I don't understand everything about NFL or Baseball, but I still enjoy 'em. Cricket's quite simple; you score more runs than the opposing team. They run up and down to score 1,2 or three runs. If the ball hits the boundary rope it's 4. A 'home run' is 6 runs. They can be caught by any fielder, and by the guy behind the stumps. There are no 'foul shot's', getting caught behind is common. If the ball is going to hit the stumps but hits the 'at bat's' pads instead, generally he is out, Leg Before Wicket. If the ball from the bowler, or pitcher if you like, hits the stumps and the batsman misses, he is out, there are no three strikes. It is different enough from baseball to confuse. If a batter in baseball fails to make a base run before the ball from the fielder reaches the guy on base and tags him, he is out, in Cricket they can be run out as well, but the ball has to hit the stumps, either from the fielders throw or by the ball being struck on the stumps by a fielder or 'the guy behind the stumps', before the batsman makes his ground. Hope this helps; in baseball they run in a circle, in cricket they run up and down.
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