Cricket Overview

Overview of Cricket

Cricket is a popular team sport played between two teams with 11 players on each team. It is the second most watched sport in the world in terms of viewership, after soccer.

Objective

The objective of the game is to score runs by hitting the ball with a bat and running between two sets of three stumps (called wickets) while the opposing team tries to stop them by getting the batsmen out.

Types of Cricket

• Test Cricket: The longest format of the game, played over several days.
• One-Day Internationals (ODIs): A limited-overs format, played in one day.
• Twenty20 (T20): The shortest format, played in about 3 hours.

Basic Rules

• A cricket match is divided into innings, with each team taking turns to bat and bowl.
• A batsman can be dismissed (get out) in several ways, including:
  • Bowled: When the ball hits the stumps and knocks them over.
  • Lbw (Leg Before Wicket): When the umpire believes the ball would have hit the stumps if it hadn't been blocked by the batsman's leg.
  • Caught: When a fielder catches the ball hit by the batsman.
  • Run out: When a fielder hits the stumps while a batsman is running.
• A bowler delivers the ball to the batsman, trying to get them out or restrict their runs.

Key Positions

• Batsmen: Players who score runs by hitting the ball.
• Bowlers: Players who deliver the ball to the batsmen.
• Wicket-keeper: A player who stands behind the wickets and catches the ball if it is hit by the batsman.
• Fielders: Players who stand in various positions on the field to catch the ball or run out batsmen.

Common Cricket Terms

• Over: A set of six balls delivered by the bowler.
• Wicket: A set of three stumps and two bails.
• Duck: When a batsman is dismissed without scoring any runs.
• Century: When a batsman scores 100 or more runs in a single innings.

Overview of Cricket

• Cricket is a popular team sport played between two teams with 11 players on each team.
• It is the second most watched sport in the world in terms of viewership, after soccer.

Objective

• The objective of the game is to score runs by hitting the ball with a bat and running between two sets of three stumps (called wickets) while the opposing team tries to stop them by getting the batsmen out.

Types of Cricket

• Test Cricket is the longest format of the game, played over several days.
• One-Day Internationals (ODIs) is a limited-overs format, played in one day.
• Twenty20 (T20) is the shortest format, played in about 3 hours.

Basic Rules

• A cricket match is divided into innings, with each team taking turns to bat and bowl.
• A batsman can be dismissed (get out) in several ways, including:
  • Bowled: When the ball hits the stumps and knocks them over.
  • Lbw (Leg Before Wicket): When the umpire believes the ball would have hit the stumps if it hadn't been blocked by the batsman's leg.
  • Caught: When a fielder catches the ball hit by the batsman.
  • Run out: When a fielder hits the stumps while a batsman is running.
• A bowler delivers the ball to the batsman, trying to get them out or restrict their runs.

Key Positions

• Batsmen are players who score runs by hitting the ball.
• Bowlers are players who deliver the ball to the batsmen.
• Wicket-keeper is a player who stands behind the wickets and catches the ball if it is hit by the batsman.
• Fielders are players who stand in various positions on the field to catch the ball or run out batsmen.

Common Cricket Terms

• An Over is a set of six balls delivered by the bowler.
• A Wicket is a set of three stumps and two bails.
• A Duck is when a batsman is dismissed without scoring any runs.
• A Century is when a batsman scores 100 or more runs in a single innings.