The International Cricket Council seemed to have disregarded ... Jayasuriya opted to bat, banking on runs on the board in a cup final to put India under pressure, and set the tone with a fluent ...

The Titans' skipper told the match referee that his team wanted to bat first, only to realize his mistake in a split second and reveal that the 2022 champions want to bowl first instead.

Each fixed period of time in which each team bat is called an innings. The first ball will be bowled at the batter 'on strike' and the bowler delivers the ball overarm at the cricket stumps.

but cricket’s equivalent, the ‘all-rounder’ (someone who can both bowl and bat well) is much more common. Most teams have at least one, usually many more than that, and while they’re not ...

A cricket bat is flat rather than cylindrical ... Then there are one-day games, and Twenty20s, where each team gets twenty overs to bowl to the opposition. A cricket ball is hard.

The aim of cricket is simple - score more than the opposition. Two teams, both with 11 players, take it in turns to bat and bowl. When one team is batting, they try and score as many runs as they can ...

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner has won the coin toss and chose to bat first against India in the 2025 Champions Trophy final ...

Nat Sciver-Brunt has been the star for Mumbai Indians with the bat in the Women's Premier League 2025. Sciver-Brunt has ...

Interestingly, the two matches Silk didn't bat or bowl in were both against the Scorchers ... Tune in for the latest cricket news, interviews and analysis from the ABC team in the Grandstand ...

The 2002 Champions Trophy was shared between India and Sri Lanka after the twice-played final ended in a washout. India and Sri Lanka contested the finals of the third edition of the Champions ...