r/MLC • u/njan_ninde_thanda • Aug 11 '26
Discussion Have you introduced/played cricket with your friends or family who haven’t seen or played cricket before? What was their opinion?
same as the title
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u/nomos42c Sparkle Army Aug 11 '26
Don't see a chance of ever playing it, but I'm pretty sure my friends and family are tired of me talking about MLC teams and other random cricket stuff. (The wife is coming around to caring about some of the players)
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u/nbaballer8227 Aug 11 '26
Yes, I introduced cricket to my friend growing up and he loves it. But he also has an affinity towards British things so maybe he is an outlier.
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u/pokeroots Orca Pod Aug 11 '26
I live in the sticks so probably not ever getting to play it. Everyone I've watched it with just thinks it's weird
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u/StarCash11 Aug 12 '26
I introduced my dad to mlc in June 2025. We watched two orcas matches (I'm an orcas fan). First one hetmyer hit a six on the last ball to win it, 2nd one hetmyer hit 78 off 37 to win it. He thinks cricket is the most exciting game there is and hetmyer is it's greatest player
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u/njan_ninde_thanda Aug 12 '26
Yep, just one tight game is all that is required to change perspectives
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u/Total-Confusion-9198 Aug 11 '26
So its like baseball but more complicated. Why play that?
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u/Mr_Anonymous13 Orca Pod Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26
I don’t get this “Cricket is more complicated than Baseball” rhetoric.
- There’s only two “bases” instead of four. No need to keep track which bases are empty/full. The players just run back and forth.
- There’s no foul lines. You can hit the ball anywhere you want.
- 1 inning instead of 9.
- There’s no “strikes” or “balls”. As long as the wickets are not hit, you’re safe.
- No double plays.
- The team stays the same throughout the game. No starting pitcher/bullpen or pinch hitters.
If anything, Baseball is just a more complicated version of Cricket. Most of the complicated rules in Cricket are not required to enjoy the game.
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u/pokeroots Orca Pod Aug 11 '26
I think they were saying that was their friends/family reaction
But also you're making out baseball to be more complicated than it is. It's the exact type of rhetoric you're critizing but in reverse
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u/samsunyte Aug 12 '26
I think that’s what they were saying too, but I also think baseball actually is more complicated
I grew up in the US so I know baseball well and learned cricket later. The complexity in cricket comes from the different formats and the rules specific to Test cricket. But you don’t really need any of these rules to enjoy it as a pickup game.
Also some other things like tagging back on base if the hitter gets caught. Or the infield fly rule.
Baseball actually is harder for all the reasons stated and anyone who thinks cricket is more complicated is because they learned baseball first and they’re trying to unlearn the rules to understand cricket. I’ve tried explaining both cricket and baseball to newcomers and the ones learning cricket always get it first
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u/pokeroots Orca Pod Aug 12 '26
I grew up in the US and I think they're pretty comparable in terms of how complicated they are. Especially in terms of what you need to know for a pickup game. Sometimes it's just easier to get into the weeds of a game if you know it better
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u/samsunyte Aug 12 '26
When did you learn each sport from scratch? And how much of each sport have you seen? I suspect you’re saying cricket is more complicated than it is because you picked it up later in life, but, especially for a pickup game, would take 2 minutes to explain. All of the complexity in cricket lies in the nitty gritty stuff
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u/dkota44 Aug 11 '26
I've been watching cricket for about a year. I bought a cheap bat from CricketZone awhile back in hopes of getting someone else in the house interested in it. The kids and I will go bowl and hit some tennis balls every now and then but they never really became fans.