Basics of Cricket Pitch and Wicket

The Cricket Pitch:

The pitch is in the center of field of play. It is specifically a place on which the batsmen play at the two ends and the bowler bowls to the batsman on the opposite side of the pitch. It is closely mown even surface. There are a number of pitch related factors that help to determine that how the ball will move or travel and spin or will be straight after it strikes the ground.

The factors which may be responsible or may determine the movement of ball may be ­-

1.   Moisture content in the pitch.
2.   Type of soil.
3.   Degree of soil compaction
4.   Grass level on the pitch
5.   Compactness of the pitch soil
6.   Dryness of the soil
7.   The moisture and / or dryness of atmosphere also effects

 

Responsibility of preparing or making a pitch is a specialized task. It is usually made by the curator who has his own independent mind to make it. Most of the time he is asked to prepare it which may suit the ballers and batsmen of the home team.

The width of the pitch should be 10 feet(3 meters)

The length of the pitch is 22 yards or 20.1 meters. It is the distance between two bowling creases. Wickets are placed at the end of two bowling creases.

The Wickets

Two sets of wickets are placed on each side of pitch. One set of wickets consist of three stumps and two bails. The stumps and bails are made up of wood with fine finish. Stumps are round in shape. Shallow grooves are cut on the top of stumps so that two bails fit over them. Bails have to be dislodged or must fall on the ground while dismissing the batsman in certain types of dismissals.

Height of the stumps should be perfectly 28 inches (71.1 cm.)each. The width of stumps  i.e. the distance between outsides of stumps should be 9 inches (22.8 cm.). When viewed from the front the stump on left side is called Off Stump and on the right side is called Leg Stump. Leg is also towards the leg side of batsman while bating. The stump in the middle is called the Middle Stump.

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