How Do You Play Cricket?

Cricket is a sport that has been around for a long time. It is popular all over the world. Cricket is also a sport that has many different forms and can be played by anyone, male or female, old or young. I would like to talk about cricket basics or how to play cricket.

For starters, cricket is a bat and ball game. There are eleven players on each team playing and the teams take turns batting and bowling. Which team bats first is decided by a coin toss. Bowling is a term used for when the bowler drives the ball toward the wicket, which is guarded by the batsmen.

When a team or side is up they send two players or batsman up to the wicket at the same time. The two batsmen stand across from each other on opposite sides of the cricket pitch, which is the strip in the middle of the field where the 2 wickets are located. Those two batsmen take turns batting over and over again until one of them gets dismissed. Then a new one replaces that batsman and they start over again. Once ten of the eleven batsmen have gotten out than it is the other sides turn to bat. In cricket you can hit the ball any way you choose, including behind you. The batsman scores a run if he can hit the ball and he and the other batsman can basically trade spots before the fielders reach the ball back to the center of the cricket field, or pitch.

The team that is bowling is also fielding. Fielding in cricket means to try to get the balls that are being hit by the cricket batsman. The fielders can get a Batsman out by catching the ball after it is struck. There are nine different fielders and many different positions those nine can play. Also, on the fielding side is the wicketkeeper. The wicketkeeper stands behind the wicket (stumps) where the batsman is currently on strike. A wicketkeeper can cause the batsman a dismissal if he catches a ball that has been touched by the batsman. The wicket keeper also moves toward the stumps after the batsman has successfully struck the ball to catch a possible throw from a fielder, which can result in a batsman's dismissal.

Now let's discuss how you actually win or score in cricket. There are two factors that determine the score of the cricket game: runs and wickets lost. The team that makes the most runs wins the game. The batsman is protecting the wicket whilst batting because if the bowler or a fielder knocks down the wicket that is how the batsman is officially out.

In conclusion, as you can see cricket is a complex game. There are many important things that strong cricketer must display; physical ability, endurance, above-average intelligence and critical thinking skills. For these reasons I think cricket is an extraordinary game, you will never get bored as a player!

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