World fastet growing sport

Cricket is the sport that is growing most in the world. Wondering what the game is? Read the answer.





What is Cricket?
Cricket is a team sport. There is an English sport. The path is usually oval and have grass cut short and about 20 meters far in the middle (Pitch), where two kinds of fences (wickets) stands at either end in the middle (Pitch). It is usually played outdoors, but there is a court in Sydney and there played the inside.



Equipment
The ball is made of cork tied together with yarn and redone with two leather pieces, circumference 22.4 to 22.9 cm, weight 156-163 g. Easy to keep or capture. The color is red in Test, white balls in T20 and ODI. The bat (Bat) is maximum 96.5 cm long with a flat, 10.8 cm wide on one side, rounded on the other side for holding it. Bat is made of wood with a rubber handle. Players (Player) usually uses white clothing, long pants, short- or long-sleeved shirt, woolen sweater in cool weather and possibly helmet and Caps (Helmet). Kind men (batsmen) and fence guard (wicketkeeper) gloves and put / kneepads (Pad).



Are there types of Cricket?
Yes, there are three types of cricket. The oldest type named Test Cricket, which lasts for five days approximately, but they get breaks too. The newer type called One Day International, abbreviated as ODI and it lasts all day almost, with breaks. The latest Cricket type is Twenty 20, known as T20, and they last for four hours, with breaks for 10-15 minutes. Usually there is a 10-15 minute break, if it rains then it longer break, in Test Cricket is the longer, more frequent breaks.





Rules
Batting
If you have Batting and shoot the ball out of bounds without a single bounce you get six points, if you shoot with bounce no matter how many, you get four points. So far you run, as many points (Runs) get you and your team. The greatest batsmen is Sachin Tendulkar, he is from India, was about 13 years old when he started at national team and when he stopped, he was 40 years old.



Bowling, Who throws the ball
There are two types of bowling: Fast bowler who throws fast, the fastest bowler Shoaib Akhtar is from Pakistan.Spin bowler, one that throws a little quieter, but must turn the ball, top spin bowler Saeed Ajmal is called, also from Pakistan.

Keeper & Batsmen

Wicketkeeper, Whoever is behind Wicket
Wicketkeeper is the one behind Wicket, who get most often ball.
The best wicketkeeper Rashid Latif called, also from Pakistan.



Sources:
Wikipedia,  ESPN cricinfo
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