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Fundamentals

7 concepts

The essential concepts every cricket fan needs to understand the game.

Two teams, bat and ball, runs and wickets — the core mechanics of cricket.

How an innings is structured — six balls per over, two innings per match.

Singles, boundaries, extras — every way runs are scored in cricket.

Bowled, caught, LBW, run out — the ten ways a batter can be dismissed.

22 yards of prepared surface that determines how the ball behaves.

Slip, gully, mid-off, fine leg — the named positions and why they exist.

Winning by runs, by wickets, draws, ties, and the Duckworth-Lewis method.