Prepared by the teacher of EnglishVovkotrub Larysa Valeriivna

Katerinopol secondary school №2 Katerinopil district rada

Cherkassy region

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two

teams of 11 players on a field, at the centre of

which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One

team bats, trying to score as many runs as

possible while the other team bowls and fields,

trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the

runs scored by the batting team.

A cricket match is divided into periods called

innings. During an innings (innings ends with

"s" in both singular and plural form), one team

fields and the other bats. The two teams switch

between fielding and batting after each

innings. All eleven members of the fielding

team take the field, but only two members of

the batting team (two batsmen) are on the field

at any given time.

*Cricket is played on a

grassy field. The Laws

of Cricket do not

specify the size or

shape of the field, but

it is often oval. In the

centre of the field is a

rectangular strip,

known as the pitch.

The stumps are placed in line on the bowling creases

and so these creases must be 22 yards (20 m) apart. A

bowling crease is 8 feet 8 inches (2.64 m) long, with the

middle stump placed dead centre. The popping crease

has the same length, is parallel to the bowling crease

and is 4 feet (1.2 m) in front of the wicket.

The bat is made of wood (usually White

Willow) and has the shape of a blade topped

by a cylindrical handle. The blade must not be

more than 4.25 inches (108 mm) wide and the

total length of the bat not more than 38 inches

(970 mm).

The ball is a hard leather-seamed spheroid,

with a circumference of 9 inches (230 mm).

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Early cricket was at

some time or another

described as "a club

striking a ball (like) the

ancient games of club-

ball, stool-ball, trap-

ball, stob-ball". Cricket

can definitely be traced

back to Tudor times in

early 16th-century

England.

Cricket forms a major part of our boys' summer

games programme at Alleyn's. Pupils of all ages

and abilities are encouraged to join the co-

curricular clubs that are run for each year

group. The School fields teams at U12, U13,

U14, U14, U15, senior 2nd XI and senior 1st XI

level. They have a full Saturday fixture

programme and in addition play many local

schools in midweek friendly matches.