Lalit Modi

And that really was to enable tournaments to happen. Like, you can play a match in one day. It takes all day. These are eight-hour games. So it's all day. The country's eyes are glued on this. The other form of cricket, the classical form of cricket, is test cricket. Test cricket, a match, lasts five days.

And that really was to enable tournaments to happen. Like, you can play a match in one day. It takes all day. These are eight-hour games. So it's all day. The country's eyes are glued on this. The other form of cricket, the classical form of cricket, is test cricket. Test cricket, a match, lasts five days.

So one-day internationals were invented so that you could have kind of a round-robin tournament with different teams. Otherwise, there's no way you can have a 10-country tournament where every match takes five days. Right.

So one-day internationals were invented so that you could have kind of a round-robin tournament with different teams. Otherwise, there's no way you can have a 10-country tournament where every match takes five days. Right.

I believe it's because it's a test of the strength, will, you know, the team.

I believe it's because it's a test of the strength, will, you know, the team.

Totally. I have to bring in some personal history here. So I am a quarter British. I'm genetically predisposed to already be into cricket. But when I was growing up, my grandmother was British. Probably every other summer, I would go spend two, three, four weeks with my family in the Midlands, in the countryside in England. visiting my grandmother's family.

Totally. I have to bring in some personal history here. So I am a quarter British. I'm genetically predisposed to already be into cricket. But when I was growing up, my grandmother was British. Probably every other summer, I would go spend two, three, four weeks with my family in the Midlands, in the countryside in England. visiting my grandmother's family.

And as a little kid, what would be on TV in the summertime in England? It was this test cricket. And so I grew up, even though I played baseball and I loved baseball at home, in the summers when I would go to England, I'd turn on the TV, I'd watch this test cricket. Like, oh, this is super cool. But yes, exactly like you say, Ben, this is the gentleman's game of gentleman's games.

And as a little kid, what would be on TV in the summertime in England? It was this test cricket. And so I grew up, even though I played baseball and I loved baseball at home, in the summers when I would go to England, I'd turn on the TV, I'd watch this test cricket. Like, oh, this is super cool. But yes, exactly like you say, Ben, this is the gentleman's game of gentleman's games.

In the middle of the summer, by the way. Yes.

In the middle of the summer, by the way. Yes.

To give you a little sense of this, test cricket, and I believe one day internationals as well, there are four possible outcomes of the game. You can win. You can lose. You can tie. Wait, so what's the fourth? The fourth outcome is a draw. Which is different than a tie?

To give you a little sense of this, test cricket, and I believe one day internationals as well, there are four possible outcomes of the game. You can win. You can lose. You can tie. Wait, so what's the fourth? The fourth outcome is a draw. Which is different than a tie?

A tie is if the score is tied at the end of the match, which almost never happens because you're playing for at least eight hours, if not five days. The scores are in the hundreds here. So the odds that they're going to be tied are very, very low. I see. A draw happens when one team is not able to finish their innings in the time of the match.

A tie is if the score is tied at the end of the match, which almost never happens because you're playing for at least eight hours, if not five days. The scores are in the hundreds here. So the odds that they're going to be tied are very, very low. I see. A draw happens when one team is not able to finish their innings in the time of the match.

So if you get to the end of the day, like, oh, sun goes down. It's time for dinner. And all of your batsmen have not yet gotten out in your innings. Oh, well, then you could be behind, ahead, whatever. Like, oh, just didn't finish. It's like a DNF. Did not finish. What? Just a draw.

So if you get to the end of the day, like, oh, sun goes down. It's time for dinner. And all of your batsmen have not yet gotten out in your innings. Oh, well, then you could be behind, ahead, whatever. Like, oh, just didn't finish. It's like a DNF. Did not finish. What? Just a draw.

If you're behind and you're batting second or in a test match in your second innings, if you're batting second and you're behind, yeah, you're just trying to draw the game out.

If you're behind and you're batting second or in a test match in your second innings, if you're batting second and you're behind, yeah, you're just trying to draw the game out.