| The first thing you need to know about playing | | | | their place this continues till you get 10 players out |
| cricket is that it is a team sport and the best teams | | | | this is because you can only have 2 players on the |
| are the ones that work hard and perform as a team. | | | | batting at all times the 12th man dose not batt unless |
| But don't let this bother you playing cricket it can be | | | | some one is injured. The fielding team have one |
| fun and you will enjoy it if you look at it the right | | | | bowler at a time there are many different types of |
| way. A cricket team has 12 players this is because | | | | bowling but we won't go into them now. The bowler |
| there are 11 on the field and the 12th will come on if | | | | will move their bowling arm (this is usually their |
| someone in injured or tired. | | | | dormant hand) around in a circle and when the ball in |
| Batting | | | | you hand reaches just past your ear you realise. It |
| When your team is batting you have two openers | | | | the ball should bounce near the batsmen's feet. The |
| these are the first two batsmen to go onto the filed. | | | | batsmen will try to hit the ball with their bat they can |
| The batsmen were pads and a box as well as a | | | | hit the ball along the ground or in the air the down |
| helmet this is for there their protection they also | | | | side of hitting the ball in the air is that fielders on the |
| have a bat this is to hit the ball with and hopefully | | | | opposite team can catch the ball and they will be out. |
| score some runs. Runs is what you want to get | | | | Scoring |
| when you are batting and you do not want to get | | | | Some people think that the scoring in a came of |
| out however if the umpire (referee) gives you out it | | | | cricket is quite difficult but when you get to know |
| is best not to argue with them. To score runs the | | | | the game this becomes 2nd nature. The batting side |
| batsmen have to hit the ball and then run between | | | | try to get runs while the fielding side try to get them |
| the wickets if the ball hits the wickets the batsmen | | | | out but when the bating team are all out or they |
| closest to them is out if you are playing for a cricket | | | | have reached their batting limit the teams swap |
| club the coach should tell you more about this. | | | | positions and the same thing happens again. When |
| Bowling/fielding | | | | you read cricket scores they will say like Australia are |
| This is the opposite to batting were you are trying | | | | 2 for 220 this means Australia are batting and two of |
| to stop the batsmen scoring while getting them out | | | | their batsmen are out and they have scored 220 |
| after you get one batsmen out an other will replace | | | | runs. This is the basics on how to play cricket. |