Cricket
by Niraj
The 2010 Cricket World Cup is coming this February! Many cricket fans all over the world are getting excited. Let me tell you more about this game.
Cricket originated in Britain and it soon spread to all the countries ruled by Britain. Today this game is played all over the world. Some of the top cricket teams are: India, Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and England.
Cricket looks similar to baseball but there are some differences. There are two teams of 11 players each. One side starts with the ball, the other with the bat. There are two batsmen and 11 players from the bowling side on the field. The two batsmen stand on two ends of the bowling pitch. Just like a catcher in baseball, there is a wicketkeeper behind the batsman. There are three wooden sticks behind the batsman which are called stumps. The bowler(like the pitcher) bowls to the batsman and tries to get him out. There are four ways to get out. 1)The ball hits the stumps 2)The ball is caught by one of the fielders 3)The batsman cannot reach the other side of the pitch while trying to get some runs. 4) The batsman moves away from the crease(home plate) while hitting the ball and the stumps are hit by the wicketkeeper. The batsmen try to make as many runs as they can by 1)running between the stumps 2)by hitting the fence to get four runs 3)hitting over the fence to get six runs(like a home run). One inning is considered complete when 10 batsmen get out. The two sides get to play 2 innings each with a maximum of five days of cricket. Since this takes too long, nowadays they also play a shorter version of a one-day cricket game.
I enjoy this game a lot, especially the one day version. Do you know about any other games that are not so well known in USA but played elsewhere?
2 comments:
Awesome post Niraj. Who is winning the ODI that is going on. A sport that is played in another country is Rugby.
-Rohan.I
Kabaddie is one game thats played in Bangladesh,India,and Pakistan.There are two teams.They have a equal numbers of players.There is a line in the middle of the two teams.One player of one team has too cross the line and try to catch one person from the other team.The rest of the players have to chase the player who is chasing the other player.If the one who is getting chased from the other team player gets tagged then he is out.Sometimes the players from the other team catching the player on the other team have to wrustle.And that how you play the game Kabaddie!
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