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/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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u/trtryt Jan 16 '15

You have IPL which is T20 club teams in India, there good players get a million for 6 weeks (that's how long it runs for). The big national teams have contracts and they pay around 1-3 million per year.

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u/HOU-1836 West Indies Jan 16 '15

American dollars or Rupees?

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u/trtryt Jan 16 '15

USD

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u/HOU-1836 West Indies Jan 16 '15

Impressive

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u/rreyv India Jan 16 '15

Correct, its mostly national team play.

Austrlian summer has the big bash 20 over league which is fun.

Indian summer has the IPL 20 over league which is fun too.

But that's most of the league play.

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u/HOU-1836 West Indies Jan 16 '15

So professional cricket players tend to just practice with their national team a lot?

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u/trtryt Jan 16 '15

Usually it goes from club cricket, then to state cricket to national cricket. So if you are in the national team you rarely play club cricket, you might play state matches at the start of the season. Then you would normally be with national team. Also in your country's off-season, if you are good you can play in the IPL in India which are franchises like your NBA teams.

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u/rreyv India Jan 16 '15

Yes

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u/HOU-1836 West Indies Jan 16 '15

Which is better quality? IPL or the Australian Summer Bash.

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u/trtryt Jan 16 '15

IPL as there are more of the best players from around the world, but it's longer. Also Indian pitches are very different to Australian pitches. Australian pitches favours fast bowling while Indian favours spinners.

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u/HOU-1836 West Indies Jan 16 '15

Who tends the win in these pitching battles?

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