BLAGTIER t1_jach4s4 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:16 PM

Reply to comment by NobodyLikesthePens in New Zealand defeat England by 1 run in the 2nd Test Match at Wellington by IntoThePeople

So a test match is 2 innings. Each innings a team bats and bowls. The goal of the bowling team is to get 10 batter's wickets(or outs).

So team A bats then team B bats for the first innings. Then that happens again in the second innings. Both scores each team makes in each innings is added to see who wins.

The length is because their is no limit to the amount of balls a team can face. A team can bat all day and then come back the next day and keep batting as long as they didn't lose 10 wickets. Wickets are rare in cricket so it takes days to go through each team's batters. There is a 5 day limit on test matches and if a team hasn't won when the time runs out it is a draw.

There is limited overs cricket. They have a maximum number of balls a team can face and just one innings(one turn a bat per team). These games are resolved within a day.

NobodyLikesthePens t1_jacioup wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:29 PM

Wild!

5m1tm t1_jacv44z wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:04 PM

Yeah it is wild haha. But that's the beauty of it. Because of its duration, it challenges both teams to do well over a sustained period. It's truly a very challenging format. The winner is almost always be the better team of the two over 5 days, because you simply remove the possibility of a team winning "because it was their day" haha. Plus, for quick entertainment you got the two limited-overs formats, especially T20Is (the shortest format of international cricket).

Cricket is like a buffet that way. You can pick and choose what you like, and watch that. But I've never ever seen a hardcore cricket fan not love Test cricket (the 5-day format), because the more you get into cricket, the more you understand why Test cricket is so revered.