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In cricket, an over consists of six legal deliveries bowled from one end of a cricket pitch to the player batting at the other end, almost always by a single bowler. A maiden over is an over in which no runs are scored that count against the bowler (so leg byes and byes may be scored as they are not counted against the bowler).
A bowler who concedes very few runs from their over(s), i.e. has a low economy rate. The opposite of expensive. Economy rate The average number of runs conceded per over delivered by an individual bowler. Lower values are better. [1] Edge (or snick or nick) A slight deviation of the ball off the edge of the bat.
A Super Over, [1] [2] also known as a one-over eliminator [3] [4] or a one over per side eliminator, [5] is a tie-breaking method used in limited-overs cricket matches. If a match ends in a "tie", it proceeds to a Super Over, in which each team plays a single additional over of six balls to determine the winner.
Limited overs cricket, also known as white ball cricket, is a version of the sport of cricket in which a match is generally completed in one day. There are a number of formats, including List A cricket (8-hour games), Twenty20 cricket (3-hour games), and 100-ball cricket (2.5 hours).
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played on a cricket field (see image of cricket pitch and creases) between two teams of eleven players each. [75] The field is usually circular or oval in shape, and the edge of the playing area is marked by a boundary , which may be a fence, part of the stands, a rope, a painted line, or a combination of these ...
The velocities of cricket bowlers vary between 40 and 100 mph (64 and 161 km/h). In professional cricket, a bowler in the 40–60 mph range would be said to be a slow bowler, in the 60–80 mph range a medium pace bowler, and a bowler 80 mph+ a fast bowler. In the amateur game, these distinctions would be approximately 10 mph slower.
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When the bowling team has dismissed all but one of the batsmen the innings is said to be over. The batting team is said to be 'all out' [2] or 'bowled out'. For example, in most games, each side has 11 players, so 10 wickets need to be taken to bowl a side out.