A standard cricket ground, showing the cricket pitch (brown), close-infield (light green) within 15 yards (13.7 m) of the striking batsman, infield (medium green) inside the white 30 yard (27.4 m) circle, and outfield (dark green), with sight screens beyond the boundary at either end.

A perspective view of the cricket pitch from the bowler's end. The bowler runs in past one side of the wicket at the bowler's end, either 'over' the wicket or 'round' the wicket.

The Cricket pitch dimensions

The cricket field consists of a large circular or oval-shaped grassy ground. There are no fixed dimensions for the field but its diameter usually varies between 450 feet (137 m) to 500 feet (150 m). On most grounds, a rope demarcates the perimeter of the field and is known as the boundary. Image File history File links Cricket_field_parts. ... Image File history File links Cricket_field_parts. ... A cricket pitch is the central strip of the playing area between the wickets. ... Cricket batsman A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ... Image is not to scale Enhanced/Modified by: User:Squash Made in: The GIMP Based on Image:Wick2wickmswd. ... Image is not to scale Enhanced/Modified by: User:Squash Made in: The GIMP Based on Image:Wick2wickmswd. ... A cricket pitch is the central strip of the playing area between the wickets. ... Darren Gough bowling A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling. ... Image File history File links Cricket_pitch. ... Image File history File links Cricket_pitch. ... In Euclidean geometry, a circle is the set of all points in a plane at a fixed distance, called the radius, from a fixed point, the centre. ... An oval or ovoid was originally an egg shape (from Latin OVVM); it is now usually used to refer to ellipses, but can also mean any similar shape, such as egg shapes or race-course shapes (a semicircle on either side of a quadrilateral). ... A typical lawn A lawn sprinkler A lawn is an area of land planted with grass and sometimes clover and other plants, which are maintained at an even low height. ... For the geometric term, see diameter. ... A human foot - Enlarge to view legend For other uses, see Foot (disambiguation). ... Coils of rope used for long-line fishing A rope (IPA: ) is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. ... Boundary has two distinct meanings in the sport of cricket. ...

The pitch

For more details on this topic, see Cricket pitch.

Most of the action takes place in the centre of this ground, on a rectangular clay strip usually with short grass called the pitch. The pitch measures 10 × 66 feet (3.05 × 20.12 m). A cricket pitch is the central strip of the playing area between the wickets. ...

At each end of the pitch three upright wooden stakes, called the stumps, are hammered into the ground. Two wooden crosspieces, known as the bails, sit in grooves atop the stumps, linking each to its neighbour. Each set of three stumps and two bails is collectively known as a wicket. One end of the pitch is designated the batting end where the batsman stands and the other is designated the bowling end where the bowler runs in to bowl. The area of the field on the side of the line joining the wickets where the batsman holds his bat (the right-hand side for a right-handed batsman, the left for a left-hander) is known as the off side, the other as the leg side or on side. In the sport of cricket, the term stump has three different meanings: part of the wicket, a manner of dismissing a batsman, and the end of the days play (stumps). Part of the wicket The stumps are three vertical posts supporting the bails to form a wicket at each... In the sport of cricket, a bail is one of the two smaller sticks placed on top of the three stumps to form a wicket. ... This article is about the cricket term. ... Cricket batsman A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ... Darren Gough bowling A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling. ...

Lines drawn or painted on the pitch are known as creases. Creases are used to adjudicate the dismissals of batsmen and to determine whether a delivery is fair. In the sport of cricket, the crease is the area demarcated by white lines painted or chalked on the field of play. ... In the sport of cricket, a dismissal occurs when the batsman is out (also known as taking a wicket). ...

Parts of the field

For a one-innings match played over a set number of fair deliveries, there are two additional field markings. A painted oval is made by drawing a semicircle of 30 yards (27.4 m) radius from the centre of each wicket with respect to the breadth of the pitch and joining them with lines parallel, 30 yards (27.4 m) to the length of the pitch. This line, commonly known as the circle, divides the field into an infield and outfield. Two circles of radius 15 yards (13.7 m), centred on each wicket and often marked by dots, define the close-infield. The infield, outfield, and the close-infield are used to enforce fielding restrictions. Parallel is a term in geometry and in everyday life that refers to a property in Euclidean space of two or more lines or planes, or a combination of these. ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the yard. ... Fielding restrictions in the sport of cricket are imposed to encourage the batsman from scoring, enabling them to hit 4s and 6s. ...

See also

• List of Test cricket grounds
• Cricket
• Cricket pitch