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{{Wiktionary|cricket}}
The '''cricket''' is an [[Insecta|insect]] related to the [[grasshopper]] and [[katydid]] (order [[Orthoptera]]). They're known for the loud chirping noises they make by rubbing their corrugated wing casings against combs on their hind legs.


'''[[Cricket]]''' is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams.
The true crickets constitute a family ([[Gryllidae]]) which contains the common or field crickets and in addition several other forms more or less different in appearance. Field crickets are [[brown]] or [[black]] species, some of which enter houses. Tree crickets are usually [[green]] with broad, transparent wings, and frequent [[tree]]s and [[bush]]es. Mole crickets are thick-bodied brown insects with forelimbs that are highly developed for burrowing.


'''Cricket''' also commonly refers to:
In addition to these, several other insects belonging to the katydids are also called crickets; the cave or camel crickets, the sand cricket, and the Mormon cricket.
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* [[Cricket (insect)]]


'''Cricket(s)''' or '''The Cricket(s)''' may also refer to:
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==Film and television==
* [[The Cricket (1917 film)|''The Cricket'' (1917 film)]], a silent American drama film
* [[The Cricket (1980 film)|''The Cricket'' (1980 film)]], an erotic drama film
* [[Crickets (film)|''Crickets'' (film)]], a 2006 Japanese drama film
* [[Cricket (Bluey)|Cricket (''Bluey'')]], an episode of the 2018 TV series ''Bluey''
* [[Christine Blair]] or Cricket, a character in ''The Young and the Restless''
* Cricket, a character in [[To Have and Have Not (film)|''To Have and Have Not'' (film)]]
* Matthew "Rickety Cricket" Mara, a [[List of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia characters#Rickety Cricket|character in ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'']]
* Cricket Green, a main character in ''[[Big City Greens]]''
* "Cricket", 5th episode of [[Servant (TV series)|''Servant'' (TV Series)]]


==Literature==
'''Cricket''' is a team sport originating in the [[United Kingdom]] and popular mainly in areas that formerly made up the [[British Empire]]. The major international Test teams are [[England]], [[Australia]], [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh]], [[South Africa]], [[New Zealand]], [[Zimbabwe]] and the [[West Indies]]. The language of cricket is particularly idiosyncratic and tends to reflect the somewhat complicated and eccentric nature of the game itself.
* [[Cricket (magazine)|''Cricket'' (magazine)]], an American literary magazine for children
* [[The Cricket (magazine)|''The Cricket'' (magazine)]], a 1960s music magazine
* "[[Chrząszcz]]" or "Cricket", a poem by Jan Brzechwa
* Cricket, a character in [[Fire on the Mountain (1988 novel)|''Fire on the Mountain'' (1988 novel)]]


==Music==
The game is played between two competing teams of eleven players on each side, on a large expanse of (usually grassy) ground called a pitch. The teams are usually comprised of players with a mixture of abilities, some who specialise at batting, some at bowling, occasionally some who excel in both capacities, and one highly specialist player who acts as 'wicket-keeper'. In the centre of the pitch is a length of grass, (usually 22 yards long), called 'the wicket'. At each end of the wicket are placed three sticks adjacent to each other in an upright position: these are the 'stumps'. They are separated by a gap not greater than the diameter of a cricket ball. On top of each set of stumps are placed two smaller sticks, or 'bails'. A chalk outline is drawn in front of each set of stumps called a 'crease'. The game is refereed by two 'umpires'.
* [[The Crickets]], a rock and roll band formed by Buddy Holly
* [[Cricket (musical)|''Cricket'' (musical)]], a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
* [[Crickets (album)|''Crickets'' (album)]], by Joe Nichols, 2013
* [[Cricket (producer)]], Kosovo-Albanian record producer
* ''Crickets'', a video album by Dredg released alongside their 2002 album [[El Cielo (album)#Crickets|''El Cielo'']]
* "Crickets", a song by [[Drop City Yacht Club]]
* "Cricket", a song by the Kinks from ''[[Preservation Act 1]]''


==Vehicles==
The length of games can vary in duration of time, and number of balls bowled. One side will 'bat' first, the other side will bowl to them. Batsmen play in pairs, each equipped with a bat, one at each end of the wicket.
* [[Cricket (1914 automobile)]], an early American automobile
* [[Plymouth Cricket (disambiguation)]], two automobiles
* [[Cricket-class coastal destroyer|''Cricket''-class coastal destroyer]], a 1906 class of Royal Navy ships
* [[HMS Cricket (1915)|HMS ''Cricket'' (1915)]], an Insect-class gunboat
* [[HMS Cricket (shore establishment)|HMS ''Cricket'' (shore establishment)]], Hampshire, 1943–1946


