This is a very good show about cricketers life Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between
two teams of 11 players each on a field at the
centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard-long
pitch . The game is played by 120 million
players in many countries, making it the
world’s second most popular sport. [1][2][3]
Each team takes its turn to bat, attempting to
score runs, while the other team fields . Each
turn is known as an innings( used for both
singular and plural) .
The bowler delivers the ball to the batsman
who attempts to hit the ball with his bat away
from the fielders so he can run to the other
end of the pitch and score a run. Each
batsman continues batting until he is out . The
batting team continues batting until ten
batsmen are out, or a specified number of
overs of six balls have been bowled, at which
point the teams switch roles and the fielding
team comes in to bat.
In professional cricket, the length of a game
ranges from 20 overs( T20) per side to Test
cricket played over five days. The Laws of
Cricket are maintained by the International
Cricket Council( ICC) and the Marylebone
Cricket Club( MCC) with additional Standard
Playing Conditions for Test matches and One
Day Internationals . [4]
Cricket is generally believed to have been first
played in southern England in the 16th
century. By the end of the 18th century, it
had become the national sport of England.
The expansion of the British Empire led to
cricket being played overseas and by the
mid-19th century the first international match
was held. ICC, the game’s governing body, has
10 full members . [5] The game is most popular
in Australasia, England, the Indian
subcontinent, the West Indies and Southern
Africa .