What are the rules of cricket?
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Cricket-a game unfamiliar to many Americans, is a summer sport popular in Australaia, the Indian Subcontinent, Southern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the West Indies and Britain. It is a game which requires precision in timing, skill, discipline and patience. Though cricket isn't always a spectacular showpiece, basic knowledge of the game will make it more enjoyable. \n     Cricket is played with two teams of eleven, each with two umpires (referees) on an oval field. The size of the field varies, but generally has a diameter of around 200 metres. A cricket bat is oblong shaped with a skinny handle. The bat in length is around 90 centimetres, or up to your waistline. A cricket ball is made of cork and coated with leather, and is then stitched up. A ball weighs around 10 ounces. \n     In the middle of the field is what is known as a pitch. A pitch is a hard, flat strip of dry ground around 18 metres long. Two batsman are at the pitch at a time, both at different ends, with one facing the delivery of the ball from the bowler. The bowler runs up to the pitch where he bowls the ball overarm but releases the ball before he reaches the crease, which is a white line painted on the pitch. If the bowler oversteps the line, there is a one run penalty. \n     Teams score by getting runs. A run is completed when a batsman hits the ball and then runs to the other end of the cricket pitch, getting past the crease. The non striking batsman has to run to the opposite end as well. The batsman can run as many times as they like, but the batsmen can get out if their stumps are hit with the ball by a fielder before the batsman reaches the crease. The stumps are three sticks of equal size measuring around 90 centimetres tall with 5 centimetres separating them. Bails (small pieces of wood) are balanced on top of the stumps. \n     Other ways runs can be scored are by hitting boundaries. Boundaries are scored when the ball is hit and touches or goes past the outer edge of the field. Four runs are scored when the batsmen hits the ball and the ball hits the ground before reaching the outer edge of the boundary, and six runs are scored when the ball is hit and goes over the boundary without touching the ground. Runs can also be scored in the following ways: No balls, when the bowler oversteps the crease, bowls in a dangerous manner or incorrectly, or if the ball rises above the batsmans head. A no ball is worth one run. A wide is scored when the ball goes outside the line of the pitch before coming in line with the batsman. This is also worth one run. A leg bye is scored when the ball hits the batsman but doesnt contact his bat and then proceeds to run. A bye is scored when the batsman runs without the ball coming into into contact with the batsman or his bat, and then runs. \n     The fielding team can get the batsman out in several ways, by 1) catching him out. This is done when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and a fielder catches the ball on the full. By 2) bowling him out. This happens when the bowler bowls the ball and the ball strikes the batsmans stumps or bails. By 3) leg before wicket, or LBW. This happens when the bowler bowls it and the stumps being hit by the ball are prevented when the batsmans leg gets in the way. By 4) stumped, when the batsman comes forward to hit the hit but steps out of his crease, misses the ball and the fielder behind the stumps collects the ball hits the stumps before the batsman gets back behind his crease. By 5) run out, when the batsman attempts to score a run but has his stumps hit by the ball before he reaches the other crease. By 6) Hit wicket, when the batsman hits his own stumps while trying to hit the ball.By 7) retired, when the batsman voluntarily decides to finish his innings, and 8)timed out, when the next batsman doesnt appear on the pitch within two minutes of the last batsman getting out. \n     Each team has one inning of 50 overs. An over is a series of 6 bowls by a bowler. Each bowle
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Cricket is a game played using a flat wood stick called a bat n a round rubber ball filled wit air. a team consists of 11 players in which one should be captain who leads the team.two teams should play the game. one team should throw the ball n other should hit the ball n a lot more rules to be followed
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Not being totally familiar with the system of scoring in cricket, I have just copied the info I found.  It said, " Match drawn.  North Zone 504 and 65/1  East Zone 295.  Hope it helps
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CRICKETERS MUST BE BANNED FROM ACTING ADS.\n\nEVERYONE SHOULD PLAY ALL DOMESTIC MATCHES.\n\nBATSMEN PRACTICE IN FAST TRACKS.\n\nFIELDERS SHOULD SHOOT THE STUMPS 8 OUT  10 TIMES WHILE THEY ARE FIELDING.\n\nBOWLERS SHOULD MAINTAIN GOOD LINE & LENGTH.\n\nAND, PLAYERS MUST PLAY AS THAT IS HIS FUTURE DECIDING MATCH.
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the stumps are the knee high posts behind the batter and on both sides of the batting area, the objective for the bowlers is to hit the stumps with a thrown ball while the batter swings and misses.   this is a wicket, equivalent to an out in baseball.  another way to make a wicket is to hit the stumps with the ball while the batters run between the 2 sets of stumps before they reach the line.  the bails are small objects resting on the stumps that fly off signaling that the ball has hit the stumps.  games have different ways to win, in most big international matches, 10 wickets, and your team's batting turn is over
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try these \n\nhttp://www.icc-cricket.com \n\nhttp://www.cricinfo.com\n\nhttp://www.cricketworld.com/
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Here are two really good pages to explain it for an American. The second is good and uses baseball as a comparison, so you can compare it to something you know.\nhttp://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ABOUT_CRICKET/EXPLANATION/CRICKET_EXPLAINED_AMERICAN.html\n\nhttp://members.tripod.com/~sccwa/crick.html
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/default.stm
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1st..u have to be behind of the wicket\n2nd..dont forget gloves\n3rd.. and pads too.\n4th.. if kumble bowling u have to wear the helmet too..\n:D .. sorry
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here is the full table http://www.icc-cricket.com/rules/d-l_table.pdf\nfor the recalculating method the following should be used\nhttp://www.icc-cricket.com/rules/d-l_method.pdf\n\nThese are from the ICC.
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Cricket is a sport normally played by two teams of 11 men each. It originated in Britain and spread throughout many of its colonies. It is a bat and ball game similar to baseball in many respects.\n\nCricket has innings. Instead of pitchers, it has bowlers who bowl the ball to the batsmen. There are two bowlers bowling from either end in overs where they deliver 6 balls to the batsmen. There are two batsmen who aim to score runs of the bowlers. The batsmen in cricket can score runs by hitting the ball. There are 11 fielders including bowlers who field all over the park. When the bowler isn't bowling, he is a fieldsman like his teammate. An innings ends when ten batsman have been given out by the umpire. There are several ways a batsman can be given out:\n\n* bowled when a ball from the bowler hits the stumps (three wooden sticks) and disturbs the bails (two pieces of wood sitting in groves on top of the stumps);\n\n* caught out similar to baseball;\n\n* leg before wicket where the ball hits the batsman's body before his bat and where the umpire considers it would have bowled him out if it hadn't hit his body;\n\n* run out which is similar to being thrown out in baseball before reaching a base.\n\nThere are now three types of cricket:\n\n* traditional cricket where the games last several days and both batting teams have two innings of undefined duration;\n\n* one day cricket which consists of one innings of fifty overs each; and\n\n* twenty-twenty where each innings is 20 overs each and each innings lasts for no longer than one and a half hours.
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These sites will help you out.\nhttp://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/official_rules/foreword.jsp\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/baseball-rules
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The offical rules are here\n\nhttp://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/official_rules/foreword.jsp
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The rules of FIFA begins in these titles:-\n   1. The Field of Play\n   2. The Ball\n   3. Number of Players\n   4. Players' Equipment\n   5. Referees\n   6. Linesmen\n   7. Duration of the Game\n   8. The Start of Play\n   9. Ball in and out of Play\n  10. Method of Scoring\n  11. Off-side\n  12. Fouls and Misconduct\n  13. Free kick\n  14. Penalty kick\n  15. Throw in\n  16. Goal kick\n  17. Corner kick\n\nSource-SAMM
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http://www.cricketam.net/forums/\nhttp://ufolep62tt.net/ping/arcade.php?cid=6\nhttp://www.offculture.pl/cricket/icc-cricket-adv.htm
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Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players each. It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly elliptical grass field, in the centre of which is a hard, flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called the pitch.\n\nAt each end of the pitch stand a set of wooden poles called wickets (traditionally made from the wood of the ash tree). A player from one team (the bowler) propels a hard, fist-sized ball from one wicket towards the other. A player from the opposing team (the batsman) attempts to defend the wicket from the ball with a wooden cricket bat, traditionally made of willow. Another batsman (the non-striker) stands in an inactive role near the bowler's wicket.\n\nIf the batsman hits the ball with his bat, he may run to the other wicket, exchanging places with the non-striker. This scores a run. The batting team attempts to score as many runs as it can, while members of the bowling team gather the ball and return it to either wicket. If the ball strikes a wicket while the nearest batsman is still running, the batsman is out. Batsmen can also be out by other means, such as failing to defend the bowled ball from hitting the wicket, or hitting a catch to a fielder.\n\nOnce out, a batsman is replaced by the next batsman in the team. As there must always be two batsmen on the field, if and when the tenth batsman is out, the team's turn to bat or innings (always with a terminal "s" in cricket usage) is over, and the other team may bat while the first team takes the field. Depending on the specific rules of the match, one or two innings may be played, possibly with a fixed number of legally-bowled balls defining the end of an innings rather than ten batsmen having been dismissed. At the end of the match, the winner is the team that has scored the most runs. However, the game may run out of time before it is finished, in which case it is a draw, even if one team is overwhelmingly winning at that point. This is sometimes surprising to those not familiar with the game, but it does add interest to one-sided games by giving the inferior team the incentive to try and achieve a draw even if they cannot win.\n\n\nPlaying Nations:\nEngland\nIndia\nPakistan\nBangladesh\nSri Lanka\nAustralia\nNew Zealand\nSouth Africa\nZimbabwe \nWest Indies
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10 ways.\nBold\nCatch\nRun out\nStumped\nL.B.W.\nObstructing the field.\nComing late to the Ground\nHitting the ball twice.\nHandelling the ball.\nHit Wicket.