Cricket playing Nations

Here are Some Famous Cricket playing Nations.

Australia  

Bangladesh   

Rules and Regulations

Like every other game, Cricket has rules and regulations that one must follow to play the gentleman's game in the spirit of Cricket. Cricket's popularity as a sport has increased over the years and many new countries like China, USA are actively preparing their teams to venture as a cricket playing nation. Viewer-ship of matches on television and on the stadiums is increasing and advertisers are willing to invest large amount of money in cricket.

Many people play cricket just for fun and many thinking to become professional cricket players. Whatever your reason is, knowing all the rules and regulations of playing cricket will help and make you a better player. This page will give you complete details about the various rules and regulations of playing cricket.

ICC (International Cricket Council) recognizes three forms of cricket viz. Test cricket, One Day Internationals (ODI), and Twenty-Twenty (T20 cricket). Generally the rules apply to all the formats of the game with one or two exception-additions to the different formats. Like some rules are only meant for one day international, while some apply only to test cricket.

Basically the game of cricket involves two teams which is required to score runs and the team with the most runs is the winner.

Dismissals (outs)

Dismissals (outs)

There are ten ways in which a batsman can be dismissed and some are so unusual that only a few instances of them exist in the whole history of the game. The common forms of dismissal are "bowled", "caught", "leg before wicket" (lbw), "run out", and "stumped". The unusual methods are "hit wicket", "hit the ball twice", "obstructed the field", "handled the ball" and "timed out".


Before the umpire will award a dismissal and declare the batsman to be out, a member of the fielding side (generally the bowler) must "appeal". This is invariably done by asking (or shouting) the term "Howzat?" which means, simply enough, "How is that?" If the umpire agrees with the appeal, he will raise a forefinger and say "Out!". Otherwise he will shake his head and say "Not out". Appeals are particularly loud when the circumstances of the claimed dismissal are unclear, as is always the case with lbw and often with run outs and stumpings.

Cricket History

The game of cricket has become a rage across the globe, especially in countries like England, India, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, etc. Millions of cricket fans wait for four years to witness the next World Cup. With the start of the Twenty-Twenty Game and the IPL series, the rage has just gone up a notch. However, there are so many cricket fans out there who don’t even know the origin of the game, as to how it came into existence. Keeping in mind all such people, we have provided some interesting background information on cricket.

Umpire Signals

The umpires signal various events with gestures, as follows:

Out:

When a batsman is out, the umpire making the decision raises one hand above his head, with the index finger extended.

Not Out:

There is no formal signal to indicate that a batsman is not out. The umpire can either shake his head 'no' or not signal at all.

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