How does the scoring work in cricket?

Question

On overs and all that I don't understand it please give a detailed description thankyou!

Answer 1

Overs

An over consits of 6 balls bowled by the same bowler.

A bowler can't bowl consecutive overs.

In a limeted overs match the bowler is usually allowed to bowl a fith of the overs in that innings.

Scoring

If the battsman hits the ball over the bounry without it touching the ground after it's hit the bat then 6 runs is awarded to the batting team. If a feilder catches the ball and then hits or stepps over the boundary rope then it's still a six.

And 4 runs is awarded if this happens if the ball touches it's ground on it's way.

Runs are also awarded if the batsmen run bettween the the stumps and run past the front crease . They can do this an unlimited amout of times. For every time they run they get 1 run. Battsmen can be run out by the ball being used to remove the bails from the top of the stumps. It is the battsmen who is running toward the stumps where the bails are taken off is run out if he does not make it to the crease. If a boundry is hit then the runs run between the stumps arn't added on to the boundry score.

If the battmen does not hit the ball they can still run but the runs they get are not added onto the battsmens individual score. These runs are called byes or if it hits the battsmens anywhere apart from their bat its called a leg bye. Leg byes can't be awarded if the battsman is not trying to hit the ball with their bat.

If the ball hits a helmet or a hat or anything of the feilding team has five runs is awarded to the batting team and deos not go under any of the battsmans individual scores.

And I think thats most tings coverd!

Answer 2

If u r interested to know watch few cricket game in TV minutely, u will understand most of ur queries in cricket.

Answer 3

The batting team's turn to score runs is called an 'innings'. In a game, each team has the same number of innings, and the team with the most runs, wins.

Some games are played in single day, called one-day cricket, while others like Test matches last longer, up to five days.

There are 11 players in a cricket team. One team bats, the other fields. Then they swap over.

A player called a bowler carries the ball towards two sets of wooden sticks called stumps, which are 22 yards apart at either end of a piece of ground called the wicket.

The bowler's job is to let go of the ball and try and direct it towards one set of stumps, hoping it will hit them and knock tiny pieces of wood, called bails, off the top of them.

A player from the opposing team, called a batsman, stands to one side of the set of the stumps the bowler is aiming at, waiting for them to deliver the ball.

The batsman tries to stop the ball hitting the stumps, using a piece of wood called a bat.

If the bowler is able to get the ball past the batsman and hit the stumps with it the batsman is 'out' and their turn at batting is ended.

There are three other main ways for a batsman to get out:

Leg Before Wicket (LBW) - The batsman is not allowed to use their legs to stop the ball hitting the wicket. If they do, and the umpire thinks the ball would have hit the stumps, the player is out LBW.

Caught - If the batsman hits the ball away from the stumps, but a player on the fielding team is able to catch it before it hits the ground, the batsman is out.

Run out - When a batsman hits the ball away from the wicket they may try to run from one set of stumps to the other to score a run. If the ball is fielded quick enough, thrown back towards the wicket, and the stumps the batsman are running towards are knocked over with the ball, the batsman is run out.

There are another seven ways a batsman can be out. They don't happen very often, and are:

Stumped

Timed out

Handled the ball

Hit the ball twice

Hit wicket

Obstructing the field

Retired - out

A batsman isn't just trying to avoid getting out. They are also trying to score runs to help their team win the game.

A run is scored if the batsman hits the ball away from the wicket, and is able to run from one set of stumps to the other. Every time they make it, one run is scored.

If the ball crosses the boundary - a line around the edge of the field - without bouncing it is worth six runs, if it bounces first, then it is worth four runs.

It's difficult in cricket, because loads can change during a game, but as a rough guide:

One-day cricket If your team scores more than 250 runs that's good; if they score more than 300 that's brilliant.

If your team is bowling and is able to get a team all out for less than 200 runs they've bowled well; less than 100 is superb.

Test cricket If your team is the one to bat first, then a score of more than 400 runs in their first innings is good they shouldn't lose. If they score more than 600 runs, then they should be the winners.

If your team is bowling first, then getting the other team all out for less then 300 is a good effort. If the opposition are all out for less than 150, then your team should be able to win.

Quite often in cricket in the longer form of the game the result of the match is a draw.