[hanamizu]

Don’t cricket matches last for days?

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They can last for days. But cricket has developed variations where a complete game can finish in 3 hours or so. But cricket is wildly popular in South Asia. If you haven’t watched it, you might give it a try. It’s a little like baseball, but imagine trying to hit the ball and every pitch in in the dirt. And the bowler (pitcher) can get a running start to deliver the ball. You are out if the bowler can manage to hit the wicket behind you, or if you hit the ball and it is caught—only one fielder gets to wear gloves. Some batters score over 100 runs (a century) before getting out.

And there is strategy involved as well. If the other team can’t seem to get your team out, you can choose to stop batting—because if they can’t get in their innings before darkness or rain—the game ends as a tie. England may have lost the Ashes because rain interrupted a game they were winning against Australia.

[dfwgator]

Some batters score over 100 runs (a century) before getting out.

Think about that. You basically have to bat for a period of several hours, without making one mistake. That's like asking Mike Trout to see a hundred pitches, without swinging and missing once, or hitting a fly ball that is caught.

[Alberta's Child]

I find it hard to watch any sport like soccer or cricket that is so primitive it could have been played in its modern form by cave men.

"Hey, Oog ... if we can't beat them, just put down the mastodon bone and don't bat anymore. It'll get dark in a while, so the game will end in a tie."

[dfwgator]

And in Cricket, if you are hit by a pitch, you’re out! (Leg Before Wicket)

[wally_bert]

Regarding cricket:

https://sites.google.com/site/h2g2theguide/Index/k/krikkit