Other Cricket
In this article, we are going to review various rules as per the Laws of cricket that are related to balls used in cricket, including the weight and size of balls used in men’s, women’s and youth cricket, the standard that defines materials and specifications as well as rules defining the rights of umpires and […]
In this article, we are going to take a look at various types of shots that batsmen use in cricket. Some shots are played with a vertically held bat while others involve the use of a bat held horizontally. Batsmen can choose to go forward or back from their stance at the crease, depending […]
With the advent and revolutionisation of white-ball cricket, there has been a constant need for innovation. Be it the batters, bowlers or even the fielders, there has always been the urge to adapt and change according to the changing demands of the game. With the batters finding new ways to score, the boundaries getting […]
A free hit is given to a batsman after a bowler delivers a no-ball. The batsman can score runs off the free delivery and add them to the team’s score. He can get out only in three cases: obstructing the field, hitting the ball two times and run out. Rules of Free Hit in […]
Cricket has always been called a batman’s game. Bowlers have had a need to find new ways to dismiss batsmen throughout the history of cricket. This has led to many inventions in the bowling department since the inception of cricket. Googly stands right there, at the top among other inventions such as the reverse […]
Chennai Super Kings, an aging team?! CSK have worn the criticism like a badge of honour, staying with the same core group of players for years. Dhoni, Raina and Bravo have been associated with CSK since as far back as we can remember. They even acquired Harbhajan Singh from Mumbai Indians at a time MI […]
There is absolutely no doubt that Sachin Tendulkar is one of the greatest ever to have stepped foot on a cricket field. He was arguably the most complete batsman in the history of the game. The Little Master played international cricket for a staggering 24 years and featured in 664 international matches (200 Test matches, […]
Test matches are won by bowling out the opposition twice. Thus, wicket-taking bowlers are worth their weight in gold. Batsmen may set the Test matches but it’s the bowlers who win it for their teams. In this article, we are going to talk about 12 players taking a minimum of 15 wickets in a single […]
Despite being a part of recreational cricket, one-day cricket didn’t make its way into the professional cricketing arena until the early 1970s. Seen as very much the understudy to Test cricket, one-day internationals only really started to come into the limelight in the mid-1980s with the introduction of the ICC Cricket World Cup central […]
The correct answer to this question: a batsman can score a maximum of 1653 runs from 300 balls (or fifty overs). Now, let’s see how: in every over from the first to the forty-ninth, the batsman must hit sixes off the first five deliveries and take three off the last. In other words, in each […]
Scoring 100+ runs in an innings is always a special moment for a batsman. However, doing so in a T20 match is something much more special. This is because in this format the team gets just 120 balls (20 overs) to face. At the start of the T20 format, not many would have thought […]
Test Cricket is the oldest and longest format of cricket. Moreover, it is also considered the hardest because it tests both mental toughness and physical strength of players for as long as up to five straight days. However, it is also considered a slower game that does not get as many interested spectators as […]
T20 is the newest format of cricket with many of us fortunate enough to have witnessed the first T20 World Cup. The tournament was a massive success and people instantly fell in love with the game’s shorter format. It won’t be wrong to say that this World Cup has changed the face of international […]
A Test series played between India and Australia, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, has been named so since the Australia tour of India in 1996. The winner of the series gets the trophy. In case of a draw, the team currently holding the trophy gets to keep it. In this article, we will provide you with […]
Despite cricket being considered one of the most popular games in the world, there is one nation that is largely untouched by the so-called gentlemen’s game – the United States. However, efforts are already underway to make this game popular in the United States as well. One such effort was made by two of the […]