In cricket, two teams of eleven players compete in a bat-and-ball match on a field that has a 22-yard (20-meter) pitch in the middle. Each team's wicket is made up of two bails balanced on three stumps. The bowling and fielding side attempts to stop this (by keeping the ball from leaving the field and getting it to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out")). The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets. Being bowled, having the ball strike the stumps and knock the bails off, and the fielding side either capturing the ball after it is struck are all methods of dismissal.
The earliest documented mention of cricket is from the middle of the 16th century, and it comes from South East England. With the first international matches played in the second half of the 19th century, it spread throughout the world along with the British Empire's expansion. The International Cricket Council (ICC), which oversees the game, is made up of more than 100 members, twelve of whom are active Test match players. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in London is responsible for upholding the Laws of Cricket, which govern the game. South Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Southern Africa, and the West Indies are the main regions where the sport is played.[1] Women's cricket has also attained an international standard; it is organised and played independently. The team with the greatest record in international cricket is a single 20-over innings, with each "over" consisting of six fair possibilities for the batting team to score, to five-day Test matches with games lasting three to four hours each. In limited overs cricket, players don team colours or club uniforms instead of the customary all-white uniform. Some players use protective clothing in addition to their basic gear to guard against injuries from the ball, which is a solid, hard spheroid made of compressed leather with a sewed seam that is slightly elevated and encloses a cork core coated with tightly coiled string.
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