Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport detailed in the Official Rules of Cricket where two teams of 11 players take turns batting and fielding to score the most runs. [1, 2]
Basic Gameplay and Structure
- The Toss:
- Captains toss a coin before the match to decide who bats or fields first.
- Innings:
- An innings is a team’s turn to bat. Matches can have one or two innings per side, depending on the format.
- Overs: A bowler delivers six legal balls to form an over. Bowlers alternate ends after each over.
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Scoring Runs
- Running: Two batters stand at opposite ends of the 22-yard pitch and run between the wickets to score physical runs.
How Batters Get Out- Bowled: The ball hits the wooden stumps and dislodges the bails.
- Caught: A fielder catches the hit ball before it touches the ground.
- Run Out: Fielders hit the stumps with the ball while batters are running between creases.
Main Formats- Test Cricket: Played over 5 days with two innings per team and no over limits.
- One Day Internationals (ODIs): Limited to 50 overs per side.
- Twenty20 (T20): Fast-paced format limited to 20 overs per
- that is the rules of international cricket .
- ricket was introduced to North America via the English colonies as early as the 17th century, and in the 18th century it arrived in other parts of the globe. It was introduced to the West Indies by colonists and to India by British East India Company mariners. It arrived in Australia almost as soon as colonisation began in 1788 and the sport reached New Zealand and South Africa in the early years of the 19th century.
