| If you are new to cricket you will need to | | | | the batsman missed it and it hits the wickets. |
| understand the basic cricket rules first. There are | | | | - Caught - This is when the batsman hit the ball in |
| many rules to learn about this fantastic game. | | | | the air and one of the eleven players in the field |
| Cricket is a game played by two teams of eleven | | | | catches the ball before it hits the ground. |
| players. One side bats first and the other side fields. | | | | - L.B.W. (Leg Before Wicket) This is when the ball hits |
| The goal of the team batting first is to score as | | | | the batsman on the leg and in the opinion of the |
| many runs as possible and the goal of the team | | | | umpire the ball would have hit the wickets. |
| fielding is to take ten wickets (a wicket is when a | | | | - Run Out - This is when the batsman runs between |
| player is out). This will leave one player in the batting | | | | the wickets at each end and the fielding team break |
| side not out, as you can not bat without one of your | | | | the wickets before he makes the other end. |
| team at the other end. | | | | Scoring Runs |
| After both teams have batted the team with the | | | | The way the batsmen score runs is by either hitting |
| most runs wins! | | | | the ball to the boundary. (which is the circle that is |
| The Start of a Cricket Match | | | | placed around the pitch about sixty yards away from |
| The captain that wins the toss (flipping a coin) gets | | | | the pitch) The ball has to be hit over this boundary |
| to choose either to bat or bowl first. | | | | to score four runs. If it is hit over the boundary on |
| Two players from the batting team go out to bat. | | | | the full the batting team scores six runs. The other |
| Their other nine players support their team off the | | | | way to score runs is when the two batsmen run |
| field of play waiting for their turn at bat. | | | | between the wickets. (22 yards apart) this counts as |
| The game is played by the bowler, bowling the | | | | one run. |
| cricket ball to try and get the batsman out. There | | | | At the end of the game each team will pick a player |
| are four way to do this: | | | | of the day from their team. |
| - Bowled - this is when the bowler bowls the ball and | | | | |