ok first off all to all the fans of cricket who are your predictions to win the world cup(if there is any doubt) mine would be australia.

and for those of you who have played, i bowl spin, i am left handed and bowl off spin into a leg break. now if your wondering how that happens your not the only one. my wrist action suggests it should bowl into a right handed batsman but it flys away. any suggestions as to how this may be happening?
plus why if i can bowl the shane warne flipper correctly why cant i get it to spin the right way

best just to say australia then, and ignore the second part all together. (for those who dont know its where baseball was invented from)

well the thing is its alot more pressure on my wrist and shoulder bowling the way i do, i could just change style to bowling the normal to get that turn and it wouldnt be as bad, i dont mind so much if i can some times get it turn the way i need it to but its almost always going the wrong way so it does become predictable. And for some reason, my goal with cricket is to help it become popular in the US, i mean if they enjoy baseball why not cricket. if i could get into a college over there then i'll start from there. all depends how career goes first of all.

so your now hoping zimbabwe(sp?) win tommorow then?

my only problem with this years cricket world cup is that teams like kenya got into the super sixes while more deserving teams like my home team england(we were in the exact same position as NZ. but there is something about the aussies tail end that cant be explained) And also south africa should have gone through, but due to the farce with zimbabwe at the begining they havent gone through, but i do hope NZ go through, would make for some good cricket to end the world cup

oh well sri lanka won today, wave bye bye to NZ. maybe next time.
my money goes now definatly on the aussies

Yup unlucky... Next Time.... They on the way home now.

I think its gonna be either India or Australia now ??? But proberly will turn out to be the Tasman Rivals again...

i think there is a bit of coverage in the US but i am not sure where though.
as for how its played two teams of 11 players, on a circle or oval shaped pitch with a batting strip in the middle about 22 yards long. there are two batters on the field at any one time. then you have your 11 fielders, unlike baseball though a bowler has a run up and bowls over arm, not side arm. loads of differant styles of bowling, fast,spin,swing, and so on. there are tons of ways to get out but the main ones are being bowled when a bowler directly hits the wickets at the batters end. then being caught same as baseball pretty much. then LBW which is leg before wicket, thats where if a batters leg is infront of the wicket when he is being bowled at and the ball hits the leg it'll usually be given out. then there is a run out which is when a batsman doesnt make it back into his crease in time and a fielder or wicket keeper hits the wickets. and the list goes on. scoring is achieved by either running between the wickets, a single for each time the striking batsman gets to the other end, then there is a 4 when a ball goes over the boundry along the ground. and a 6 if it goes over it without hitting the ground. then there are extras, for no ball, wides, and others.
sorry it had to be song long its difficult to describe it any shorter.
i think alot of the reason americans and alot of people outside america dont like it is because its a long game, usually lasting all day in limited overs(6 balls to an over then bowlers change) and upto 5 days in test cricket
if you have the encarter program do a search on there it has a short video clip of some action.
feel free to make any corrections people:)