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CRICKET
1.INTRODUCTION
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped
field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch.
One team bats, trying to scoreas many runs as possible while the other team bowls and
fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team.
A run is scored by the striking batsman hitting the ball with his bat, running to the opposite
end of the pitch and touching the crease there without being dismissed.
The teams switch between batting and fielding at the end of an innings.
2.RULES FOR PLAY CRICKET
Cricket rules are not that complicated to understand. Cricket involves basic equipment - the
ball, the bat, and accessories. These are the ABCs of cricket and will help you understand
the rest of the rules.
Cricket is a team game played between two teams of 11 players each. The 11 players
constitute batsmen, bowlers and a wicket keeper.
The match is usually played on a large circular or oval shaped ground. There is also a
smaller inner oval with a 22 yard pitch at the centre.At each end of the pitch is a set of three
wickets with two wooden bails atop them.
The match is broken down into separate sections called balls, which is one delivery of the
ball bowled by a bowler to a batsman. Six of these balls form an over.
An innings is made of a specific number of overs or a certain amount of time. A one day
international match consists of 50 overs per innings, a twenty twenty international match
consists of 20 overs per innings whereas a test match is limited to a certain number of days
which is 5 with 90 overs to be played on each day.
During the innings, the batting team will have two batsmen on the pitch while the 11
players of the opposing team, who are the bowling team, will have their players at various
parts of the field as fielders. One of them will be bowling the ball and another one will be a
wicket-keeper and will be stationed behind the wicket.
The match will also have two on-field umpires that make the decisions of the game. There
is also a third umpire that monitors the game through a screen and helps with uncertain or
close decisions.
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3. TOP 3 INTERNATIONAL CRICKET TEAMS
Australia
1. The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international
2. It joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first ever Test match in 1877
3. The team also plays One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I)
cricket, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 and the
first T20I, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season.
New Zealand
1. The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international
cricket.
2. Nicknamed the Black Caps ,they played their first Test in 1930 against England in
Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket.
3. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956, more than 26 years, for its first Test
victory, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland.
India
1. The India men's national cricket team represents India in men's international cricket.
2. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a Full
Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International
(ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.
3. India are the current Asian Champions and Twenty20 World Champions.
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