Cricket Rules And Terms Essentials

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• Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a circular or oval-shaped field with a 22-yard-long rectangular pitch in the center[3].
• The objective of cricket is to score more runs than the opposing team by hitting the ball and running between creases or hitting it to the boundary[3].
• A wicket consists of three upright wooden stumps and two horizontal bails placed across the top of the stumps[2].
• A batter is dismissed 'bowled' if the bowler hits the wicket and dislodges the bails with the ball, provided the batter failed to prevent it[3][4].
• A batter is dismissed 'caught' if a fielder catches the ball struck by the bat before it hits the ground[3][4].
• Leg Before Wicket (LBW) is a dismissal where the ball would have hit the stumps but is instead struck by the batter's leg first[2][4].
• Running out a batter occurs when a fielder throws the ball at the wicket while the batters are running between the wickets and dislodges the bails[2][4].
• Four runs are scored when the ball hits the ground and then crosses the boundary rope, while six runs are scored when the ball clears the boundary without touching the ground[1][2].
• A 'duck' is when a batter gets out for zero runs[2].
• The boundary is the edge of the playing field marked by a rope or fence, where balls can be hit to score four or six runs[2].
• The 'leg-side' is the side of the field corresponding to the batsman's non-dominant hand[2].
• An innings closes when ten batsmen are dismissed, no further batsmen are fit to play, or an agreed time or overs limit has expired[5].