How can I enjoy cricket?
How can I enjoy cricket?
The main objective in cricket is to score as many runs as possible against the opponent. Before the match begins, the captain of both teams will toss a coin, with the winner of the toss being able to decide which team bats and fields first.
What does cricket score mean?
A cricket score is generally expressed in the form of 236-5, meaning that the team batting has 236 runs and has lost 5 wickets. (Australians, because they live upside down, will write the same score as 5-236).
How do you play cricket in darts?
In the game of cricket, the cricket pitch consists of the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets. It is 22 yd (20.12 m) long (1 chain) and 10 ft (3.05 m) wide.
What do you mean by wickets?
In cricket, a wicket is a set of three upright sticks with two small sticks on top of them at which the ball is bowled. There are two wickets on a cricket pitch. 2. countable noun. In cricket, a wicket is the area of grass in between the two wickets on the pitch.
What is a cricket game?
Cricket is a game played with a bat and ball on a large field, known as a ground, between two teams of 11 players each. The object of the game is to score runs when at bat and to put out, or dismiss, the opposing batsmen when in the field.
Who invented cricket?
There is a consensus of expert opinion that cricket may have been invented during Saxon or Norman times by children living in the Weald, an area of dense woodlands and clearings in south-east England.
What is an inning in cricket?
An innings is one of the divisions of a match during which one team takes its turn to bat. In a limited overs match, there are only two innings with each team batting once. The term is also used with the meaning of "score" for both the team and each individual batsman.
What is a wicket in cricket scoring?
In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings. The wicket is guarded by a batsman who, with his bat (and sometimes with his pads, but see the laws on LBW, leg before wicket), attempts to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket and to score runs where possible.
How do you win a Test match?
In order to win a Test match, the side bowling last must take all 10 of the opposition's wickets, otherwise the match will be drawn, regardless of the scores because the batting side's innings is not complete.
What is no ball in cricket?
A no-ball is a delivery which does not count as one of the bowler's six legitimate balls in one over. In Twenty20 cricket, a no-ball is followed by a 'free hit', a delivery from which the batsman can not be bowled or caught out, but can still be run out.