basic cricket rules

Howzatt !!!An Introduction to Cricket

Avneesh Sud

Avneesh SudHowzatt !!!

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Brief History Rules Demo! Advanced Techniques (Gokul)


A Gentleman’s Game…

Marylebone Cricket Club formed in London in 1787

The ‘Home of Cricket’


… And A ‘Religion’

Fanatic levels of support in South Asia


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Brief History Rules

Basics Equipment & Field Players Play: Scoring & Getting Out Winning

Demo! Advanced Techniques (Gokul)


Basics

Similar to baseball ( ) 2 Teams: 11 players each

Batting Team – bats an innings and scores runs

Fielding Team – bowls and gets batting team out

Reverse roles after an innings Team with most runs wins


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Equipment

Ball


Equipment

Ball Bat


Equipment

Ball Bat Wickets ≈ ‘Plate’

Stumps Bails


Equipment

Ball Bat Wickets

Stumps Bails

Protective Gear Helmet, Gloves,

Pads,…


Field Oval Field ≈ ‘Diamond’

No size restrictions, 100-160 yards across

Pitch in center ≈ ‘Inside Baselines’

Pitch


Pitch

Wickets / Stumps ≈ ‘Plate’


Pitch

Batting Crease ≈ ‘Home Plate’


Pitch

Bowling Crease ≈ ‘Pitching Mound’


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Players (Batting Team)

Batsman (2) ≈ ‘Batter’ Striker ≈ ‘Home Base’


Players (Batting Team)

Batsman (2) ≈ ‘Batter’ Striker ≈ ‘Home Base’ Non-striker ≈ ‘Other Base’


Players (Fielding Team)

Bowler (1) ≈ ‘Pitcher’



Wicket-Keeper (1) ≈ ‘Catcher’



Fielders (9) Wicket-keeper, bowler also fielders


Officials

Umpires (2)


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The Play: One ‘Ball’

Bowler bowls the ball to striker

Striker tries to hit ball with bat Runs scored No runs scored Gets out


Scoring Runs

‘Running’ runs Ball remains inside

the field Batsmen run

across the pitch Striker ↔ Non-

striker Each crossing of

pitch = 1 run Score 1, 2, 3 or 4

runs


Scoring Runs

Boundary: 4 runs Ball rolls outside

the field Batsmen do not run

across


Scoring Runs

Boundary: 6 runs ≈ ‘Home Run’ Ball flies outside

the field Batsmen do not run

across


Scoring Runs

No runs scored Striker misses / Ball

goes direct to fielder

Batsmen do not run across


Getting Out

‘Strike Out’ ‘Caught Out’ ‘Thrown Out’


Getting Out

Bowled ≈ ‘Strike Out’ Ball hits stumps


Getting Out

Caught ≈ ‘Caught Out’ Fielder catches ball

before it touches the ground


Getting Out

Run-out ≈ ‘Thrown Out’ Batsmen run

across Fielder hits stumps

with ball before batsman reaches batting crease


Getting Out

Leg Before Wicket (LBW) Striker does not hit

ball with bat Ball hits striker Ball was going to

hit stumps Appeal to Umpire -

“Howzatt !!”


Getting Out

Other Ways Stumped Hit-Wicket Handled Ball Double Hit Timed Out Obstructing the field

Only ONE batsman can get out / ball


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Brief History Rules

Basics Field & Equipment Players Scoring & Getting Out Winning



Test Matches

Match lasts up to 5 days One innings = (all) 10 batsmen get out Batting team ↔ Fielding team Each team plays (up to) 2 innings Team with maximum runs wins


Scorecard A

England vs. Australia England (1st innings): 237 all out Australia (1st innings): 412 all out England (2nd innings): 375 all out Australia (2nd innings): 201 for 5

412+201 > 237+375

Result: Australia wins by 5 wickets


Recap

2 Teams: 11 players each Batting Team – bats an innings and

scores runs Fielding Team – bowls and gets batting

team out Reverse roles after an innings Team with most runs wins


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References

MCC: http://www.lords.org/cricket/laws.asp

BBC Sports Academy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/bsp/hi/cricket/rules/html/default.stm

Antony Hosking: http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/cricket/explanation.htm

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