Cricket is a sport played between two teams of 11 players each on an oval-shaped grass field. The field contains a rectangular pitch in the middle where a batsman stands opposite a bowler trying to hit a ball and run between two wickets 20 meters apart. Each wicket consists of three stumps with two bails balanced on top, and a wicket is considered broken when the ball knocks over at least one bail. Players use a leather-covered cork ball that is wound with thread and a wooden bat to score runs by hitting the ball and running between the wickets before the opposing team can return the ball and break the wicket.