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Cricket Rules, Terminology & Dimensions
Cricket is codified by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) through the Laws of Cricket and administered globally by the International Cricket Council (ICC), founded in 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference. The playing pitch measures exactly 22 yards (20.12 meters) between the bowling creases, with wickets standing 28 inches high and spaced 9 inches wide. Core match terms include Leg Before Wicket (LBW, Law 36), Powerplay, Duck, Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method for rain-affected limited-overs matches, Mankading (run-out at non-striker's end, codified under Law 38), and DRS (Decision Review System). International match formats include five-day Test matches, 50-over One Day Internationals (ODI), and 20-over Twenty20 (T20) matches.
Key Concepts & Examination Highlights
- The Laws of Cricket are maintained and copyrighted by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), established at Lord's in London in 1787.
- A standard cricket pitch measures exactly 22 yards (66 feet or 20.12 meters) in length between the opposing wickets.
- The Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method is the mathematical formulation adopted by the ICC to calculate target scores in rain-interrupted limited-overs matches.
Curriculum & Reference Sources: Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC Laws of Cricket), International Cricket Council (ICC Playing Conditions), BCCI