In Cricket, Does The Batter Have To Run Anywhere After He Hit The Ball?
21 February 2010
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What are the main differences between cricket and baseball? In cricket after the batter hits the ball, what does he do next? Are there bases? Does he have to run anywhere?
He has to run to the bowler’s end and reach the crease if he has to score runs or he can be in his position itself.
There are no strikes for batsmen to get out.
There are two types of boundaries-fours and sixers.
There are no bases.
If he hits the ball and thinks he could reach the bowler’s end safely,he will run or he will stay impassive.
Wickets which consists of three stumps (basically a piece of wood placed into the ground vertically) and the bails (2 a small pieces of wood placed horizontally on the top of the stumps) are placed on both ends of the cricket pitch (the pitch is the only part of the cricket field that is not covered with grass and is 22 yards long) . The wickets are equavalent to the bases in baseball. When a batsman hit the ball he has to decide wheather to run to the other wicket and score a run allowing his partner who is at the other wicket to run up the pitch and take stike or in other word let him bat. The batsman can also decide not to run for fear that he might be run out (a run out is when a fielder dislodge the bails before the batsman reaches the other wicket). This is similiar to when in baseball a fielder touches the base with ball and the batsman is out. The batsman and his partner can run from wicket to wicket a maximum of 4 times scoring 4 runs. Scoring 1,2 or 3 runs by running is more likely than scoring 4. The batsman also isn’t required to run when he score 4 or 6 by hitting the ball to the boundary rope or which is also sometimes called the fence. 4 run scored by boundary when the ball is hit and it evades all the fields and rolls or bounces at least once before crossing the boundary. It is impossible to score 5 run either by running or boundary. 6 runs is like a home run just the batsman required to run. 6 run or as it is commonly called ‘six’ is scored when the ball is hit over the boundary without the ball touching the ground. Crowds usually cheer when a boundary is scored ( 4 or 6 runs)
Yes he does have to run.
In Cricket 2 batsmen are batting at the same time, one stands at one end and gets bowled too, and the other batsmen stands at the other end and his only job is to run from his end to the other end.
Lets say the batsmen hits the ball half way down the field, the batsmen will then run to the other end and 1 run is scored. Of course more than 1 run can be scored, if the batsmen feels that he can run from his end to the other end and back again before the fielder throws the bowler in then he will do that and score 2 runs. If he feels he can run 3 before the fielder retrieves the ball then he will do that and score 3 and so on.
Surrounding the field is a boundary (usually a rope) if the ball has enough power to cross the rope then 4 runs are automatically scored without the batsmen having to run, if the batsmen hits it over the rope without it bouncing then the batsmen automatically scores 6 runs without having to run.
EDIT- What are you talking about person above me?
THE BATSMEN HAS TO RUN IF HE WANTS TO SCORE RUNS. I NEVER EVER SAID THE BATSMEN HAS TO RUN FROM EVERY BALL.
Don’t correct me when i’m NOT wrong dear.
it is not compulsory as in Baseball to run, where Striker should run to 1stbase from batter base..
Batsman in cricket may wish not to run if they think might get out. if they are safe, they ll run to opposite end, where other 3 wickets (base) are present.
There are only 2 bases in cricket. but they have 3 wickets at either end. if batsman could not defend the ball and ball strikes to wicket then he is out.
In cricket, if striker and non striker reaches the opposite end, then it ll be counted as ’1′ run, and non striker becomes striker and he faces the next ball. as you know, in baseball, striker has to reach the batter base by running through all the 4 bases to count it as ’1′ run.
Homerun is called ’6 or six’ in cricket. it will be counted as 6 runs to score. but the striker who hits ’6′ remains at the wicket(batter base). he continues his play till he gets out.
if the ball crosses the boundary on the ground, then it is called ’4′. so it will be counted as 4 runs to striker team’s score.
In cricket there are two batsmen present on the field. The two batsmen stand on either side of the pitch, one batsman is on the striker’s end and the other batsman is on the non-striker’s end. At either end of the pitch is the crease. Crease is a line marked on both sides of the pitch. The batsmen are supposed to get past the crease on the other end in order to complete one run. The batsman can take more than one run keeping in mind that the fielder doesn’t throw the ball towards him and hit the stumps before he reaches the crease. The batsman on the strikers end faces the bowler and has to hit the ball away from the fielders to score runs.
Edit: To know more about cricket, you can check this link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket
basically..
if the ball is not going to reach the boundary for an instant “four” or fly over the boundary for “six” in what baseball would consider a home run.
The batsman has (the option)to run to the other end of the pitch in order to score runs (points), the risk lies in the batsman getting ‘run out’, if the fieldsman throws the ball back and knocks the bails of the wickets before they make it back beyond the crease. Or in baseball terms are considered safe.
The batsman doesn’t have to run it he thinks if he could be run out.
There are no bases, they just run from end to end the length of the pitch.
Does that make sense?
King KooKee you are wrong, the batsman doesn’t have to run if he thinks its not safe too. If he thinks he could be run out, he will tell the other batsman not to run.
Yes
the batter has to run to another base from which the bowler bowls the deliveries,and the batter from that bowling base has to run to the batting base and both has to run simulataneously to fetch a run for the team and the batter.
no the batter is supposed to run if he think it is safe to do so or else the player of the opposite team will hit the wicket with the ball
the batter could only run on the pitch touching the wicket line everytime
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