INTRODUCTION </HEAD> <BODY> <BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#0000FF" BACKGROUND="IMAGE6.JPG"> <P> <H2><A NAME="INTRO"> Introduction</A></H2> <B> CRICKET </B> : For many it's just a game .It's just a game which is played between two teams with 11 players in each side.A bowler throws a ball at the batsman and the batsman is supposed to hit it and score runs. The fielding side is supposed to try and stop the batsman from making too many runs by taking wickets.That's how a layman would describe cricket as. </P> <P> In INDIA however it's different.It's different in the sense that in INDIA the game is more than a game .It's a religion.For people in this country cricket is a way of living. </P> <P> India is a CRICKET crazy country.Here the people look forward to the next cricket match on the television.Here people forget all their hardships in life while watching cricket 'cause there is only one thing on their mind's, and that is the victory of their boys. </P> <B>CLICK </B> <A HREF="#MORE"> HERE </A> <B>FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RULES OF THE GAME </B> </P> <HR> <P> The most popular version of the game is the one day game.It gives a kind of thrill that test cricket cannot give.Specially those matches when just 10 runs are required by the batting team in the last over(6 balls), at that moment everybody will be on the edge of their seats. And when it boils down to something like 3 runs of the last ball, the people supporting the batting side just dont know if their heart is still beating or not. </P> <P> Though one day cricket has it's own charm and it is more thriling than test cricket,there is no denying the fact that test cricket is the real cricket.Test cricket test's the uttermost skill required in a good batsman.Test cricket is very demanding.5 days of playing in the hot sun can test a players concentration till the limit.In one day games normally the batsman tend to get himself out by playing stupid shots cause one day cricket is all about scoring runs and scoring them quickly. In test cricket the batsman has ample time to score runs and therefore would very rarely throw his wicket away.This is where the game is more interesting than one day cricket cause now the bowler has to think of something to get the batsman out.This is where the real test of the bowler and the bastman is.Can the batsman live through the various tricks that the bowler tries to pull to get him out??Or does the batsman get the better of the bowler by scoring runs of him???This is what real cricket is all about. </P> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="MORE"> DETAILS ABOUT CRICKET </A></H2> <H5> <I> <U> COMPOSITION OF THE TEAMS </U> </I> </H5> <P> The game is played between two teams .Each team has 11 players in their side and 1 substitute. </P> <P>The team batting first is supposed to score as many runs as possible in the maximum of 50 overs.The team batting second is supposed to score 1 more than the number of runs scored by the first team to win the match . While the team bowling second has to restrict the team batting second to less than their score . This is the ONE DAY FORMAT.Also the game can be played over the span of 5 days.This is called test cricket.There each team gets to bat 2 times. </P> <P> Some new versions of the game have been introduced like the "Super Eight's" and the "Six a Side " tournaments.They also basically have the same rules but certain changes are made to the playing rules to give it the kind of effect that a one day game has in the slog overs.These forms of cricket are yet to become popular. </P> </P> <HR> Main <A HREF="index.HTML "><IMG SRC="previo~1.GIF"></A>India <A HREF="ind.HTM "><IMG SRC="NEXTAR~1.GIF"></A> </BODY> </HTML>