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how to play cricket
RULES AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE GAME OF CRICKET The game of cricket is now played worldwide,
and despite occasional successes, it is fair to say that the real power in
the game no longer resides with England but with to nations such as South
Africa, Australia, India, West Indies and Pakistan. In England the major focus of the game is the county championships, with both 4-day and 1-day competitions running simultaneously during the summer months. But traditional village cricket is still played in towns and villages all across the UK. BASIC RULES OF CRICKET Cricket is played by 2 teams of 11 on a level, closely cut oval "pitch" preferably measuring about 525 ft (160 m) by about 550 ft (170 m). 2 wickets are placed 66 ft (20.12 m) apart near the middle of the ground. A wicket consists of 2 wooden crosspieces (bails) resting on 3 wooden stumps 28 in. (71.1 cm) high.
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| At each wicket stands a batsman. If the opposing bowler, delivering the
ball from near the opposing wicket, knocks down the bails of the batsman's
wicket, the batsman is retired or given "out". In delivering the hard,
leather-covered ball, the bowler bowls overarm but may not bend the arm, and
the ball usually approaches the batsman on one bounce. After 6 bowls to one
batsman, an umpire (there is one at each wicket) calls "over," and another
bowler begins bowling to the batsman's partner at the opposing wicket. The
players in the field shift position according to the batsmen. If the batsman hits the ball far enough so that both batsmen may run to exchange places, a run is scored. When the ball is hit a long distance (in any direction, since there are no foul lines), up to 4 exchanges or runs may be made. (If the ball crosses the boundary of the field on the ground, four runs are scored automatically; if it clears the boundary in the air, 6 are scored.) |
However, if the opposing team recovers the ball and uses it to knock down the bails of a wicket before the batsman reaches it, the batsman is given out. A batsman is also retired if an opposing fielder catches a batted ball. An outstanding turn at bat may result in more than 100 runs being scored by an individual batsman, this is call a century or ton.
A cricket match usually consists of 2 innings; in 1 innings all players on each team bat once in a fixed order (unless a team, having scored what it considers enough runs to win, chooses to retire without completing its batting order); a game may take several days to complete. Substitutions are allowed only for serious injury.
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