J.R. Lind
‏@jrlind
USF (68/3 in 8.4 overs) def Auburn (67 all out) by seven wickets to win the American College Cricket final.

Congrats! No, I have no idea what's happening in that gif either.

I have tried watching a cricket match and have no clue how it is played

(03-16-2014 08:02 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  I have tried watching a cricket match and have no clue how it is played

Isn't it baffling? I can figure out most sports from watching them a little but cricket...little snippets tell me nothing about why the pitcher dude can just throw any kind of junk at the plate-like area and it's all okay.

If you've ever been to Temple, this is one sport we should dominate.

Without opening this and reading the tweet, my initial thought was "well, at least USF still hasn't lost to themselves." haha

Were they playing Twenty20?

its very similar to Baseball.. I grew up playing cricket. But came to the states.. surprised it didn't even get on TV...

think bowling and baseball put together

Wow. Didn't even know it was a college sport. Thought it was only played in Great Britain and India.

(03-16-2014 09:13 PM)Bearcatbdub Wrote:  Wow. Didn't even know it was a college sport. Thought it was only played in Great Britain and India.

Its a club sport. Lots of things are club sports. Quidditch is a club sport! Seriously, there are college quidditch tournaments.

(03-16-2014 08:31 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  Were they playing Twenty20?

It absolutely couldn't be test cricket. One match being three days isn't cool.

The old lady's family loves cricket, so Twenty20 is kind of a bridge for us. The Caribbean league has pretty good competition.

(03-16-2014 09:13 PM)Bearcatbdub Wrote:  Wow. Didn't even know it was a college sport. Thought it was only played in Great Britain and India.

Great Britain isn't all that good at it anymore.

South Africa, Zimbabwe, West Indies, Australia, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are where it's at.

(03-16-2014 10:02 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(03-16-2014 08:31 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  Were they playing Twenty20?

It absolutely couldn't be test cricket. One match being three days isn't cool.

The old ladies family loves cricket, so Twenty20 is kind of a bridge for us. The Caribbean league has pretty good competition.

I like Twenty20. Test Cricket would be hilarious. The tourney would take 3 years.

(03-16-2014 10:04 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(03-16-2014 09:13 PM)Bearcatbdub Wrote:  Wow. Didn't even know it was a college sport. Thought it was only played in Great Britain and India.

Great Britain isn't all that good at it anymore.

South Africa, Zimbabwe, West Indies, Australia, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are where it's at.

England has to steal players from other countries now. Pietersen, etc.

(03-16-2014 10:32 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(03-16-2014 10:04 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(03-16-2014 09:13 PM)Bearcatbdub Wrote:  Wow. Didn't even know it was a college sport. Thought it was only played in Great Britain and India.

Great Britain isn't all that good at it anymore.

South Africa, Zimbabwe, West Indies, Australia, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are where it's at.

England has to steal players from other countries now. Pietersen, etc.

I don't even bother getting to know England. West Indies are the closest to being American anyway.

(03-16-2014 08:14 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  If you've ever been to Temple, this is one sport we should dominate.

I'm going to assume you mean a significant population of students from cricket-playing nations, and not the existence of the Philadelphia Cricket Club.

(03-17-2014 01:09 AM)justinslot Wrote:  

(03-16-2014 08:14 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  If you've ever been to Temple, this is one sport we should dominate.

I'm going to assume you mean a significant population of students from cricket-playing nations, and not the existence of the Philadelphia Cricket Club.

Considering PCC didn't have Jews nor black people until pretty recently, yeah.

ECU has a cricket club. I only know this because I had an Indian buddy in the apartment complex with me.

USA Cricket: ESPN and TV Asia to broadcast American College Cricket Finals

http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket...180&ntid=4
smu has one
http://smu.edu/recsports/clubsports/cricket/index.htm

t20 opener this week
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/03/17/bil...d-pakistan

I didn't realize native-born people liked cricket in this country.