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Cricket Isn’t Baseball

When I got seriously into baseball starting in the early 2010s, I read some Wikipedia articles about cricket. I figured it was British baseball, but the articles left me confused.

Earlier this year I stumbled on a streaming channel devoted to cricket. Watching games let me figure out a few basics so when I looked at the Wiki articles again, they now made sense and explained the game to me.

Which definitely isn’t baseball. I think it’s more dissimilar than not, but it can be viewed through a baseball lens. This post is an attempt to explain cricket for those who know the basics of baseball.

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