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Batsmen's Shots (Strokes): The batting strokes can be divided into two categories: Straight bat and cross bat. The straight bat shots are played with the bat held close to the vertical, as are the blocks, drives and glances. Cross bat shots are played with the bat held more horizontally, like a baseball bat. These include cuts, pulls, sweeps and hooks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Block A defensive shot played with the bat vertical and angled down at the front, intended to stop the ball and drop it down quickly onto the pitch in front of the batsman. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cut A shot played with the bat close to horizontal, hitting the ball in the arc between cover and gully. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drive An offensive shot played with the bat sweeping down through the vertical. The ball travels swiftly along the ground in front of the batsman. A drive can be an on drive, straight drive, off drive, or cover drive, depending in which direction it goes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edge, or Glance A shot played off the bat at a glancing angle, through the slips area. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- French Cut An attempt at a cut shot which hits the bottom edge of the bat and goes into the area behind square leg. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hook Like a pull shot, but played to a bouncer and intended to hit the ball high in the air over square leg, hopefully for six runs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leg Glance A shot played at a glancing angle behind the legs, going in the direction of fine leg. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pull A horizontal bat shot which pulls the ball around the batsman into the square leg area. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweep Like a pull shot, except played with the backmost knee on the ground, used to hit balls which bounce low. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reverse Sweep A sweep, with the bat reversed, into the point area. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bowling Styles: A fast bowler bowls the ball as fast as practicable, attempting to defeat the batsman with the pace of the ball. If the ball also swings in the air, or seams (moves sideways) off the pitch because of bouncing on the seam, it can be very difficult to play. Fast bowlers are generally used with a new ball. A fast bowler can also pull his fingers down on one side of the ball as he lets go, giving the ball a small sideways spin. This can cause the ball to move sideways off the pitch. If the ball moves from the leg side to the off side of a right-handed batsman, the delivery is called a leg-cutter, or an off-cutter if it moves from the off to the leg. A spin bowler has a more ambling run-up and uses wrist or finger motion to impart a spin to the ball.The ball then spins to one side when it bounces on the pitch, thus also hopefully causing it to be hard to hit. Spin bowlers generally get more spin with a worn ball. If the hand is twisted clockwise on release of the ball, then the spin on the ball is such that when it bounces, it will spin to the right. This is called off-spin bowling because, to a right-handed batsman, the ball spins from the off side to the leg side. (If the ball is twisted anticlockwise and released from the palm so that it 'rolls' over the base of the little finger, the ball will spin in the opposite direction. This is basic leg-spin because, to a right-handed batsman, it spins from leg to off. Top-spinners are bowled with the wrist cocked a little towards the inside of the arm. If this action is more pronouced, it produces spin in the same direction as an off-spinner. A ball bowled in this way by a leg-spin bowler is called a wrong 'un, or sometimes a googly. One of the most fascinating but trickiest of all is a ball bowled with the hand in the same position as a top-spinner, but released from under the hand, giving back-spin. This ball is called a flipper, a favourite and most successful delivery for Shane Warne. Right handed spinners can be off-spinners, with simple off-spin and arm-ball deliveries, or leg-spinners with leg-spinners, top-spinners, wrong 'uns, and flippers. A left-handed bowler who uses the same action as an off-spinner is called an orthodox spinner. A left-hander who bowls with the same action as a leg-spinner is called an unorthodox spinner and is more rare. The top-spinner and flipper retain their names, but the left-handed version of the wrong 'un is a Chinaman.) There is also medium pace bowling, which places more emphasis on swing and seam than pace. A swing bowler holds the seam of the ball at a certain angle and attempts to release the ball so that it spins with the seam at a constant angle. A seam bowler tries to keep the seam vertical, so that the ball hits the seam when it bounces on the pitch and deflects either to the right or left. Bouncer A ball bounced short so that it bounces high, usually chest height or higher as it passes the batsman. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yorker A ball bounced very close to the batsman's crease. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Terms: Bowling a Maiden Over: An over bowled without any runs being scored from it Out for a Duck: A batsman who is out without scoring any runs, is said to be out for a duck. The origin is commonly rumoured to be because the zero on the scorecard resembles a duck egg. A batsman who is out for a duck having faced his first delivery of the innings is out for a golden duck. Wicket Partnerships: The runs scored while two batsmen bat together are called their partnership. There are ten partnerships per completed innings, labelled from first-wicket partnership to tenth-wicket partnership, in order. Nightwatchman: A nightwatchman is a batsman who comes in to bat out of normal playing order, towards the end of a day's play in a multi-day game, in order to 'protect' better batsmen. If a batsman gets out with about half an hour or so before stumps, the batting captain will sometimes send in a poor batsman instead of the better one who was due to play next. Hopefully, the poor batsman (the nightwatchman) will last the final stage of the day's play and so protect the better batsman from having to make a fresh start that evening and again the next morning. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Specialist Openers The batting order in an innings is usually arranged with two specialists openers who begin the innings, followed by the rest of the batsmen in order of skill, from best to worst. The job of the openers is to bat against the new ball. A brand new ball is very hard and bouncy, and fast bowlers can use this to great advantage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rabbits and Ferrets A rabbit is a player (almost invariably a bowler, but sometimes a wicketkeeper) who is a very poor batsman. A ferret is an even worse batsman, because he goes in after the rabbits! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extras Extras are runs scored by means other than when the ball is hit by a batsman. Extras are not credited to any batsman, and are separately recorded by the scorer. The total number of runs for the innings is equal to the sums of the individual batsmens' scores and the extras. There are four types of extras: no balls, wides, byes, and leg byes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No Ball The bowler must bowl each ball with part of his frontmost foot behind the popping crease. If he oversteps this mark, he has bowled a no ball. A no ball is also called if any part of the bowler's back foot is not within the area between the return creases. The umpire at that end calls 'no ball'. The batsman may play and score runs from a no ball, and may not be out by any means except run out, handle the ball, hit the ball twice, or obstructing the field. If the batsman does not score any runs from a no ball, one run is added to the batting team's score. Also, the bowler must bowl an extra ball in his over to compensate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wide If the bowler bowls the ball far to one side or over the head of the batsman, the umpire will signal the ball as a wide. The batting team are awarded one run and the bowler must rebowl the ball. The striker may not be out hit wicket off a wide ball. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byes If the bowler misses a ball and the wicket-keeper fails to gather it cleanly, the batsmen may take runs called byes, also scored as extras. Batsmen may be run out as usual while running byes and leg-byes. If, while running either form of bye, the ball reaches the boundary, four byes (of the appropriate type) are scored. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leg Byes If the batsman attempts to play a shot, and deflects the ball with part of his body, he/she may attempt to take a run. These runs are called leg byes. If the batsman did not attempt to play a shot, leg byes may not be taken. The umpire will signal a dead ball if the batsman attempts to run when, in the umpire's opinion, no attempt was made to play a shot.

