop and of course for the controversy look no further than Beefy. I honestly think Sky have a great team.

Malari

rednik wrote: »

Sky have a good circle of commentators and I have to say I like listening to most of them. They all have differing views on the game and are not afraid of airing them. They have recently retired players such as Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton who have a great insight into the game. Then theres David Lloyd who is brilliant and everytime he's in the commentary box you know something is going to happen not in the Brian Johnson - Jonathan Agnew vein but something hilarious. Bob Willis another great commentator and analyst,Paul Allott, Michael Holding, Ian Bishop and of course for the controversy look no further than Beefy. I honestly think Sky have a great team.

OK, consider me corrected :pac: I'm sure they are great at analysis, I just get the impression they cater for people who are very well versed in cricket laws! I'm just gonna have to learn the rules myself.

peakpilgrim

rednik wrote: »

I found the game boring initially. It didn't take to long to get into. I remember watching England v West Indies in 1984 when the Windies had a great bowling attack which consisted of Malcolm Marshall(RIP), Michael Holding and Joel Garner. I couldn't believe how fast these lads were. This is where my interest in cricket started and to this day I support the West Indies although for the last few years its been like what a Liverpool supporter has gone through the last 20 years (thank god).:D. In the 84 series I also got to see Viv Richards the finest batsman of his generation and an outstanding sportsman. I found the rules and phrases hard to follow but I watched so much cricket on the BBC in those days it just started to sink in.
20/20 and ODIs are great to watch and have brought a new audience to cricket but for me test cricket will always be the ultimate. I was at a Champions League match in Old Trafford and met another hero of mine Brian Lara who was with Dwight Yorke that night.:)

Yes I, personally, prefer Test Cricket. Another couple of West Indian fast bowlers from that time, or maybe a little earlier, were Andy Roberts and Colin Croft; these guys were quite devastating

mike65

Malari wrote: »

OK, consider me corrected :pac: I'm sure they are great at analysis, I just get the impression they cater for people who are very well versed in cricket laws! I'm just gonna have to learn the rules myself.

All commentrtay is like that, footie is the same, its just that the rules are much simpler (apart from active/not active offside!)

Malari

mike65 wrote: »

All commentrtay is like that, footie is the same, its just that the rules are much simpler (apart from active/not active offside!)

Well, no, not all commentary. I find on Eurosport they explain stuff a lot more. In cycling, for example, for the uninitiated.

But actually I've picked up most rules after watching two test matches.

LostGirly

I didn't know anything about cricket up to a few months ago when I caught a couple of 20 20 matches! They totally instilled a love of cricket in me, I even took the first day of The Ashes off work to watch it, I watched every second of it that day and I've seen as much as possible of it since! I'd love to go to one of the matches especially now that I'm learning all the rules and it's actually not that complicated and definatly not boring! I'm loving Flintoff, KP and Collingwood Oh and Swann he's cool too!
Amazing sport and kudos to them for their concentration and determination, would love to see England win it!!

TrueDub

LostGirly wrote: »

I'm learning all the rules and it's actually not that complicated and definatly not boring!

Glad you're enjoying it - if you (or any other poster) have any questions on the game feel free to post them, there are several knowledgeable people on the forum who'd be delighted to assist.

eightyfish

twincamman wrote: »

watched cricket today for first time ,watched for almost a hour,lads its one impossible game to understand and boring thats my opinion anyway,

I only got into cricket when we got through to the world cup super 8's, my Indian mate explained all the rules and watching the Pakistan match with him was brilliant. It can be boring, I still don't understand all the different types of bowling and batting, but thoroughly enjoyed the world twenty20 and have played a couple of games with Dundrum. If you give it time, and maybe play it a bit, you'll learn to like it. Also much better to watch a game where you can cheer for a green shirt!

Malari

I bought the Duckworth Lewis method album the other day and I'm getting such a kick out of knowing what they are talking about

budgemook

eightyfish wrote: »

I only got into cricket when we got through to the world cup super 8's, my Indian mate explained all the rules and watching the Pakistan match with him was brilliant. It can be boring, I still don't understand all the different types of bowling and batting, but thoroughly enjoyed the world twenty20 and have played a couple of games with Dundrum. If you give it time, and maybe play it a bit, you'll learn to like it. Also much better to watch a game where you can cheer for a green shirt!

Hey, I started watching it a bit in 2005 as I was living in London and the ashes was on. I have never played but would like to. Do you know a place I could go to learn?

D3PO

budgemook wrote: »

Hey, I started watching it a bit in 2005 as I was living in London and the ashes was on. I have never played but would like to. Do you know a place I could go to learn?

where exactly are you located ?

budgemook

D3PO wrote: »

where exactly are you located ?

Sandymount

D3PO

budgemook wrote: »

Sandymount

ok well your really close to pembrook that would probably be the handiest for you. its literally a 2 min walk from the sydney parade dart station which is the next stop to sandymount i think.

of course we (Sandyford CC) based in Marlay park are always happy to have new members join. So if you want to come down to one of our traning sessions

Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6.30pm in Marlay weather permitting feel free to.

Helix

twincamman wrote: »

its one impossible game to understand

that says more about you than cricket i think :P

cloughy

there is also Railway Union on Park Avenue, YMCA on Claremont Road and also Merrion on anglesea Road, so 4 clubs all in sandymount.

Mysterypunter

Twincamman, my advice is to familiarise yourself with the rules, go to a live game if there are any teams in your area and watch the game, live sport is unbeatable, sky sports is ok but that is not live, and overhyped.

They provide excellent coverage, but dont really cater for people who do not understand the rules or newcomers to the game.

It is a very enjoyable game with lots of different scenarios and situations and can provide hours of entertainment, if understood, but as with most new experiences it will probably take a while to be understood.

The basics of cricket are pretty simple, 11 a side, batting team tries to score runs, fielding side tries get them out or restrict the total, 2 innings each in test and first class cricket, 50 overs per side in one day matches,
(don't like 20/20 personally, each to their own).

If you think cricket is boring watch some 20/20, if you want to understand cricket watch a live match.












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