Cricket Facts
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 games match can last six or more hours a day for up to five days in one form of the games 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.
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