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No. 866: Neither cricket nor not cricket but a secret third thing

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Neither cricket nor not cricket but a secret third thing

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Strip by: manyhills

T. Rex: That's — that's —
T. Rex: — that's just NOT CRICKET!
T. Rex: For example, there's more than four innings! And a team only needs three dismissals to end an innings!
Utahraptor: That's because it's baseball, T.
T. Rex: How else is it different?
Utahraptor: Well, a good batter, if they get lucky, might score four runs in one innings.
T. Rex: Oh, I see!
T. Rex: It's English cricket!

The author writes:

I suppose this is a bit unfair, since the issues with the current English side lay mostly, as I understand it, with the bowling.

A more comprehensive overview of the differences is available here.