TO KNOW ABOUT CRICKET
What is Cricket!!!
cricket Is A Game That Originated In England And Is Now Played In More Than 120 Countries. Cricket Is A Bat-And-Ball Team Sport A Cricket Match Is Contested By Two Teams, Usually Of Eleven Players Each Teams
Now twenty20 match is very hot favorite match . A Cricket Match Is Played On A Grass Field In The Centre Of Which Is A Flat Strip Of Ground 22 Yards (20 M) Long Called A Cricket Pitch. A Wicket, Usually Made Of Wood, Is Placed At Each End Of The Pitch And Used As A Target. The Bowler, A Player From The Fielding Team, Bowls A Hard Leather, Fist-Sized, 5.5 Ounces (160 G) Cricket Ball From The Vicinity Of One Wicket Towards The Other, Which Is Guarded By The Batsman, A Player From The Opposing Team. The Ball Usually Bounces Once Before Reaching The Batsman. In Defiance Of His Wicket, The Batsman Plays The Ball With A Wooden Cricket Bat. Meanwhile, The Other Members Of The Bowler's Team Stand In Various Positions Around The Field As Fielders, Players Who Retrieve The Ball In An Effort To Stop The Batsman Scoring Runs, And If Possible To Get Him Or Her Out. The Batsman — If He Or She Does Not Get Out — May Run Between The Wickets, Exchanging Ends With A Second Batsman (The "Non-Striker"), Who Has Been Stationed At The Other End Of The Pitch. Each Completed Exchange Of Ends Scores One Run . Runs Are Also Scored If The Batsman Hits The Ball To The Boundary Of The Playing Area. The Match Is Won By The Team That Scores More Runs.
Cricket Is Essentially An Outdoor Sport, Certainly At Major Level, And Some Games Are Played Under Floodlights. It Cannot Be Played In Poor Weather Due To The Risk Of Accidents And So It Is A Seasonal Sport. For Example, It Is Played During The Summer Months In Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand And South Africa, While In The West Indies, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka And Bangladesh It Is Played Mostly During The Winter Months To Escape The Hurricane And Monsoon SeasonsGovernance Rests Primarily With The International Cricket Council (ICC), Based In Dubai, Which Organises The Sport Worldwide Via The Domestic Controlling Bodies Of The Member Countries. The ICC Administers Both Men's And Women's Cricket, Both Versions Being Played At International Level. Although Men Cannot Play Women's Cricket, The Rules Do Not Disqualify Women From Playing In A Men's Team.The Rules Are In The Form Of A Code Known As The Laws Of Cricket And These Are Maintained By The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Based In London, In Consultation With The ICC And The Domestic Boards Of Control.
All Eleven Players On The Fielding Side Take The Field Together.
One Of Them Is The Wicket-Keeper Aka "Keeper" Who Operates Behind The Wicket Being Defended By The Batsman On Strike. Wicket-Keeping Is Normally A Specialist Occupation And His Primary Job Is To Gather Deliveries That The Batsman Does Not Hit, So That The Batsmen Cannot Run Byes. He Wears Special Gloves (He Is The Only Fielder Allowed To Do So), And Pads To Cover His Lower Legs. Owing To His Position Directly Behind The Striker, The Wicket-Keeper Has A Good Chance Of Getting A Batsman Out Caught Off A Fine Edge From The Bat. He Is The Only Player Who Can Get A Batsman Out Stumped.
Apart From The One Currently Bowling, The Other Nine Fielders Are Tactically Deployed By The Team Captain In Chosen Positions Around The Field. These Positions Are Not Fixed But They Are Known By Specific And Sometimes Colourful Names Such As "Slip", "Third Man", "Silly Mid On" And "Long Leg". There Are Always Many Unprotected Areas.
The Captain Is The Most Important Member Of The Fielding Side As He Determines All The Tactics Including Who Should Bowl (And How); And He Is Responsible For "Setting The Field", Though Usually In Consultation With The Bowler.
In All Forms Of Cricket, If A Fielder Gets Injured Or Becomes Ill During A Match, A Substitute Is Allowed To Field Instead Of Him. The Substitute Cannot Bowl, Act As A Captain Or Keep Wicket.Bowling
Bowling Is Very Important In A Cricket Match . The Bowler Reaches His Delivery Stride That Means Of A "Run-Up", Although Some Bowlers With A Very Slow Delivery Take No More Than A Couple Of Steps Before Bowling. A Fast Bowler Needs Momentum And Takes Quite A Long Run-Up, Running Very Fast As He Does So.
The Fastest Bowlers Can Deliver The Ball At A Speed Of Over 90 Miles Per Hour (140 Km/H) And They Sometimes Rely On Sheer Speed To Try And Defeat The Batsman, Who Is Forced To React Very Quickly To A Ball That Reaches Him In An Instant.
