The cricket
field is oval shaped and delimited by a polsdik rope lying in the grass .
Obligatory dimensions for the field have not been established , but a diameter
of about 150 meters is usual. In principle, should not be on the field too many
obstacles - one or two trees is no objection , but these are definitely avoided
for international competitions.
Cricket is popular mainly in the countries of the British Commonwealth. It is after football the most popular sport in the world , mainly due to the many fans on the Indian Subcontinent .
Cricket is popular mainly in the countries of the British Commonwealth. It is after football the most popular sport in the world , mainly due to the many fans on the Indian Subcontinent .
On the pitch
are a few lines are drawn , the creases which are mentioned. They indicate
where the batter should be located he will not be gestumped ( see below) , of
which the bowler must throw the ball and between which must be used to make .
Runs walked.
The cricket
field
In the
middle of the field there is no grass , or very short grass in a rectangle .
This area is called the pitch . The size of the pitch is 20.12 to 3.05 meters .
On the short sides of the pitch are knee high wooden constructions , which are
called wickets . The whole of wickets and pitch is called the wicket . Most of
the game takes place on and off the wicket . The wickets consist of three upright
poles with such spacing is put the ball can not get through between . At a
glance The poles called stumps . The tops of the stumps are bridged by two
small sticks which are called bails . The resulting structure is so unstable
that the bails all fall to the ground with a slight touch of the wicket .
In early
forms of cricket wickets were used which had actually something of a low
driepikkeltje . Cricket in its current form - with upright wickets - dates from
a later time and is undoubtedly English .
About the
origin of the word ' cricket ' is a similar confusion . It is either from '
cricce ' - the Anglo-Saxon word for a shepherd's staff - or ' jack chair "
, the name used in the Low Countries of the Middle Ages a church bench was
indicated. In French such bench was called a ' cricket ' . French also claim
that the word " cricket " was derived from the word " guichet
" ( gate , counter) .
According to
a recent survey would be cricket from Flanders . Coming Cricket would
etymologically explained as ' the jack bounce ' . This theory is supported by
the discovery of a 1533 poem attributed to John Skelton where Flemish weavers
as " kings of crekettes ' are defined .
