Gr8. Review on Cricket Star

This is a very good show about cricketers life Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between

two teams of 11 players each on a field at the

centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard-long

pitch . The game is played by 120 million

players in many countries, making it the

world's second most popular sport. [1][2][3]

Each team takes its turn to bat, attempting to

score runs, while the other team fields . Each

turn is known as an innings( used for both

singular and plural) .

The bowler delivers the ball to the batsman

who attempts to hit the ball with his bat away

from the fielders so he can run to the other

end of the pitch and score a run. Each

batsman continues batting until he is out . The

batting team continues batting until ten

batsmen are out, or a specified number of

overs of six balls have been bowled, at which

point the teams switch roles and the fielding

team comes in to bat.

In professional cricket, the length of a game

ranges from 20 overs( T20) per side to Test

cricket played over five days. The Laws of

Cricket are maintained by the International

Cricket Council( ICC) and the Marylebone

Cricket Club( MCC) with additional Standard

Playing Conditions for Test matches and One

Day Internationals . [4]

Cricket is generally believed to have been first

played in southern England in the 16th

century. By the end of the 18th century, it

had become the national sport of England.

The expansion of the British Empire led to

cricket being played overseas and by the

mid-19th century the first international match

was held. ICC, the game's governing body, has

10 full members . [5] The game is most popular

in Australasia, England, the Indian

subcontinent, the West Indies and Southern

Africa .