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Rules of Cricket
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If, in attempting to hit a ball or taking off for a first run, the
batsman touches wicket. This includes with the bat .
Handle The Ball:
If a batsman touches the ball with a hand not currently holding the bat,
without the permission of the fielding side. This does not include being
hit on the hand by a delivery, or any other non-deliberate action.
Obstructing The Field:
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If a batsman deliberately interferes with the efforts of fielders to
gather the ball.
Clean bold :
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When a batsman is completely beaten by bowlers length and bowl hits the
stump.
Catch out :
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When a batsman hits the ball and is caught by a fieldsman.
Leg Before Wicket or LBW: Click here for Video
LBW decisions are complex and often controversial. When bowls hits the batsman in line of stumps.
Who Wins?
Team which scores more runs and play better cricket.
Equipment used in Cricket
Cricket Ball:
Hard, cork and string ball, covered with leather. A bit like a baseball
(in size and hardness), but the leather covering is thicker and joined
in two hemispheres, not in a tennis ball pattern. The seam is thus like
an equator, and the stitching is raised slightly. The circumference is
between 224 and 229 millimetres (8.81 to 9.00 inches), and the ball
weighs between 156 and 163 grams (5.5 to 5.75 ounces). Traditionally the
ball is dyed red, with the stitching left white. Nowadays white balls
are also used, for visibility in games played at night under artificial
lighting.
Cricket Bat:
Blade made of willow, flat on one side, humped on the other for
strength, attached to a sturdy cane handle. The blade has a maximum
width of 108 millimetres (4.25 inches) and the whole bat has a maximum
length of 965 millimetres (38 inches).
Wickets:
There are two wickets - wooden structures made up of a set of three
stumps topped by a pair of bails. These are described below.
Stumps:
These are put over wickets, 2 on 3 wickets.
Bails:
Two wooden pieces which sit at top the adjacent pairs of stumps
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