Explain it like I'm 5....what exactly has Manchester City done which is so heinous?


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GreyLord

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I do not think it matters that they're UK or from anywhere else, football and sport overall sees many such and worse scandals...
The Italian League had the Calciopoli scandal (2006), the Germans had their Bundesliga scandal (2005) and let's not get into the 2002 World Cup in South Korea. Greed is not endemic to the Premier League or the football world. The historic match-fixing scandals in the cricket world are well documented and practically all the major nations' players have been implicated at some point (Australia, South Africa, India ...etc)

I probably know less about Cricket than @Morrus knows about Football. I admit, I've never followed Cricket at all, and don't even know the rules for it.

I know it's MASSIVELY big in India, and I think it has a decent following in Australia. It has some popularity in Great Britain in some areas, and is practically non-existent in the US (or perhaps it's wildly popular and I just don't know the crowds that love it there).

Other than that, and the idea that I've heard that some games last for days...I don't know much...

Oh, and that they have this ball they try to hit with a club and then run around like a Bat caught in an attic...or something like that.
 

I probably know less about Cricket than @Morrus knows about Football. I admit, I've never followed Cricket at all, and don't even know the rules for it.

I know it's MASSIVELY big in India, and I think it has a decent following in Australia. It has some popularity in Great Britain in some areas, and is practically non-existent in the US (or perhaps it's wildly popular and I just don't know the crowds that love it there).

Other than that, and the idea that I've heard that some games last for days...I don't know much...

Oh, and that they have this ball they try to hit with a club and then run around like a Bat caught in an attic...or something like that.
It is quite popular amongst the Common Wealth nations, and USA does have a team - despite their small following.

There is the traditional 5 days cricket, called Tests, although they can finish earlier but with a maximum of 5 days played.
The intention is that each team bats twice until they're all out or until they declare (stop and let the other team bat). Sometimes the teams do not finish batting/declaring, so after 5 days it could result in a draw.

There are the one-day internationals with each team batting 50 overs (each over is 6 balls bowled to the batsman). Although a team can be bowled out before the 50 overs.

And then there is the 20-over game, very fast paced, with some tighter fielding restrictions to ensure exciting batting scores.

As for where they run, it is called a pitch which is specifically prepared piece of ground void of grass. They run up and down the pitch to score runs (unless they hit a 4 or 6) as opposed to the circular-like shape they run in baseball. And the bats are quite different.
Fours are scored when the ball reaches the boundary (bouncing beforehand), whilst a Six is hit into the air and bounces after the boundary line.

That is the short hand version!
 


It used to be a social class thing. Football was for the working classes, cricket was for gentlemen.

But yes, it’s pretty similar to baseball/rounders: someone chucks a ball, someone hits it, there is running around and points are scored.

My partner is a big cricket fan. My dad followed football. I was forced to play rugby at school, and hate all sport.
 

GreyLord

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It used to be a social class thing. Football was for the working classes, cricket was for gentlemen.

But yes, it’s pretty similar to baseball/rounders: someone chucks a ball, someone hits it, there is running around and points are scored.

My partner is a big cricket fan. My dad followed football. I was forced to play rugby at school, and hate all sport.

My two nephews played Rugby. Quite the sport. They were pretty large kids, so it fit them well.
 





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