Cricket

A short Introduction

Interesting Facts
Worlds second most popular sport
Originated in England in 16th century
Played in 140 nations

Basics
2 teams
11 Players in each team
Essentials:
Bat
Ball
Wickets
Cricket Ground

Cricket Ground
F

Wickets

Boundary

Safe Zone 1
S
Creases
F

Pitch

F
B-Bowler
U-Umpire

B
F

NS

U
Bowling End

Safe Zone 2
F

S-Striker
F-Fielder
NS-Non-striker

How to Play?

1 team bats and other team bowls and fields

2 batsmen at a time: Striker and Non-striker
1 life per batsman
Role of Batsmen:
Avoid Getting Out
Score Runs (points scored primarily by running between wickets after hitting the ball)

Role of Bowler
Pitch the ball to the striker. (Set of six balls is called an OVER after which the bowler
changes).
Get the batsmen out. Three simplest ways to get him out (i) Hit the wickets at the
strikers end (ii)Catch the ball hit by the batsmen (striker) directly. (iii) Run out: hit the
wickets before they reach the safe zone when the batsmen are running between the
wickets.

Role of Fielder
Catch the bowl
Stop the bowl from going beyond boundary

Role of Umpire: As a Referee

Batting teams inning ends once all their batsmen are out or when fixed
number of OVERs have been bowled. Now, both teams reverse their role.
To win, the second team has to score more runs than the first team in
same number of overs.

How to score runs?

Hit the ball and run between wickets
4 runs declared when a player hits the ball
across the boundary indirectly
6 runs declared when ball crosses the
boundary directly

Different Formats
Test

duration: 5 days
2 innings per team
Number of overs not fixed per inning
Classic form
No World Cup

One day

Duration: 1 day
1 inning per team
50 overs each inning
Most popular version
World cup every 4 years

T20

Duration: couple of hours

1 innings per team
20 overs per team
Fast food version
World cup every year

Cricket in Finland!
Finnish Cricket Association:
www.cricketfinland.com
Cricket teams from Espoo, Vantaa,
Helsinki etc.

Useful Links
International Cricket Council: http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/
Cricket News:

www.cricinfo.com

Cricket on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

Highlights of a T20 match between 2 Indian
premiere clubs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBFIX8qaBb8&feature=related

Cricket Game on Internet:

http://www.sticksports.com/game/stick-cricket/world-domination/