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Cricket – theorigins • No one knows when or where cricket began but there is a body of evidence, that strongly suggests the game was devised during Saxon or Norman times by children living in the Weald, an area of dense woodlands and clearings in south-east England. It is generally believed that cricket survived as a children's game for many centuries before it was increasingly taken up by adults around the beginning of the 17th century.
Cricket – thename Originallycalled ‘creckett’. Why ? Possibilitiesare: • Middle Dutch ‘krick’ meaning: ‘a stick’ • Old English ‘crice’ meaning: ‘a staff’ • Middle Dutch ‘krickstoel’ meaning: long low stool used for kneeling Most probably, thename ‘cricket’ derives from theMiddle Dutch ‘met de (krikket) Sen’(‘chase with a stick’)
Cricket – thebeginings as a adult sport • The first reference to it being played as an adult sport was in 1611, when two men in Sussex were prosecuted for playing cricket on Sunday instead of going to church. In the same year, a dictionary defines cricket as a boys' game and this suggests that adult participation was a recent development.
thecricketpicturedictionary I • Cricket bat Made of wood and has the shape of a blade topped by a cylindrical handle. The blade must not be more than 4.25 inches (108 mm) wide and the total length of the bat not more than 38 inches (970 mm).
thecricketpicturedictionary II • Cricket ball Hard leather-seamed spheroid with a circumference of 9 inches (230 mm). Veryhard (protectiveclothesneeded !)
thecricketpicturedictionary III • Wicket Set of three stumpsand two bails at either end of the pitch.The wicket is guarded by a batsman who, attempts to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket.
thecricketpicturedictionary IV • Cricket field
thecricketpicturedictionary V Most of the time there are two. One stands behind the wicket, the other in a position called "square leg". The umpires confer if there is doubt about playing conditions and can postpone the match by taking the players off the field if necessary, for example rain or deterioration of the light. Off the field and in televised matches, there is often a third umpire who can make decisions on certain incidents with the aid of video evidence. • Cricket umpire
Cricket – basicrules • The objective of each team is to score more ‘runs’ than the other team and to completely ‘dismiss’ the other team. • Runs are scored by batsman hitting the ball with his bat so that he and his partner have time to run from one end of the pitch to the other before the fielding side can return the ball. To register a run, both runners must touch the ground behind the crease with either their bats or their bodies (the batsmen carry their bats as they run). Each completed run increments the score.
Cricket – basicrules • Batsmanmight be dissmisedafter one of ten differentcircumstancesoccur, i.e.: • Bowled – the bowler has hit the wicket with the ball and the wicket has "broken" with at least one bail being dislodged (note that if the ball hits the wicket without dislodging a bail it is not out) • Caught– the batsman has hit the ball with his bat or with his hand and the ball has been caught on the full by a member of the fielding side
Cricket – basicrules • The match is divided into two ‘innings’ – during the first innings all batsman are from one team, and during the second they change places with players from the other team • Innings last until all batsman are dissmised
Cricket – weather • A scheduled game of cricket cannot be played in wet-weather conditions. Wet weather affects the bounce of the ball on the wicket and is a risk to all players involved in the game. Many grounds have facilities to cover the cricket pitch (or the wicket). Covers can be in the form of sheets being laid over the wicket to elevated covers on wheels (using the same concept as an umbrella) to even hover covers which form an airtight seal around the wicket. However, most grounds do not have the facilities to cover the outfield. This means that in the event of heavy bouts of inclement weathers, games may be cancelled, abandoned or suspended due to an unsafe outfield.
