General Question Answer About Cricket

50 General Question Answer About Cricket

What is cricket?
A bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players.
How many players are on a cricket team?
Eleven players.
What is the main aim of cricket?
To score more runs than the opposing team.
What is a run in cricket?
A unit of scoring achieved when batsmen exchange ends or hit the ball to the boundary.
What is a boundary?
A shot that crosses the field boundary, scoring 4 (grounded) or 6 runs (in the air).
How many balls are in an over?
Six legal deliveries.
What is an innings?
The phase of play where a team bats and tries to score runs.
What is a wicket?
The stumps and bails that the bowler tries to hit; also refers to dismissing a batsman.
What is an LBW dismissal?
Leg Before Wicket—when the ball hits the batsman’s leg in line with the stumps, preventing it from hitting the wicket.
What is a no-ball?
An illegal delivery, usually due to overstepping or dangerous bowling.

What are the formats of cricket?
Test, One-Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 (T20).
What is Test cricket?
The longest format, played over five days with two innings per team.
What is ODI cricket?
A 50-over format with each team batting once.
What is T20 cricket?
A shorter format where each team bats for 20 overs.
What is The Ashes?
A historic Test cricket series played between England and Australia.
How long does a T20 match last?
Around 3-4 hours.
Who governs international cricket?
The International Cricket Council (ICC).
What is the IPL?
Indian Premier League—a professional T20 league in India.
What is a Day-Night Test?
A Test match played partially under lights with a pink ball.
What is the World Cup?
The premier international tournament for ODI and T20 formats.

What is a century?
A batsman scoring 100 or more runs in an innings.
What is a duck?
A batsman scoring zero runs.
What is a half-century?
A batsman scoring 50–99 runs.
What is strike rate?
The rate at which a batsman scores runs per 100 balls.
What is a powerplay?
A period where fielding restrictions apply, encouraging aggressive batting.
What is a six?
A shot that clears the boundary without bouncing.
What is a reverse sweep?
A shot where the batsman switches grip to hit the ball in the opposite direction.
What is a pinch-hitter?
A batsman promoted in the order to score quickly.
What is the role of a finisher?
A batsman who closes out an innings, usually in limited-overs cricket.
What is a strike?
When a batsman is facing the bowler.

What is a bowler?
A player who delivers the ball to the batsman.
What is an off-spinner?
A bowler who spins the ball from the off side to the leg side.
What is a leg-spinner?
A bowler who spins the ball from leg side to off side.
What is a fast bowler?
A bowler who bowls at high speed, typically 140+ km/h.
What is a yorker?
A delivery aimed at the batsman’s feet or the base of the stumps.
What is a bouncer?
A short-pitched delivery aimed at the batsman’s upper body.
What is an economy rate?
The average runs a bowler concedes per over.
What is a hat-trick?
A bowler dismissing three batsmen in three consecutive deliveries.
What is a slower ball?
A delivery bowled slower than usual to deceive the batsman.
What is swing bowling?
When the ball moves laterally in the air.

What is a fielder?
A player positioned to catch, stop, or retrieve the ball.
What is a catch?
When a fielder catches the ball on the full after the batsman hits it.
What is a run-out?
When a fielder hits the stumps before the batsmen complete their run.
What is a stumping?
When the wicketkeeper removes the bails while the batsman is out of the crease.
What is the DRS?
Decision Review System—used to review umpiring decisions.
What is a wide ball?
A delivery bowled too wide for the batsman to reach.
What is an overthrow?
Extra runs scored when a fielder's throw goes astray.
What is the role of the umpire?
To enforce the rules and make decisions during the game.
What is the 12th man?
A substitute fielder who can replace a player temporarily.
What is a super over?
A tie-breaker where each team bats one over to decide the winner.

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