CRICKET
CRICKET
Cricket is a Bat and Ball game played between two teams of 11 players on a
field, at the center of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch.
One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team
bows and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored
by the batting team.
A run is scored by the striking batsman hitting the ball with his bat, running
to the opposite end of the pitch and touching the crease there without being
dismissed.
Each phase of play is called an innings. After either ten batsmen have been
dismissed or a fixed number of overs have been completed, the innings ends
and the two teams then swap roles.
The teams switch between batting and fielding at the end of an innings.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
To apply the law and make sure the cricket rules are
upheld throughout the game there are two umpires in
place during games.
Umpires are responsible for making decisions and
notifying the scorers of these decisions.
Two umpires are in place on the playing field while there
is also a third umpire off the field who is in charge of
video decisions.
This is where the call is too close for the on field umpires
and they refer it to the third umpire who reviews slow
motion video replays to make a decision.
CRICKET FORMATS
WAYS OF SCORING RUNS
The game starts with the toss of a coin by the captains in the presence of
the umpire.
The winner of the toss gets to choose either to bat or bowl first..
The game’s objective is to score as many runs as possible before your team
is bowled out (to loose ten wickets).
When each team has finished batting, that marks the end of an innings.
TEN WAYS A BATSMAN CAN GET DISMISSED
(OUTS)