User talk:Phaedriatica

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Hey, it's great that you want to learn about cricket and as an American myself (who now loves cricket), I know how confusing it can be when first trying to learn about the sport. But with the right explanation it really isn't that hard to get! It's kind of like baseball but still a whole lot different though. Good news is it isn't any harder to learn about cricket than it is to learn about any other sport. I learned most of my cricket from things like this and these videos should be very helpful-, , , , , , ,. If you have any questions about wikipedia or cricket just leave a message at my talk page I'll get back to as soon as I can. :) --THUG CHILD z  06:04, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Cricket
Search for "This is Cricket" on youtube. What should pop up, is a series of 7 or 8 vids by the Cricket Assoc of America that explains the rules and the "how to" really well. Start with "A 4 Minute overview" and watch the others if you want to get into the details. Search for "cricket super slow mo Australia" for a video on the beauty of the game and for "The Ashes 2006 - Second test - Day Five" (picking a match at random... :-) ) for an idea of how the game looks like when played. It's a great game, but really difficult to explain. I'm just trying to work on the German version on WP which is even harder, because Germans don't even have a concept of baseball... --Phlyz 20:05, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, if you clicks at the links above in my comment, its those videos. Beat you to it by a long way. :) --THUG CHILD z  00:17, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
 * D'oh! ;-) --Phlyz 07:49, 18 May 2007 (UTC) P.S. Try a search for "Cricket Mozart".

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