Cricket field

A cricket field is a large, mostly elliptical or circular pitch, is played on the cricket. The use of artificial turf is rare.

Dimensions and boundary

Rules on the shape or size of the field does not exist in the rules. Usually, a cricket field has a diameter from 450 to 500 feet ( approximately 137-150 m). As outer boundary of a cable lying on the ground is used regularly, the boundary is called a rope. The Sideline itself is called Boundary.

The pitch

The most essential part of the game takes place in the middle of the cricket field on the pitch. This is a rectangular strip of solid clayey soil with very short grass cover. It is 10 feet (3.05 m) wide and 66 feet ( 20.12 m ) long. On the two short sides are the wickets. On the pitch there are several lines that are relevant to compliance with the rules for bowling ( No balls ) as well as some ways of leaving the batsman.

Off Side / On Side

The playing field is divided by an imaginary line which runs through the middle of the two wickets in a left and right half. From the perspective of the umpires on the pitch punch Rende, when he looks in the direction of a right Strikers at the other end of the pitch, the left half of the field is also called Leg Side Side On the off side, the right half. In a left-handed Striker it is vice versa. The On ( Leg) Side is therefore always in the back of the batsman.

This classification is important, among other things, both in the context of two rules ( Law 36 and Law 41.5 ) and in the naming of many field positions and pitch directions.

Other marks

For games with a limited number of pre- Over ( eg, One- Day Internationals ) two additional lines will be in professional cricket, and sometimes in amateur, related, relevant to the placement of the fielders is important.

The line runs in a semicircle of 30 yards ( 27.4 m ) by both wickets and continue in parallel lines to the opposite semicircle. It separates the infield from the outfield. The second line marks the 15 yards ( 13.7 m) large short-range wickets each.

The respective game systems set, mostly for parts of the game, how many fielders may be set up in certain areas or need. In the actual cricket rules ( Laws of Cricket ), these marks are not anchored.

Stadium

The stands usually begin immediately behind the boundary. At least one display panel ( scoreboard ) is always present. In prior stages, the two narrow sides of the pitch as well as the different grandstands most specific name.

The largest cricket stadiums in the world are on the Indian subcontinent and Australia. Famous stages are:

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