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Rules of Cricket
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Cricket is a bat and ball sport played between two teams. A cricket match is played on a grass field.
Here are the rules of the game.
| | Cricket is played by two teams of eleven on a level, closely cut oval “pitch” preferably measuring about 525 ft by about 550 ft. |
| | Two wickets are placed 66 ft apart near the middle of the field. A wicket consists of two wooden crosspieces (bails) resting on three wooden stumps 28 in. high. |
| | At each wicket stands a batsman. |
| | If the opposing bowler, delivering the ball from near the opposing wicket, knocks down the bails of the batsman's wicket, the batsman is retired. |
| | In delivering the hard, leather-covered ball, the bowler throws overarm but may not bend the arm, and the ball usually approaches the batsman on one bounce. |
| | After six bowls to one batsman, an umpire calls “over”, and another bowler begins bowling to the batsman's partner at the opposing wicket. |
| | The players in the field shift position according to the batsmen. |
| | If the batsman hits the ball with his willow paddle-shaped bat far enough so that both batsmen may run to exchange places, a run is scored. |
| | When the ball is hit a long distance, up to four exchanges or runs may be made. |
| | If the ball crosses the boundary of the field on the ground, four runs are scored automatically; if it clears the boundary in the air, six are scored. |
| | If the opposing team recovers the ball and uses it to knock down the bails of a wicket before the batsman reaches it, the batsman is out. |
| | A batsman is also retired if an opposing fielder catches a batted ball on the fly, or for any of several more technical reasons. |
| | An outstanding turn at bat may result in more than 100 runs, a “century.” |
| | A game usually consists of two innings; in one inning all players on each team bat once in a fixed order. |
| | A game may take several days to complete. |
| | Substitutions are allowed only for serious injury. |
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