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Backyard cricket — Example of beach cricket being played at Cottesloe Beach in Perth. The bowler bowls to batsman, while the rest field. Backyard cricket, street cricket, beach cricket, gully cricket, corridor cricket, deef (Hindi: गली, galli = alley ) or garden… … Wikipedia
Cricket — A bowler bowling to a batsman. The paler strip is the cricket pitch. The two sets of three wooden stumps on the pitch are the wickets. The two … Wikipedia
Cricket in Australia — Governing body Cricket Australia National team Australia First played before 1804, Sydney, New South Wales Registered players 850,155[1] Competitions National … Wikipedia
Forms of cricket — Various forms of cricket exist and the sport may broadly be divided between major and minor versions. Major cricket includes several variations in which top class players have taken part such as Test cricket, first class cricket, single wicket,… … Wikipedia
Limited overs cricket — The Melbourne Cricket Ground hosts an ODI match between Australia and India. The two players in yellow are the batsmen and those in blue are the fielding team … Wikipedia
Test cricket — A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. The men wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Test cricket is played in traditional white clothes and with a red ball. Test cricket is the longest form of the sport … Wikipedia
Outline of cricket — See also: Glossary of cricket terms A bowler bowling to a batsman. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cricket: Cricket – a bat and ball team sport. Many variations exist, with its most popular form played on… … Wikipedia
Short form cricket — is a collective term for several modified forms of the sport of cricket, with playing times significantly shorter than more traditional forms of the game. A typical short form cricket match can be completed within two to three hours, compared to… … Wikipedia
Street cricket — Indian boys playing cricket on the street with a tennis ball in Kerala,India. Street cricket or gali cricket is a stripped down version of the international sport of cricket, popular across the South Asia and in other cricket playing nations. In… … Wikipedia
Club cricket — is a mainly amateur, but still formal, form of the sport of cricket, usually involving teams playing in competitions at weekends or in the evening. There is a great deal of variation in game format although the Laws of Cricket are always observed … Wikipedia
