Research

The first part to my research is to learn how the game cricket works. I have gone through a series of websites and have made a summary of my findings below:

History:

Cricket was a game created in England, by shepherds who tended flocks during the 16 century. By the end of the 18^th century it became the national sport of England, as the game got more popular internationally during the mid-19^th century the first international match was held.

Players:

There are 3 main players in this game –

1.     Batsmen: Is the one who makes the amount of runs of the balls bowled by the bowler

2.     Bowler: Is the one who throws the ball towards the batsmen

3.     Fielder: Around 10 of the players are spread out onto the field and their job is to assist the bowler and prevent the batsmen from scoring.

How to Play:

Cricket is a game between two teams with about 11 players each. The game consists of a ball, bats and two wickets over a large grass field. The point of the game is to score more runs than the other team, in order to win. The team that bats first has to create a large number of runs that the opponents cannot reach when it is there time to bat, and the fielders have to prevent the amount of runs from exceeding to far by getting the players out.

Formats:

There are different types of formats to the game such as test series, Twenty20 & one day.

Test series:

·        Four innings matches, which often lasts 5 days

·        Longest form of cricket

One day:

·        Fifty over’s

·        Each bowler has a maximum of 10 overs

Twenty20:

·        There are twenty over’s

·        Each bowler has a maximum of four over’s

·        In the first six over’s there are fielding restrictions

·        A no ball is worth 2 runs and a free hit

Rules & Regulations:

A typical cricket field

·       Throughout the game there are two umpires to ensure the game is played by the rules.

·        There are numerous ways to make runs such as a no ball, wide ball, a bye and a leg bye.

·        There are also numerous ways a batter can get out such as bowled, caught, Leg before wicket, stumped, run out, hit wicket, handled the ball, timed out, hit the ball twice and obstructing the field.

YouTube Video:

The link below is a video i found on YouTube which explains how the game cricket works. I thought it would be a good idea too look at some video's on YouTube of the game to help my understanding of how to play cricket.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPXAzgwwo0A

Australian Players:

Australia’s Achievements:

References:

·         What is Cricket?..2014. What is Cricket?..[ONLINE] Available at http://www.topendsports.com/sport/cricket/basics.htm

·         Cricket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2014. Cricket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket.

·         Australian Test Records | cricket.com.au. 2014. Australian Test Records | cricket.com.au. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.cricket.com.au/stats. 

·         Australia | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo. 2014. Australia | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/current/player/country.html?country=2.

·         Cricket Records | Australia | Records | Records by team | ESPN Cricinfo. 2014. Cricket Records | Australia | Records | Records by team | ESPN Cricinfo. [ONLINE] Available at:http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/engine/records/index.html?id=2;type=team. 

·     Cricket Rules - Cricket Rules. 2014. Cricket Rules - Cricket Rules. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.cricket-rules.com/.