Cricket

Cricket, written by Rachel Murphy. Focus question. What is cricket, and how is it played?

板球，作者：雷切尔·墨菲。 探究问题。 板球是什么，到底要怎么玩呢？

Welcome to Cricket. Cricket is a sport with an honored history and a huge international following. Players from around the world compete in front of crowds of adoring fans from India to Jamaica. To enjoy the game, new players need a bat and ball, a few friends, and some free time to practice their cricket skills.

欢迎走进板球的世界。 板球是一项历史悠久，在全球拥有大量爱好者的运动。 从印度到牙买加，世界各地的球员都会在狂热球迷的围观下展开竞技。 想要享受这项运动，新手只需要球板、球，几个朋友，再抽点空闲时间练习技巧就够了。

How to play cricket. Teams play cricket on an oval field with a cleared rectangle in it called the pitch. Two teams with 11 players take turns batting and bowling. A team's turn at bat is called an inning. On the bowling team, one player takes the position of bowler, thrower, and another takes the position of wicket keeper, catcher. The other nine players take position in the oval. Two batters from the batting team take the field and stand on opposite ends of the pitch. The first player to bat is called the striker. The other batter is the non -striker.

板球玩法介绍。 球队在椭圆形场地上比赛，场中有一块平整的长方形区域叫做球道。 两支球队各11名球员，轮流进行击球和投球。 一支球队的击球轮次叫做一局。 投球方中，一名球员担任投球手（发球手），另一名球员担任三柱门守门员（捕手）。 其余九名球员分布在椭圆形场地的各个位置。 击球方派出两名击球手上场，分别站在球道的两端。 第一个击球的球员叫做击球员。 另一名击球手叫做非击球员。

The bowler will bowl, or throw, the ball over arm, with the arm above the head and without bending the elbow. The bowler tries to get the batter out by hitting the wicket. The wicket is three small posts in the ground, called stumps, with two pieces of wood on top, called bales. If the bowler can knock the bales off the stumps, then the batter is out.

投球手会过肩投球，也就是手臂举过头顶、手肘不弯曲地把球投出。 投球手要做的就是击中三柱门，把击球手淘汰出局。 三柱门是插在地上的三根小桩，叫做桩柱，桩柱顶上架着两块横木，叫做 bail横木。 如果投球手把横木从桩柱上打落，击球手就出局了。

Batters can stop the ball from hitting the wicket by hitting the ball with their bat. They can also hit the ball hard enough to score runs. When the striker hits the ball, both the striker and the non -striker will start running to the opposite ends of the pitch. At each end of the pitch is a line just in front of the wicket, called the popping crease. If the two runners pass the popping crease and change places, they've scored a run.

击球手可以用球板把球打走，避免球撞到三柱门。 他们也可以用力击球，以此来获得分数。 当击球员把球打出后，击球员和非击球员都会朝球道的另一端跑去。 球道两端的三柱门前方各有一条线，叫做击球限线。 如果两名跑位的击球手都越过击球限线、交换位置，就成功拿到一分。

The striker and the non -striker run back and forth again and again, scoring a run each time, but they need to be careful. The fielding team will try to run out the batter or get him or her out. If the batter is not safe behind the popping crease and a fielder knocks the bales off the wicket stumps with the ball, the batter is out. Batters can stop safely behind the crease at any time to prevent an out. A batter can also be caught out if a player on the bowling team catches a hit ball before it bounces on the ground. When batters finish running, whoever is standing in the striker's original position is now the striker. Also, if a bowler bowls the ball six times and there are no hits or outs, the bowler changes places with another player on his or her team. The non -striker then gets a turn to be the striker.

击球员和非击球员可以来回跑动，每交换一次位置就得一分，但一定要多加小心。 守场队会想方设法把击球手杀出局。 如果击球手没有安全站在击球限线后方，守场员就可以用球打落三柱门的横木，击球手就会出局。 击球手可以随时停在击球限线后方保证安全，避免出局。 如果投球队的队员在击出的球落地前接住了球，击球手也会被判出局。 击球手跑完位后，站在原击球员位置上的人，就会成为新的击球员。 另外，如果一名投球手连续投了六次球，都没有出现得分或出局，这名投球手就会和本队其他队员交换位置。 接下来就轮到原本的非击球员担任击球员了。