How I did it: I searched all over the internet for places that explained the rules. I watched a few YouTube videos, and read a few sites, but most of them were pretty poor and only served to confuse me more.

I went on to Wikipedia's page on cricket, which is written nice and simply. I found it very easy to understand, and I learned all the basics from it. I sat down for a good hour and just read through every bit slowly, making sure I understood it. Then I went onto YouTube and watched highlights of The Ashes to see if I could make sense of it.

Today (4/9/09), I'm watching the ODI (One Day International) between England and Australia. Each team has one innings, each of which consists of 50 overs, unless the bowling team gets 10 wickets. And that all makes sense to me! :)

Lessons & tips: Read Wikipedia's page on Cricket (link below), and watch a live cricket match on TV if you can (it's on Sky Sports a lot). If you can't watch it on TV, watch some highlights or parts of games on YouTube, it'll help you make sense of it.

Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

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