Q&A for How to Understand the Basic Rules of Cricket

When the bails are knocked off the wickets, that means you are out or you lost a wicket.

Yes, they can.

A cricket stadium.

If less than half the ball is hitting the wicket bails, it is considered as umpire's call. In such a case, the decision of the umpire is upheld.

That's called a "yorker."

No there are no red cards in cricket like in football, but there are few rules like blocking the ball intentionally while running.

They may be afraid of getting hit or worried that they won't catch the ball and will be embarrassed.

No, because there are only two innings. You can only have the ball once. There are never more than two innings in a game.

In the game of cricket, the cricket pitch consists of the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets – 1 chain, or 20.12 m (22 yards) long, and 3.05 m (10 feet) wide.

It is not known who officially invented the game of cricket. Cricket originated in Northern Europe during the Dark Ages, likely after the Roman Empire and before the Normans invaded England.

There are four overs for every bowler. In one over, there are six balls. That means that one bowler can bowl 24 times.

It depends on the game. There are different varieties of cricket. The oldest version is played over a span of five days. The more modern game is called a one day match and takes a day and there is a short version that takes about four hours.

1 over means 6 balls. A bowler will have to bowl 6 balls to complete an over.

You have to count the number of balls bowled. You can always ask the umpire.

A crease is a line marked on the pitch parallel to the stumps. A crease is measured from one set of stumps to stumps at the other end. That measurement is the length of a standard cricket bat [incl handle] plus the handle again. When the ball is "live" a batsman must "occupy" the crease, or run between each crease to score runs. If out of the crease, a batsman may be given out if the ball should hit the stumps and dislodge the bails.

One run is scored when the batsman runs to the other end and puts his bat or some part of his body in the crease and if they run back to the end they were batting at.

There are infinite overs in a test match. The batting team should get all out.

If in a match, both teams are equal at the end of the innings, it is called a tie or draw.

Although the size of a cricket ground is not fixed, usually the diameter of the ground changes between 450 to 500 feet in length.

A cricket match, on average, lasts for about 7.5 to 8.5 hours on a given match day. However, the duration of a cricket match varies by the format being played. T20 cricket matches are much shorter and last for a little over 3 hours. Test matches last about 5 days.

A test is a 5 day game. Each team does 2 overs. The team with the most runs wins.

There are 10 wickets are in a T20 match. That means if a cricket team loses 10 wickets, they're all out.

Its a timer ticking immediately as the challenging team has 15 seconds to decide whether to take a review or not.

It must bounce once before it hits the wickets. It can't be thrown straight at the wickets.

They are breaks between the game. Between overs and after a wicket has gone, there is a 1-2 minute break. After a team has finished batting, there is a 30 minute break.

No. Whenever there is a dead ball, the game is immediately paused and resumed when the next ball is bowled.