Cricket captaincy and tactics

central strip of the cricket field between the wickets

action of fielders in collecting the ball after it is struck by the batsman, in such a way either to limit the number of runs that the batsman scores or to get the batsman out by catching the ball in flight or running the batsman out

thumb|300px|Bill Woodfull evades a bodyline ball.

grassy ground on which the game of cricket is played

member of a cricket team

In cricket, a team who batted second and scored significantly fewer runs than the team who batted first may be forced to follow-on: to take their second innings immediately after their first. The follow-on can be enforced by the team who batted first, and is intended to reduce the probability of a drawn result, by allowing the second team's second innings to be completed sooner and to avoid a team who were significantly better in their first innings from having to declare their second innings closed so they can attempt to win the match, giving the inferior team an undeserved advantage. {| clas

event in cricket, in which a captain declares his team’s innings closed when the ball is dead, at any time during a match, often because enough runs have been scored to win and more time batting would ease opponents’ playing out for a draw

in cricket, the outcome of a game: either a win for one of the teams, a tie, a no result, a draw

sequence in which cricket batters play through their team's innings

coin flip to determine which team bats first