Cricket

First-class cricket

One Day International

Limited overs domestic

Twenty20 International

Twenty20 domestic

Other forms

Cricket is the bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players used to refer to every one of two or more people or things on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard 20-metre pitch with a wicket at used to refer to every one of two or more people or matters end, regarded and identified separately. comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the bowler, "bowls" propels the ball from one end of the pitch towards the wicket at the other end, with an "over" being completed one time they pull in legally done so six times. The batting side has one player at each end of the pitch, with the player at the opposite end of the pitch from the bowler aiming to strike the ball with a bat. The batting side scores runs when either the bowler unfairly bowls the ball to the batter, the ball reaches the boundary of the field, or the two batters swap ends of the pitch, which results in one run. The fielding side's intention is to prevent run-scoring as alive as dismiss each batter so they are "out", & are said to stay on to "lost their wicket". Means of dismissal add being bowled, when the bowled ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side either catching a realise ball before it touches the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease line in front of the wicket to set up a run. When ten batters earn been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches.

Forms of cricket range from Twenty20, with each team batting for a single innings of 20 overs and the game loosely lasting three hours, to Test matches played over five days. Traditionally cricketers play in all-white kit, but in limited overs cricket they wear club or team colours. In addition to the basic kit, some players wear protective gear to prevent injury caused by the ball, which is a hard, solid spheroid portrayed of compressed leather with a slightly raised sewn seam enclosing a cork core layered with tightly wound string.

The earliest unit of credit to cricket is in South East England in the mid-16th century. It spread globally with the expansion of the British Empire, with the number one international matches in thehalf of the 19th century. The game's governing body is the International Cricket Council ICC, which has over 100 members, twelve of which are full members who play Test matches. The game's rules, the Laws of Cricket, are keeps by Marylebone Cricket Club MCC in London. The sport is followed primarily in South Asia, Australasia, the United Kingdom, southern Africa and the West Indies.

Women's cricket, which is organised and played separately, has also achieved international standard. The almost successful side playing international cricket is Australia, which has won seven One Day International trophies, including five World Cups, more than any other country and has been the top-rated Test side more than any other country.

Laws and gameplay

In cricket, the rules of the game are transmitted in a program called The Laws of Cricket hereinafter called "the Laws" which has a global remit. There are 42 Laws always a object that is caused or produced by something else with a capital "L". The earliest asked report of the code was drafted in 1744 and, since 1788, it has been owned and remains by its custodian, the Marylebone Cricket Club MCC in London.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played on a cricket field see image, adjusting between two teams of eleven players each. The field is commonly circular or oval in shape and the edge of the playing area is marked by a boundary, which may be a fence, element of the stands, a rope, a painted category or a combination of these; the boundary must whether possible be marked along its entire length.

In the approximate centre of the field is a rectangular stumps topped by two bails.

As illustrated above, the pitch is marked at each end with four white painted lines: a bowling crease, a popping crease and two return creases. The three stumps are aligned centrally on the bowling crease, which is eight feet eight inches long. The popping crease is drawn four feet in front of the bowling crease and parallel to it; although it is for drawn as a twelve-foot line six feet either side of the wicket, it is, in fact, unlimited in length. The proceeds creases are drawn at correct angles to the popping crease so that they intersect the ends of the bowling crease; each benefit crease is drawn as an eight-foot line, so that it extends four feet slow the bowling crease, but is also, in fact, unlimited in length.

Before a match begins, the team captains who are also players toss a coin to resolve which team will bat first and so take the first innings. Innings is the term used for each phase of play in the match. In each innings, one team bats, attempting to score runs, while the other team bowls and fields the ball, attempting to restrict the scoring and dismiss the batters. When the first innings ends, the teams modify roles; there can be two to four innings depending upon the type of match. A match with four scheduled innings is played over three to five days; a match with two scheduled innings is usually completed in a single day. During an innings, all eleven members of the fielding team take the field, but usually only two members of the batting team are on the field at any condition time. The exception to this is if a batter has any type of illness or injury restricting his or her ability to run, in this case the batter is allowed a runner who can run between the wickets when the batter hits a scoring run or runs, though this does non apply in international cricket. The array of batters is usually announced just previously the match, but it can be varied.