What is Cricket? | Scoring Runs | Interesting Facts | History | Formats and Cricket

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WHAT IS CRICKET?
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 It is a game that is played by two
teams
 It is played on a large oval shaped
ground with rectangular pitch
present in the middle of the ground
with wickets at each end.
 There are a total of eleven players
in each team (Prabhu & Malcolm,
2015)
 Each team takes the turn of batting
and playing

NATURE OF THE GAME
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 Team game
 Competitive (both the teams
try to win)
 Directly competitive (the
performance of a team can
impact the performance of the
opponent team (Malcolm &
Velija, 2017)

SCORING RUNS
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 Batter has the right of
electing to run after hitting
the ball
 The run is scored every
time the batsman change
the place
 The fly ball hit out of the
field is worth 6; out on a
bounce or roll is 4.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT
CRICKET
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 It was Charles Bannerman who scored 165 tat the very
first test century in the match that is played between
England and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
in 15-19 March 1887 (Subramaniyaswamy, Logesh &
Indragandhi, 2018).
 W.G. Grace is the first batsman who scored 100 first
class centuries in the year 1895.
 The first ODI Double century was secured by Sachin
Tendulkar against the South Africa at Gwalior in the year
2010.

CONTINUATION
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 Jim Laker win 10 wicket haul against the Australians
team at Old Tafford in the year 1956.
 The first Bowler to take five wicket haul was Billy
Midwinter in the test cricket against Australia in the
year 1877 (Salman, Qaisar & Qamar, 2017).
 The first bowler who took 500 wickets in the whole
history of test cricket was Courtney Walsh.