What is cricket ?

Question

What is cricket ?

Answer 1

CRICKET-the passion of india, a religion here.

its the most spectacular sport !!!!

Answer 2

The most awesome game ever invented !!!  Especially Test Cricket. I live in New Zealand.

Answer 3

A Batsmans game

Answer 4

why are you living it the world without knowing what is cricket

Answer 5

CRICKET IS A VERY ENTERTAINING GAME OF SPORT PLAYED WITH A BAT & A BALL

Answer 6

Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each.[1] A cricket match is played on a grass field, roughly oval in shape, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a cricket pitch. A wicket, usually made of wood, is placed at each end of the pitch.

The bowler, a player from the fielding team, bowls a hard, fist-sized cricket ball from the vicinity of one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching the batsman, a player from the opposing team. In defence of the wicket, the batsman plays the ball with a wooden cricket bat. Meanwhile, the other members of the bowler's team stand in various positions around the field as fielders, players who retrieve the ball in an effort to stop the batsman scoring runs, and if possible to get him or her out. The batsman — if he or she does not get out — may run between the wickets, exchanging ends with a second batsman (the "non-striker"), who has been waiting near the bowler's wicket. Each completed exchange of ends scores one run. Runs are also scored if the batsman hits the ball to the boundary of the playing area. The match is won by the team that scores more runs.

Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years and is thought to be the second most popular sport in the world, after football (soccer).[2] More than 100 countries are affiliated to the International Cricket Council, cricket's international governing body. The sport's modern form originated in England, and is most popular in the present and former members of the Commonwealth. In many countries including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies, cricket is the most popular sport. In Australia, while other sports are more popular in particular areas, cricket has been described as the "national sport" and has had a role in forming the national identity.[3] It is also a major sport in England, New Zealand, South Africa and Zimbabwe . Many countries also have well-established amateur club competitions, including the Netherlands, Kenya, Nepal and Argentina.

The sport is followed with passion in many different parts of the world. It has even occasionally given rise to diplomatic outrage, notoriously the Basil D'Oliveira affair (which led to the banning of South Africa from sporting events) and the Bodyline Test series in the early 1930s (which led to a temporary deterioration in relations between Australia and the United Kingdom).

Cricket Explained - What is Cricket?

Modern cricket is a team sport originating in England and popular mainly in areas that formerly made up the British Empire. The major international test teams are England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, Zimbabwe and the West Indies. The language of cricket is particularly idiosyncratic and tends to reflect the somewhat complicated and eccentric nature of the game itself. The majority of the terms used in cricket have originated in England and Australia, however these terms have generally been adopted by the majority of playing nations and their cricketers.

The game is played between two competing teams of eleven players on each side, on a large expanse of (usually grassy) ground called a pitch. The teams are comprised of players with a mixture of abilities, some who specialise at batting, some at bowling, occasionally some who excel in both capacities, and one highly specialist player who acts as 'wicket-keeper'. In the centre of the pitch is a length of grass, (usually 22 yards long), called 'the wicket'. At each end of the wicket are placed three sticks adjacent to each other in an upright position: these are the 'stumps'. They are separated by a gap not greater than the diameter of a cricket ball. On top of each set of stumps are placed two smaller sticks, or 'bails'. A chalk outline is drawn in front of each set of stumps called a 'crease'. The game is refereed by two 'umpires'.

The length of games can vary in duration of time, and number of balls bowled. One side will 'bat' first, the other side will bowl to them. Batsmen play in pairs, each equipped with a bat, one at each end of the wicket.

The object for the batting side is to score the optimal number of 'runs' (points) before the bowling side have dismissed them. The object for the bowling side is to dismiss the batsmen as economically as possible. Once the process is complete the roles are reversed, i.e. the side which were batting then bowl and the bowling side then bat. This reversal may happen only the once (typically in 'one-day' or 'limited overs' cricket) or twice, as in county or international test match cricket.

