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Leg Break Bowling in Cricket
LEG SPIN NORMAL LEG BREAK GOOGLY FLIPPER (quicker) SLIDER (Back spinner) SHOOTER (Drifting in air quickly) TOP SPINNER (St.one) SKIDDER CHANGE OF PACE (Lifting in air) NORMAL LEG BREAK Leg break may be defined as the ball which pitches between leg and middle stump or pitches on leg or middle or pitches outside the leg […]
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Over Rate in Test Cricket
Over rate in One day format. Over rate in T-20 format. Over rate in Test cricket. OVER RATE IN ONE DAY FORMAT In one day format or 50 over format the 50 overs has to be completed in 210 minutes. Out of 210 minutes 10 minutes is allotted to drinks break. In an innings we […]
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Free Hits in Cricket
Free hit is a one kind of delivery which has been introduced in modern fancy cricket format 20-20 cricket. And also it has been recently introduced in one day format (India vs Australia 2007 one day series). Free hit is a gifted delivery by a bowler to a batsman where he can hit a ball […]
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Unusual Outs – Cricket Rules and Basics
HANDLING THE BALL If a ball is moving towards stumps after the batsman playing a shot, now if a batsman handles the ball with a hand for the purpose of protecting his wicket, he will be given out, if the opposition appeals to the umpire. Note He can stop the ball by his bat or […]
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Fourth Umpire in Cricket
Generally the difficult decisions like run outs, stump outs, boundaries are given to Third umpire. The Third umpire will sort out the decision and helps both the umpires who are on the field. But there is another umpire who helps these three umpires both on the field and off the field. He is Fourth umpire. […]
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Time Rules in Cricket
According to ICC rules any player who doesn’t appear to be injured visually and then walks away from the field will have to field for the same amount of time same as the time spent by that particular player off the field. Then after fielding, to of that particular amount of time (which is spent […]
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Dew Factor in Cricket
Before knowing the DEW FACTOR lets understand the concept of moisture and condensation. Moist Slightly wet, damp ; Moisture It is a condensed vapor or gas diffused in the soil (pitch) itself or condensed on a surfaces (pitch) or condensed in the atmosphere. Condense To change a vapor or gas in to liquid or solid […]
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Cricket Ground Measurements
Generally the ground or field can be divided into three parts. They are 22 yards pitch. Infield or Inner Circle. Outfield or outer circle or boundary circle. PITCH The length of the pitch from wicket to wicket has to be 22 yards. And no less or more than 22 yards should be there. INFIELD From […]