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Originally posted by Gray Mage:
THanks, much clearer. How does one team get an out, and how many innings(if that's what they are called.
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Yeah innings - it depends, traditonally your have a 'Test Match' (which isn't a test at all it's the real thing - no i don't know why) A test goes for 5 days containing 2 innings for each team.
In more recent times the 'One Day' match has appeared which actually is one day long and each team gets 1 inning each. Each innings in the one day match is limited to 50 overs. Test matches are unlimited and theoretically one inning could last all five days - but no one would win.
(quickly - an 'over' is comprised of six balls. a ball is like a pitch in baseball - pitcher=bowler, to pitch=to bowl. after each over you swap bowlers)
Ok - to get an out -
1)if the bowler hits the stumps with the ball
2)if the batsman hits the ball and is caught mid air
3)if the batsmen are running and the ball is thrown by a fielder and hits the stumps while a batsman is not back to the safety zone near the stumps (known as the crease)
4)if the wicket keeper (like the catcher in bball) catches an un-hit ball and knocks over the stumps while the batsman is out of the crease - even if he is not running.
5) this one's tough- 'leg before wicket' - a comlicated rule where the ball hits the batsman in the shins. if it does not touch the bat, and would have hit the stumps if his leg wasn't in the way, and conforms to a couple of other niggly criteria then it's an out - also known as LBW.
There are 11 players a side and since you must have two batsmen in at all times it takes 10 'wickets' (outs) to get the whole side out.
A team can also declare - that is retire if they think they are in a strong position - there are many reasons to do this.
BTW 'wicket' can mean
1) an out
2) the strip in the centre of the field that has stumps and batsmen at either end
3) the stumps
depending on the usage
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