Runs can be scored in a number of ways: each time that the batting pair is able to run between the wickets after a ball has been bowled (and before the stumps are or potentially can be touched with the ball) a run is scored. If the ball travels outside of the playing area, and it has touched the ground prior to leaving the playing area, 4 runs are scored. If the ball does not touch the ground on its way out, 6 runs are scored.

Additionally, runs can be accrued through the failure of the bowler to correctly deliver the ball; either through an incorrect bowling action, when  this is deemed a 'no-ball', or through the ball being delivered too wide for the batsman to strike it, known as a 'wide'. The number of runs accrued can be affected by where the ball ends up; a no-ball which crosses the boundary will count for 4 runs. Additionally, any balls which are deemed foul have to be bowled again by the same bowler before his turn or 'over' of 6 correctly delivered balls is deemed complete.

Dismissal of the batsmen can occur in a number of ways. The batsman facing the bowler can be 'bowled' out, i.e. the ball will hit the stumps without him  being able to prevent it. If the batsman strikes the ball with the bat and it is caught by the bowler or one of the bowler's side who are dotted around the ground to field the ball before it hits the ground, then he is deemed to be out. A batsman can also be stumped by the specially equipped wicket-keeper, a player who stands immediately behind the batsman to retrieve balls coming through from the bowler, if the batsman steps in front of the crease leaving no part of his anatomy or the bat behind, and the wicket-keeper is able to remove the bails from the wicket with the ball. A batsman can also be out 'leg before wicket' or 'lbw': this is one of the more complex and vexatious rules and usually involves the ball striking the batsman's leg-protectors or 'pads' and the likelihood of the onward trajectory of the ball striking the wicket has the player's anatomy not intervened.

Either player can be 'run-out' if the wicket towards which they are running during the course of play is struck with the ball prior to their reaching the  safety of the crease.

Answer 7

only men game.where girls get bore.

Answer 8

# Cricket is an insect which are somewhat similar to grasshoppers.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crickets

# Cricket is also a game, played in a circular field, which has a 22 yard strip in the centre. 11 players on each side.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

# Cricket is also a kind of

  frog

  bird

  a low stool to sit

see http://www.dictionary.net/cricket

Answer 9

Cricket

Highest governing body International Cricket Council

Characteristics

Team Members 11 at a time

Category Bat-and-ball

Ball Cricket ball

Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. The paler strip is the cricket pitch. The two sets of three wooden stumps on the pitch are the wickets. The two white lines are the creases.

Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. The paler strip is the cricket pitch. The two sets of three wooden stumps on the pitch are the wickets. The two white lines are the creases.

A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. The men wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Test cricket, first-class cricket and club cricket are played in traditional white uniforms and with red cricket balls, while professional One-day cricket is usually played in coloured uniforms and with white balls.

A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. The men wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Test cricket, first-class cricket and club cricket are played in traditional white uniforms and with red cricket balls, while professional One-day cricket is usually played in coloured uniforms and with white balls.

A One Day International match at The Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and India. The Australian batsmen are wearing yellow, while the fielding team, India, is wearing blue.

A One Day International match at The Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and India. The Australian batsmen are wearing yellow, while the fielding team, India, is wearing blue.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each.[1] A cricket match is played on a grass field, roughly oval in shape, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a cricket pitch. A wicket, usually made of wood, is placed at each end of the pitch.

The bowler, a player from the fielding team, bowls a hard, fist-sized cricket ball from the vicinity of one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching the batsman, a player from the opposing team. In defence of the wicket, the batsman plays the ball with a wooden cricket bat. Meanwhile, the other members of the bowler's team stand in various positions around the field as fielders, players who retrieve the ball in an effort to stop the batsman scoring runs, and if possible to get him or her out. The batsman — if he or she does not get out — may run between the wickets, exchanging ends with a second batsman (the "non-striker"), who has been waiting near the bowler's wicket. Each completed exchange of ends scores one run. Runs are also scored if the batsman hits the ball to the boundary of the playing area. The match is won by the team that scores more runs.

Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years and is thought to be the second most popular sport in the world, after football (soccer).[2] More than 100 countries are affiliated to the International Cricket Council, cricket's international governing body. The sport's modern form originated in England, and is most popular in the present and former members of the Commonwealth. In many countries including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies, cricket is the most popular sport. In Australia, while other sports are more popular in particular areas, cricket has been described as the "national sport" and has had a role in forming the national identity.[3] It is also a major sport in England, New Zealand, South Africa and Zimbabwe . Many countries also have well-established amateur club competitions, including the Netherlands, Kenya, Nepal and Argentina.

The sport is followed with passion in many different parts of the world. It has even occasionally given rise to diplomatic outrage, notoriously the Basil D'Oliveira affair (which led to the banning of South Africa from sporting events) and the Bodyline Test series in the early 1930s (which led to a temporary deterioration in relations between Australia and the United Kingdom).

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    * 1 Overview

    * 2 Results

    * 3 Laws of cricket

          o 3.1 Players and officials

                + 3.1.1 Players

                + 3.1.2 Umpires

                + 3.1.3 Scorers

          o 3.2 The playing field

                + 3.2.1 The pitch

                + 3.2.2 The nature of the pitch

                + 3.2.3 Parts of the field

                + 3.2.4 Placements of players

          o 3.3 Match structure

                + 3.3.1 The toss

                + 3.3.2 Overs

                + 3.3.3 End of an innings

                + 3.3.4 Playing time

                + 3.3.5 Batting

                + 3.3.6 Run scoring

                + 3.3.7 Extras

          o 3.4 Bowling and dismissals

                + 3.4.1 Bowling

                + 3.4.2 Dismissal of a batsman

          o 3.5 Fielding

          o 3.6 Other roles

                + 3.6.1 Captain

                + 3.6.2 Runners

                + 3.6.3 Substitutes

    * 4 History

    * 5 Forms of cricket

          o 5.1 Test cricket

          o 5.2 One-day cricket

                + 5.2.1 Twenty20 Cricket

          o 5.3 First-class matches

          o 5.4 Other forms of cricket

    * 6 International structure

    * 7 See also

    * 8 References

    * 9 External links

Overview

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A traditional cricket ball. The white stitching is known as the seam. As one-day games are often played under floodlights, a white ball is used to aid visibility.

A traditional cricket ball. The white stitching is known as the seam.

As one-day games are often played under floodlights, a white ball is used to aid visibility.

A cricket bat, front and back.

A cricket bat, front and back.

The aim of the batting team is to score as many runs as possible. A run is scored when both batsmen successfully move to their respective opposite ends of the pitch. (The batsmen will usually only attempt to score runs after the striker has hit the ball, but this is not required by the rules—the batsmen can attempt runs at any time after the ball has been bowled.) Runs are also scored if the batsman hits the ball to the boundary of the playing area (this scores six runs if the ball crosses the boundary without having touched the ground, or four runs otherwise), or if the bowler commits some technical infringement like bowling the ball out of reach of the batsman.[4]

The aim of the bowler's team is to get each batsman out (this is called a "taking a wicket", or a "dismissal").[5] Dismissals are achieved in a variety of ways. The most direct way is for the bowler to bowl the ball so that the batsman misses it and it hits the stumps, dislodging a bail. While the batsmen are attempting a run, the fielders may dismiss either batsman by using the ball to knock the bails off the set of stumps to which the batsman is closest before he has grounded himself or his bat in the crease. Other ways for the fielding side to dismiss a batsman include catching the ball off the bat before it touches the ground, or having the batsman adjudged "leg before wicket" (abbreviated "L.B.W." or "lbw") if the ball strikes the batsman's body and would have gone on to hit the wicket.[6] Once the batsmen are not attempting to score any more runs, the ball is "dead", and is bowled again (each attempt at bowling the ball is referred to as a "ball" or a "delivery").[7]

The game is divided into overs of six (legal) balls. At the end of an over another bowler from the fielding side bowls from the opposite end of the pitch. The two umpires also change positions between overs (the umpire previously at square-leg becomes the bowler's umpire at what is now the bowling end, and vice versa). The fielders also usually change positions between overs.

