Archive for the ‘Cricket’ Category
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Bowling in cricket
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
A bowler delivers the ball toward the batsmen, using what is known as a bowling action: the elbow may be held at any angle and may bend further, but may not straighten out during the action. If the elbow straightens, it is an illegal throw and the delivery is called a no-ball. Under new cricketing [...]
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Batting and scoring runs in cricket
Monday, January 25th, 2010
The directions in which a right-handed batsman intends to send the ball when playing various cricketing shots. The diagram for a left-handed batsman is a mirror image of this one. Batting Batsmen strike the ball from the batting crease, with the flat surface of a wooden bat. If the batsman hits the ball with his [...]
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Match structure in cricket
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
An ODI match between India and Australia in January 2004. The men wearing black trousers are the umpires. Teams in limited overs games, such as ODIs and T20s, wear multi-coloured uniforms and use white cricket balls. The toss On the day of the match, the captains inspect the pitch to determine the type of bowlers [...]
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The playing field in cricket
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
A standard cricket ground, showing the cricket pitch (brown), close-infield (light green) within 15 yards (13.7 m) of the striking batsman, infield (medium green) inside the white 30 yard (27.4 m) circle, and outfield (dark green), with sight screens beyond the boundary at either end. The cricket field consists of a large circular or oval-shaped grassy ground. There are [...]
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Players and officials in cricket
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Players A team consists of eleven players. Depending on his primary skills, a player may be classified as a specialist batsman or bowler. A balanced team usually has five or six specialist batsmen and four or five specialist bowlers. Teams nearly always include a specialist wicket-keeper because of the importance of this fielding position. A [...]
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Cricket objective and results
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Cricket is a bat and ball sport. The objective of the game is to score more runs than the opposing team. A match is divided into innings during which one team bats and one team fields. The word “innings” is both singular and plural in cricket usage. If the team batting last is dismissed while [...]
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Cricket
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
A cricket match in progress. The lighter strip is the cricket pitch. The men wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players on each side. It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly elliptical grass field, in the centre of [...]
