Cricket | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-09

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Cricket


00:02:33 1 History
00:02:41 1.1 Origins
00:05:54 1.2 Growth of amateur and professional cricket in England
00:09:42 1.3 English cricket in the 18th and 19th centuries
00:12:11 1.4 Cricket becomes an international sport
00:13:23 1.5 World cricket in the 20th century
00:14:09 1.6 The rise of limited overs cricket
00:15:01 2 Laws and gameplay
00:15:36 2.1 Playing area
00:17:11 2.2 Match structure and closure
00:20:35 2.3 Bat and ball
00:22:14 2.4 Basic gameplay: bowler to batsman
00:24:38 2.5 Fielding
00:25:28 2.6 Specialist roles
00:26:34 2.7 Clothing and equipment
00:27:51 2.8 Innings
00:29:19 2.9 Overs
00:30:15 2.10 Umpires and scorers
00:32:35 2.11 Spirit of the Game
00:34:08 2.12 Bowling and dismissal
00:36:54 2.13 Batting, runs and extras
00:40:19 3 Women's cricket
00:41:37 4 Governance
00:42:56 5 Types of match
00:45:36 6 International competitions
00:46:51 7 National competitions
00:47:00 7.1 First-class
00:48:13 7.2 Limited overs
00:48:21 7.3 Other
00:48:29 8 Club and school cricket
00:49:42 9 Culture
00:49:50 9.1 Influence on everyday life
00:50:36 9.2 In the arts and popular culture
00:51:48 9.3 Influence on other sports
00:53:33 10 See also



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SUMMARY
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.
There are various formats ranging from Twenty20, played over a few hours with each team batting for a single innings of 20 overs, to Test matches, played over five days with unlimited overs and the teams each batting for two innings of unlimited length. Traditionally cricketers play in all-white kit, but in limited overs cricket they wear club or team colours. In addition to the basic kit, some players wear protective gear to prevent injury caused by the ball, which is a hard, solid spheroid made of compressed leather with a slightly raised sewn seam enclosing a cork core which is layered with tightly wound string.
Historically, cricket's origins are uncertain and the earliest definite reference is in south-east England in the middle of the 16th century. It spread globally with the expansion of the British Empire, leading to the first international matches in the second half of the 19th century. The game's governing body is the International Cricket Council (ICC), which has over 100 members, twelve of which are full members who play Test matches. The game's rules are held in a code called the Laws of Cricket which is owned and maintained by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in London. The sport is followed primarily in the Indian subcontinent, Australasia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, southern Africa and the West Indies, its globalisation occurring during the expansion of the British Empire and remaining popular into the 21st century. Women's cricket, which is organised and played separately, has also achieved international standard. The most successful side playing international cricket is Australia, having won seven One Day International trophies, including five World Cups, more than any other country, and having been the top-rated Test side more than any other country.