A cricket bat is flat rather than cylindrical, and is typically made out of willow. It can be no longer than mm and no wider than mm. A cricket ball is hard. It has a core of cork, which is layered with tightly wound string, and covered by leather.
A cricket ball is traditionally red, but white and pink balls are used in limited-over games. In cricket a ball is bowled overarm rather than thrown, and there are different types of bowlers: from fast bowlers, who use pace as their weapon, through to swing, seam and spin bowlers who try to make the ball change its course to outwit the batsman. The force achieved by a baseball player seldom occurs in cricket.
In the English game, a batsman is more often dealing with alignment , deflection and control. More power is unleashed when a batsman hits a six, and there are more of these in Twenty20 cricket a shorter, higher tempo version of the game.
A cricketer only bats once in each innings. There are three formats of cricket match. The test match is the traditional form of the game, played since , and this takes place over five days.
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To score more runs than the opposing team by hitting the ball into the park and running between four bases positioned at the corners of a diamond shape pitch. There are nine players in a team. One team take turns to bat while the other fields. Of the fielding team one is a pitcher , who throws the ball to the batter, and one is a catcher , who stands behind the batter wearing a protective mask, chest protector and shin guards.
A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal club no more than 7cm in diameter and no more than 42 inches in length. A baseball ball has a rubber or cork centre wrapped in yarn and then covered with two strips of white horsehide or cowhide stitched together.
They can weigh between g and g and measure between mm and mm in circumference. Major league pitchers will often throw the ball at a speed of over 95 mph no wonder the catcher needs those pads! Everyone in the defending team wears a large leather glove, also known as a mitt , to help them catch and throw the ball. A baseball swing is explosive. The ball needs to go metres for a home run when the ball leaves the area of play and the power needed to generate that requires an awful lot of force.
The batter winds up to rotate their whole body through the ball. Each team has nine innings so every player gets to bat nine times. The longest ever professional baseball game lasted eight hours and six minutes. Although they look the same, the bats used in softball tend to be shorter, thinner and lighter than those used in baseball. Softball balls are larger with a circumference of 12 inches and are yellow rather than white.
The ball is pitched from a closer distance than in baseball 43 feet from the batter as opposed to 60 and the ball has to be thrown underhand. In baseball the ball is thrown overarm or sidearm for maximum speed! A softball field is smaller than in baseball: the bases are 60 rather than 90 feet apart. This is probably because softball was originally invented as an indoor alternative to baseball. The main difference between baseball and rounders is the batting. A rounders bat is much shorter at 18 inches more like a truncheon and it is usually swung one-handed.
Misses or strikes are not called — the batter gets just one ball thrown to them and must run whether they hit it or not.
As in softball, the ball is thrown underarm. But the ball is smaller , more like a baseball ball. GAA rules are the earliest nationally organised rules of play, being formalised in This version of the game is most like baseball.
It is played on a larger pitch compared to the NRA game and consequently uses larger bats and slightly larger balls. A GAA rounders pitch is a metre yard square field and bases are 25 m 82' apart, compared to 12 m Foul ground runs along two adjacent sides of the pitch with home base at the intersection of these sides.
Players: Three substitutes may be made during play to the list of field players. There is no limit for the number of batters a team may list. Equipment: The ball sliotar circumference is There is no limit on bat-weight for the GAA game.
Bases are normally marked with temporary square mats 64 cm 28" wide for home-base and the pitchers stand and 46 cm 18" wide for all others. Batting: Each batter is entitled to three good balls. A batter must try to hit good balls bowled but need not run on a hit. If a ball is struck that would otherwise be considered 'bad', the ball is then considered to be 'good. If a batter receives three bad balls then a 'walk-on' is called and all runners advance one base.
The batter may run on any ball except a 'dead' ball. Batters must run in straight lines between bases and fielders must not obstruct their way or stand on bases. Not obeying this rule is considered unsporting behavior and may result in up to two bases being awarded to the batting team or a batter being sent out. Normally, one batter may not overtake another while running between bases, although there are exceptions to this rule.
Five to seven innings constitute a game, depending on the level of the match. Each batting team's inning continues until three outs are made. The rules of rounders are regulated by the National Rounders Association in England [4]. Games played under these rules use smaller bats, balls and are played on a smaller pitch see diagram compared to GAA games.
The NRA rules also differ most from baseball or softball: bases are marked with long poles, which batters must keep in contact with and fielders must 'stump,' and only one 'good' ball need normally be thrown before a batter must run. Players: The fielding team must field at a minimum six players. The total number of players on a team is limited to fifteen. Equipment: The ball circumference must be mm 7.
The NRA places a weight-limit of g 13 ounces on the bat. Bases are marked with poles, which must be able to support themselves and stand at a minimum on 1m 3 feet. Batting: If a ball is good, batters' must try to hit the ball and must run regardless of whether the ball is hit, the batter must run on a good ball. If the ball is hit into the backward area, the batsman may not pass first post until the ball is returned to the forward area. A batter that hits a no-ball may not be caught-out or stumped at the first post.
Batters may run on 'no-balls', but do not have to. Each batter except the last in each inning is entitled to receive one good ball; the last batsman is entitled to receive three unless caught out. Two innings constitute a game. Each batting team's inning continues until nine outs are made or the numbered innings is over.
The GAA version of the game is very similar to softball. The main difference is that the game is played with baseball-sized bats, balls and field.
However, baseball-style gloves are not allowed. In rounders, bowlers pitch with an underarm pendulum action as in softball, as distinct from baseball. Baseball Wiki Explore. Top Content.
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