Cricket Rules You Need to Know
Ten Cricketing Terms You Should Know You may not have heard of cricket , but it’s extremely popular in many parts of the world – especially India, Australia, England and New Zealand – and the game has some terminology that might be new to you. Don’t worry ! We’ve compiled this list of ten cricketing terms you should know so you can make sense of what your friends or co-workers are talking about when they discuss this fascinating sport ! Run While playing cricket , a run is scored by running from one end of the pitch to another after hitting a ball with your bat . A run can only be scored if all three cricket batsmen (the batting team) have crossed over at least one line in between two wickets . Each time you score a run you add a tally mark next to your name on your team ' s scorecard. The winner of cricket is usually determined by whoever scores more runs at the end of an innings or match . To avoid adding too many words and making an already-long post even longer ...