If you're struggling to grasp soccer's offside rule, you might want to switch to cricket, a sport that's similar to baseball but with its own unique regulations, objectives, bats, balls, skills, and tea.
'The Long Game,' available on Willow and Prime Video, is a documentary that provides a surprisingly clear explanation of the sport and profiles Saurabh Netravalkar, a world-class bowler and software engineer at Oracle in Silicon Valley.
Netravalkar's story is a fascinating blend of cricket, immigration, assimilation, and the virtues of rooting for the home team.
The documentary travels back and forth between California and India, revisiting Netravalkar's early triumphs and providing a glimpse of how cricket is played by regular people in India.
Directed by Pierre Friquet, 'The Long Game' has a split personality: it's both an in-depth portrait of Netravalkar and a primer on international cricket.
