CRICKET

AN INTERNATIONAL SPORT
CONTANTS

• INTRODUCTION
• CATEGORIES
• RULES/PRICIPLES
• FORMATES
 INTRODUCTION

CRICKET IS A SPORT WHICH WAS

INTRODUCED BY ENGLAND. IT IS
CONTROLLED BY ICC (INTERNATIONAL
CRICKET COUNCIL). IT WAS FIRST
INERTNATIONALLY PLAYED IN 1943 AT
ENGLAND AND AFTER IT WAS PLAYED BY
OTHER COUNTRIES. IT IS PLAYED BY A BAT
MADE UP OF WOOD AND A BALL MADE UP OF
LEATHER. IN A MATCH TWO TEAMS WILL
PLAY EACH CONTAINING 11 PLAYERS.
CATEGORIES

THERE ARE FOUR CATEGORIES IN CRICKET.

1. BATSMAN/BATTER.
2. BOWLER.
3. ALL-ROUNDER.
4. WICKET KEEPER.
BATSMAN/BATTER

BATSMAN/BATTER IS THE PLAYER

WHO IS GOOD AT BATTING OR
WHOSE STREGNTH IS BATTING MORE
THEN BOWING. HE/SHE USUALLY
DOES NOT BOWL, AND HE/SHE WILL
BAT AT THE TOP ORDER (1-5).
BOWLER

BOWLER IS THE PLAYER WHOSE

STRGNTH IS BOWLING. HE/SHE
BOWLS IN A BETTER WAY THEN THE
BATTING. HE/SHE WILL ATTACK
(BOWL THE 1ST OR 2ND OVER OF THE
INNING), HE/SHE BATS IN MIDDLE
ORDER OR LOWER ORDER (6-8,
9-11)
ALL-ROUNDER

ALL-ROUNDER IS THE PLAYER WHO

CAN BAT IN A GOOD WAY AND AS WELL
AS BOWL BRILLIANTLY. HE/SHE IS
GOOD AT BATTING AND BOWLING
ALSO. HE/SHE BAT IN MIDDLE ORDER
AND SOMETIMES IN TOP ORDER AS
WELL.
 WKT-KEEPER

WKT-KEEPER IS THE ON WHO

DOES WICKET KEEPING IN THE
TEAM. HE/SHE COMES IN BATTING
CATEGORIES. HE/SHE ALMOST
DOES NOT BOWLS, HE/SHE BATS
IN TOP ORDER OR MIDDLE ORDER.
RULES/PRIICIPLES

THE RULES ARE AS UNDER:

• EACH OVER IN ANY FORMATE CONATIN 6 BALLS WITHOUT ANY EXTRA BALL (WIDE, NOBALL, DEAD BALL)

• IF A SHOT IS PLAYED BY A BATSMAN AND BALL IS GONE OUT OF BOUNDARY WITH OUT TOUCHING BTHE GROUND SO BATTER AND
ITS TEAM GET 6 RUNS, AND IF BALL TOUCHES THE GROUND SO BATTER GET 4 RUNS.
•
• THE TEAM WHICH SCORES MORE THAT TEAM WILL WIN THE MATCH.

• IN WHITE BALL FORMATES (ODI, T20I) HAVE A CIRCLE OF 30M MIDDLE OF GROUND, WHICH IS USED FOR PP (POWER PLAY).

• IF POWERPLAY WOULD BE RUNNING SO THE BOWLING TEAM CAN JUST HAVE 2 FIELDERS OUT SIDE OF THE CIRCLE. WHILE AFTER
(PP) THE BOWLING TEAM CAN HAVE 5 FEILDERS.

• THERE ARE SOME EXTRA RUNS AS WELL LIKE (WIDE, NO BALL, BYE, LEG-BYE, ETC).

• THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT KINDS OF OUTS FOR BATSMAN LIKE (BOWLED, CATCH OUT, RUN-OUT, STUMP, ETC)

• IN TEST FORMATE THE RUNS OF BOTH IININGS OF A TEAM WPILD BE COUNTED, ANY TAEM SCORES MORE RUNS IN BOTH INNINGS
THAT WILL WIN THE MATCH.

• IF IN A TEST THE FOUR INNINGS ARE NOT COMPLETED SO MATCH WILL DRAW, OR BOTH TEAM SCORE EQUAL IN BOTH INNINGS SO
MATCH WILL BE TIE.

• IN WHITE BALL MATCH SCORES ARE EQUALS SO (SUPER OVER) WILL BE PLAYED WHICH IS CONSIST OF 1 OVER.
FORMATES

THERE ARE THREE FORMATS

IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

1. T20I
2. ODI
3. TEST CRICKET
 T20I
• Twenty-20 International

IN T20I CRICKET FORMAT BOTH TEAMS

WILL PLAY 20-20 OVERS IN AN INNING.
ANY TEAM SCORE MORE IN AN INNING
IT WILL WIN THE MATCH. IN THIS
FORMAT A BOWLER CAN BOWL MAX 4
OVERS AND THERE WOULD BE 6 OVER
PP (POWER PLAY)
 ODI
• ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL

IN ODI FORMATE THE BOTH THE

TEAMS WILL PLAY 50-50 OVERS,
(THIS MATCH IS CONSIST OF 100
OVERS), IN THIS FORMATE A
BOWLER CAN BOWL MAX 10
OVERS AND THERE WOULD BE 10
OVERS PP (POWER PLAY).
TEST CRICKET

IN TEST CRICKET BOTH TEAMS WILL

PLAY 2-2 INNINGS, AND IT IS
C0NSIST OF 5 DAYS EACH DAY
CONATINS 90 OVERS, THIS
FORMATE DOES NOT HAVE PP
(POWER PLAY) AND NO LIMITE OF
OVER FOR A BOWLER.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING

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