The earliest definite reference to the sport is in a court case of 1598. The game started to gain popularity in England in the 10th century. After both teams have had enough chances to score, the team with the most runs wins. In shorter games of cricket, a team may also have to stop batting when the ball has been thrown to their players a certain number of times. When a team no longer has two " not-out" players left to score, then the other team gets the chance to try to score. When a player is out, a teammate will replace them in the field.
The fielding team can attempt to get batting players " out" in a number of ways. The area of play is a 30 yard circle inside the cricket ground or stadium. The pitch is inside a much larger oval of grass called the 'area of play'. The wickets are sets of three small, wooden posts that are at each end of a rectangle of short grass called 'the pitch', which is 11 yards long. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, across the boundary, or by the two batting players running back-and-forth between the two wickets. One team, which is batting, tries to score runs, while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. His batting average is the all-time bestĬricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each. The great Don Bradman (Australia) in practice, 1930s/1940s.