== Other uses ==
The object for the batting side is to score the optimal number of 'runs' (points) before the bowling side have dismissed them. The object for the bowling side is to dismiss the batsmen as economically as possible. Once the process is complete the roles are reversed, i.e. the side which were batting then bowl and the bowling side then bat. This reversal may happen only the once (typically in 'one-day' or 'limited overs' cricket) or twice, as in county or international 'test-match' cricket.
* [[Cricket (darts)]], a game using the standard 20-number dartboard
* [[Cricket (roofing)]], a ridge structure designed to divert water on a roof
* [[Cricket (series)|''Cricket'' (series)]], a series of cricket video games
* [[Cricket (warning sound)]], an audible warning in the cockpits of commercial aircraft
* [[Cricket dolls]], a talking doll released by Playmates Toys in 1986
* [[Cricket, North Carolina]]
* [[Cricket Wireless]], wireless service provider, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc.
* [[Programmable Cricket]], robotic toys
* [[Clicker]] or cricket, a noisemaker
* Cricket, a variation of the [[float (b-boy move)|float]] breakdancing technique
* Cricket, a data collection software on top of [[RRDtool]]


== See also ==
Runs can be scored in a number of ways: each time that the batting pair is able to run between the wickets after a ball has been bowled (and before the stumps are or potentially can be touched with the ball) a run is scored. If the ball travels outside of the playing area, and it has touched the ground prior to leaving the playing area, 4 runs are scored. If the ball does not touch the ground on its way out, 6 runs are scored.
* [[Colomban Cri-cri]], a light plane
* Cricket House and Cricket Park, in [[Cricket St Thomas]], England
* [[HMS Cricket|HMS ''Cricket'']], a list of Royal Navy ships
* [[Shturcite]], a Bulgarian band, translated as The Crickets, or an album by them
* [[Tettigoniidae]], known as katydids or bush-crickets
* [[Cricut]], a cutting machine for home crafters
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Additionally, runs can be accrued through the failure of the bowler to correctly deliver the ball; either through an incorrect bowling action, when this is deemed a 'no-ball', or through the ball being delivered too wide for the batsman to strike it, known as a 'wide'. The number of runs accrued can be affected by where the ball ends up; a no-ball which crosses the boundary will count for 4 runs. Additionally, any balls which are deemed foul have to be bowled again by the same bowler before his turn or 'over' of 6 correctly delivered balls is deemed complete.

Dismissal of the batsmen can occur in a number of ways. The batsman facing the bowler can be 'bowled' out, i.e. the ball will hit the stumps without him being able to prevent it. If the batsman strikes the ball with the bat and it is caught by the bowler or one of the bowler's side who are dotted around the ground to field the ball before it hits the ground, then he is deemed to be out. A batsman can also be stumped by the specially equipped wicket-keeper, a player who stands immediately behind the batsman to retrieve balls coming through from the bowler, if the batsman steps in front of the crease leaving no part of his anatomy or the bat behind, and the wicket keeper is able to remove the bails from the wicket with the ball. A batsman can also be out 'leg before wicket' or 'lbw': this is one of the more complex and vexatious rules and (usually) involves the ball striking the batsman's leg-protectors or 'pads' and the likelihood of the onward trajectory of the ball striking the wicket has the player's anatomy not intervened.

Either player can be 'run-out' if the wicket towards which they are running during the course of play is struck with the ball prior to their reaching the safety of the crease.

Forms of cricket:

* [[Test cricket]]
* [[one-day cricket]]
* [[first-class cricket]]
* [[club cricket]]

Current Series:

[[Australia v England 2001]]

Famous Cricketers:

* [[Sir Donald Bradman]]
* [[Richie Benaud]]
* [[Sir Garfield Sobers]]
* [[Shane Warne]]
* [[Ian Botham]]
* [[Sunil Gavaskar]]
* [[Viv Richards]]
* [[Fred Trueman]]
* [[Jim Laker]]
* [[Allan Donald]]
* [[W. G. Grace]]
* [[Jack Hobbs]]
* [[Muttiah Muralitharan]]
* [[Anil Kumble]]
* [[Sachin Tendulkar]]
* [[Brian Lara]]
* [[Steve Waugh]]
* <add your favourites . . . >

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Latest revision as of 16:35, 21 April 2024

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Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams.

Cricket also commonly refers to:

Cricket(s) or The Cricket(s) may also refer to:

Film and television[edit]

Literature[edit]

Music[edit]

Vehicles[edit]

Other uses[edit]

See also[edit]

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