What is cricket?

Question

also...what countries is this popular in? There is no cricket where I live (to my knowledge)

Answer 1

as much as i love the game, it is sometimes difficult to explain the entire game to someone who has no knowledge of the game.
so you could check out the following websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/cricket/explanation.htm
http://www.abcofcricket.com/cfb1/cfb4/cfb4.htm
http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ABOUT_CRICKET/EXPLANATION/

you can also check out youtube and search for clips of cricket games

this is a correct description funny can be confusing but correct

"You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game."

Answer 2

Cricket is a bat and ball sport played between two teams, usually of eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass field (which is usually roughly oval), in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a pitch. At each end of the pitch is a set of three parallel wooden stakes (known as stumps) driven into the ground, with two small crosspieces (known as bails) laid on top of them. This wooden structure is called a wicket. A player from the fielding team (the bowler) bowls a hard, fist-sized cork-centred leather ball from one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching a player from the opposing team (the batsman), who defends the wicket from the ball with a wooden cricket bat. The batsman, if he or she does not get out, may then run between the wickets, exchanging ends with the other batsman (the "non-striker"), who has been standing in an inactive role near the bowler's wicket, to score runs. The other members of the bowler's team stand in various positions around the field as fielders. The match is won by the team that scores more runs.

Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years. It originated in its modern form in England and is popular mainly in the present and former members of the Commonwealth. In the countries of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, cricket is the most popular sport. It is also a major sport in places such as England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Bermuda, and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies. There are also well established amateur club competitions in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Kenya, Nepal and Argentina, among others; there are over one hundred cricket-playing nations recognised by the International Cricket Council. Cricket is arguably the second most popular sport in the world.

For more information about cricket,please check the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

Answer 3

Cricket is a bat and ball sport played between two teams, usually of eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass field (which is usually roughly oval), in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a pitch. At each end of the pitch is a set of three parallel wooden stakes (known as stumps) driven into the ground, with two small crosspieces (known as bails) laid on top of them. This wooden structure is called a wicket. A player from the fielding team (the bowler) bowls a hard, fist-sized cork-centred leather ball from one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching a player from the opposing team (the batsman), who defends the wicket from the ball with a wooden cricket bat. The batsman, if he or she does not get out, may then run between the wickets, exchanging ends with the other batsman (the "non-striker"), who has been standing in an inactive role near the bowler's wicket, to score runs. The other members of the bowler's team stand in various positions around the field as fielders. The match is won by the team that scores more runs.

Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years. It originated in its modern form in England and is popular mainly in the present and former members of the Commonwealth. In the countries of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, cricket is the most popular sport. It is also a major sport in places such as England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Bermuda, and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies. There are also well established amateur club competitions in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Kenya, Nepal and Argentina, among others; there are over one hundred cricket-playing nations recognised by the International Cricket Council.[1] Cricket is arguably the second most popular sport in the world.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

The sport is followed with passion in many different parts of the world. It has even occasionally given rise to diplomatic outrage, the most notorious being the Basil D'Oliveira affair which led to the banning of South Africa from sporting events. Other examples include the Bodyline series, played between England and Australia in the early 1930s, and the 1981 underarm bowling incident involving Australia and New Zealand.

Answer 4

Very popular in:
-India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, England, Australia, Sri Lanka, South Africa

Also Played in:
-Scotland, Canada, USA, Malaysia, Zimbabwe, Namibia

Answer 5

Very popular in Guyana, Trinidad and other West Indian countries. Jus saying cus the dude forgot to mention the West Indies. FYI : the last world cup was help in the West Indies and we won the first 2 world cups :)

Answer 6

Answer is so simple,
Cricket is a SPORT
Just watch cricket matches and enjoy! If you need to be a player, you will have lot of things to do

Answer 7

cricket is a nice game.
it has generally 3 types.as test cricket(playing for 5 days),one day cricket(playing only 50 overs)(6 balls per over)the other one is 20-20 cricket(20 overs per each team)
the famous countries for cricket are-Sri lanka,India,Pakistan,Bangladesh,England,West indies,South Africa,Australia,Kenya,Zimbabwe.
I think that's a very good and enjoyable game.

Answer 8

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