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Howzatt !!!An Introduction to Cricket
Avneesh Sud
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Brief History Rules Demo! Advanced Techniques (Gokul)
Howzatt !!! Avneesh Sud
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Brief History Rules Demo! Advanced Techniques (Gokul)
Howzatt !!! Avneesh Sud
A Gentleman’s Game…
Marylebone Cricket Club formed in London in 1787
The ‘Home of Cricket’
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… And A ‘Religion’
Fanatic levels of support in South Asia
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Brief History Rules Demo! Advanced Techniques (Gokul)
Howzatt !!! Avneesh Sud
Outline
Brief History Rules
Basics Equipment & Field Players Play: Scoring & Getting Out Winning
Demo! Advanced Techniques (Gokul)
Howzatt !!! Avneesh Sud
Outline
Brief History Rules
Basics Equipment & Field Players Play: Scoring & Getting Out Winning
Demo! Advanced Techniques (Gokul)
Howzatt !!! Avneesh Sud
Basics
Similar to baseball ( ) 2 Teams: 11 players each
Batting Team – bats an innings and scores runs
Fielding Team – bowls and gets batting team out
Reverse roles after an innings Team with most runs wins
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Brief History Rules
Basics Equipment & Field Players Play: Scoring & Getting Out Winning
Demo! Advanced Techniques (Gokul)
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Equipment
Ball
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Equipment
Ball Bat
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Equipment
Ball Bat Wickets ≈ ‘Plate’
Stumps Bails
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Equipment
Ball Bat Wickets
Stumps Bails
Protective Gear Helmet, Gloves,
Pads,…
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Field Oval Field ≈ ‘Diamond’
No size restrictions, 100-160 yards across
Pitch in center ≈ ‘Inside Baselines’
Pitch
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Pitch
Wickets / Stumps ≈ ‘Plate’
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Pitch
Batting Crease ≈ ‘Home Plate’
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Pitch
Bowling Crease ≈ ‘Pitching Mound’
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Brief History Rules
Basics Equipment & Field Players Play: Scoring & Getting Out Winning
Demo! Advanced Techniques (Gokul)
Howzatt !!! Avneesh Sud
Players (Batting Team)
Batsman (2) ≈ ‘Batter’ Striker ≈ ‘Home Base’
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Players (Batting Team)
Batsman (2) ≈ ‘Batter’ Striker ≈ ‘Home Base’ Non-striker ≈ ‘Other Base’
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Players (Fielding Team)
Bowler (1) ≈ ‘Pitcher’
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Players (Fielding Team)
Wicket-Keeper (1) ≈ ‘Catcher’
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Players (Fielding Team)
Fielders (9) Wicket-keeper, bowler also fielders
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Officials
Umpires (2)
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Brief History Rules
Basics Equipment & Field Players Play: Scoring & Getting Out Winning
Demo! Advanced Techniques (Gokul)
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The Play: One ‘Ball’
Bowler bowls the ball to striker
Striker tries to hit ball with bat Runs scored No runs scored Gets out
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Scoring Runs
‘Running’ runs Ball remains inside
the field Batsmen run
across the pitch Striker ↔ Non-
striker Each crossing of
pitch = 1 run Score 1, 2, 3 or 4
runs
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Scoring Runs
Boundary: 4 runs Ball rolls outside
the field Batsmen do not run
across
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Scoring Runs
Boundary: 6 runs ≈ ‘Home Run’ Ball flies outside
the field Batsmen do not run
across
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Scoring Runs
No runs scored Striker misses / Ball
goes direct to fielder
Batsmen do not run across
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Getting Out
‘Strike Out’ ‘Caught Out’ ‘Thrown Out’
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Getting Out
Bowled ≈ ‘Strike Out’ Ball hits stumps
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Getting Out
Caught ≈ ‘Caught Out’ Fielder catches ball
before it touches the ground
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Getting Out
Run-out ≈ ‘Thrown Out’ Batsmen run
across Fielder hits stumps
with ball before batsman reaches batting crease
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Getting Out
Leg Before Wicket (LBW) Striker does not hit
ball with bat Ball hits striker Ball was going to
hit stumps Appeal to Umpire -
“Howzatt !!”
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Getting Out
Other Ways Stumped Hit-Wicket Handled Ball Double Hit Timed Out Obstructing the field
Only ONE batsman can get out / ball
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Brief History Rules
Basics Field & Equipment Players Scoring & Getting Out Winning
Demo! Advanced Techniques (Gokul)
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Test Matches
Match lasts up to 5 days One innings = (all) 10 batsmen get out Batting team ↔ Fielding team Each team plays (up to) 2 innings Team with maximum runs wins
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Scorecard A
England vs. Australia England (1st innings): 237 all out Australia (1st innings): 412 all out England (2nd innings): 375 all out Australia (2nd innings): 201 for 5
412+201 > 237+375
Result: Australia wins by 5 wickets
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Recap
2 Teams: 11 players each Batting Team – bats an innings and
scores runs Fielding Team – bowls and gets batting
team out Reverse roles after an innings Team with most runs wins
Howzatt !!! Avneesh Sud
Outline
Brief History Rules Demo! Advanced Techniques (Gokul)
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References
MCC: http://www.lords.org/cricket/laws.asp
BBC Sports Academy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/bsp/hi/cricket/rules/html/default.stm
Antony Hosking: http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/cricket/explanation.htm