A team game, cricket involves a contest between two sides of 11 players each and in some ways resembles baseball. There are two forms of cricket - Test matches and one dayers.
Test matches are played over 5 days while one-dayers are 50 overs a side each. ODIs- The game starts with the toss of a coin. Whoever wins the toss can decide to either bat first or bowl first. In case a team bats first, they have to try and score as many runs as possible so that the other team finds it tough to beat the total. If the opposition managed to successfully chase the score set by the team batting first, then they are declared the winners of the game.
In Test matches, the teams might be required to bat twice. The team batting first posts a total on the score and the team batting second tries to better the total by as big a margin as possible. However, if the team batting first gains a lead of al least 200 runs over the team batting second, then they have the option of asking the team to bat again. This is called a follow-on. Whatever lead the team following on builds has to be chased by the opposition to win. However, if they manage to bowl out the side before they get a lead, then they do not have to bat a second time and the team wins the match by an innings. An illustration: Assume India is playing Australia in a Test match. India wins the toss and decides to bat first. India score 600 runs in their first innings. Replying to India`s score Australia are bowled out for 300. Since the Indian lead is over 200, the captain of India decides to enforce the follow on. Australia come into bat again and are bowled out for 200. Since Australia are still behind the Indian first innings score, they lose the Test and India wins by an innings and 99 runs.
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