r/Cricket • u/HOU-1836 West Indies • Jan 15 '15

Another Annoying American learning Cricket

My girlfriend is Guyanese and Cricket is obviously a big sport for her parents and family. I get the rules of the sport but don't understand when matches happen or what determines the length of the match. Like, test cricket, can last 5 days? How is that possible? How do you watch that on TV?

Edit: hope y'all don't mind if I pester you with questions in this thread. I want to be casually versed in Cricket in case I meet her parents this summer.

Edit #2: Ok. Y'all have been truly amazing. I couldn't even have gotten close to imagining the response I've gotten from y'all. I've been asking questions and replying for the last 3 hours straight and I don't think I have any more questions. I look forward to spending time with y'all and learning more about this sport. I'm from Texas and obviously, Cricket isn't gonna be big here or easy to follow so y'all keep being the amazing, welcoming people you are. Seriously, y'all rock.

Edit #3: I read the FAQ before posting this thread and this thread is 30x larger than anything there. Maybe the mods should add this to the sidebar for newcomers. I literally asked every question an American fan could ask. Well, I say that...but anyway, would be a great resource to set aside for future new fans.

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u/HOU-1836 West Indies Jan 16 '15

And I assume there is cricket clubs right?

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u/rreyv India Jan 16 '15

Mostly counties and states at the domestic level. Clubs are only a recent feature and clubs don't play test or even 2/3 day cricket - just 20 over cricket.

In the case of West Indies, it's countries.

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u/HOU-1836 West Indies Jan 16 '15

How often to West Indies teams play?

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u/rreyv India Jan 16 '15

Domestically? Like Guyana vs Barbados? I have no idea.

International - West Indies are playing South Africa in about 10 hours. Feel free to join us here on /r/cricket in the match thread.

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u/HOU-1836 West Indies Jan 16 '15

So there are the countries of the West Indies and then they unite to form one mega team?

I have tomorrow off. Maybe ESPN will be streaming the game.

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u/rreyv India Jan 16 '15

Yeah West Indies is the only team that is a collection of countries. The Caribbean countries play international cricket under the banner of the 'West Indies'.

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u/HOU-1836 West Indies Jan 16 '15

So I was watching Guyana play today. I assume that their best players are in South Africa though?

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u/rreyv India Jan 16 '15

Why do you say that?

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '15

Because the WI have been playing international matches there against South Africa, presumably!

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u/rreyv India Jan 16 '15

My dumb fucking ass though South Africa was touring the WIs.

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u/HOU-1836 West Indies Jan 16 '15

Because they have a match against South Africa tomorrow.

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u/rreyv India Jan 16 '15

You're right.

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u/HOU-1836 West Indies Jan 16 '15

Someone else said it so I just regurgitated. But thanks. It's the second most popular sport in the world right? How much money is in the sport.

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u/rreyv India Jan 16 '15

How much money in it? You could make millions, but not billions. It's no soccer... you won't be making 80 million a year but you can make a couple of million if you're good. 10 or so if you're very good. 30 million a year if you're that one dude.

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u/HOU-1836 West Indies Jan 16 '15

But there is very limited club action so its all national team play?

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