Other Fast Bowlers Rely On A Mixture Of Speed And Guile. Some Fast Bowlers Make Use Of The Seam Of The Ball So That It "Curves" Or "Swings" In Flight And This Type Of Delivery Can Deceive A Batsman Into Mistiming His Shot So That The Ball Touches The Edge Of The Bat And Can Then Be "Caught Behind" By The Wicketkeeper Or A Slip Fielder.At The Other End Of The Bowling Scale Is The "Spinner" Who Bowls At A Relatively Slow Pace And Relies Entirely On Guile To Deceive The Batsman. A Spinner Will Often "Buy His Wicket" By "Tossing One Up" To Lure The Batsman Into Making An Adventurous Shot. The Batsman Has To Be Very Wary Of Such Deliveries As They Are Often "Flighted" Or Spun So That The Ball Will Not Behave Quite As He Expects And He Could Be "Trapped" Into Getting Himself Out.
In Between The Pace Men And The Spinners Are The "Medium Pacers" Who Rely On Persistent Accuracy To Try And Contain The Rate Of Scoring And Wear Down The Batsman's Concentration.
All Bowlers Are Classified According To Their Pace Or Style. The Classifications, As With Much Cricket Terminology, Can Be Very Confusing. Hence, A Bowler Could Be Classified AsLF, Meaning He Is A Left Arm Fast Bowler; Or As LBG, Meaning He Is A Right Arm Spin Bowler Who Bowls Deliveries That Are Called A "Leg Break" And A "Googly"!
During The Bowling Action The Elbow May Be Held At Any Angle And May Bend Further, But May Not Straighten Out. If The Elbow Straightens Illegally Then The Square-Leg Umpire May Call No-Ball. The Current Laws Allow A Bowler To Straighten His Arm 15 Degrees Or Less.
Batting
I Like To Batting .Batting Is The Most Favorite In A Cricket Game At Any One Time, There Are Two Batsmen In The Playing Area. One Takes Station At The Striker's End To Defend The Wicket As Above And To Score Runs If Possible. His Partner, The Non-Striker, Is At The End Where The Bowler Is Operating.If A Batsman "Retires" (Usually Due To Injury) And Cannot Return, He Is Actually "Not Out" And His Retirement Does Not Count As A Dismissal, Though In Effect He Has Been Dismissed Because His Innings Is Over. Substitute Batsmen Are Not Allowed, Although Substitute Fielders Are.
A Skilled Batsman Can Use A Wide Array Of "Shots" Or "Strokes" In Both Defensive And Attacking Mode. The Idea Is To Hit The Ball To Best Effect With The Flat Surface Of The Bat's Blade. If The Ball Touches The Side Of The Bat It Is Called An "Edge". Batsmen Do Not Always Seek To Hit The Ball As Hard As Possible And A Good Player Can Score Runs Just By Making A Deft Stroke With A Turn Of The Wrists Or By Simply "Blocking" The Ball But Directing It Away From Fielders So That He Has Time To Take A Run.Note That A Batsman Does Not Have To Play A Shot And Can "Leave" The Ball To Go Through To The Wicketkeeper, Providing He Thinks It Will Not Hit His Wicket. Equally, He Does Not Have To Attempt A Run When He Hits The Ball With His Bat. He Can Deliberately Use His Leg To Block The Ball And Thereby "Pad It Away" But This Is Risky Because Of The Lbw Rule.
In The Event Of An Injured Batsman Being Fit To Bat But Not To Run, The Umpires And The Fielding Captain May Allow Another Member Of The Batting Side To Be A Runner. If Possible, The Runner Must Already Have Batted. The Runner's Only Task Is To Run Between The Wickets Instead Of The Injured Batsman. The Runner Is Required To Wear And Carry Exactly The Same Equipment As The Incapacitated Batsman. It Is Possible For Both Batsmen To Have Runners
Extras
Additional Runs Can Be Gained By The Batting Team As Extras By Courtesy Of The Fielding Side. This Is Achieved In Four Ways:
1. No Ball – A Penalty Of One Extra That Is Conceded By The Bowler If He Breaks The Rules Of Bowling Either By (A) Using An Inappropriate Arm Action; (B) Overstepping The Popping Crease; (C) Having A Foot Outside The Return Crease
2. Wide – A Penalty Of One Extra That Is Conceded By The Bowler If He Bowls So That The Ball Is Out Of The Batsman's Reach
3. Bye – Extra(S) Awarded If The Batsman Misses The Ball And It Goes Past The Wicketkeeper To Give The Batsmen Time To Run In The Conventional Way.
4. Leg Bye – Extra(S) Awarded If The Ball Hits The Batsman's Body, But Not His Bat, And It Goes Away From The Fielders To Give The Batsmen Time To Run In The Conventional Way.
Innings Closed
An Innings Is Closed When: Ten Of The Eleven Batsmen Are Out (Have Been Dismissed); In This Case, The Team Is Said To Be "All Out"
The Team Has Only One Batsman Left Who Can Bat, One Or More Of The Remaining Players Being Unavailable Owing To Injury, Illness Or Absence; Again, The Team Is Said To Be "All Out"
The Team Batting Last Reaches The Score Required To Win The Match
The Predetermined Number Of Overs Has Been Bowled (In A One-Day Match Only, Most Commonly 50 Overs; Or 20 In Twenty20)
A Captain Declares His Team's Innings Closed While At Least Two Of His Batsmen Are Not Out (This Does Not Apply In One-Day Limited Over Matches)
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