This is Cricket. Now many may tell you that it is mind-blisteringly dull to watch, but they are, sadly, terribly wrong. Cricket is truly rich in tradition. Cricket, through time, has become a pure abstraction of completely fickle and arbitrary rules.
Cricket means nothing other than in and of itself.
It exists simply to be itself and be beautiful. Like a great painting, cricket can be comprehended fairly readily, but it is rich, detailed and complex enough to be appreciated for a lifetime. Cricket is a chess match with bat and ball. But you don't need to learn 48,000 different, boring tactics to get a feel for it. It's old fashioned, I know, but cricket is still the bastion of good sportsmanship.