Cricket Rules

The game of Cricket is played on a large, oval-shaped field. The equipment used consists of a bat, ball, and gloves. Two teams, each consisting of a maximum of 11 players, compete in one or two innings depending on the time and agreement of the team. An inning will be defined as both batting and fielding for each team. One team goes in to bat and the other team fields. Two batsmen take the field at one time, one man at each wicket, which are 23 yards apart, and alternate batting.

During an inning, 6 balls will be bowled to one wicket, and then the fielding team will bowl six balls to the other wicket. No bowler may bowl two consecutive overs. The fielding team may change bowlers at the end of overs.
A batting team may voluntarily end their batting inning at the end of any over. Either team may request that a game be suspended for light or weather or other special circumstances. The request will be considered by the umpire or decided by Rock-Scissors-Paper Democracy. The team with the most runs at the end wins. An umpire makes the decisions during the course of the game. If an umpire is not available, decisions once again will be made by using Rock-Scissors-Paper democracy.









Four ways a batman can score runs:

1.By hitting the ball within the field and running from one crease to the other counts for one run.
2.By hitting the ball out of the field. if the ball does not bounce while going out the batsman scores six runs and if it does bounce he/she scores four runs. Any runs scored by running between the wickets before the ball crossing the boundary will also count.
3.If the bowler bowls a ball too high or too wide to be fairly played by the batsman (1 run).
4.If the bowler does not bowl the ball with a straight arm (1 run).

The goal of the fieldsmen is to get the batsmen 'out'. There are six ways a batsman can be out:

1. If the fielder catches the ball is deemed out.

2.When the bowler hits the 'bails' of the top of the wicket (Bowled Out).
3. When the batsman runs from one crease to another, a fielder hits the 'bails' of either wicket when the batsman is heading towards the hit wicket is not in the crease (Stumped).
4. If the batsman gets hit by a ball on his body which is inline with the wickets height and length, and the ball did not bounce in a line behind the batsman's stance. Leg Before Wicket).
5. If the batsman knocks the bails off of his/her own wicket with bat or body.
6. If either batsman interferes with a fielder catching a batted ball.