Cricket is an interesting game played between two teams of 11 players each. A special ball made of leather is used in cricket to hit by a willow bat. A toss will determine which team will bat or bowl at first. The team to bat will start with two players at each end of the 'pitch.' A pitch is a 22 yard (20.12m) elongated and rectangular part of the cricket ground where stumps (three sticks) are drilled into the ground at each end. The width of the pitch is about 2.64m. The pitch is formed partially of dried grass or free of grass, usually on a hard surface where the ball bounces properly.
While the two batsmen start to bat, the bowling team arranges players throughout the ground in distinct places to stop the ball from going to the boundary. The players try to stop the ball from going to the boundary or try to catch the ball without letting it fall on the ground, which is hit by a batsman for scoring runs. Next, the bowling team arranges a wicket-keeper behind the stumps at the batting side. The wicket-keeper tries to catch the ball, which is deflected from the bat.
The batting team starts to make 'runs.' A run is scored if the batsman hits the ball to send it along the ground. While the ball is collected by a fielder and returned to the wicketkeeper, the batsmen at the ends start to run across the pitch to replace their position. One exchange along the pitch awards the batting team a run. If the batsmen can run along with the pitch twice before the ball is collected by the bowler or wicketkeeper, two runs are awarded, the ball hits the boundary by rolling along the ground, four runs are scored. Similarly, if the batsman can hit the ball out of the boundary without bouncing on the ground, six runs are scored.
The bowler tries to hit on the stumps to make the batsman out. The batsman is out if the ball strikes on the stumps, the ball gets caught by a fielder which goes off the bat without being landed on the ground, LBW (leg before wicket), run-out, etc. If a batter is out, another one replaces the player, and the game continues. One bowler can bowl six times to make an 'over.' After the completion of an over of a particular bowler, another bowler must bowl in the consecutive 'over
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After all the batsmen (10) are out, an inning is completed. The bowling team becomes the batting team in the next innings, and the process continues. The team to score the maximum runs will win the game. There are usually three formats of the cricket game, they are.
a) One Day International (50 overs match per inning)
b) Twenty Twenty International (20 overs match per inning)
c) Test match (played for 5 days, usually 90 overs per day)
Some Basic Rules of Cricket
1)The team to win the toss is allowed to choose between 'batting or "bowling.'
2) A run can be scored only after a ball is hit with a bat to move the ball along the ground.
3) A batsman is 'catch out' is the batsman hits the ball with his bat, and the ball is tossed in the air, and before it falls on the ground, a fielder catches it.
4) A batsman is "bowled out if the stumps are hit by the ball to knock the 'bails' off the groove and fall on the ground.
5) A batsman is 'LBW' out if the ball is pitched in line of the stumps and the batsman puts his leg before the stumps. LBW out decision is always made by an umpire on the appeal made by the bowling team.
6) A batsman is 'run out' if the wicketkeeper, bowler, or any other fielder removes the bail to dislodge it out of the stumps before the batsman makes his bat grounded behind the crease at any two ends. The condition is possible only after the ball is hit by a batsman and the running between the wickets is taking place.
7) After the completion of an over, an exchange of the batsmen between the two ends.
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