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8.4 Cricket

Discuss these questions with a friend.

a. Have you ever played cricket with your friends?

b. What materials and how many players are required to play this
game?

c. What are the basic skills of this garne?

d. How is win or loss decided in this game?

Cricket game started from England. Before the Second World War, this
game was played a lot in British colonies. The International Cricket
Council was established in 1989 to conduct this game systematically.
There is a trend of Test Match, One Day and Twenty-Twenty in cricket
competition. The game of cricket is played by bowling and batting in
groups of 11-11 players. There are three stumps on both sides of the
pitch and two bells on top of them. Two batsmen bat from the batting
side. When one of the players is out, another person is substituted
to continue it. An innings is over if 10 out of 11 players are out or
the allotted overs are completed. Then the batting of the other group
starts. Whichever team scores the most runs, wins the match.

8 .4.1 Basic Skills of Cricket

Now, we will discuss and practise the basic skills of cricket; batting,
bowling, fielding, catching, wicket keeping etc.

A. Batting

The essential skills for batting are grip, stance, back lift, stroke, drive,
hook-shot, cut-shot etc.

Activity 8.20

Practise the skills below with the help of a teacher or an experienced
player.

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