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Cricket is a multi-faceted sport with different formats, depending on the standard of play, the desired level of formality, and the time available. One of the main differences is between matches limited by time in which the teams have two innings apiece, and those limited by number of overs in which they have a single innings each. The former, known as first-class cricket if played at the senior level, has a scheduled duration of three to five days (there have been examples of "timeless" matches too); the latter, known as limited overs cricket because each team bowls a limit of typically 50 overs, has a planned duration of one day only. A separate form of limited overs is Twenty20, originally designed so that the whole game could be played in a single evening (3 hours), in which each team has an innings limited to twenty overs.
Double innings matches usually have at least six hours of playing time each day, with formal intervals on each day for lunch and tea, and additional brief informal breaks for drinks. There is also a short interval between innings. Limited overs matches often last at least six hours, with similar intervals and breaks, whilst the more streamlined Twenty20 matches are generally completed in under four hours. T10 cricket is a newer version of the game, based on the principles of other limited overs formats, but with only 10 overs per innings, and the total playing time limited to 90 minutes.
Local club cricket teams, which consist of amateur players, rarely play matches that last longer than a single day; these may loosely be divided into
declaration matches, in which a specified maximum time or number of overs is assigned to the game in total and the teams swap roles only when the batting team is either completely dismissed or declares
limited overs matches, in which a specified maximum number of overs is assigned for each team's innings individually. These will vary in length between 30 and 60 overs per side at the weekend and the 20-over format in the evenings.
Indoor cricket is a variant of the sport played in sports halls during the winter months.
At still lower levels, the rules are often changed simply to make the game playable with limited resources, or to render it more convenient and enjoyable for the participants. Informal variants of the sport can be played almost anywhere, if there is enough space.
Cricket is a multi-faceted sport with different formats, depending on the standard of play, the desired level of formality, and the time available. One...
the crease in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. Formsofcricket range from Twenty20...
Short formcricket is a collective term for several modified formsof the sport ofcricket, with playing times significantly shorter than more traditional...
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) formof the sport ofcricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes...
restricted to a maximum of twenty overs. Together with first-class and List A cricket, Twenty20 is one of the three current formsofcricket recognised by the...
Test cricket is a formof first-class cricket played at the international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket...
aspects ofcricket terminology are explained in more detail in cricket statistics and the naming of fielding positions is explained at fielding (cricket). Cricket...
(T20I) is a formofcricket, played between international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), where each team faces a maximum of twenty overs...
all formsofcricket. In 2019, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and won election to the Lok Sabha from East Delhi. He served as the mentor of Lucknow...
average of 44.0 and a bowling average of 29.0. In January 2019, he retired from all formsofcricket. Currently he is the assistant coach of the Namibia...
greatest ODI batsman of all time. He announced his retirement from international cricket in 2008 and from all formsofcricket in 2012. Ganguly was awarded...
cricketer of the year at the 2010 International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards. Having retired from ODI cricket in 2012, he retired from all formsofcricket in...
T10 cricket or Ten10 cricket is a short formofcricket. Two teams play a single innings, which is restricted to a maximum of ten overs (60 legal balls)...
Inter-county cricket matches have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and...
maximum number of overs (sets of 6 legal balls), usually between 20 and 50, although shorter and longer formsof limited overs cricket have been played...
(ODI) is a formof 50 overs limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently...
September 2022, he announced his retirement from all formsofcricket, including IPL and domestic cricket. Raina was born on 27 November 1986 into a Kashmiri...
batsmen to have a batting average of over fifty in both formsof the game. In limited overs cricket, he is an attacking player. He holds the record for the...
retired from all formsofcricket in February 2021. He was a member of the Indian team that won both the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 Cricket World Cup....
international cricket at the end of the southern summer, joining his brother who had earlier that year announced his retirement from all formsofcricket. He retired...
Kwik cricket (known as Kanga cricket in Australia, and Kiwi cricket in New Zealand) is a high-speed version ofcricket aimed mainly at encouraging children...
an Indian cricket coach and former cricketer who played in all formats of the game. Nehra announced his retirement from all formsofcricket in late 2017...
body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), and is held once every four years. ODI cricket is one of three formsofcricket played at international...
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