Cricket

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

 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.

  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

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.

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

Equipment  Gloves  Helmet  Leg Guards  Bat  Ball

Wickets   Stumps   Bails  Creases  Wicket Keeper

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

Batsmen   2 Batsmen on the field   The one batting is called the

striker, the other is the non-striker

  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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