Cricket GK

Information about Cricket

Cricket is a sport that is played by millions and loved by billions of people from all corners of the globe.

It has been played from the centuries with the first international match occurring way back in 1844 from that time it has continued to develop into the vibrant and exciting modern game that is played today.

Cricket is a bat and ball sport that involves two teams with 11 players on each side. The game aims to score more runs than the opposition.

One player the bowler bowls a hard leather ball at a player from the opposite team who then attempts to hit it with a bat to score runs.

It is played on an oval-shape field and in the middle of that field is the pitch which is where most of the action takes place.at either end of the pitch, you will find wickets (Stumps). They are made up of three wooden stumps that support two bales.

Batting team has two batters at a time in play whilst the fielding side has all 11 players on the filed.

A batter hit the runs in two ways, One. they hit the ball far enough that it crosses the outer boundary of the field and gets 4 (If bouse the ball) or 6 runs (if it’s clear the boundary on the full). Two runs that can be scored from one hit to through the two batters running the length of the pitch in opposite directions whilst the fielders are retrieving the ball one length of the pitch completed equals one run.

The aim from fielding side to restrict the number of runs scored by the batting side whilst trying to get betters out. A winner is a team with the most runs after both sides of batted.

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