Batting (cricket)

The batsman (plural: Batsmen ) is the batsman in cricket sport. It is roughly comparable to the batter in baseball.

From the hit team, get the runs ( points ) can face each other two batsmen on the pitch over and fill each one of the two wickets. From the opponent's field team are all eleven players in the game, one as a bowler ( pitcher = ) acts. He Bowlt from one end of the pitch six throws, a so-called over, each located on the right at the other end of the pitch batsman, the Striker. Behind the wicket is another member of the fielding side, the wicket-keeper, who is the only one of his team mitts.

The Striker can always, if he fails with the Bat (Bat ) the ball, achieve runs. This happens because the Striker and his counterpart ( the non-striker ) were run on each other's wicket and behind the local Popping Crease reach, while the opposing team tries to reach that one of the batsmen retires ( Dismissal ).

Each player of the batting side must occur once as a batsman and try to score runs for his team. Do all team members once occupied its position as batsman and ten are excreted, so that only one batsman left, ending the inning.

Prior violations by hitting the ball the batsmen Greaves (pads ), abdominal protectors protect (Box), gloves and helmets.