The Game

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Cricket is played in an oval or rectangular field of grass. It’s called Playing Field or Cricket Ground. In the middle of the field is placed a lane, 20 metres long and 3 large, called Pitch that represents the area of launch. The pitch is bordered by Two Wickets. Each wicket consists of 3 stumps and 2 bails

At the starting of every match the captains of both teams toss a coin in order to decide the roles of the teams : Batting Team and Fielding team
Once decided the roles, the captain of Batting team assigns the batting order and the Scorer .
The Fielding team is arranged (è disposto) on the ground by the his own captain
Two Umpires take their seats on the Pitch
Each parts of game is called Innings. Between an inning and another, the teams reverse their own roles.

The Batsman stands on the line of beat, batting crease waiting for the launch of the ball.
The Bowler launches the ball to the batsman.
The Wicket Keeper has the task of recovering the ball as soon as possible and limit the number of runs of batsman.
The score is marked by running between the two wickets

 

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Equipment

The equipment provides:

A ball
A bat
An helmet
Pads
Batting gloves
Traditionally, the cricket players wear white clothes


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