of cricket, the crease is a certain area demarcated by white lines painted or chalked on the field of play, and pursuant to the rules of cricket they...

cross the crease in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. Forms of cricket range from...

two feet wide, and beginning five feet from each popping crease. Under the Laws of Cricket, a bowler must avoid running on this area during their follow-through...

the bowling crease (i.e., in direct line of the wicket); the popping crease is exactly 3 feet 10 inches (1.17 m) before the bowling crease; various means...

crease, areas of skin where it folds Crease (surname) Crease (cricket), area demarcated by white lines painted or chalked on the field of play Crease...

popping crease at their end of the pitch. It is one of the two safe zones that batters run between to score runs. In addition to the cricket field, the...

other. The distance between the running crease and the batting crease is 11 metres. Scoring in indoor cricket is split into 2 areas: physical runs and...

their crease rather than to take their wicket, it is not required by the laws of cricket nor the guidance notes by MCC on the spirit of cricket to do...

batting collapse Come to the crease A phrase used to indicate a batter walking onto the playing arena and arriving at the cricket pitch in the middle of the...

the pitch beyond the popping crease, often in an attempt to hit the ball). It is governed by Law 39 of the Laws of Cricket. Being "out of their ground"...

by leaving the crease before the next ball has been bowled (a common practice known as "backing up", but against the laws of cricket). The bowler may...

out in most ways. No-balls due to overstepping the crease are common, especially in short form cricket, and fast bowlers tend to bowl them more often than...

of being run out if they move out of their crease before the bowler delivers the ball. Leaving the crease early, to gain an advantage in running between...

the popping crease at the end of the wicket, and is often marked by dots. List of Test cricket grounds List of One Day International cricket grounds List...

Backyard cricket, also known as bat ball, street cricket, beach cricket, corridor cricket, garden cricket, gully cricket (on the Indian subcontinent)...

"When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease" is a track on the Roy Harper album HQ, a prominent example of cricket poetry. Released as a single twice, in...

runs scored. Hayden followed soon after leaving Ponting and Hussey at the crease. The two survived until lunch Ponting scoring a half century. Harbhajan...

referred to as chucking, is an illegal bowling action in the sport of cricket. This occurs when a bowler straightens the bowling arm when delivering...

overstepping the popping crease with the front foot. A rarer reason is when the bowler's back foot touches or lands outside the return crease. Other reasons include...

batter's crease. Side by side, Richardson alludes to the research undertaken by Dr. Sean Müller in Australia which was partly funded by Cricket Australia's...

The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national...

boundaries. Major changes from the Laws of Cricket include: Should a bowler deliver a no-ball by overstepping the crease, his next delivery is designated a free-hit...

The 2019 Cricket World Cup Final was a One Day International cricket match played at Lord's in London, England, on 14 July 2019 to determine the winner...

In cricket, the stumps are the three vertical posts that support the bails and form the wicket. Stumping or being stumped is a method of dismissing a...

"strike zone" in cricket as there is in baseball (but there are lines known as the return creases perpendicular to the other crease lines which the umpires...

The 2011 Cricket World Cup Final was the final match of the 2011 Men's Cricket World Cup, the 10th edition of ICC's championship of One Day International...

Kwik cricket (known as Kanga cricket in Australia, and Kiwi cricket in New Zealand) is a high-speed version of cricket aimed mainly at encouraging children...

certain forms of limited overs cricket, such as T20s and ODIs, a no-ball that is the result of the bowler overstepping the crease or bowling above a batsman's...

holding the ball. In cricket, a batter is dismissed while running if they attempt to score a run (by running towards the opposite crease line) and a fielder...

striker's crease is in the regulation place in front of the stumps, but the non-striker's crease is only halfway down the pitch. Indoor cricket is played...