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Cricket Kit

1. Cricket Bat
A bat is made of wood and has a handle where the batsman holds the bat. It cannot be longer than 38 inches or wider than 4.25 inches. The front portion of the bat is flat and back portion has a slender curve, which gives the bat thickness and balance.
2. Ball
The standard circumference of a cricket ball is 9 inches. The ball is made of cork at its center, wrapped in twine and covered with leather, which is stitched to form a seam. White ball is used in the short version of the game, while a red ball is used in the test cricket.
3. Stumps
These are three wooden poles of height 28 inches. It has a conical bottom and a horizontal groove across the top end. There are three stumps at each end, with two bails sitting across the top of them and are equally spaced to cover a width of 9 inches.
4. Boundary
A rope which demarcates the perimeter of the field is known as boundary line. This is marked by a thick white rope.
5. Sight Screen
It is the screen outside the boundary, exactly perpendicular to the width of the pitch and behind both pairs of stumps for better visibility. A black screen is used for the one day internationals, since this version is played with a white ball and a screen of a lighter shade is used for test cricket.Cricket clothing is fashioned in such a way, so that it is comfortable and at the same time provides the proper protection to the players. Apart from t shirts with collar, pants, hats, caps, spiked shoes, and sunglasses, following is the list of important protective gear.
6. Leg Pads
These are worn by batsmen and wicket keepers to protect themselves against the pace of the ball. Todays pads are very light in weight but are still great protection for the batsmen. Wicket keepers pads are similar to batting pads, but they are shorter and lighter in weight, making them easier to move and dive around in.
7. Gloves
There are two types of gloves, one used by batsmen which has thick padding above the fingers. Wicket keeper wears the other gloves, which are larger in size with web between thumb and forefinger. Wicket keepers like to wear a pair of cotton inners underneath the main gloves.
8. Helmet
Helmets are worn by batsmen and a maximum of one close fielder or keeper. Helmet is a must to avoid any accident in the field be it full toss, top edged or a throw, which can hit the players head.
9. Abdominal Guard
It is high density plastic with smooth edge worn to protect the privates when batting against a cricket ball or other hard ball. Wicket keepers and fielders close to the wicket should also wear it. It is also called box, cup or cricket box.Other equipment used by batsmen are thigh pad and rib guard for the protection of thigh and chest respectively. If youve ever been hit by a quick delivery, youll know its always better to use the guards as much as you can.With the advent of twenty twenty in the international cricket, the pace and spirit of the game is at its peak. There may be cricket equipment for safer and better play on the ground but for cricket fans, every time match reaches its climax its magic catches them off guard.
The picture above illustrates the simplest form of cricket scoreboard, that is typically found in most club matches,The first row shows the number of runs that has been scored so far by the team that is presently batting. The second rows, titled wickets, shows how many outs have occured...10 outs, it may be recalled, would be the maximum number allowed for an inning. The line titled overs shows how many pitches ( 6 times the number of overs) have been delivered during the current inning. The over count is important in limited over matches, where a team may be allowed a maximum number of overs to the example, which is of a 50 over (300 pitch) limit, the batting team has clearly batted for more than half its allotted overs.If the other team has already batted, its score is shown along the bottom of the scoreboard, as in thie example. This would then be the score the the team batting has to beat, in order to win the game. There are more elaborate scoreboards...some showing the current individual scores of both batters who are on the field, others giving the score of the last person to be out. But if you can read the key numbers, you will be able to follow a game in progress.

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