how do you play the game cricket?

Question

how do you play the game cricket?

Answer 1

Cricket is a team sport for two teams of eleven players each. A formal game of cricket can last anything from an afternoon to several days.

Although the game play and rules are very different, the basic concept of cricket is similar to that of baseball. Teams bat in successive innings and attempt to score runs, while the opposing team fields and attempts to bring an end to the batting team's innings. After each team has batted an equal number of innings (either one or two, depending on conditions chosen before the game), the team with the most runs wins.


EQUIPMENT:
Cricket Ball:
Hard, cork and string ball, covered with leather. A bit like a baseball (in size and hardness), but the leather covering is thicker and joined in two hemispheres, not in a tennis ball pattern. The seam is thus like an equator, and the stitching is raised slightly. The circumference is between 224 and 229 millimetres (8.81 to 9.00 inches), and the ball weighs between 156 and 163 grams (5.5 to 5.75 ounces). Traditionally the ball is dyed red, with the stitching left white. Nowadays white balls are also used, for visibility in games played at night under artificial lighting.


Cricket Bat:
Blade made of willow, flat on one side, humped on the other for strength, attached to a sturdy cane handle. The blade has a maximum width of 108 millimetres (4.25 inches) and the whole bat has a maximum length of 965 millimetres (38 inches).
Wickets:
There are two wickets - wooden structures made up of a set of three stumps topped by a pair of bails. These are described below.
Stumps:
Three wooden posts, 25 millimetres (1 inch) in diameter and 813 millimetres (32 inches) high. They have have spikes extending from their bottom end and are hammered into the ground in an evenly spaced row, with the outside edges of the outermost stumps 228 millimetres (9 inches) apart. This means they are just close enough together that a cricket ball cannot pass between them.
Bails:
Two wooden crosspieces which sit in grooves atop the adjacent pairs of stumps

Protective Gear:
Pads, gloves, helmet, etc for batsmen to wear to prevent injury when struck by the ball.
Shoes:
Leather, usually with spiked soles for grip on the grass.
Clothing:
Long pants, shirt (long or short sleeved depending on the weather), possibly a sleeveless or long-sleeved woollen pullover in cold weather. For games played with a red ball, the clothing must be white or cream. With a white ball, players usually wear uniforms in solid team colours. Add a hat or cap to keep the sun off. There are no regulations regarding identifying marks or numbers on clothing.

THE PLAY
The order in which the teams bat is determined by a coin toss. The captain of the side winning the toss may elect to bat or field first.

All eleven players of the fielding team go out to field, two players of the batting team go out to bat. The remainder of the batting team wait off the field for their turn to bat. Each batsman wears protective gear and carries a cricket bat.

The game progresses by the bowling of balls. The sequence of events which constitutes a ball follows:

The fielding team disperses around the field, to positions designed to stop runs being scored or to get batsmen out. One fielder is the bowler. He takes the ball and stands some distance behind one of the wickets (i.e. away from the pitch). Another fielder is the wicket-keeper, who wears a pair of webbed gloves designed for catching the ball and protective pads covering the shins. He squats behind the opposite wicket. The rest of the fielders have no special equipment - gloves to assist catching the ball are not allowed to anyone but the wicket-keeper.

One batsman stands behind each popping crease, near a wicket. The batsman farthest from the bowler is the striker, the other is the non-striker. The striker stands before his wicket, on or near the popping crease, in the batting stance.
The batsman stands with his bat held down in front of the wicket, ready to hit the ball, which will be bowled from the other end of the pitch. The batsman usually rests the lower end of the bat on the pitch and then taps the bat on the pitch a few times as ``warm-up'' backswings.

The non-striker simply stands behind the other popping crease, waiting to run if necessary. The bowler takes a run-up from behind the non-striker's wicket. He passes to one side of the wicket, and when he reaches the non-striker's popping crease he bowls the ball towards the striker, usually bouncing the ball once on the pitch before it reaches the striker. (The bowling action will be described in detail later.)

The striker may then attempt to hit the ball with his bat. If he misses it, the wicket-keeper will catch it and the ball is completed. If he hits it, the two batsmen may score runs (described later). When the runs are completed, the ball is also considered completed. The ball is considered to be in play from the moment the bowler begins his run-up. It remains in play until any of several conditions occur (two common ones were just described), after which it is called dead. The ball is also dead if it lodges in the striker's clothing or equipment. Once the ball is dead, it is returned to the bowler for the next delivery (another name for the bowling of a ball). Between deliveries, the batsmen may leave their creases and confer with each other.

When one bowler has completed six balls, that constitutes an over. A different member of the fielding team is given the ball and bowls the next over - from the opposite end of the pitch. The batsmen do not change ends, so the roles of striker and non-striker swap after each over. Any member of the fielding team may bowl, so long as no bowler delivers two consecutive overs. Once a bowler begins an over, he must complete it, unless injured or suspended during the over.

