The players.Bowler
Bater
Fielders
Wicket Keeper
The equipmentBat
Ball
Wickets (aka stumps)
Bails
The playing fieldBowling Crease
Batting Crease
Far Wicket
The ObjectThe bowler throws the ball (bowls the ball), and attempts to hit the wickets located behind the batting crease. The batting crease is an imaginary line infront of the wickets.
If the bowler hits the wickets and the ball dislodges the bails, the batter is out.
The bowler and fielders work together as a team to get the batter out.
When a batter gets out, they sometimes swap the bat for the ball. The batter is now the person who was previously bowling.
When the bowler throws (bowls) the ball, the batter must run if they hit the ball.
A “RUN” is the same thing as a point, and gets added to the batters score. The player with the highest score wins.
A run is achieved by hitting the ball with the bat, then running to a stump that is placed in the ground, and returning the starting position.
The batter, while running, looks to see how far away the ball is from a fielder, and decides if they can make another run before the ball is thrown again.
If there is time for another run, then the batter goes for it. If a fielder, ( a person other than the bowler,) returns the ball to the bowler, the bowler may throw the ball at the wickets, even though the batter is not at the crease.
This situation makes it easier for the bowler to hit the wickets without the presence of the batter to hit the ball away.
The batter tries to hit the ball bowled by the bowler as hard as possible, whilst avoiding the fielders.
This gives the batter more time to make the run(s), before the ball is returned to the bowler.
The bowler can change while the batter is batting.
Everyone has a turn at bowling, fielding and batting. Usually, a sequence emerges and the players remember who was batting before them, and this keeps it simple.
New players join in and the order changes a bit, but knowing who bats before you is an easy enough thing to remember amid all the fun.
A batter can get out a number of ways.
They can be caught out, if they hit the ball in the air and it is caught before it touches the ground.
The batter is also out if they stand in front of the wickets and the ball hits their leg, and had their leg not been in the way, the ball would have hit the wickets.
This is called leg before wickets. LBW for short.
If the batter accidently hits the wickets with the bat, and dislodges the bails (2 small sticks that rest on top of the three stumps) then this is also out.
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