Equipment and Rules of Play -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cricket is a game of uncertain origin, played with a ball and bat, between two teams of 11 players each. The ball weighs from 5 1/2 to 5 3/4 oz (from 156 to 163 g) and is slightly smaller than a baseball. It is made of twine wound around a cork core and enclosed in hard leather. The bat is a flat, paddle-shaped piece of willow 38 in. (96 cm) long and 4.25 in. (10.8 cm) wide, with a cane handle. The cricket field, or pitch, is from about 137 m by 152 m to about 160 m by 168 m. In the centre of the pitch, parallel to its short ends, are two wickets, 20 m apart. Each wicket consists of three wooden stumps, between 27 and 28 in. high, placed equidistant in a straight line so that the distance between the first and third stumps is 9 in. On top of the stumps two strips of wood, between 4 and 4.5 in. long and known as bails, are placed end to end in grooves. The wicket is centred lengthwise in a white line, 8,.8 ft long, known as the bowling crease. Another white line, called the crease, is drawn 4 ft in front of and parallel to each bowling crease. The central action of the game takes place between the batsman, who stands behind the crease, and the bowler, who delivers the ball from behind the opposite bowling crease. The rules of cricket are somewhat complicated. The team that bats first, a privilege decided by the toss of a coin, sends two batsmen out on the field, one to each wicket. The opposing team sends a bowler to one wicket and a wicketkeeper to a position behind the other. The remaining nine players are placed about the field in positions from which they are best able to catch or stop the ball after it has been hit. An umpire is stationed at each wicket. Bowlers throw the ball overhand, without bending their arms. Batsmen may hit the ball in any direction and, after hitting the ball, can elect to run to the opposite crease. If the batsman runs, the partner runs for the crease the batter has just left. If both runners reach the opposite creases before either of them is put out, a run is scored. The batting team also scores runs as penalties for various infractions by the bowler and fieldsmen. Batsmen may be put out in various ways. One way is said to be bowled out—if the ball delivered by the bowler goes by the batsman and knocks either bail off the wicket. Another is to be caught out—if the ball is caught before it reaches the ground. A fieldsman who stops a batted ball, may throw it to the wicketkeeper, who then attempts to knock off the bails on the near wicket before the runner reaches the crease. Alternatively, the fieldsman may throw the ball at either wicket for the same purpose, or else throw it to the bowler or another fieldsman, who then attempts to knock off the bails of either wicket. When put out by the wicketkeeper, without help from another fieldsman, the batsman is said to be stumped or stumped out; when put out by a fieldsman, the batsman is said to be run out. The batsman is also out if, in playing the ball, the bails are knocked off of the wicket with the bat or with any part of the batsman's body - hit wicket. The batsman is also out if the his leg intercepts a straight bowled ball and thereby prevents the ball from striking the wicket - Leg Before Wicket or if any of several other rules are violated. A batsman who hits to the extremity of the field scores four runs without having to run for them, If the ball is hit out of the field, the batsman is credited with six runs. The same batsman continues to bat until put out. It is considered a notable feat to score 100 runs (a century) in one time at bat. Each batsman remains at the wicket reached during the last run. Thus, when play resumes, a different batsman may face the bowler. When the bowler has delivered an over of six balls, a second bowler bowls from the opposite bowling pitch. Since the new bowler faces in the direction opposite that faced by the first one, the wicketkeeper and the fieldsmen shift their positions accordingly. When the second bowler has delivered an over, the first bowler resumes bowling. The two bowlers alternate to the end of the game, unless a substitution is made. A team's innings ends when 10 of 11 batsmen have been put out, when a predetermined number of overs has been completed, or when the captain of the batting team chooses to declare the innings finished. Each team has one or two innings, usually taken alternately. The team that scores the most runs is the winner.	The Fielding Positions cricketaroundtheworld-1 to visit the another site of the cricket with more categories like :online games/triva game/millionare game with fatest finger first/shopping/crossward/giggles and many more things so check our another site also
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