Cricket at USYD

Walking back from class to Sydney University Village where I live I pass two big sports fields on campus.  Today when walking by there was a cricket match going on so I decided to stop and give it a look.  I am a huge baseball fan and love the idea of sports that have to do with using bat like objects to hit balls because it is one of the hardest things to do in sports.  With that being said I really despised cricket.  My first introduction to it was in class on this past Monday and I thought it was decent but nothing special.  At second glance I think that it is the worse sport that I have watched in Australia.  First off what really gets me is the fact that they bounce the ball when they pitch it.  I don’t understand why they don’t just throw it like a normal pitcher does in baseball.  On top of that apparently this specific game had been going on for three hours already.  I just recently looked up some statistics about cricket and it says that sometimes the games last for days.  What kind of sport allows a game to go on for days and yet there is no winner?  No doubt in my mind do these guys have athletic ability and skilled hand eye coordination but they should use it for a more legitimate sport.  This is completely my opinion but I just really do not understand how people can be entertained playing, never mind watching cricket.  Leaving the field after watching for about fifteen or twenty minutes I was frustrated and I can assure myself of one thing; I will never again go watch a game of cricket.  This is the first time I did not enjoy doing something for this sports class.