It would take years just to learn the terminology.
Actually YES it will.
This is a VERY different game of Cricket. I have seen it many times during my frequent visits to India.
This is 20 overs cricket. This is how it works. SIMPLE
1. Each side ONLY gets one inning apiece. Coin toss determines who goes in first
2. Each inning is LIMITED to only 120 pitches or throws (called “balls” in cricket speak). Of course, if it is a foul ball, it does not count.
3. To make matters even easier the strike zone is actually visible (in form of three sticks) so you do not have to guess if the batter was out or not
4. Rather than the half circle (or less) that a baseball field is, the cricket field is a FULL circle. So, there are NO foul hits. So, you have DOUBLE the field to hit to
5. You get out by the usual. You can be struck out, caught if you pop a fly or be tagged out while you are running between the bases (called wickets in cricket)
6. There are only TWO bases, not four, so you run back and forth
7. In each inning you get 11 batters to come up to home plate. It has to be 11 different people so cricket teams are slightly larger than baseball teams (11 instead of 9)
8. If you strike out 10 batters in the inning then you are done EVEN if you had pitches left in the inning (Rule 2 above)
9. Just because you score a home run does NOT mean you are done. You get to keep playing till you are OUT. So, if I hit a home run, I get to stay and try for another and so on. This allows players who are hot to pile up a LOT of runs
10. If you score a single, you go to second base and the other batter goes up to bat. He can then hit a single and go to second base and you come right back to home base
11. The average “20 over game) described above lasts ONLY THREE hours. Same as baseball. So, starts around 6 PM and is done at 9 PM
All in all, very straightforward. If you watch it, you will be hooked.
All of you are mostly talking about Test Cricket that is played for FIVE days straight and has 2 innings apiece and typically has 720 pitches per inning (on average). That certainly is slow and boring
In the 20 over cricket model, it is ALL ACTION. I mean it does not stop. Think of a baseball game in which the score was NYYankees 200 and Red Sox 190. It is very cool!
Watch it on YouTube. Google has just purchased the rights and will show it for free.