We do love a good cricket match. However, we often struggle to come up with ideas about what we should do between innings. After all, there is quite a bit of downtime. So, we figured we would share a few ideas that will help to keep you occupied between innings at the next cricket match, whether you’re sitting in a stadium or at home.
Listen to the commentary
If you love cricket, stick around and listen to the commentary during those breaks between innings. You’ll get a bit more knowledge about the sport, the players and the way pundits think the match is going to go. Honestly, you’ll pick up a ton of information like this, plus the whole idea of the pundits’ commentary is to ensure that you keep watching the TV, so it’ll probably be exciting too.
This will only be an option if you’re watching a cricket match from home. If you’re in the stadium, why not find a decent internet radio station that is providing commentary on the match instead? It works much the same and you will get good information to listen to.
Head to internet forums or Reddit
Whenever we’re watching sports, whether this is cricket or another sport, we always take breaks to browse social media and see what people are saying about the event. Reddit is probably the best place for this nowadays, but you’ll find a few forums still kicking around.
Most of the stuff that you read on these forums and Reddit will be terrible takes that are not worth considering. However, every so often, a little bit of gold will slip through the cracks. Sometimes this will be useful information that will make you think, and other times it will be something that puts a smile on your face. Either way, you’ve killed a short amount of time, and hopefully the next innings is now about to start.
Place a bet
Sports and betting go hand in hand. We promise you that there is hardly a sporting event that doesn’t have people gambling on it. One of the ‘perks’ of living in the modern age is that placing a sports bet is easier than ever. The ever-relaxing gambling laws in many countries mean that you can now often gamble from your mobile phone, which means there is no need to head to a local bookmaker or boot up your computer.
Live betting means that you can even gamble on the cricket match you’re watching, including the ICC Champions Trophy. Gone are the days when you need to bet before a match in the hope of winning money. If you feel like the action is going to go one way based on what you’re seeing, then you may want to make a wager.
Head to an online casino
Sports betting is not your thing but still want to gamble? Well, you can use your downtime during the cricket match to head to one of the many online casinos for Indian players. Again, you can do this all from the palm of your hand, and there are now more online casino games available than ever before. They include your typical table games such as blackjack and roulette, as well as slot machines, instant win games, and more. Most of these games can be played in just a few minutes, which means they are ideal for playing when you are waiting for the action to start up again on the cricket field.
Grab yourself something to eat or drink
Watching cricket can be long, tiring work! Although, it’s admittedly not as long as tiring as it would be for those out there on the field. Since you probably don’t want to miss any of the action when the cricket match is going on, now is the time to go and grab yourself something to eat and drink. You’ve got a little bit of time to grab it.
If you’re at the stadium itself, then your food and drink options may be a bit more limited — and very expensive, so you might want to see if the stadium allows you to bring your snacks in although they’ll rarely allow you to bring drinks. If you’re at home, then the world is your oyster. Chow down on whatever you want, because you’re almost certainly going to need that energy for when the game starts up again!
Check out sports news
Why not use the downtime to sink yourself into some sports news? There are plenty of websites dedicated to cricket news. From here, you might be able to pick up a few betting tips, or you’ll at least learn how the team you support is currently faring. If a few cricket matches are going on at the same time, then why not take the time to see how those other games are going? Some of them may not even have their innings at the same time as your game, which means that you can have a quick watch of them too!
Chat with people about the game
For us, watching sports has always been a bit of a social experience. So, if you have some friends or family nearby, then why not chat about the game with them or about their favorite player? Chat about what you think are the best plays so far or talk about how you think the game is going to go when the innings start up again.
Of course, you don’t even need to talk to them about the game. You can just socialize and have a bit of fun. There is no sense in sitting in silence, is there?
Final thoughts
The above provides plenty of ideas about how you can keep yourself occupied during the next cricket match break between innings. We are sure that you can do at least one or two of these things. No matter what you do, we hope you end up having plenty of fun!