Cricket laws and regulations

thumb|upright|A wicket In the sport of cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: It is either of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at each end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batter out. The wicket is guarded by a batter who, with their bat (and sometimes with their pads, but see the laws on LBW, leg before wicket), attempts to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket (if it does, they may be bowled) and to score runs where possible. Through metonymic usage, the dismissal of a batter is known as the tak

rules of the game of cricket

cricket terminology

unit of scoring in cricket

in cricket, a batsman putting a body part in front of the wicket illegally, which can cause the batsman to be out

person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field

central strip of the cricket field between the wickets

thumb An innings is one of the divisions of a cricket match during which one team takes its turn to bat. Innings also means the period in which an individual player bats (acts as either striker or nonstriker). In cricket and rounders, "innings" is both singular and plural; this contrasts with baseball and softball in which the singular is "inning".

one of the three vertical posts that support the bails and form the wicket

method of dismissal in the sport of cricket

grassy ground on which the game of cricket is played

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

in cricket, the outer perimeter of the playing field

in cricket, an event when a batsman’s period of batting is brought to an end by the opposing team

thumb|An Umpire (cricket)|umpire signals a no-ball In cricket, a no-ball (in the Laws and regulations: "No ball") is a type of illegal delivery to a batter (the other type being a wide). It is also a type of extra, being the run awarded to the batting team as a consequence of the illegal delivery. For most cricket games, especially amateur, the definition of all forms of no-ball is from the MCC Laws of Cricket.

thumb|An Australian fielder runs to take a catch thumb|New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond about to dismiss Mohammad Yousuf caught and bowled Caught is a method of dismissing a batsman in cricket. A batsman is out caught if the batsman hits the ball, from a legitimate delivery, with the bat, and the ball is caught by the bowler or a fielder before it hits the ground.

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, a batter who is not dismissed

thumb|A batter is dismissed by being bowled In cricket, the term bowled has several meanings. First, it is the act of propelling the ball towards the wicket defended by a batter.

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

Method of dismissing a batsman in cricket

in cricket, an illegal delivery to a batsman that is too wide or high to be hit, resulting in an extra run awarded to the batting team

technology-based system used in the sport of cricket

method of dismissal in cricket in which, after the bowler has entered their delivery stride and while the ball is in play, the wicket is put down by the batsman or their bat

one of the two smaller sticks placed on top of the three stumps to form a wicket, used to determine when the wicket is broken, which determines whether a batsman is out bowled, stumped, run out or hit wicket

rare method of dismissal in cricket, when an incoming batsman is not ready to play within three minutes of the previous batsman being out

thumb|Indian wicketkeeper M. S. Dhoni appeals for a stumping against Australian batsman [[Matthew Hayden]]

in cricket, a run scored by the batting team when the the ball has hit the batsman's body or protective gear rather than the bat

replacement player in cricket

in cricket, an extra run scored when the ball has not been hit by the batsman's bat or body

in cricket, run scored by a means other than the batsman hitting the ball

legal case

rare method of dismissal in the sport of cricket

Illegal action of altering the condition of a cricket ball

In cricket, average runs conceded per over bowled

former method of dismissing a batsman in cricket

coin flip to determine which team bats first

area demarcated by white lines painted or chalked on the field of play