Cricket Rules and Regulations

Posted by Ronan Malone on March 12th, 2019

Cricket is a sport that has been traced back to the early 16th century and has been popular ever since. The pinnacle of the international game comes in the form of the Cricket World Cup. Other major events include the T20 World Cup, Test Series and One Day series. Each country runs a host of domestic competitions all highly competitive.

Structure Of The Game

Test cricket is a game that is played in two innings. This means that one team needs to score more runs to win the match twice to make the other team twice and then to make runs.

Another important difference between test cricket and other forms of cricket is the length of the innings. In Test cricket, there is no limit on the length of the innings.

Whereas there are fewer overs per innings in ODI and Twenty20 cricket. The only limit for Test cricket is 5 days. An officer will toss the coin before the game starts.

The captain who estimates the right side of the coin, he will choose whether he wants to bat first or field. A team will bat while the other will bowl and field.

The purpose of the batting team is to make the run, while the fielding team aims to beat the ten people and stop the innings of the batting teams.

Although there are eleven people in each team, only ten people are required to be dismissed because you can not bat alone with a person. Batting pair is done in the pair.

Once the first team is bowled out, the other team will be in the batting. Once the other team is bowled, it will normally be returned to the team that batted first. Although there is an exception in the rules of cricket, it is called the follow-up. The follow-on occurs when the first team makes at least 200 runs more than the other team (in a five-day test match).

After this, the first team gives the option of batting to the other team again. This is especially useful if the game is progressing slowly or is affected by bad weather and both teams cannot have enough time to play the full innings.

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Should this happen, the captain of the batting team also has the right to stop his innings at any time.

This is called the announcement. Some people may wonder why a captain will give his team an opportunity to bat. However, if the game is approaching and it looks like they will not be able to get the other team out again, then it can be an option.

If a team is not dismissed twice and the winner determined in the five days of the game is declared a draw.

That's why it might be worth declaring an innings to make the possibility of a win rather than a draw.

Once the first team is bowled out, the other team will be in the batting. Once the other team is bowled, it will normally be returned to the team that batted first. Although there is an exception in the rules of cricket, it is called the follow-up.

The follow-on occurs when the first team makes at least 200 runs more than the other team (in a five-day test match). After this, the first team gives the option of batting to the other team again. This is especially useful if the game is progressing slowly or is affected by bad weather and both teams cannot have enough time to play the full innings.

Should this happen, the captain of the batting team also has the right to stop his innings at any time. This is called the announcement. Some people may wonder why a captain will give his team an opportunity to bat. However, if the game is approaching and it looks like they will not be able to get the other team out again, then it can be an option.

If a team is not dismissed twice and the winner determined in the five days of the game is declared a draw. That's why it might be worth declaring an innings to make the possibility of a win rather than a draw.

Ways To Make Runs


The goal of the batsmen is to score runs. One of the main cricket rules is that the batsmen have to run on one end of the pitch (from one end to the other end) to make runs. There is a run in doing this. Cricket rules say that they can score several runs per shot. They can also make runs by running the boundary along with the runs.

A choke is scored either by 4 or 6 runs. After colliding with a fourfold ground, the ball is hit on the boundary line, while a six runs out completely by hitting the ball across the boundary (before it hits the ground). It is also said in the rules of cricket that after making 4 or 6 runs, any batsman gets physically away, it is zero and zero. They will only achieve 4 or 6 runs.

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Runs can be scored according to the rules of cricket, in which no ball, wide ball, bai and leg-bay are included. Cricket rules state that all the runs created by these methods are given to the batting team, not to the individual batsmen.

"No ball" can be declared for several reasons: If the bowler throws the ball from the wrong place, then the ball is declared dangerous (often happens when the ball is completely thrown on the body of the batsman), two The ball bounces more than the bar or rolls before reaching the batsman or if the fielders are standing in an illegal position.

The batsman can hit a no-ball and run it out but can not be dismissed from any ball, except that if he is run out, then hit the ball twice, handle the ball or Block the field. The batsman gets any shot at the no-ball for his shot while the team also gets a run for the no-ball.


A "wide ball" will be declared if the umpire feels that the batsman did not have the proper chance to score a delivery.

However, if the delivery is thrown on the heads of the batsmen then it will not be declared a wide but a no ball. The umpires are very tough on test delivery in small format of the game, resting much more in Test cricket. A detailed delivery will add a run for the batting team and any runs scored by the batsman. The batsman can not get out of a wide delivery, except that if he is stumped, run out, handle the ball, hit his wicket, or obstruct the field.


A "bye" is the ball, which is a no ball or passes through a wide striking batsman and runs scored to the batsman without runs.


A "leg bye" is the place where batsmen are scored by hits, but not the bat and the ball is no ball or wide. Although no runs can be made if the striking batsman does not try to play the shot or if he is escaping the ball.


According to the rules of cricket, batsmen can be given out

In a cricket game, a batsman can be given out in various ways. When a bowler gets a batsman, it is said that the bowler gets "wickets". According to the rules of cricket, the batsman can be given different ways:

Bold - Cricket rules say that if the ball is bowled and striking batsmen collides with the wickets then the batsman is given out (unless at least one bail ball is fired). It does not matter if the ball touches the batsman's bat, gloves, body or any other part of the batsman. However, before hitting the ball with the wickets, no other player or umpire will be allowed to touch.


Caught - Cricket rules say that if a batsman hits the ball or touches the ball with his bat or catches the bat then the batsman can be caught. It is caught before fielders, wicket-keepers or bowlers (before bouncing) before bowling the ball completely. If this is done then the cricket rules show that the batsman is out.
Leg before wicket (LBW) - If the ball is bowled and kills the batsman before batting first, then the decision of the LBW is possible. Although to tell the umpire that they should first consider some facts

Cricket is a sport that has been traced back to the early 16th century and has been popular ever since. The pinnacle of the international game comes in the form of the Cricket World Cup. Other major events include the T20 World Cup, Test Series and One Day series. Each country runs a host of domestic competitions all highly competitive.

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