Cricket terms and rules

1. Cricket Terms and Rules
·8-11 players on each team
·Pitch length is18 metres
·One team bats while the other team fields. The fielding team has a bowler, a
wicketkeeper and fielders.
·The batting team has one batsman at each wicket.
·Players bat in pairs for a minimum of 2 overs, and then until they are out.
·Batsmen can get out in three ways bowled, caught, stumped. Caught: when
fielders catch the ball on the fly (before it bounces). Bowled: when they miss
the ball and the bowler hits the wickets. Stumped: when the fielding team
throw the ball to the wickets while the batsmen are running.
·Each fielder must bowl with the wicketkeeper rotating
·Traditional cricket scoring applies. One run is scored when the batsman hits
the ball and runs to the other wicket, exchanging places with the other
batsmen.
·The side scoring the most runs wins
Ball: Pelota
Bat: Bate
Wickets: Ventanillas (made up of three stumps with two bails
resting on top)
To field:fildear (interceptar y volver la pelota)
To bowl: rodar
To bat: batear
To catch: atrapar
Pitch length:the distance between two wickets
Bowler: the person on the fielding team who bowls the ball
Wicketkeeper:the person who stands behind the wicket to catch balls the
batsman does not hit
Fielders: people on the fielding team who try to catch the ball

2. Batsman: people on the batting team who hit the ball
Over: six balls bowled in a row by one bowler
Umpire: the people who know the rules and count runs