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CricketA short Introduction 

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Interesting Facts• World’s second most popular sport

• Originated in England in 16th century

• Played in 140 nations

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Basics• 2 teams

• 11 Players in each team

• Essentials:

 – Bat – Ball

 – Wickets

 – Cricket Ground

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Cricket Ground

Boundary

Safe Zone 1

CreasesPitch

Wickets

S

NS

Bowling End

U

B

B-Bowler

U-Umpire

S-Striker

F-Fielder

NS-Non-striker

F

F

F

F

F

Safe Zone 2

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How to Play?• 1 team bats and other team ‘bowls and fields’

 – 2 batsmen at a time: Striker and Non-striker – 1 life per batsman

 – Role of Batsmen:• Avoid Getting Out• Score Runs (points scored primarily by running between wickets after hitting the ball)

 – Role of Bowler• Pitch the ball to the striker. (Set of six balls is called an OVER after which the bowler

changes).• Get the batsmen out. Three simplest ways to get him out (i) Hit the wickets at the

striker’s end (ii)Catch the ball hit by the batsmen (striker) directly. (iii) Run out: hit thewickets before they reach the safe zone when the batsmen are running between thewickets.

 – Role of Fielder• Catch the bowl• Stop the bowl from going beyond boundary

 – Role of Umpire: As a Referee

• Batting team’s inning ends once all their batsmen are out or when fixednumber of OVERs have been bowled. Now, both teams reverse their role.

• To win, the second team has to score more runs than the first team in

same number of overs.

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How to score runs?• Hit the ball and run between wickets

• 4 runs declared when a player hits the ballacross the boundary indirectly

• 6 runs declared when ball crosses theboundary directly

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Different Formats• Test

 – duration: 5 days

 – 2 innings per team – Number of overs not fixed per inning – Classic form – No World Cup

• One day – Duration: 1 day – 1 inning per team – 50 overs each inning – Most popular version – World cup every 4 years

• T20 – Duration: couple of hours

 – 1 innings per team – 20 overs per team

 – Fast food version – World cup every year

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Cricket in Finland!• Finnish Cricket Association:

www.cricketfinland.com

• Cricket teams from Espoo, Vantaa,

Helsinki etc.

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Useful Links• International Cricket Council: http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/ 

• Cricket News: www.cricinfo.com

• Cricket on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

• Highlights of a T20 match between 2 Indianpremiere clubs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBFIX8qaBb8&feature=related

• Cricket Game on Internet:http://www.sticksports.com/game/stick-cricket/world-domination/