Cricket

Cricket. Written by Tom Rosenstiel. Focus question. What makes cricket an interesting sport?

《板球》，作者：汤姆·罗森斯蒂尔 核心问题：是什么让板球成为一项有趣的运动？

A fun sport. People around the world play an exciting sport called cricket. In cricket, a batter hits a ball with a large, flat bat. The ball is about the same size as a baseball.

一项有趣的运动 世界各地的人们都喜爱一项叫作板球的刺激运动 打板球时，击球手会用一块又大又平的球板击球 板球的大小和棒球差不多

The basics. Two teams play a game of cricket. Each team has 11 players. They play on an oval field with an area in the middle called a pitch.

基础知识： 板球比赛由两支队伍参赛， 每队各有11名球员 他们在椭圆形球场上比赛，球场中间的区域叫作球道

The teams take turns batting and bowling or throwing a ball. Two batters on the batting team stand on each end of the pitch. The team that isn't batting plays in the field.

两支队伍轮流担任击球方和投球方，投球方负责投球 击球方的两名击球手分别站在球道的两端 未击球的队伍在场上负责防守

One player on each team is the bowler. The bowler throws a ball to a batter on the other team.

每队各有一名球员担任投球手 投球手要把球投给对方队伍的击球手

The bowler tries to hit three small posts in the ground near the batter. These posts are called stumps. At the top of the stumps are two small pieces of wood called bales. Together, the stumps and bales are called a wicket. If the bowler's ball knocks the bales off the wicket stumps, the batter is out.

投球手要设法击中击球手附近地面上立的三根小柱子 这些柱子叫作门柱 门柱的顶端放着两块叫作横木的小木条 门柱和横木合起来叫作三柱门 如果投球手投出的球把三柱门上的横木打落，击球手就出局了