Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players each. Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly elliptical shaped grass field.

A player from the fielding team (the bowler) propels a hard, fist-sized leather ball from one wicket towards the other.

Once out, a batsman is replaced by the next batsman in the team. As there must always be two batsmen on the field, the team’s innings ends when ten batsmen are out, and the teams exchange roles.

Cricket is a very popular sports in India and Pakistan.

The length of the game — a match can last six or more hours a day for up to five days in one form of the game — the numerous intervals for lunch and tea and the rich terminology are notable aspects that can often confuse those not familiar with the sport.

The game is played in accordance with 42 laws of cricket, which have been developed by the Marylebone Cricket Club in discussion with the main cricketing nations.

The cricket field consists of a large circular or oval-shaped grassy ground. There are no fixed dimensions for the field but its diameter usually varies between 450 feet (137 m) to 500 feet (150 m). On most grounds, a rope demarcates the perimeter of the field and is known as the boundary.

A pitcher is to baseball, as a bowler is to cricket. A batter is to baseball as a batsman is to cricket.