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That's Polo you're thinking of. Nothing high speed about cricket except the speed of the ball from the quick bowlers - typically 90 - 100 mph. The idea is for the quck bowler to kill or severely injure the batsman standing 22 yards at the opposite end of the pitch. He in turn tries to hit the ball out of the ground with a mighty thwack of his cricket bat. All great fun for the spectators between long periods of boredom when they can drink quantities of ale & fall asleep. Nothing quite like it on a nice summer's day. An international "test match" can last for 5 days.

This is a typical scene taken during a cricket match.

This is entitled "The Rules of Cricket for Foreigners".
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This is a more lengthy explanation if you're interested. Slightly tongue-in-cheek.
http://vt.essortment.com/cricketrule_redn.htm
Note that it's an innings, not inning as in baseball.

sort of yes.
However the bowler runs up as side arm is not allowed.
the pitch is either oval round or a rectangle shape depending on the stadium, the batters are in the center(roughly center) of the pitch. and there are no strikes, a batter could be essentially in for 2 or 3 days.
scorings differant to

lol true i suppose.
Anyone wonder why it hasnt become a big sport in america? I know some inner city groups are actually bringing cricket to the less fortunate. And its actually helping apparently

howdy Den,
1: Points can be scored many ways, the basics, around the pitch at the edge is a rope, if the batsmen hits the ball over that rope without the ball hitting the ground first, the batting team score 6 runs, if it does hit the ground first you get 4 runs. The other way to score runs is to run between the wickets, the striking batsmen is the run scorer, for every time he reaches the other end of the wicket, one run is scored, obviously the other batter runs the other way. you can also score runs through wide balls,, and various other fouls.

2:Yes the bowling team get to bat, depending on the game there are two ways, in international cricket(games of 3 to 5 days usually) the bowling team must dismiss the batting team, thats 10 players either caught out(like baseball) through the wickets being hit and the bails dislodged, or through leg before wicket. once they have dismissed all 10 players(11 on the team but you need to have at least 2 batsmen) the bowling team then goes into bat. also in one day cricket they have limited overs 50, should the batting team make it through all 50 overs, then they automatically switch with the bowling team.

3:Again various ways, a game can last 5 days yes. in international cricket each team has 2 innings basically each team bats twice(usually) once the team has had both innings the game is over
in one day cricket once each team has been dismissed or their 50 overs is up then game over. Obviously it all depends on score, if say team 1 scores 150 runs in their 50 overs, then team 2 needs to score 151 runs to win in 50 overs or less, same with international cricket. team 1 could score 200 runs in their first innings and then 250 in their second innings, so obviously team 2 would need to score 451 runs to win in their 2 innings

sorry so long but it can be a complex game.
it gets even more complex, maybe Hagar can make it clearer

lol comparitive newcommer? nah, been playing the game since i was 4:) just really crap at explaining the game, and my knowledge of the history of the game is just poor.

actually when you consider the age of the game and me your right i am new to it:) although back in your day when they didnt have helmets it may explain some things i suppose:)

  Baseball or cricket, which ever one you grew up with it all makes sense to you.  Thanks CraigL and Hagar for your responces, they make things a little more clear for me.    Although a five day long game is alittle too much for me, a double-header is just right.