2. History
Started in the 16th Century in England
International Matches began in 1844
Got it’s name from the Middle Dutch or Old English word
“Creckett”
Common forms of the game are Test Cricket, One Day
Cricket or Limited Overs Cricket, & Twenty20
3. 2 teams
11 players on each team
Batsmen, Bowlers, Wicket Keepers, & Fielders
Play Innings & Overs
Innings: Term used for the collective performance
of the batting side
Overs: Bowler bowls the ball in sets of six
deliveries and each set of six balls is called an over.
4. Test Cricket: The original form of the game
Played for 7 hours with a break in the middle
Lasts 3-5 days
2 innings per team
One Day Cricket or Limited Overs Cricket
Completed in one day
As many runs as you can in limited overs (20-50)
Twenty20
Newest version of the game
Maximum of 20 overs
Completed in about 3 hours
5. Cricket Field
Grass
Circular or oval-shaped
There are no fixed dimensions for
the field but its diameter usually
varies between 450 feet (137 m) to
500 feet (150 m)
Rectangular clay strip usually with
short grass called the pitch which
measures 22 yards (20 m) long.
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7. Scoring
Scoring in cricket matches involves two things
the number of runs scored by each team
the number of wickets each has lost
The score of a cricket team for innings in progress is shown
as the number of runs they have scored "for" the number of
wickets their opponents have taken.
For example, a team that has scored 100 runs and lost three
wickets has a score of "a hundred for three", written 100–3
(also 100/3 or 3/100)
The team that scores the most runs wins
10. Bowlers
Bowls the ball to the Batsman
Tries to get the batsmen out
by bowling the ball and hitting
the stumps, knocking off the
bails
Fastest bowlers can deliver the
ball at a speed of over 90 miles
per hour
The ball is supposed to bounce
once before reaching the
batsman
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12. Batsmen
2 Batsmen on the field
The one batting is called the
striker, the other is the nonstriker
Scores runs by hitting the ball
Idea is to hit the ball as close to
the barrier as possible
Can make a single, 2, 3, 4 or 6
runs
Run to opposite sides of the
wickets to make runs
13. Batsmen Cont.
Different shots or swings
Pull shot
Glance
When a batsman is out he is
replaced by a teammate
A team bats until the end of
10 innings or their 10 batters
are out
Run Out
When a player is not behind
the crease before the ball and
the other team puts down the
wicket
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15. Fielders
Nine fielding positions can be used at any given time
The captain may move players between fielding positions at
any time except when a bowler is in the act of bowling to a
batsman
Fielding positions are not fixed
Slips ,Fly slip, Gully, Leg slip, & Leg gully are there to “catch
out” the batsman
The captain is the most important member of the fielding side
He determines all the tactics like who should bowl and how
He is responsible for "setting the field” usually in consultation with
the bowler
16. Cricket Fielder Positions
Deep, long: Farther away from the batsman
Short: Closer to the batsman
Silly: Very close to the batsman
Square: Somewhere along an imaginary extension of the
popping crease
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18. Officiating
The game on the field is regulated by two umpires
One stands behind the wicket at the bowler's end
The other in a position called "square leg",
a position 15–20 meters to the side of the "on strike" batsman
Off the field and in televised matches there is often a third umpire
who can make decisions on certain incidents with the aid of video
evidence
third umpire is mandatory for Test matches and limited overs
internationals played between two ICC full members
The match details, runs and dismissals, are recorded by two
official scorers, one representing each team
19. Indoor Cricket
2 teams
6-8 Players per team
Rules are mostly the same
A ball that is struck to hit the
boundary wall behind the
bowler without touching the
floor or any other part of the
wall or roof part scores six
runs.
A ball struck directly to hit
the roof becomes dead
immediately
Very Popular in the UK
20. International Cricket
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international
governing body of cricket
10 Full Members that play official Test matches, 36 Associate
Members, & 60 Affiliate Members
The U.S.A. is an Associate Member
21. Rankings
ICC Test Championship
1. South Africa
2. England
3. Australia
4. India
5. Pakistan
6. Sri Lanka
7. West Indies
8. New Zealand
9. Bangladesh
ICC Twenty20 Championship
1. Sri Lanka
2. West Indies
3. India
4. England
5. South Africa
6. Pakistan
7. Australia
8. New Zealand
9. Bangladesh
10. Ireland
11. Zimbabwe
22. Popularity
Most popular sport in India
Currently the World Cup
Champion
2 World Cup Titles
Popular in Australia
Has 4 World Cup Titles
Cricket is the second most
widely covered sport in England
Twenty20 Cricket could be in
the 2024 Olympics