Another possibility during a ball is that a batsman may get out. There are ten different methods of being out - these will be described in detail later. If a batsman gets out, the ball is dead immediately, so it is impossible to get the other batsman out during the same ball. The out batsman leaves the field, and the next batsman in the team comes in to bat. The not out batsman remains on the field. The order in which batsmen come in to bat in an innings is not fixed. The batting order may be changed by the team captain at any time, and the order does not have to be the same in each innings.

When ten batsmen are out, no new batsmen remain to come in, and the innings is completed with one batsman remaining not out. The roles of the teams then swap, and the team which fielded first gets to bat through an innings. When both teams have completed the agreed number of innings, the team which has scored the most runs wins.

Answer 2

A cricket team is made of 11 players. The game is played between two teams. It needs the following equipment:

Cricket Ball
Cricket Bat
Stumps
Bails
22-yard long pitch etc.

Answer 3

Cricket Ball
Cricket Bat
Stumps
Bails
22-yard long pitch need to play cricket

Answer 4

It is practically impossible to explain all the game of cricket here but best is to watch some cricket matches and listen to the commentary first and then find a team that may accommodate a boggier. It takes years of playing to truly learn the art of playing cricket.

Answer 5

Ok, it has two teams, you play on an oval field which has a rectangular pitch, you play in the middle of it, the pitch is 22 yards in length, each team has 11 players, and generally 1 sub player, at the start of the game, the captain from each team goes out to the middle with the umpires. And you toss a coin and whoever wins the toss has a choice to bat or field first.
Batting: when batting you have two batsman in centre at a time* The batsman are your openers, then you have between 5 and 7 middle order batmen, and then to follow between 2 and 4 lower order batsman, who are generally when you are fielding, your bowlers. Your objective when batting is to score as many runs as you can in the allotted number of overs, and to lose as few wickets as possible.
Fielding: the fielding side has all 11 players out in the centre, the fielding side consists of a wicket keeper, a bowler and 9 fielders. A bowler's objective is to have as few runs scored off his over as possible and to try and take wickets. The fielder's objective is when the batsman hits the ball, to stop runs from actually being scored by stopping the ball.

Answer 6

Cricket is a bat and ball game, played between two teams of eleven players each. One team bats, attempting to score runs, while the other bowls and fields the ball, attempting to restrict the scoring and dismiss the batsmen. The objective of the game is for a team to score more runs than its opponent. In some forms of cricket, it may also be necessary to dismiss the opposition in order to win the match, which would otherwise be drawn. You can play free cricket games online here :
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Answer 7

wicket: stumps, bails , several protective gear. Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players each on a field at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. Each team takes its turn to bat, attempting to score runs, while the other team fields. Each turn is known as an innings.

Answer 8

You make a valid point.The first answerer said something very interesting. I think the comparison has to rely on each of the formats of the sport.In Test Cricket,when the batsman scores runs,he should be only be concerned about striking the ball well because only his confidence level would allow him to bat for a 'longer' time.A regular batsman would always get runs for your team regardless of the size of the ground or conditions as long as he adjusts to them. However,in ODIs and T20's it should be an issue where the players need to 'hit the ball out of the park'.Here,there is a difference in abilities of different batsmen. We can say that comparison of stats is marginally not balanced though it's still fair. It's still fair because the players have been Tested with atleast '"one type of conditions". Career wise, a player may not be better than the other,but in some conditions if he is better,we can say that he is 'technically' better. the basics are the same like pitch dimensions,minimum boundary length, size and weight 'range' of cricket ball,size and weight range of bat,... but someone who plays well in SA might not play well In Sub continent and vice versa.Considering that matches are played in all countries the stats will be taken care of happy independent day for all Indian ppl all around world what about this every players have different opportunities in different situations to perform.. which give player more chances to perform.. but afridi ..... LOL Source(s): kashikooler979.brain I took the meaning of your question in a very literal sense.Cricket is not played on a level playing field.The cricket grounds are not flat.The turf is raised and the outfield slopes away from the center. No, like any other sport cricket is governed by rules,the weight of the ball,the size of the bat and what it is made of ,the size of the oval etc are all governed by a set of rules just like in any sport. Cricket stats like in any other sport are only relevant for a certain period.Cricket will change with the world and the past records will never tell the true story.You can't compare a match played forty years ago with a one played now.So many things have changed.You can only compare the stats but stats don't tell you everything. Plus you forgot about crowd support,that is a huge factor in any sport.To simplify things, most sports aren't played on a level field. Cricket is played on a flat ground. Sometimes grounds have slopes in one direction. But cricket dont have up or down rough areas. The size of field is different for every stadium in world but they are fixed within certain limits. No stadium is either too short or big. so i think statistics can be compared. happy independence day friend. aap ko to jyaada kush lag raha hai. party kiya? I couldn't think of anything worse than cricket becoming completely homogeneous. The boredom level would be insane. Grounds, pitches, balls, bats, batsmen, bowlers all have their peculiarities. The ability to adapt and play to the given circumstance keeps it interesting. What's this?, PC sh!t for cricket. Always been apples and oranges, and so it should be.

Answer 9

There are 11 players in each team and it is played with cricket bat and ball

Answer 10

It's very tough to explain in this way. Just click the link below. It explains about cricket.
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/cricket/explanation.htm

Answer 11

Pakistan