What is Cricket? Benefits of Playing Cricket

What is Cricket? Benefits of Playing Cricket.

Cricket:




Cricket is a sport that is played by 
millions and loved by billions of people 
from all corners of the globe cricket 
has been played for centuries with the first international match occurring way back in 1844 from that time it has continued to develop into the vibrant and exciting modern game that is played today cricket is a baton bull sport that involves two teams with 11 players on each side the aim of the game is to score more runs than the opposition one player the bowler bowls a hard leather ball at speeds of up to 150 km/h at a player from the opposing team who then attempts to hit it with a bat in order to score runs cricket is played on an oval-shaped field and in the middle of that field is the pitch.


 

which is where most of the action takes place at either end of the pitch you'll find these things they're called wickets and they're made up of three wooden stumps that support two bales they're important but we'll come back to them shortly the batting team has two batters at a time in play whilst the fielding side has all 11 players on the field a batter scores runs in two ways one they hit the ball far enough that it crosses the outer boundary of the field if the ball has bounced it's worth four runs if it clears the boundary on the full it's worth six the maximum number of runs that can be scored from one hint to through the two batters running the length of the pitch in opposite directions whilst the fielders are  retrieving the ball one length of the pitch completed equals one run the aim for the fielding side is to restrict the number of runs scored by the batting site whilst trying to get the batter out there are 11 different ways a batter can be out with the most common being bowled the bowler Bowls the ball the batter misses it or deflects it by accident it hits the stumps and the bails come off caught the batter hits the ball and one of the fielders catches it before it hits the ground leg before wicket lbw exactly what the name suggests the bowler bowls the ball the batter misses it and the ball hits them on the leg in line with the stumps run out the batter hits the ball and runs but the fielding team retrieved the ball and throw it to the stumps before either batter has reached the other end when a batter's out they leave the field of play and another teammate replaces them once all the batters on a team are out the side swap and the fielding team then have their turn to bat and attempt to beat the overall score set by the first batting team but simply the winner is the team with the most runs after both sides of batted.

Benefits of Playing Cricket:

Few points which shows the benefits of playing Cricket and its importance in life.

1. It increases stamina and endurance.

2. It increases your flexibility.

3. It increases your motor skills.

4. It also improves your social skills.

5. It builts up your team spirit. 




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