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Summary Take a look at this topic's brief summary of cricket, England's summer national sport that is now played worldwide, particularly in India, Pakistan, the West Indies, and the British Isles.
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Related Points: Twenty20 cricket, Ashes cricket, World Cup cricket, forward stroke cut cricket, and field Cricket is played with a bat and a ball by two teams of 11 players each. The field is an oval with a pitch—a rectangular area 22 yards (20.12 meters) by 10 feet (3.04 meters) wide in the middle. Each end of the pitch has two sets of three sticks in the ground called wickets. Bails are pieces that run horizontally across the top of each wicket. The teams alternate between batting and bowling (pitching); An "innings" (always plural) is the name given to each turn. Depending on the prearranged duration of the match, each team has one or two innings, with the goal of scoring the most runs. The bowlers attempt to break (hit) the wicket with the ball by delivering it with a straight arm so that the bails fall. The batsman can be let go in a variety of ways, including this. A bowler completes an "over" by bowling six balls to one wicket, then another player from his side bowls six balls to the opposite wicket. The batting team is protecting its wicket. The bowler is being bowled to (the striker) tries to hit the ball away from the wicket when there are two batsmen up at once. A hit can be harmful or helpful. The batsmen may not have time to run to the opposite wicket after a defensive hit protects the wicket. The batsmen will not be required to run in that case, and play will resume with a second bowl. At the opposite wicket, the second batsman and the batsman who can make an offensive hit swap places. One run is scored each time both batsmen reach the opposite wicket. Giving they have sufficient time without being gotten out and excused, the batsmen might keep on crossing to and fro between the wickets, acquiring an extra run for each time both arrive at the contrary side. The cricket field is surrounded by a boundary on the outside. If a ball hits the ground and then reaches the boundary, it receives four points; if it lands in the air (a fly ball), it receives six points. A game is won by the team with the most runs. The game is deemed a draw if neither team is able to complete their innings within the allotted time. Scores in the hundreds are normal in cricket.
Cricket matches can take many different forms, from casual encounters on village greens on a weekend afternoon to five-day Test matches between top international players in grand stadiums.
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