I'm sorry if I come off as ignorant but I'm going to be playing cricket and I've tried reading about it and even watching videos but I still don't get how you play this sport! I mean, do run bases and stuff like that cause I don't see any bases and how do you get points or strike someone out? What the GOAL of the game???? If anyone would be so kind as to do like a step by step description In simple terms like 1.) the bowler bowls 2.) the batter tries to..... Etc. I will love u forever!!! Much appreciated!
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How the HECK do I play cricket?
- Thread starter mira s
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Nalaka fairly
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Cricket is played with two teams of eleven players , with two umpires
on an oval shaped field. The size of the field varies, but
generally has a diameter of around 350 yards. A cricket bat is oblong
shaped with a narrow handle. A full-sized bat is around 3 feet in
length. A cricket ball is made of cork and covered with leather, and
is then stitched up. A ball weighs around 5 ounces.
In the middle of the field is what is known as a pitch. A pitch is a
hard, flat strip of dry ground around 22 yards long. 22 yards is an
old imperial measure called a chain. Two batsman are at the pitch at a
time, both at different ends, with one facing the delivery of the ball
from the bowler.
At either end of the pitch is the crease. This is a line marked about
4 feet in from either end of the pitch, and it is used for 2 reasons.
The first is as a mark from which the bowler must bowl from or behind,
and a mark for the batsmen to stand at to deliver the ball and to mark
whether a run has been completed. If a batsmen is out of his crease,
he can be stumped by the wicket keeper if he is receiving the ball at
the batsmen’s end, or can be run out by the fielders at either end
when taking a run.
The bowler runs up to the pitch where he bowls the ball overarm with a
straight arm. the delivery is usually overarm but there have been
famous incidents when cricketers in international matches have bowled
underarm
Teams score by getting runs. A run is completed when a batsman hits
the ball and then runs to the other end of the cricket pitch, getting
past the crease. Other ways runs can be scored are by hitting boundaries. Boundaries
are scored when the ball is hit and touches or goes past the outer
edge of the field. Four runs are scored when the batsmen hits the ball
and the ball hits the ground before reaching the outer edge of the
boundary, and six runs are scored when the ball is hit and goes over
the boundary without touching the ground. The fielding team can get the batsman out in several ways, by
1) catching him out. This is done when the batsman hits the ball with
his bat and a fielder catches the ball on the full (without bouncing).
2) bowling him out. This happens when the bowler bowls the ball and
the ball strikes the batsman’s stumps or bails.
3) leg before wicket, or LBW. This happens when the bowler bowls it
and the stumps being hit by the ball are prevented when the batsman’s
leg gets in the way. This rule is a bit complicated, and you can let
the ball hit you on the legs sometimes without being out leg before.
This rule is one where the umpires have to make some judgments and can
cause a few arguments!
4) stumped, when the batsman comes forward to hit the hit but steps
out of his crease, misses the ball and the fielder behind the stumps
collects the ball hits the stumps before the batsman gets back behind
his crease.
5) run out, when the batsman attempts to score a run but has his
stumps hit by the ball before he reaches the other crease.
6) Hit wicket, when the batsman hits his own stumps while trying to
hit the ball.
7) retired, when the batsman voluntarily decides to finish his innings,
timed out, when the next batsman doesn’t appear on the pitch
within two minutes of the last batsman getting out. This last one
doesn’t happen very often and I have never seen it happen
Each team has one innings. This innings can last anything from 20
overs (a series of 6 bowls by a bowler) to an unlimited over match.
Most one day matches are played with each side having 50 overs (or 300
balls). If 10 of a team’s batsman are out, the innings ends there
regardless of how many balls are left to be bowled. The team that
scores the most runs in their innings is the team that wins.
hope it helped;-D
on an oval shaped field. The size of the field varies, but
generally has a diameter of around 350 yards. A cricket bat is oblong
shaped with a narrow handle. A full-sized bat is around 3 feet in
length. A cricket ball is made of cork and covered with leather, and
is then stitched up. A ball weighs around 5 ounces.
In the middle of the field is what is known as a pitch. A pitch is a
hard, flat strip of dry ground around 22 yards long. 22 yards is an
old imperial measure called a chain. Two batsman are at the pitch at a
time, both at different ends, with one facing the delivery of the ball
from the bowler.
At either end of the pitch is the crease. This is a line marked about
4 feet in from either end of the pitch, and it is used for 2 reasons.
The first is as a mark from which the bowler must bowl from or behind,
and a mark for the batsmen to stand at to deliver the ball and to mark
whether a run has been completed. If a batsmen is out of his crease,
he can be stumped by the wicket keeper if he is receiving the ball at
the batsmen’s end, or can be run out by the fielders at either end
when taking a run.
The bowler runs up to the pitch where he bowls the ball overarm with a
straight arm. the delivery is usually overarm but there have been
famous incidents when cricketers in international matches have bowled
underarm
Teams score by getting runs. A run is completed when a batsman hits
the ball and then runs to the other end of the cricket pitch, getting
past the crease. Other ways runs can be scored are by hitting boundaries. Boundaries
are scored when the ball is hit and touches or goes past the outer
edge of the field. Four runs are scored when the batsmen hits the ball
and the ball hits the ground before reaching the outer edge of the
boundary, and six runs are scored when the ball is hit and goes over
the boundary without touching the ground. The fielding team can get the batsman out in several ways, by
1) catching him out. This is done when the batsman hits the ball with
his bat and a fielder catches the ball on the full (without bouncing).
2) bowling him out. This happens when the bowler bowls the ball and
the ball strikes the batsman’s stumps or bails.
3) leg before wicket, or LBW. This happens when the bowler bowls it
and the stumps being hit by the ball are prevented when the batsman’s
leg gets in the way. This rule is a bit complicated, and you can let
the ball hit you on the legs sometimes without being out leg before.
This rule is one where the umpires have to make some judgments and can
cause a few arguments!
4) stumped, when the batsman comes forward to hit the hit but steps
out of his crease, misses the ball and the fielder behind the stumps
collects the ball hits the stumps before the batsman gets back behind
his crease.
5) run out, when the batsman attempts to score a run but has his
stumps hit by the ball before he reaches the other crease.
6) Hit wicket, when the batsman hits his own stumps while trying to
hit the ball.
7) retired, when the batsman voluntarily decides to finish his innings,
timed out, when the next batsman doesn’t appear on the pitch
within two minutes of the last batsman getting out. This last one
doesn’t happen very often and I have never seen it happen
Each team has one innings. This innings can last anything from 20
overs (a series of 6 bowls by a bowler) to an unlimited over match.
Most one day matches are played with each side having 50 overs (or 300
balls). If 10 of a team’s batsman are out, the innings ends there
regardless of how many balls are left to be bowled. The team that
scores the most runs in their innings is the team that wins.
hope it helped;-D