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Cricket Fundamentals

Two Orchids students playing a friendly match, in cricket whites, on the school field, working together.
  • Batting - Scoring runs by hitting a ball with a bat that requires timing and techniques.
  • Bowling - Delivering the ball to deceive the batsman and get wickets, is key for cricket.
  • Fielding - Stop the ball and work towards a run-out that is essential to stopping the other team scoring runs.
  • Wicket - The object/structure which the bowler is trying to hit and the batsman protects, the main object of the game when it comes to scoring and being dismissed.
  • Run - The major scoring unit when batsman's run between the wickets or hitting the boundaries.
Two Orchids students playing a friendly match, in cricket whites, on the school field, working together.

Cricket Fundamentals

  • Batting - Scoring runs by hitting a ball with a bat that requires timing and techniques.
  • Bowling - Delivering the ball to deceive the batsman and get wickets, is key for cricket.
  • Fielding - Stop the ball and work towards a run-out that is essential to stopping the other team scoring runs.
  • Wicket - The object/structure which the bowler is trying to hit and the batsman protects, the main object of the game when it comes to scoring and being dismissed.
  • Run - The major scoring unit when batsman's run between the wickets or hitting the boundaries.

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