The game of cricket originates from England. Nobody knows the exact date of when cricket was first played but there is evidence of the game being played in the year 1550 (over 450 years ago!)
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In the early years, the game was only played in England but the game then also became popular in many of the British colonies. Today, big international matches (called test matches) are played in Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe.
In England, it is a sport that is only really played in the summer because the game needs good light and no rain! In English schools, normally the pupils will play football or rugby in the winter and cricket or tennis in the summer.
The basic rules
Cricket is a game played with a bat and a ball.
It is a team game. There are 2 teams of 11 players. Each team must try to beat the other team. Traditionally, the players wear white trousers, and a white T-shirt and sometimes a white jumper. Since the ball is very hard and quite heavy (160 grams), players also often wear a helmet and protective gloves and pads.
It is played outside in a large open field. The main action is in the centre of the field in a rectangular area called a pitch. At each end of the pitch, there are 3 vertical sticks in the ground called a wicket.
When the game starts, a player from one of the teams (Team A) will throw ('bowl') the ball and try to hit the wicket. A player from the opposite team (Team B) will hold a bat and stand in front of the wicket. When the player from Team A throws ('bowls') the ball at the wicket, the player from Team B must protect and defend the wicket by hitting the ball with the bat.
The team that is batting (Team A) will start the game with only 2 players on the field. The other 9 players from Team A will be off the field watching the game. The 2 players who are on the field will be holding a bat and they will each stand at opposite ends of the pitch. From team B, all 11 players will be on the field. 10 of them will be standing all over the field and 1 of them will be bowling. Bowling means to throw (or deliver) the ball to try to hit the wicket.
If the bowler (from Team B) hits the wickets with the ball, then the player who was batting from Team A is eliminated. We say that he is 'out'. He then leaves the field and is replaced by another member of team A.
But if the player from Team A hits the ball very hard, then he will run the length of the rectangular pitch towards the other wicket. If he arrives at the opposite wicket before the 'fielders' from Team B can chase the ball and throw it at the wicket, then player A scores a point. The point is called 1 'run'.
If the batter (Team A) hits the ball high in the air and a 'fielder' (Team B) catches the ball before it touches the ground, then the batter (Team A) is eliminated. Again, we say that he is 'out'.
Team A continues to bat and to score runs until 10 members of Team A are eliminated. When that happens, the teams swap over – Team A will now be bowling and fielding and team B will now be batting. When Team B has finished batting, that is the end of the first innings. Each team will then take it in turns to bat a second time. That is called the second innings. At the end of the second innings, we compare the total number of runs for both teams from both innings. The team that scored the most runs wins the game.
(Please note that this is only a very simplified version of the rules. There are many rules and parts of the game that I have not mentioned. 🙂 )
Fun facts about cricket
Official international cricket matches last 5 days!
On each day, players play for about 6 hours.
Play is interrupted for rain or bad light.
Play is also interrupted for breaks (lunch and afternoon tea)
Fast bowlers are able to bowl the ball at speeds over 130 km/h
Cricket video
Here is an excellent video I found on YouTube showing you the game in action and also explaining the rules:
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Cricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each. One team, which is batting, tries to score runs , while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, across the boundary, or by the batting team's players running between two areas of the field called the batsmen's grounds as many times as possible before the fielding team successfully hits a wicket (set of sticks) in either of the grounds with the ball to get them out.
The wickets are sets of three small, wooden posts that are at each end of a rectangle of short grass called 'the pitch', which is 22 yards long. The pitch is inside a much larger oval of grass called the 'area of play'. The area of play is a 30 yard circle inside the cricket ground or stadium.[1] When a player is out, a teammate will replace them in the field. When a team no longer has enough 'not-out' players left to score, then the other team gets the chance to try to score. In shorter games of cricket, a team may also have to stop batting when the ball has been thrown to their players a certain number of times. After both teams have had enough chances to score, the team with the most runs wins.
The game started in England in the 16th century. The earliest definite reference to the sport is in a court case of 1598.[2] The court in Guildford heard a coroner, John Derrick, that when he was a scholar at the 'Free School at Guildford', fifty years earlier, 'he and diverse of his fellows did run and play [on the common land] at cricket and other players'.[3][4] Later, the game spread to countries of the British Empire in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Today, it is a popular sport in England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, the West Indies and several other countries such as Afghanistan, Ireland, Kenya, Scotland, the Netherlands, and Zimbabwe.
Cricket rules[change | change source]
There are two teams: The team bowling has 11 players on the field. The team batting has two players, one at each end of the pitch (also sometimes called the wicket).
- The rest of the batting team are off the field.
- Runs are got after a ball is bowled, mostly by hitting the ball and running, or by hitting the ball to or over the boundary.
The captain of the bowling team chooses a bowler from his team; the other players are called 'fielders'.
- The bowler is trying to aim the ball at a wicket, which is made up of three sticks (called stumps) stuck into the earth, with two small sticks (called bails) balanced on them.
- One of the fielders, called the 'wicket keeper', stands behind the wicket to catch the ball if the bowler misses the wicket.
- The other fielders may chase the ball after the batsman has hit it.
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The bowler runs towards his wicket, and bowls towards the batsman at the other wicket. Cheats on steam games.
- He does not throw the ball. He bowls the ball overarm with a 'straight arm' (defined further in the rules and the guidance to umpires). If he bends his arm, the other teams are given one run and he has to bowl the ball again.
