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CRICKET
The physics of the game of cricket.
Physics is the science of matter involving energy, motion, and force.
FIELDS: In the game of cricket, a lot of factors figure in, When physics are concerned. Cricket can be considered an old-world sport, and it is played throughout the world. This sport is not a fast sport like football, basketball, or even the closest relative, baseball like we know of here in the united states. Regular cricket matches last five days, and “one-day matches†last a whole day, and the average time played in a day is 10 hours. (That has nothing to do with physics, but I thought I would just fill you in on that.) Cricket grounds can vary greatly. The ideal field is a flat grassy surface closely cropped of thick grass like a golf course, so when the ball bounces to the batsman it gets to him, that is nearly impossible if it is bumpy since the bumps turns the ball around and sends it the other way. (And that there is physics.) In areas of the world where climate and soil does not allow a good pitch, packed earth or some artificial surface like concrete with mating laid over it will work fine. you must have grass or matting for friction, if you did not have it, the ball will just go on until it is stopped by something, and also because it hurts when you fall.
BOWLING: As in baseball the delivery of the ball is an important factor of the outcome of the game . In cricket, that person is known as the bowler. The bowler is one of most important of the eleven players on each side. What the bowler does, is bowls (movement) the ball over to the batsman. How he does this is similar to throwing in baseball, except he runs up to the popping crease and throws it overhand towards the batsman. But he doesn’t throw it, he BOWLS it, this is done just like a throw, but they call it a bowl because the arm doesn’t straighten out before it is released. In the beginning of a test (game,) when the ball is new, they send in the best bowlers because the ball is new and bounces (movement/energy) better than when its old and used. when the ball does get old, they send in the slower bowlers because its a lot easier to hit the ball.
BATTING: The batsman receives the ball from the bowler. He gets up to six balls bowled. Batting is the same as in baseball except the batter is called the batsman. In cricket, the batsman is to defend his wicket which is three stumps in the ground with 2 bails on top that fall off when a ball hits it. The batsmen tries to stop the bowlers from breaking the wickets (knocking the bails off the stumps.) The bowler has six tries to do this.
RUNNING: In cricket, you have two batsmen up at the same time, one at each end of the pitch. The batsmen’s jobs are to defend their wicket and to score as many runs as possible until put out. To score a run, the two batsmen run back and forth switching spots as many times as they possibly can. And getting put out can be done by getting tagged out, a fly ball getting caught without touching the ground, or by having your wicket broken either by a mistake by the bowler, by a fielder, or by the other side’s players. The innings (the singular form is spelled and pronounced the same as plural) is not over until the whole team has come to bat. The match is two innings long, and the one with the most runs wins the match.
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