South Asian passion

It is one of the probably longest lasting  and unknown sports for the majority of the western world !
And there are more or less  just two options ,either you are absolutely passionate about it ,
or you think it is a quite boring game really closely connected to baseball.

I mean it is a little bit uncommon  to have a tea or lunch break  in between a game and matches lasting
for a couple of days .

South Asian passion !!!

Cricket in action

The sport I´am talking about this time , if you did not find out so far, is Cricket .

Some of you have maybe already heard about it ,or if not will find some information in the following article.
The game of cricket is around since the 16th century where it was first documented as being played in southern England
and even developed to the national game in the 18th century.
Due to the large scope of the British empire in former days it was also widely performed in a lot of colonized countries .
Nowadays the game’s governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), has 104 member countries and it is particularly popular in the Sub-Continent Nations-
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh ,England and Australia.

The game is played on a oval ,grassy field that can vary in size and shape
with a especially prepared center that is called the pitch and at either end of the pitch, 22 yards (20 m) apart, are placed the wickets.

Cricket field

A team consists of eleven players with different abilities and therefore also functions.
The two main players are the batter,who hits the ball ,and the bowler,who throws the ball .
And from here on we come straight to the main goal of the game :
The primary objective of each team is to score more runs than the other team,by hitting the ball and running from one side of the pitch to the other, and to completely dismiss the other team,by knocking over (by the bowler) the wickets of the opponent.
In one form of cricket, winning the game is achieved by scoring the most runs,
even if the opposition has not been completely dismissed.
In another form, it is necessary to score the most runs and dismiss the opposition in order to win the match, which would otherwise be drawn.
But Cricket is actually a quite complex game with a lot of different ways to win and a large set of rules also called “laws of cricket” .

If you got interested and want to find out more is here a video which explains the main idea and rules  !

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