Basic of the game
Number of Players – 11 Per Team
Duration – 3 hours minimum – 5 Days Maximum
Cricket Terms
Bowling – is the action of delivering or throwing the ball
Over – consists of 6 legal bowls ( deliveries )
Bowler – is a position in cricket tasked to bowl the ball
and try to hit the Wicket
Batsman – is a position in cricket tasked to bat the ball
and score runs. In Cricket there are 2 batsman
positioned at either end of the pitch
Wicket – is one of the two sets of 3 stumps and 2 bails at either end of the pitch
Wicket Keeper – positioned behind the wicket of the on-strike batsman, tasked to catch the ball or dismiss the batsman
General Gameplay
Bowling team - takes turn having a player at a time who may take a run up and throw (bowl) the ball from one end of the pitch towards the wicket.
If the ball is hit far enough and the batsmen feel there is still time, they can run from one wicket to the other and if they succeed in running without the fielding team stopping the ball, they score 1 run.
Scoring Runs
If the ball was hit all the way to the marked boundary but the ball touches the ground, this is scored “4 runs”.
If the ball was hit all the way to the marked boundary without it touching the
ground, this is scored “6 runs
Dismissals
Bowled – when a delivered balls hits the stumps at the strikers end and dislodges one or both of the bails
Caught – if the balls is hit by the batsman or it comes off his glove and is caught before bouncing by any member of the fielding side
Hit the ball twice – when the batsman hits the ball twice, the first hit is considered to be if the ball has struck the batsman or his bat whilst the second hit has to be an intentional separate contact with the ball not necessarily using the bat
Hit Wicket – if the batsman dislodges his own stumps with his body or bat, while in the process of taking a shot or beginning his first run
Obstructing the field – if the batsman by action or by words, obstructs or distracts the fielding side
Timed out – if the incoming batsman willfully takes more than 3 mins to be ready to face the next delivery ( or be at the other end if not on strike
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