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ELI5: Cricket... What the heck is going on?

From an outsider's point of view, Cricket seems to be one of the most confusing sports out there! I feel like I partially understand the general concept, I just don't get how scores can get so high.  Thanks in advance!
gpt
If you understand baseball, you can think of a cricket match as one long inning. There are 11 players per side and 2 must be out there at a time for the hitting team. Once the fielding team records 10 outs or a designated number of pitches (bowls, in groups called overs) is reached, they switch. Since the ball is in play no matter what direction it is hit, the defense is much more spread out than in baseball. Any hit that reaches the boundary of the field is worth 4, any that does so on the fly is worth six. Any other ball in play, the two players from the hitting team can run back and forth between the two wickets, which function like bases. Every one is worth 1 more run. Outs are achieved by hitting the wicket with a pitch, catching a fly ball or hitting a wicket while the batsman approaching it hasn't reached it. 

So, for the high scoring, you have a wide bat, a huge field with no foul areas, only 2 extra defenders vs baseball, 10 outs to work with and you effectively get a run for every base.