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The instructions below assume that the fixtures have been set up On Play Cricket and downloaded to the app in preparation for scoring online. Both Innings Ball by Ball; Choose the match you want to score: Select ‘Start match’: Then select/confirm the Teams. Wherever possible, enter the teams on Play Cricket as this will save you time:
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- Getting Started With Pcs (Pcs)
How to Score on PCS. Creating a Custom Match (PCS) Getting Started With PCS (PCS) What Are The Minimum Requirements To Run PCS? Downloading A Fixture (PCS) Scoring A Match Offline (PCS) Selecting a Team (PCS) Edit Team (PCS) Match Settings (PCS) Break in Play (PCS) Adding a Custom Player (PCS) Set/Remove Nicknames (PCS) Multiple Scorers (PCS)
NOTE: Entering Player Scores can be done in any order. Once Logged in Navigate to My Account > Click on the relevant Team. Navigate to the Match you are looking for > Enter Manage Mode by clicking on Manage. Click on Scorecard >Then the pen icon next to Toss > Enter the Toss results > Click Update & Save.
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- Setting up
- Understanding Concepts and Rules
- Playing the Game
Cricket is one of the most popular games in the world, with billions of fans in the Indian Subcontinent, the U.K., Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and many other countries. Whether you've always wanted to play yourself, or just live somewhere (such as America) where cricket is less common, if you are curious to learn more about it, read the steps below to learn the basics of playing cricket.
Set up for a game of cricket on a large, oval-shaped field and set up 3 stakes (called wickets) on the pitch.
Bowl the ball over your shoulder using a completely straight arm. The ball is allowed to bounce once before reaching the striker, but it doesn't have to. This can also mean the baller is trying to trick the batter and make him out.
Score runs by hitting the ball with your cricket bat and running from one end of the pitch to the other. The 11-person team with more points wins.
Cricket requires a few pieces of specialized equipment to play with safety. At the bare minimum, 6 stumps, 4 bails, 2 cricket bats and 1 ball are required. These days, all teams have uniforms, but in the olden days, all uniforms were white. However, white uniforms are sometimes used in test matches these days.
Stumps and bails are wooden pieces that are assembled to create the wicket, one of the most important objects in cricket. Setting up wickets is described in greater detail at the end of this section.
The cricket bat is a large bat made of willow wood that is flat on one side and bulged on the other, for strength. The ball should be hit with the flat part of the bat for the best distance on a hit. If the ball is hit with the bulged side of the bat, then the runs will not be counted.
The cricket ball is similar to a baseball in size and composition, but is sewn in a straight line rather than a tennis ball pattern, creating 2 equal hemispheres separated by stitching. Cricket balls are traditionally red with white stitching; in modern times, white balls are sometimes used for better visibility during “limited over” games (which generally go into the night), where coloured uniforms are worn rather than the traditional white.
Recognize the goal of the game.
As in most field games, the goal of cricket is to score points, called runs, against the opposing team by running from one point to another before the play can be ended or you're run out by the defenders, who are called the “fielding team.” The team at bat is called the “batting team.”
Learn the basics of gameplay.
Each team in cricket is comprised of 11 players (though an alternate twelfth player may be held in reserve in case of injury, but is not otherwise used for anything). At any given time, the fielding team has all 11 players on the field, whereas the batting team has 2, called the batsmen. The batsmen try to hit the ball after it is bowled by the bowler for the fielding team, and then switch positions without getting an out to score runs.
One batsman stands at each end of the pitch, behind the popping crease but ahead of the bowling crease. The bowler also stands at one end of the crease, starting behind the bowling crease, and bowls to the other end. The batsman to whom the bowler bowls is the striker; the batsman at the same end as the bowler is the non-striker.
The wicket-keeper crouches behind the striker's wicket and the bowling crease. Their job is to catch the ball should the striker miss or decline to hit the bowl. When the wicket-keeper successfully catches a ball, the striker is normally declared out.
The other 9 members of the fielding team can stand in any configuration at any time, as long as they stay outside the pitch.
The bowler starts behind the bowling crease, and bowls the ball before reaching the popping crease by moving forward and throwing the ball. A cricket bowl is always performed over-the-shoulder, with a completely straight arm. The ball is allowed to bounce on the pitch once before reaching the striker, though it doesn't have to.
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