- An 'over' is six balls, meaning he bowls six times. Then another player becomes the bowler for the next over, and bowls from the other end, and so on. The same bowler cannot bowl two overs one after the other.
The batsman is trying to defend the wicket from getting hit with the ball. He does this with a bat. When he hits the ball with his bat, he may run toward the other wicket.
- To score a run:
- The two batsmen must both run from their wicket to the other wicket before they can be run out. Being run out is explained below. The batsmen can run between the wickets as many times as they want, with one run scored each time they do this.
- If the ball leaves the field after being hit without bouncing, six runs are scored.
- If the ball rolls or bounces out, whether or not the batter hit it, it counts as four runs.
There are different ways that a batsman can get out. The most common ways are:
- The batsman misses the ball and the ball hits the wicket: called bowled, or being 'bowled out'.
- The ball hits the batsman's body when it would have hit the wicket otherwise. Called LBW (leg before wicket). The way this rule is applied is complicated; this is just the general idea.
- A fielder catches the ball after the batsman hits it, and before it bounces or leaves the field: called caught.
- While the batsmen are running, a fielder can throw the ball at the wicket. If the batsmen cannot finish the run in time, and the ball hits the wicket, the batsman nearer to the wicket that is hit is out: this is called run out.
When a batsman is out, another comes onto the field to take his place. The innings is over when ten wickets are taken (i.e. ten of the eleven batsmen are out). After this, the team which was the 'fielding' team becomes the 'batting' team. They now have to score more runs than the other team managed to score. If they score more runs before ten wickets are taken, they win. If they do not, the other team wins.
In a one-day game, each side has one innings, and innings are limited to a certain number of overs. In longer formats each side has two innings, and there is no specific limit to the number of overs in an innings.
Where cricket is played[change | change source]
Cricket is popular in many countries, mostly in Commonwealth countries.
The countries where cricket is most popular compete in international matches (games between countries) that last up to 5 days, which are called Test matches. Those countries are England, Australia, West Indies, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Ireland, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. The West Indies are a group of Caribbean countries that play together as a team. Several other countries have more junior status. The test match idea was invented by teams from England and Australia in the 19th century.Ireland and Afghanistan are the new teams which can play Test cricket.
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Cricket is also played in Kenya, Canada, Bermuda, Scotland, Holland and Namibia; the national teams of those countries can play one-day international matches, but do not play test matches.
The field[change | change source]
A cricket field is where cricket is played. It is circular or oval-shaped grassy ground. There are no fixed dimensions for the field. Its diameter usually varies between 450 feet (137 m) to 500 feet (100 m).
Different forms of cricket[change | change source]
Test matches[change | change source]
Test matches are the top international matches played between countries. The main point of test cricket is to test young players. The countries permitted to play test matches are accredited by the ICC: the International Cricket Council. The ten countries are listed below, with 'West Indies','England' counting for this purpose as a country. Tests last for up to five days (This is why many also call it '5 day cricket.') and can still end in a draw match : it is the longest format of cricket.
Test Playing Nations in order of first dates: [5]
- England
- Australia
- South Africa
- West Indies
- New Zealand
- India
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Zimbabwe
- Bangladesh
- Afghanistan
- Ireland
National league systems[change | change source]
Called counties in England, and states in Australia and islands in the West Indies. These are three or four day matches.
Limited overs cricket[change | change source]
In these games, the length is determined by the number of overs, and each side has one innings only. A special formula, known as the 'Duckworth–Lewis method' is applied if rain reduces the time for play. It calculates the target score for the team batting second in a limited overs match interrupted by weather or other circumstance.
One day internationals (ODI50)[change | change source]
ODIs are usually restricted to 50 overs batting for each side and each bowler can bowl up to 10 overs maximum. The highest team score is England 481-6 against Australia in June 19, 2018.[6] High school romance game cheats. The highest individual score is 264 off 173 balls by Rohit Sharma for India against Sri Lanka.
Twenty20 cricket (T20 Cricket)[change | change source]
Twenty20 cricket has 20 overs for each side and each bowler can bowl up to 4 overs maximum unlike 10 overs in an ODI match. The highest team score is 263/5 by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) against Pune Warriors India (PWI) in the 2013 IPL season. The highest individual score is 175* off 69 balls by Chris Gayle for RCB in the same match.
Averages[change | change source]
In cricket there are two special kinds of average, used to measure how good a player is:
- A batsman's batting average is the number of runs he has scored in a period (such as a year or his whole career), divided by the number of times he was got out in the same period. A good batsman has a high batting average. The highest T20 average for a batsman who has played at least 20 innings is 70.66 by Chris Harris.
- A bowler's bowling average is the number of runs that have been scored while he was bowling, in a period, divided by the number of batsmen he has got out in the same period. A good bowler has a low bowling average. The lowest T20 bowling average for a bowler who has bowled at least 500 balls is Mushtaq Ahmed with 13.80.
There is a separate set of averages for each type of cricket listed above.
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References[change | change source]
- ↑MCC – the official Laws of Cricket Retrieved 25 July 2009
- ↑Leach, From lads to Lord's
- ↑Underdown, David 2000. Start of play. Allen Lane, p.3
- ↑Altham H.S. 1962. A history of cricket, vol 1, George Allen & Unwin, p.21
- ↑Barclays 1986. Swanton E.W. (ed) Barclays World of Cricket. London: Willow Books. ISBN 0-00-218193-2.
- ↑'Records - One-Day Internationals - Team records - Highest innings totals - ESPNcricinfo.com'. Cricinfo.
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