Once out, a batsman is replaced by the next batsman in the team's line-up. (The batting side can reorder their line-up at any time, but no batsman may bat twice in one innings.) The innings (singular) of the batting team ends when the tenth batsman is given out, leaving one batsman not out but without a partner. When this happens, the team is said to be "all out". (In limited overs cricket the innings ends either when the batting team is all out or a predetermined number of overs has been bowled.) At the end of an innings, the two teams exchange roles, and the side that has been fielding bats.

A team's score is reported in terms of the number of runs scored and the number of batsmen that have been dismissed. For example, if five batsmen are out and the team has scored 224 runs, they are said to have scored 224 for the loss of 5 wickets (commonly shortened to "224 for five" and written 224/5 or, in Australia, "five for 224" and 5/224).

The team that has scored more runs at the end of the completed match wins. Different varieties of the game have different definitions of "completion"; for instance there may be restrictions on the number of overs, the number of innings, and the number of balls in each innings.

Results

    Main article: The result in cricket

If the team that bats last is all out having scored fewer runs than their opponents, the team is said to have "lost by n runs" (where n is the difference between the number of runs scored by the teams). If the team that bats last scores enough runs to win, it is said to have "won by n wickets", where n is the number of wickets left to fall. For instance a team that passes its opponents' score having only lost six wickets would have won "by four wickets&quot

Answer 10

Mate, there's something called GOOGLE search engine to answer this type pf question for you! LOL

I can see people copying and pasting stuff from sites! HAHA

Answer 11

duh duh

something that people like you would continue to ask WHAT this    

sport is all about 4 ages.LMAO!

it is not made for unbalanced people like ya.

Answer 12

Cricketforindia.com - The Online Cricket Coaching Website

25th June was a red-letter date in the history of Indian cricket. It was on this day that India played its inaugural Test match in 1932, and it was on the same day that India beat the West Indies in the 1983 World Cup final. 21 years later, the same day witnessed the birth of “www.cricketforindia.com”, India’s first cricket coaching website.

A MULTI-FACETED WEBSITE

Cricketforindia.com is a site for all cricket lovers. It provides on-line cricket coaching to everyone who logs on to it, including beginners, aspiring stars and cricket-lovers. It is home to the following sections:

Coaching History Ground profiles Player profiles Laws of the game Women’s Cricket Quizzes Trivia Quotes Match reports

MISSION

Cricketforindia.com’s objective is to instruct aspiring young cricketers in different aspects of the game. Starting with the basics, such as the grip and stance, it takes you on a journey through all facets of the skills needed to become a competent cricketer. Fundamental skills like batting, bowling and fielding are covered, as also complex ones like fitness and captaincy. The site endeavours to harness the potential of young cricketers who will eventually form the basis of future Indian international teams.

CONTRIBUTORS

Cricketforindia.com’s panel of writers comprises individuals who have played and excelled at the highest level.

The contributors comprise:

VVS Laxman – India Test cricketer

•Ashok Mankad - Former India Test cricketer and coach

Polly Umrigar – Former India captain

Yajurvindra Singh – former India Test cricketer

Karsan Ghavri – former India Test cricketer

Praveen Amre – former India Test cricketer

Piloo Reporter – former international umpire

Dr. Aijaz Ashai and Dr. Hima Dalal – sports fitness experts

S. P. Bhatia – renowned cricket coach

Prominent personalities such as Shri Sunil Gavaskar, Prof. Ratnakar Shetty, Bapu Nadkarni and Rahul Dravid have endorsed the website. The website is also affiliated to Maharashtra Board schools. With this cricketfrorindia is reaching out to children who have the will and determination to excel in cricket but are not able to get the right guidance to play the game.

