Saturday, 31 October 2009

The Rules of Cricket

*Cricket can be played as a limited over game or a Test match
*Nowadays overs matches are 50 or 20 overs
*Test matches normally take 5 days
*There are 11 players on each side, one of whom is the captain
*One bowler can bowl 10 overs
*One over has six balls
*No balls and wides give extra runs to the other team
*If the batsman hits the ball over the boundary line without hitting the ground it's called a six
*If the batsman hits the ball past the boundary it's scores 4 runs
*If the bowler puts his foot over the crease when he's bowling it's called a no ball
*If the wicket keeper hits the stumps before the batsman crosses the crease it's called a run-out
*The stumps must be equal in size and wide enough to stop the ball passing between.
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Here's Gary Sobers scoring six sixes in one over: