Cricket is a ball game played by two teams of eleven players. It is played on a pitch with two wickets placed 22yd apart. Each team bats (takes its innings) in turn. The object of the batting side is to make runs, while the bowling and fielding side tries to dismiss the batsmen. The winning team is the one that scores more runs.

The pitch is the area between the two bowling creases and extending 5ft in width on either side of a line joining the centre of the wickets. The pitch, of grass (or approved matting), is prepared before the game to be level and with the grass trimmed short. In first-class cricket, regulations govern when and how often the pitch is to be rolled, mown, watered, or covered.
The rest of the playing area is enclosed by a boundary line, from the centre of the pitch between 50-85m.
The wicket at each end of the pitch is composed of three vertical stumps on top of which are placed two horizontal bails.
The return and popping creases are unlimited in length.

There are eleven players in a team.

Cricket

1 bowler
2 wicket keeper
3 slips
4 leg slip
5 backward short leg
6 square short leg
7 forward short leg
8 silly point
9 gully
10 silly mid off
11 silly mid on
12 mid wicket
13 square leg
14 backward point
15 point
16 cover
17 short extra cover
18 extra cover
19 deep extra cover
20 mid off
21 deep mid off
22 mid on
23 deep mid on
24 short fine leg
25 deep fine leg
26 short third man
27 third man
28 long leg
29 deep square leg
30 deep mid wicket
31 long on
32 long off

Bat Wood with rubber grip. Maximum dimensions are shown. Usual weight is about 2lb 10oz.

Ball Red leather with a stitched seam.
Circumference 8 13/16-9in. Weight 5 1/2-5 3/4oz. If the ball is lost during a game, a similar replacement should be found.
Each innings usually starts with a new ball, and in top-class cricket the fielding side may demand a new ball after a stipulated number of overs. 

For more information contact  http://www.nzcricket.co.nz