Cricket Formats

                                Part-1

In 18th, 19th Century Cricket was played only in one format, That is Test Cricket. In, 1971 Limited overs Cricket established, We can call it One-Day Matches. Later in 2005, A new shorter format Begans, That is Twenty-20 Cricket Matches.

There are Three formats of Cricket Matches played at the International or in Domestic level. Test Format, One-Day Format, Twenty-20 Format. All these matches played under International Cricket Council.

Let's discuss the formats.

                              

Test Format:

Test Cricket started In 1877, First Match played between England and Australia. For playing Test Cricket players Need to have mental and physical health. Patience is a key in Test cricket. As Test Cricket played for Five days, Almost 90 or more overs game played in a day. Players wear White dress and Red ball used to play for day games And Pink ball for Day-Night Games. For making Test Cricket more innovative, ICC started a Day-Night Test matches in 2015. There are very few restrictions on fielding in Test cricket.

Let's see how it is played.

Team X & Team Y playing a match. As Test match played for Five days, Each team have to play 2-2 Innings maximum to produce Result. Bowling Team necessary to bowl 90 Overs a day.

If Team X batted first they have to scored as much as they can with unlimited overs. In other side Team Y has to bowl them out before they score huge amount of runs or before they declared the Innings. 

If Team Y scored more runs than X team, That means they are taking Lead in that innings. If Y Team scored less runs than X Team, That means they are trailing in that Innings. If Y Team trail by 199 or more runs, Then team X has to decide who will bat again.

If Team X comes to bat in Second Innings, Then they have to set a target to team Y. If Team X decides to Enforce The Follow-On (second team trailing by 199 or more runs than Team x decides who will bat again), Then Team Y has to bat again. If Team Y failed to score more runs than Follow-On Runs, Team Y Looses that Match By Innings and some runs. If Team Y scored more runs after Follow-On, That means Team Y is setting Target to Team X.

If X Team failed to score that Target, Then Team Y wins, Else Team x scored that target They wins.

There is Second Scenario as well, Team X scored Runs. If team Y scored more runs than Team X, That means they taking a lead. If Team X failed to Score that lead, Then Team X looses the match by Innings and runs. If Team X score that lead, Then have to set a Target to Team Y.

If Five Days finished without complete of 2-2 inning, Then match Result is draw.

Basic Rules:

Toss before the match.

Match played in Three Sessions. Morning, Afternoon, Evening for Day Test Match. After Morning and Afternoon session Lunch and Tea-Break is taken Respectively.

For Day-Night Teat Match: Three Sessions will be Afternoon, Evening, Night. After Afternoon and Evening session Tea-Break and Dinner break is taken respectively.

No restrictions on bowlers to bowl overs.

Domestic:

In Domestic Circuit of games, There may be Four day games instead of Five days to Senior Teams.

In club Cricket match played only for Three days.

In School Cricket Match may be played for 2 Days games.

                                                To Be Continued.........

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