Cricket Vocabulary: See Bold Words

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Focus: Describing how a game is played. Cricket Vocabulary: See bold words. Activity 1: Read the text below about cricket, then practice saying it: Cricket is a game that originally comes from England. It’s played by two teams of 11 players on a pitch with two sets of three stumps, known in the game as wickets. The bowler bowls the ball down the pitch to the batsman of the opposing team. The batsman’s job is to defend the wicket in front of which he is standing, from the oncoming ball. If the ball hits the wicket, then that batsman is out of the game at that point. If he hits the ball and it lands outside of the boundary, he scores six points for his team. If the ball lands inside the boundary, but bounces or rolls outside of it, he scores four points. Players can run from their wicket to the opposite wicket and back again, as many times as they possibly can while the ball is out on the field. They must make sure they are not caught out after hitting the ball, or that the wicket is stumped by any player from the opposing team. This is known as breaking the wicket. The batsman himself must not break the wicket at any time with his bat or body. If the ball hits the batsman’s body where it would otherwise hit the wicket, it is known as LBW (leg before wicket). A match consists of two innings and is sometimes played over a period of two or three days.

Activity 2: Read the following statements based on Activity 1 and say if they are True or False:

1) Cricket is a game played by two teams of eleven players on a soccer pitch.

2) It has three sets of two stumps known as wickets.

3) If the ball lands outside of the boundary, six points are automatically given.

4) Players can be out of the match if their wicket is broken by the ball.

5) If the ball hits the batsman’s body instead of the wicket, he is out.

6) A game can take anywhere from an afternoon to several days to play.

Activity 3: Match the vocabulary with the correct meaning: (not all words can be used)

pitch wickets bowler opposing defend boundary stumped otherwise LBW innings

1) Set of stumps of three with two 4) In different bails across the top. circumstances.

2) Dismissed a batsman by 5) A line marking the breaking the wicket. limit of an area.