cricket

Cricket is a bat and ball team sport. Many variations exist, with its most popular form played on  ovalshaped ball outdoor arena known as a cricket field at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard  long pitch that is the focus of the game. A game is contested between two teams of eleven players each. One team bats trying to score as many runs  as possible while the other team bowls and feild trying todismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team. A run is scored by the striking batsman hitting the ball with his bat, running to the opposite end of the pitch and touching the crease there without being dismissed.There are also variations in the length of a game of cricket.In professional cricket this ranges from a limit of 20 overs per side to a game played over 5 days depending on the form of the match being played The teams switch between batting and fielding at the end of an innings.