C r i c k e t

Ana Horvat
History
canbe traced back to Tudor times in early 16th-century
in England
during the 17th century, the growth of cricket in the
south-east of England
in the 18th century became the national sport of
England
The expansion of theBritish Empireled to cricket being
played overseas
the first limited oversCricket World Cupin 1975
played by 120 million players in many countries,
making it the world's second most popular sport
most popular inEngland, theIndian
subcontinentandSouthern Africa
Rules
bat and ball game
cricket is played on agrassyfield
two teams of 11 players each
the goal of the game is for a team to score more runs
than its opponent
a coin tossis held by the team captains (who are also
players) just before the match starts: the winner
decides whether to bat or field first
each team takes its turn toBAT, attempting to
scoreRUNS, while the other teamFIELDS attempting to
restrict the scoring and dismiss the batsmen
each turn is known as anINNINGS (cricket match is
divided into periods)
it is decided before the match whether the
teams will have one innings or two innings
each
all eleven members of the fielding team
take the field, but only two members of the
batting team (twobatsmen) are on the field
at any given time
theBOWLERdelivers theBALLto the
batsman who attempts to hit the ball with
hisBATaway from the fielders so he can
run to the other end of the pitch and score
a run
the batting team continues batting until ten
batsmen are out, or a specified number
ofoversof six balls have been bowled, at
which point the teams switch roles and the
fielding team comes in to bat
in professional cricket the length of a game
goes from20overs per side toTest
cricketplayed over five days
laws of Cricketare maintained by
theInternational Cricket Council(ICC) and
theMarylebone Cricket Club(MCC)
the cricket fieldis usually oval in shape,
with a rectangular pitchat the center
the edge of the playing field is marked with
a boundary, which could be a fence, part of
the stands, a rope or a painted line
at each end of the pitch is a wooden target
called a wicket, placed 22 yards apart
a wicket is put downif at least one bail is dislodged, or
one stump is knocked down (usually by the ball, but also
if the batsman does it with his body, clothing or
equipment)
this is also described as breaking, knocking down, or
hittingthe wicket though if the ball hits the wicket but
does notdislodge a bail or stump then it is not down
the batsman tries to prevent the ball from hitting the
wicket by striking the ball with his bat
if the bowler succeeds in putting down the wicket the
batsman is dismissedand is said to be bowled out
if the batsman misses the ball, but any part of his body
prevents it from reaching the wicket, then he is out leg
before wicket
if the batsman hits the ball over the field
boundary without the ball touching the
field, the batting team scores six runs
if the ball touches the ground and then
reaches the boundary, the batting team
scores four runs
the match always ends when all innings
have been completed
in many cases the match ends
immediately when the first team to bat has
played all of its innings, and the last team
to bat has more runs
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