Cricket wasa ne wanda ake buga shi tsakanin ƙungiyoyi biyu na ƴan wasa goma sha ɗaya kowanne. Wata ƙungiya, wacce ke bugun, tana ƙoƙarin zira ƙwallo, yayin da ɗayan ƙungiyar ke yin filin, kuma tana ƙoƙarin hana hakan. Ana zura ƙwallo ta hanyar buga ƙwallo, wanda ɗan wasa daga ƙungiyar masu jefa ƙuri'a ya jefa shi ga ɗan wasa daga ƙungiyar batting, ta kan iyaka , Wickets sune ƙananan ƙungiyoyi uku, katako waɗanda ke kowane ƙarshen ɗan gajeren ciyawa da ake kira 'farar', wanda tsawonsa yadi 22 ne. Filin yana cikin babban ciyawar ciyawa da ake kira 'yankin wasa'. Yankin wasan shine da'irar yadi 30 a cikin filin wasan kurket ko filin wasa. Lokacin da ɗan wasa ya fita, abokin wasa zai maye gurbinsu a filin. Lokacin da wata tawagar ba yana da isasshen " ba-fita " 'yan wasa bar su ci, to, da sauran tawagar samun damar kokarin score. A cikin gajerun wasannin wasan kurket, wata ƙungiya ma na iya dakatar da yin wanka lokacin da aka jefa ƙwallo ga 'yan wasan su sau da yawa.