The game of Cricket has been governed by a series of Codes of Laws for over 270 years. These Codes have been subject to additions and alterations recommended by the governing authorities of the time.
There are currently 42 Laws (always written with a capital "L") which outline all aspects of how the game is to be played.
BASIC CRICKET SKILLS AND EXERCISES
Good hand eye co-ordination. The ability to throw and catch a ball. Good batting and bowling technique. The ability to concentrate for sometimes long periods of time.
Here are the 15 Laws of cricket that you need to know:
The ball has not touched his bat. The batsman has made a genuine attempt to play the ball (the condition is only valid if the ball pitches on the imaginary area between the wickets). The ball would have gone and hit the stumps.
Former Indian cricketer and commentator Sunil Gavaskar explains that sledging is done to 'disrupt a cricketer's concentration'. Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif has stated that sledging is fine but verbals must not extend to 'family'.
A. The first written 'Laws of Cricket' :
They stated, 'the principals shall choose from amongst the gentlemen present, two umpires who shall absolutely decide all disputes. The stumps must be 22 inches high and the bail across them six inches.
Ordinarily four innings are played in a Test match, and each team bats twice and bowls twice. Before the start of play on the first day, the two team captains and the match referee toss a coin; the captain who wins the toss decides whether his team will bat or bowl first.
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, the Laws of Cricket, are maintained by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in London.
The Over, Scoring Runs, Dead ball and Extras. The ball shall be bowled from each end alternately in overs of 6 balls. An over has started when the bowler starts his/her run-up or, if there is no run-up, starts his/her action for the first delivery of that over.
An over is formed of 6 legal deliveries, so a bowler can bowl 6 yorkers in an over if they choose to. There are no cricket rules regulating the use of yorkers. If a bowler bowled 6 yorkers in an over but one of these was judged to be a no ball or a wide, then this would mean that they have to bowl an extra delivery.
Cricket queen Mithali Raj crosses 20,000 career runs.
A player can hit the ball twice in order to prevent it from hitting his/her stumps but not with a hand that is not in contact with the bat and not if doing so prevents a catch being taken (in which case they would be out obstructing the field).
If a batsmen plays the ball or cuts the ball and the ball travels towards the stumps. He can stop the ball with his legs or with his bat. But he shouldn't use his hands to stop the ball from hitting the wickets, as it would be a handling the ball in cricket.
In cricket, a free hit is a delivery to a batsman in which the batsman cannot be dismissed by any methods other than those applicable for a no-ball, namely run out, hit the ball twice and obstructing the field. It is relevant in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 matches.
The opening batters or openers are the batters who bat first in the innings (no. 1 and 2). This position is very important as the openers need to get the innings off to a good start.
Each team takes turns batting and playing the field, as in baseball. In cricket, the batter is a batsman and the pitcher is a bowler. The bowler tries to knock down the bail of the wicket. A batsman tries to prevent the bowler from hitting the wicket by hitting the ball.
In baseball, if the batter is hit by a pitch, he walks. Batters are rarely hit by pitches. In cricket, if the batsman is hit by a ball, he may be given out LBW, but usually nothing happens. Batsmen are frequently hit by balls.
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played on an oval, grassy field called a ground. In the middle is a narrow strip, called the pitch, with wooden wickets at either end. A cricket match is played between two teams of 11 players each.