Cricket

Cricket is a team ball and bat game between two teams, normally comprised of eleven players each. It is usually played on an oval grass field, in the centre of which is a zone about twenty metres long, at each end of which stands a wooden structure, the wicket. A match is divided into several innings. During each of these innings, one of the teams tries to score points (races), and simultaneously has two batsmen on the field, each in front of one of the wickets. In particular, a point is scored for each exchange of position of these two players when the ball is in play. Their opponents are also present on the playing area. The ball is thrown by one of them towards the wicket of one of the two batsmen. The objective of the second team is to prevent the first team from scoring, mainly by eliminating the opposing batsmen, for example when the bowler delivers a ball that destroys the wicket.