ENDORSERS

The site has been endorsed by prominent personalities such as Shri Sunil Gavaskar, Prof. Ratnakar Shetty, Bapu Nadkarni and Rahul Dravid.

GROUND EVENTS

Cricketforindia.com has organised events like coaching clinics and cricket quizzes in Mumbai. It held a clinic for employees of TCS Mumbai on 5th February 2005.

The website plans to organize similar clinics for other organizations in the Corporate sector.

The site also organized a three-day cricket quiz between Don Bosco, Matunga and New English School, Bandra, in February 2005.

UNSUNG HEROES

They may not have represented India at the highest level, but their articles on the sport are tremendously informative and invigorating to read. Cricketforindia’s panel of writers comprises the following:

Devendra Prabhudesai – Author of “The Nice Guy Who Finished First”, a biography of Rahul Dravid

Renin Wilben – Freelance cricket writer

Sreelata Yellamrazu – Freelance cricket writer

COMMITTED TO CRICKET

Cricketforindia.com celebrates and commemorates the heartbeat of the nation; Cricket. It is committed to guide, encourage and inspire the future of Indian cricket.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crick...

Answer 13

Cricket is a sport.

Answer 14

earlier cricket was a gentlemen's game but now its not gentlemen's game anymore!!

it is played by 22 players 1 team consisting 11 player!

in which 1 team gives a target

n

other team chases it!

there is 1 wicketkeeper in both teams

n cricket has its 3 forms

t2020 it is the shortest version of cricket the game ends in 3 hrs each bowler can only bowl 4 over

50 over its the its the short version of the game each bowler can bowl on 10 overs!

test match its the longest version of the game a bowler can bowl unlimited overs!

cricket has its own fun excitement n craze there are many cricket fanzz around the globe!

it is played in a circular ground !

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RaHuL

Answer 15

I think after IPL T20 at least in India each and every Indian (big or small) can answer what is cricket.  Am I rite?  :) :)

Answer 16

Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each.[1] A cricket match is played on a grass field, roughly oval in shape, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a cricket pitch. A wicket, usually made of wood, is placed at each end of the pitch.

The bowler, a player from the fielding team, bowls a hard, fist-sized cricket ball from the vicinity of one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching the batsman, a player from the opposing team. In defence of the wicket, the batsman plays the ball with a wooden cricket bat. Meanwhile, the other members of the bowler's team stand in various positions around the field as fielders, players who retrieve the ball in an effort to stop the batsman scoring runs, and if possible to get him or her out. The batsman — if he or she does not get out — may run between the wickets, exchanging ends with a second batsman (the "non-striker"), who has been waiting near the bowler's wicket. Each completed exchange of ends scores one run. Runs are also scored if the batsman hits the ball to the boundary of the playing area. The match is won by the team that scores more runs.

Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years and is thought to be the second most popular sport in the world, after football (soccer).[2] More than 100 countries are affiliated to the International Cricket Council, cricket's international governing body. The sport's modern form originated in England, and is most popular in the present and former members of the Commonwealth. In many countries including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies, cricket is the most popular sport. In Australia, while other sports are more popular in particular areas, cricket has been described as the "national sport" and has had a role in forming the national identity.[3] It is also a major sport in England, New Zealand, South Africa and Zimbabwe . Many countries also have well-established amateur club competitions, including the Netherlands, Kenya, Nepal and Argentina.

The sport is followed with passion in many different parts of the world. It has even occasionally given rise to diplomatic outrage, notoriously the Basil D'Oliveira affair (which led to the banning of South Africa from sporting events) and the Bodyline Test series in the early 1930s (which led to a temporary deterioration in relations between Australia and the United Kingdom).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

Answer 17

Cricket is one of the most Exciting games in da world...

Answer 18

Cricket is the national sport of India (even though the Aussies are the best at it) which include someone bowling, someone batting, lots of people who catch. A bit like baseball but not really.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket