Sport description

[Marian]

In England they play a game called cricket. Is a bat and ball sport. They play it on a grass field in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground called a pitch. There are two teams, usually of eleven players each. A player from the fielding team (the bowler) has to bowl a hard, from one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching a player from the opposing team (the batsman), who defends the wicket from the ball with a wooden cricket bat. The batsman, if he or she does not get out, may then run between the wickets, exchanging ends with the other batsman (the "non-striker"), who has been standing in an inactive role near the bowler's wicket, to score runs. The other members of the bowler's team have to stand in various positions around the field. The match is won by the team that scores more runs.