Rules of Cricket
Cricket Ground
Rules- 42
Ground - North – South
direction
Pitch
There are no fixed
dimensions for the field but
its diameter usually varies
between 450ft (137m) and
500ft (150m)
Fielding Positions
Outfield
Infield
Wicket keeper
Umpire
Gully Leg Gully
Striker End
Silly Point Short Leg
Silly Mid-off Silly Mid-on
Non-Striker End
Umpire
Off Side On Side
Fielding Positions
Long Stop
Finer
Square Fine leg Wider
Short Fine leg
Backward
Forward
Short Mid- wicket
Short Mid- on
Short Mid- off Deep Mid- wicket(Sweeper)
Deep Cover
Off Side On Side
Cow Corner
Deep Mid- off Deep Mid- on Deep Forward Mid- wicket
Wide Long- on
Straight Long- on
Measurements
Cricket Pitch
Popping Crease Bowling Crease
2.44M(8ft)
10 ft (3.048m)
2.64M (8.8ft)
Stump
1.22m 1.22m
(4ft) (4ft)
Return Crease
22 yards (20.12M)
Wickets
28.9cm (9 inches)
Bails (Not attached just resting on stump)
Length of Bail- 11.1cm
Breadth of bail- 1.3cm
71.1cm Stump
(28 inches)
Bat
Ball
Handle
Weight- 5.50-5.75 oz
( 155.9g-163g)
Shoulder
Splice
Blade
Face
Edge
Spine Swell
Sweet Spot
Toe
Bat
Not more than 52% of total length of bat.
38 inches (96.5cm)
Adages- 1.56 inch (4cm)
4.25 inches Depth- 2.64 inch (6.7cm)
(10.8cm)
Players
Team-1 Team-2
11 Players each team
Substitution
Format of Cricket Match
1 over- 6 Ball
ODI 50 over Inning
T-20 20 over Inning
Test match 5 Day
Start of Match
Toss- The toss is the flipping of a coin to determine which captain will have the right to choose
whether their team will bat or field at the start of the match.
Team 1- 310
Team 2- 311
Dismissing the Batsman
There are 11 ways in which a batsmen can be out in cricket
[Link] 2. Stumped 3. Hit-wicket
[Link] out
4. LBW (Leg Before Wicket) Caught Behind by the Keeper
Caught by a Fielder
Caught & Bowled
[Link] the ball twice-If a batsman hits the ball twice, he is given out. The
first touch is when the ball strikes the bat. The second touch has to be
6. Run-out deliberate and not necessarily with the bat, but the body of the
batsman as well.
8. Obstructing the Field- A batsman knowingly running in such a way
that it prevents the ball from hitting stumps can be given out by the
umpire on appeal from fielding team.
9. Timed-out- If a new batsman takes more than 3 minutes to cross the
boundary for coming to the crease in ODI cricket and in T20s it’s just 120
seconds then the batsman is out.
10. Handling the Ball- If the batsman touches the ball with his hand, not in
contact with the bat, without the approval of the fielder, the batsman is out if
the fielding team appeals.
11. Retired out-A batsman is considered retired out if he leaves the field
without the prior acquiescence of umpire apart from any injury and fails to
resume the innings.
Wide Ball No Ball
1. Front Foot No Ball – Overstepping by the Bowler
2. No Ball if Ball Bounces Over Batsman’s Head
3. No Ball if Bowler Bowls a Beamer
4. No Ball for Chucking (Flexing the Arm)
Free Hit 5. Back Foot No Ball
6. No Ball for Dangerous Short-pitched Deliveries
7. No Ball for Failure to Notify the Mode of Delivery
8. Underarm No Ball
9. No Ball if Wicketkeeper is in Front of Stumps
10. No Ball if Bowler Touches Wickets during Delivery
11. No Ball if Ball Stops Before Reaching the Batsman
12. No Ball if Ball Bounces more than Once
13. No Ball if Bowler Throws the Ball before Delivery
14. No Ball if Ball Bounces off the Pitch
Over the wicket Round the wicket
15. No Ball if Fielder Intercepts a Delivery
16. No Ball for Breaching the On-side Rule
17. No Ball for Fielders Encroaching the Pitch
Power Play
ODI
During the first 10 overs of an innings, a
maximum of two fielders are allowed outside
the 30-yard circle .This is called the 1st
powerplay.
Between overs 11 and 40, a maximum of four
fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle.
In the final 10 overs (41–50), a maximum of
five fielders will be allowed to field outside the
30-yard circle.
Twenty20
The first six overs of an innings will be a
mandatory powerplay, with only two fielders
allowed outside the 30-yard circle. Beginning
with the seventh over, no more than five
fielders will be allowed outside the 30-yard
circle.
Ball Changing-
❑ In Test cricket, a new ball is used at the start of each innings in a
match.
❑In Limited Over Internationals, two new balls, one from each
end, are used at the start of each innings.
❑ A cricket ball may not be replaced except under specific
conditions described in the Laws of Cricket:
▪ If the ball becomes damaged or lost.
▪ If the condition of the ball is illegally modified by a player.
▪ In Test cricket, after 80 overs, the captain of the bowling side has
the option to take a new ball.
