Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport that originated in England in the 16th century. Two teams of 11 players each take turns batting and fielding over multiple innings. There are different formats of the game including Test cricket which lasts up to 5 days, one-day cricket completed in a single day, and Twenty20 lasting about 3 hours. The objective is to score the most runs by hitting a ball bowled at the wicket. Cricket is governed internationally by the ICC and is most popular in South Asia, Oceania, the West Indies and parts of Africa.

1. Cricket

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.

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

8. Equipment
 Gloves
 Helmet
 Leg Guards
 Bat
 Ball

9. Wickets
 Stumps
 Bails
 Creases
 Wicket Keeper

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

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

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

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