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Trees are turning to fall colors and temps are dropping noticeably so scenes like this youth Saturday morning cricket match are less common. Back home you get the same vibe at soccer games with interested parents coaching and cheering. The rules of cricket escape me still but I can confirm kids and their parents are the same everywhere.
This won’t help much.
Basic Rules Of Cricket
Cricket is played between two teams each made up of eleven players.
Games comprise of at least one inning where each team will take turns in batting and fielding/bowling.
The fielding team will have a bowler bowl the ball to the batsman who tries to hit the ball with their bat.
The fielding team tries to get the batsmen out by…
Hitting the wickets with the ball when bowling
Catching a batsman’s shot on the full
Hitting the batsman’s leg in front of the wicket
Hitting the wickets before the batsmen can run to the other end of the pitch
The batmen try to score as many runs as possible before getting out by…
Hitting the ball and running between the wickets and making it to the other end before the fielders can hit the wickets with the ball. Each time you run one full length of the pitch it equals 1 run.
Hitting the ball to the boundary along the ground is 4 runs.
Hitting the ball over the boundary on the full equals 6 runs.
The fielding team must get 10 batsmen out before they can change over and start batting.
The aim of the game is to score as many runs as possible before the fielding team takes 10 wickets. The team with the most runs wins.
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