About Cricket

About Cricket  Cricket  is a  bat-and-ball game  played between two teams of eleven players each on a  cricket field , at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard-long  pitch  with a target called the  wicket  (a set of three wooden  stumps  topped by two  bails ) at each end. Each phase of play is called an  innings  during which one team  bats , attempting to score as many  runs  as possible, whilst their opponents  field . Depending on the type of match, the teams have one or two innings apiece and, when the first innings ends, the teams swap roles for the next innings. Except in matches which result in a  draw , the winning team is the one that  scores  the most runs, including any  extras  gained. Before a match begins, the two team  captains  meet on the pitch for the  toss  (of a coin) to determine which team will bat first. Two batsmen and eleven fielders then enter the field and play begins when a member of the fielding team, known as the  bowler ,  delivers  (i.e.