Cricket : Enigma, Religion, or “ a game played by 22 fools and watched by 22,000 fools”

Wicketkeeper

Fielders

Batsman 1

Non striker Batsman 2

Crease

Cricket: Two teams “11 Players” each side. One team Bats while then other team fields.Match formats: Test Cricket ( 5 days, Two innings), One day Match (50 overs), T20 (20 overs)

Bowler

bowls an

“over” - 6 Balls

Pitch22 yards

Bowling styles• Fast Bowling (Speed 80-

100 miles per hour)

• Medium fast (Swing) • Spin

Pull shot BouncerDefence

Four

Six

Sledging

Tie Game

RULES OF THE GAME The Toss -A cricket match begins with the toss of a coin. One of the team captains calls

the toss. The winner of the toss may elect to either bat or field first. At the start of an innings, all eleven players of the fielding team go out to field, two

players of the batting team go out to bat. The remainder of the batting team wait off the field for their turn to bat. Each batsman wears protective gear and carries a cricket bat.

Batting team score “runs” – The simplest way for a batsman to score a run is by the striker hitting the ball such

that both batsmen can run from one end of the pitch to the other without either batsman getting out: the batsmen effectively exchanging positions, so the striking batsman becomes the non-striker, and vice versa.

The batsmen may be able to run up and down the pitch more than once, crossing each time, to score two, three or more runs.

A batsman can also score four or six runs by hitting the ball to or over the boundary (four if it strikes the ground before the boundary; six if it crosses the boundary in the air without striking the ground),

Fielding team aims to takes “wickets” or constrain batting team from taking runs. For a batsman to be dismissed by being bowled, run out, stumped, caught, LBW, or 

hit wicket.  Who wins the Game Team scoring the most “runs” wins the match.

Most popular sports 1) Football: 3.3-3.5 billion fans (Europe, Africa, Asia, Americas, etc.) 2) Cricket: 2-3 billion fans (India, UK, Pakistan, Asia, Australia, etc.) 3) Field hockey: 2-2.2 billion fans (Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia) 4) Tennis: Around 1 billion fans (Europe, Americas, Asia) 5) Volleyball: Around 900 million fans (Asia, Europe, Americas, Australia) 6) Table tennis: Around 900 million fans (Asia, Europe, Africa, Americas) 7) Baseball: Around 500 million fans (US, Japan, Cuba, Dominican Republic) 8) Golf: Around 400 million fans (US, Canada, Europe) 9) Gridiron (American football): 390-410 million fans (US mainly) 10) Basketball: Not more than 400 million fans (US, Canada mainly)

Cricket

In cricket you are welcome, whoever you are, wherever you have come from, so long you want to be part of the team, you are welcome.

COMPOSITION OF A CRICKET TEAM Comprises of Eleven Players

1. Eric Peffer (Captain & Batsman)

2. Torrey Puha (Opening Batsman)

3. Sean Too (Wicketkeeper & Batsman)

4. Bikash (Batsman)

5. Naveen (Batsman)

6. Don Lee (Batsman & Spin bowler)

7. Hashim Muntaser (Fast Bowler)

8. Umashankar (Spin Bowler)

9. Narmada ( Spin Bowler)

10. Sean Ser ( Fast Bowler)

11. Hee – Kong (Fast Bowler)

12. An extra player

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