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Cricket Rules: Before Wicket) - The Way This Rule Is Applied Is Complicated This Is Just The General Idea

Cricket is played between two teams of 11 players each. One team bats while the other fields, with the goal of defending their wickets from the bowler throwing the ball. Batting players score runs by hitting the ball and running between the wickets before a fielder can return it. A batsman is out via several methods like being bowled, caught, or run out. Each team gets turns batting and fielding, with the goal of getting the other team's 10 batters out.

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Cricket Rules: Before Wicket) - The Way This Rule Is Applied Is Complicated This Is Just The General Idea

Cricket is played between two teams of 11 players each. One team bats while the other fields, with the goal of defending their wickets from the bowler throwing the ball. Batting players score runs by hitting the ball and running between the wickets before a fielder can return it. A batsman is out via several methods like being bowled, caught, or run out. Each team gets turns batting and fielding, with the goal of getting the other team's 10 batters out.

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Cricket Rules

These are the rules. There are two teams: the team fielding has 11 players on the field. The team batting
always has two players on the field.
The captain of the fielding team chooses one player from his team as the bowler; the other 10 players are
called fielders. The bowler is trying to aim the ball at a wicket, which is made up of three sticks (called
stumps) stuck into the earth, with two small sticks (called bails) balanced on them. One of the fielders,
called the wicket keeper, stands behind the wicket to catch the ball if the bowler misses the wicket. The
other fielders chase the ball after the batsman has hit it.
The bowler runs towards his wicket, and bowls towards the batsman at the other wicket. He
does not throw the ball. He bowls the ball overarm with a straight arm. An 'over' is six balls meaning he
bowls six times. Then another player becomes the bowler for the next over, and bowls from the other end,
and so on. The same bowler cannot bowl two overs one after the other.
The batsman is trying to defend the wicket from getting hit with the ball. He does this with a bat. When he
hits the ball with his bat, he may run toward the other wicket. To score a run, the two batsmen must both
run from their wicket to the other wicket, as many times as they can. If the ball leaves the field after being
hit without bouncing, six runs are scored. If the ball rolls or bounces out, whether or not the batter hit it, it
counts as four runs.
There are different ways that a batsman can get out. The most common ways are:

The batsman misses the ball and it hits the wicket: called bowled.

The ball hits the batsman's body when it would have hit the wicket otherwise. Called LBW (leg
before wicket). The way this rule is applied is complicated; this is just the general idea.

A fielder catches the ball after the batsman hits it, and before it bounces or leaves the field:
called caught.

While the batsmen are running, a fielder can throw the ball at the wicket. If the batsmen cannot
finish the run, the batsman nearer to the wicket that is hit is out: called run out.

When a batsman is out, the umpire (the name for a referee in cricket) raises his finger and the batsman
must leave the field, then the next batsman comes onto the field to take his place. The innings is over
when ten wickets are taken (i.e. ten of the eleven batsmen are out).
In a one-day game, each side has one innings, and innings are limited to a certain number of overs. In
longer formats each side has two innings, and there is no specific limit to the number of overs in an
innings.

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