| [00:02.99] | W: Hello, Mark. Have you ever played cricket? |
| [00:06.25] | M: No, never, but I once watched a game at the Cricket Club. |
| [00:10.17] | W: Did you enjoy it? |
| [00:11.69] | M: No, not much, though everybody else seemed to. |
| [00:15.30] | I found it very slow. Nothing much seemed to happen. |
| [00:19.59] | Perhaps that was because I didn't really understand what was going on. |
| [00:23.72] | W: It's a bit like baseball, isn't it? |
| [00:26.19] | M: Well, not really. In baseball there is only one man with a bat |
| [00:31.63] | but in cricket there are two. |
| [00:33.29] | W: Both at the same time? |
| [00:35.20] | M: No. They take turns. |
| [00:37.19] | They each stand at one end of the pitch in front of some sticks called "stumps" or the "wicket". |
| [00:43.91] | A member of the other team, the "bowler" throws the ball at the stumps. |
| [00:48.71] | The batsman tries to protect the wicket and hit the ball as far as he can. |
| [00:53.90] | W: What happens when he hits the ball? |
| [00:56.28] | M: The batsmen run to change positions. That's called a "run". |
| [01:00.99] | They do it as many times as they can. |
| [01:03.49] | W: What does the other team do? |
| [01:05.78] | M: One of them runs after the ball and throws it at the wicket. |
| [01:10.16] | If he hits it while the batsmen are still running, one of them is out. |
| [01:15.10] | W: That sounds a little like baseball. |
| [01:18.22] | M: Not really. I think baseball is more exciting. |
| [01:21.44] | W: Yes, so do I. |
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