Cricket
...hes in the widest part and not more than thirty-eight inches in length, the stumps must be three in numbers; twenty-seven inches out of the ground, the bails eight inches in length. External protective equipment is any visible item of apparel worn for protection against external blows. For a batsman, items permitted are a helmet, external leg guards (batting pads), batting gloves and forearm guards. A match is played between two sides each team has eleven players. The exact measurements of the cricket-playing field have not been officially agreed upon, but the area is usually around 450 feet by 500 feet. There are two kinds of cricket match that players can play, one is a test match, and other one is a one-day match. On the test match, two teams plays for five days, it could be over before five days or might take completely five days but not more than that. In order to finish the test match the fielders has to take the all wickets on the opposite team. For the one-day match two teams plays for only one day. On one-day match there are fifty overs. The ball shall be bowled from each wicket alternately in overs of six balls. Before the match, two umpires shall be appointed, one for each end, to control the game as required. Umpires play main part in cricket; they make the decisions about the game for instance whether the batsman is out or not and etc. The wicket-keeper shall remain behind the wicket at the striker’s end from the moment the ball comes into play until a ball delivered by the bowler. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. There are several techniques, for how to put wicket down. The wicket is put down if a bail is completely removed from the top of the stumps, or a stump is struck out of the ground by the ball, also when the batsman hit the ball and, if the fielder catches the ball before the ball hits the ground. A bowler is similar to the pitcher in a baseball game. Bowlers deliver the ball towards the batter either underhand or overhand, without bending their arms. The remaining nine players of the bowling team are placed in the field in positions in which they are best able to catch or stop the ball after it has been hit. There are different ways to take runs in the cricket, first of all the grou...