1. It means you got hit with a pitch
   It means you got hit by the ball after it was hit
2. It means you hit the ball out of bounds
   It means you are surprised

Six means the batter hit the ball out of bounds and scored six runs

1. Blue
   Green
2. White
   Red

Players play in white. The ball is therefore red to ensure that it is visible against the players.

1. It's a little door
   It's what a player is called
2. It's a trio of sticks with two little wooden pieces that the batter defends
   It's the bowler

A wicket is also called "the stump" and is the wooden totem-like piece the batter protects. If the two little wooden pieces fall off when the bowler hits the stump, the batter is out.

1. Cricket bats have a flat front
   Cricket bats are longer
2. Cricket bats are heavier
   Cricket bats are hollow

A cricket bat is flat at the front and swung vertically, while a baseball bat is round and is swung horizontally.

1. A notable Pakistani captain
   A notable Indian captain
2. Highest scorer ever
   Lowest professional scorer ever

Imran Khan is a Pakistani national hero and former captain who then went into politics, which cost him much of his popularity.

1. 50 yards
   42 yards
2. 22 yards
   19 yards

A run is 22 yards so you score one by running back and forth that distance.

1. Referee
   Umpire
2. Judge
   Caller

The fellow who referees the game is called an umpire. There are two on the pitch and one on the sidelines.

1. It's when you hit but don't score
   It's when you're left on but your partner is out
2. It's when you score a single run from a single bat
   It's when one fielder is left on the field

A single is when you score one run, perhaps by hitting the ball far enough that you managed to run the 22 yards but then didn't get any further.

1. 100 runs
   10 runs
2. How long a game takes
   How long it feels like a game takes

A century means one batter scores 100 runs on his own in a single game

1. 10 runs
   20 runs
2. 50 runs
   It's an inning

It's 50 points scored by a single player in a single game.

1. It's between two nations with Test status
   It's when a nation qualifies for the World Cup
2. It's a league that only Commonwealth countries can be in
   It means a nation has to re-qualify for its international rank after being bumped due to cheating

Nations with Test status as conferred by the International Cricket Council or ICC play Test matches. These are international games that typically last five days and are the pinnacle of the sport.

1. Fielder
   Line back
2. Defender
   Outside defender

Fielders are the ones on the bowler's team who try to catch the batter out.

1. Cor blimey that's a big one!
   The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey
2. I say matron, what a pair of jugs
   Oh my goodness, I've split my trousers

The bowler really was named Holding and the batsman really was named Willey, and Johnston waited all season for them to be lined up and playing against each other while he was commentating - so that he could say this hilarious quote.

1. Cricket where instead of a wicket, you protect your legs
   Cricket where you run away when they throw the ball at you
2. Cricket, but in France
   Cricket with a baseball bat

French cricket is a garden party sport in which you have a cricket bat (or a tennis racket if you are a child or otherwise less able to play) and must stand still. The goal is to defend your legs below the knee from the other players, who bowl to try to hit you there - and as they bowl from wherever the ball lands, you can't simply avoid hitting it, since then they will be very close and will ​definitely beat you. Whoever catches you out, takes your turn. Playing this with a cricket ball is enormously painful, which is why it is recommended to use a tennis ball.

1. April to September
   July to December
2. All year
   January to June

It's like summer, but not as an American would know it, with pleasant temperatures of about 60 degrees F to 74 degrees F. It's rainy, sure, but otherwise very nice.

1. Britain
   England
2. The United Kingdom
   Scotland

Since England and Scotland did not join into the U.K. until 1646, cricket was invented in England. Britain is technically the name for the island they're both on (along with Wales), and is not the entirety of the U.K.

1. 92 mph on the nose
   97.5 mph
2. 100.2 mph
   96.1 mph

Yep, 100.2 mph, which is faster than the eye can see. As a cricket pitch bounces before it is hit, however, it sometimes loses some momentum and the batter has a fighting chance.

1. To make it swing
   It's just a nervous twitch
2. To make it faster
   To clean it

A bowler may legally rub the ball to make one side smoother which makes the ball swing.

1. Terminator
   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2. Doctor Who
   The Matrix

The Hitchhiker series included a planet called Krikkit which launched the bloodiest war in the history of the galaxy. Earth was considered to be a place in very poor taste for having made a joke of it.

1. A run
   A score
2. A point
   A strike

It's the same as baseball - or rather, since cricket came first, baseball borrowed the idea of a run.

1. He remains the highest scorer in a single game, ever
   He played until he was 52
2. He played better when too drunk to drive
   He was actually Spanish but lied about his nationality to get onto a better team

Rhodes played from 1899 to 1930, an astonishingly long time in any professional sport.

1. You can't
   Hit the ball inside the boundaries
2. Hit the ball out of bounds with a bounce
   Miss the ball but still get a run

You get four points if the ball goes out of bounds after touching the ground.

1. Pakistan
   India
2. England
   South Africa

Cricket is the most popular sport in India, which has a population of more than 1 billion people and the highest number of professional cricket teams.

1. A list of top players
   The top 100 scorers of all time
2. The top fielders of all time
   The fastest bowlers of all time

The Wisden 100 is an annual list of the top cricketers in the sport in various areas like bowling, batting, etc.

1. Pitch
   Ball
2. Throw
   Strike

One throw of the ball from bowler to batsman is a ball, as in, "The bowler has thrown 50 balls."

1. Burger
   Strawberries
2. Nothing
   Kebab

Strawberries are the staple food of cricket matches as they are in season at the right time

1. Australia
   Pakistan
2. South Africa
   England

Australia beat England by 45 runs.

1. Maharaja of Vizianagaram
   Asif Karim
2. Lala Amarnath
   ML Jaisimha

Yes, this fellow was an honest to goodness Maharajah, which is a kind of Indian prince - so a knighthood was a step down, really.

1. 1989
   1971
2. 1952
   1983

India won its first World Cup in 1983 and its second in 2011, and it also won its first Test at Lord's in 1986 and 2014.

1. 1646
   1037
2. 1912
   1727

Cricket may have been around longer than this, but history has it first recorded in 1646, making it older than almost any other professional sport.

1. 14 days
   12 days
2. eight days
   two days

This game simply wouldn't end! In cricket, the game doesn't end until everyone on a single team is out, so as long as you keep scoring or at least not being caught out, you're in!

1. Shane Warne
   Sachin Tendulkar
2. Ian Botham
   Don Bradman

Sachin Tendulkar is probably the best player in history.

1. It means you are still in
   It means you weren't out at the end of the game when your final teammate is out
2. It means you hit the ball inside the field​
   It means your leg was inside the batting area

Since in cricket you bat with a partner, you can't bat solo. So once your last teammate has been bowled out, you're left standing on your own, and are thus called "not out" at the end of the game.