Cricket is one of the many popular games played in countries worldwide. Cricket is played between teams of eleven people on a flat surface at the center of which is an artificial field with a twenty-yard pitch containing a wicket each end, each containing two bends balanced on three pillars. The match is usually played in a day, although some matches are played on weekdays as well.
There are two different varieties of cricket: one is England in England and the other is either Associates vids or county cricket vids. County cricket vids are played by teams from just one county, while England is are played between English teams only. The matches between these two types of cricket can be classified according to the score, number of runs scored, wickets fallen, the number of batsmen, number of wickets felled, and number of batsmen who batted.
Cricket is played through three different phases: gaining the first wicket, scoring the first run, and then grounding the wicket. The match is usually played on a drying hot afternoon at a rough wicket ground where the outfield is covered with green grass and soil, making it difficult for the batsmen to keep their bat at the right level of humidity. Batting is the most difficult part of the game for all the players. Batsmen have to hit the ball at a specific rate, called the pace of the bat, to try and get it into the area of the field that is designated for scoring runs. The batsmen are allowed to bat for as long as they want, so each team has at least three days to bat.
Cricket is played between teams of different sizes, starting at three players. There are three formats in which a game can be played: one team playing against another team, a single team playing against another single team, and a diamond league containing teams from all over the world. The highest rated team always plays against the lowest rated team in a tournament. The other matches are played at internationally competitive grounds.
Cricket has three classifications of positions in the team: keeper, medium wicket keeper and batsman. Wickets are kept by the batsmen and the wicket keeper keeps them clean before any other player can hit them. Both keepers and batsmen have a limited time allowed to hit the ball, called ‘time out’. When a batsman takes time out, another player is eligible to play. The match is normally completed when a batsman has reached his fifty-fifth consecutive match.
Cricket has evolved over the years: and the boundaries between teams and players have also blurred. Earlier, if a team won a match, there was no replacement player, and the player was only relieved of his duties if he was injured or could not continue. This was done so that an injured player could still continue playing for his team. But in today’s cricket, some teams do not wait for the ball to be hit by a batsman but try to bring another player on. If the batman gets injured or cannot continue, then the team that lost the match will need to replace him or her.