It’s a bit like baseball (a bit).
11 players in a team.
One team takes the bat, hits the ball and tries to run up and down the mown strip in the middle to score runs.
Then the other team gets their turn.
The team that scores the most runs from 300 balls thrown at them wins.
(simple huh?)
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To get slightly more confusing here is some detail.
(A) How batters go out.
– (OUT CAUGHT) a ball that you hit is caught on the full
– (OUT BOWLED) a ball that is thrown (or bowled) by the bowler hits the wooden stumps you a protecting.
– (OUT LBW) or the ball would have hit the stumps – but didn’t because you got your fat legs in the way.
– (OUT RUN OUT) a batter attempts to run after hitting the ball but does not make it before the ball is thrown back into the stumps.
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How runs are scored.
– for every length of the wicket run by a pair of batsmen – you get 1 run.
– if you it the ball over the edge of the field (the boundary) on the full then you get 6 runs.
– if you hit the ball and it bounces but still reaches the boundary then you get four runs.
(C) How the innings is over.
– once 10 batters are out then the innings is over.
( Batsmen can only be out once each )
– or once 300 balls have been bowled then the innings is over
– or once the team batting second passes the total of the team batting first
(as they’ve just won the game)
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There are all sorts of rules for illegal actions, and fielding rules, but those a minor and only occur rarely and mentioning them here will only confuse you.
This summary should give you a good feel for what you are watching.
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What’s good ?
Bascially the size of a good score does depend a lot on the quality of the wicket – which is the mown grass strip. Ideally it should play very evenly making it easier to score runs.
In such conditions a score of 250 is acceptable and 300 is great.
If it rains, or even if it’s cloudy then the ball starts to swing and move when it is bowled – so hits are harder to make and scores drop considerably.
Then 220 is acceptable and 250 is great.
Enjoy the World Cup.
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