[topgrain2]

So you bowl the ball against the wicket so the batter can try to hit your bowl? And then if the ball you bowled hit another thing that is also a wicket, you got a wicket?

Not confusing at all. :-)

[senthil_rajasek]

There is more... The batter can swing, miss the ball completely and hit the wicket! Then it's a "hit wicket" and the batter is out.

You still with me ;-)

[Smoosh]

Let’s be clear here. If the ball is bowled and strikes the stumps and dislodges a bail, that is “bowled out”. If the batsman contacts the ball but it still hits the stumps and dislodges a bail,that is “played on“. If the batsman in playing the ball dislodges a bail, that is “hit wicket”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_wicket

[topgrain2]

I learned the rules to and terminology of (American) football by playing football video games (mostly nfl2k1 on the Dreamcast). Similar story for ice hockey.

What’s the video game to play to understand cricket?

[senthil_rajasek]

Aahh video games that's clever. I apologize, I am not a video game person.

Hopefully someone here knows a good cricket video game.

Best.

[bruce511]

Cricket 26. Not sure you can learn cricket from that, but it may help solidify the concepts.