Cricket is a game of strategy between two teams. Each team bats and fields in turn – the batters try to score runs; the fielders try to stop them. The team with the most runs wins.

A run is scored when the striking batsman (the batsman that the bowler is bowling to) runs from one crease line to the other, after hitting the ball.

Cricket has been developed over the years and is now played formally in three formats;

Test: The elite form of the game played over five days for men and four days for women

One Day: Played over about six hours

Twenty20: Each team bats for 20 overs and is completed within three hours