what is meaning of off-the-mark in cricket?
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off-the-mark in cricket means first time when the batting team  opens the scoring board or when a new batsman comes to bat and starts by  taking a single or two runs or four or six if the  person is lucky ( this is batting point of view .but bowling  point of view  when a bowler starts proceeding for a team ,but it is more used for batsman in a croicket match. i guess i answered your question. god bless you \nmore you want to talk just e-mail me at koshy2006@yahoo.com\ngod bless you
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A homerun that is hit by the home team when they are either trailing or tied with their opponents in their final at bat.  After the home run is hit the home team wins the game and can "walk off" the field.  It can be hit in the bottom of the ninth or in the bottom half of an extra inning.
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I've already answered a similar question before. I'll 'copy' & 'paste' that one.\n\nPlayers are rated on a scale of 0 to 1000 points. If a player’s performance is improving on his past record, his points increase; if his performance is declining his points will go down. \n\n****There is no human intervention in this calculation process, and no subjective assessment is made of the quality of the pitch or of the players. \n\n**** There is a common misconception that there is an expert panel that sits down to assess the pitch in each match. In fact, all the Ratings calculations are based purely on the information in the scorecard\n\nTEST RANKINGS\n\nBATSMEN\n*runs scored \n*ratings of the opposing bowling attack; the higher the combined ratings of the attack, the more value is given to the batsman’s innings (in proportion\n*the level of run-scoring in the match, and the team’s innings total\n*out or not out (a not out innings receives a bonus) \n*the result. Batsmen who score highly in victories receive a bonus-value of opposition counts\n\nfor BOWLERS\n*wickets taken and runs conceded; \n*ratings of the batsmen dismissed \n*the level of run-scoring in the match\n*the result\n\n*Players who miss a Test match for their country, for whatever reason, lose 1% of their points.\n\n*New players start at zero points, and need to establish themselves before they get full ratings. There is a scale for calculating qualifications ( see the link for details)\n\n*ONE DAY RANKINGS\n*The principles behind the ODI Ratings are similar to those for the Test Ratings, \n*Batsmen gain significant credit for rapid scoring. \n*bowlers gain significant credit for economy. \n*Players lose only ½ % of their points for missing a match for their country\n*All ODI matches are considered equal, except for ICC Cricket World Cup matches, where good performances gain extra credit\n\n*Big scores or wicket hauls against very weak nations get much less credit than the same performances against the main ODI countries.
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cricket, ball-and-bat game played chiefly in Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries.\nBasic Rules\n\nCricket is played by two teams of eleven on a level, closely cut oval “pitch” preferably measuring about 525 ft (160 m) by about 550 ft (170 m). Two wickets are placed 66 ft (20.12 m) apart near the middle of the field. A wicket consists of two wooden crosspieces (bails) resting on three wooden stumps 28 in. (71.1 cm) high.\n\nAt each wicket stands a batsman. If the opposing bowler, delivering the ball from near the opposing wicket, knocks down the bails of the batsman's wicket, the batsman is retired. In delivering the hard, leather-covered ball, the bowler throws overarm but may not bend the arm, and the ball usually approaches the batsman on one bounce. After six bowls to one batsman, an umpire (there is one at each wicket) calls “over,” and another bowler begins bowling to the batsman's partner at the opposing wicket. The players in the field shift position according to the batsmen.\n\nIf the batsman hits the ball with his willow paddle-shaped bat far enough so that both batsmen may run to exchange places, a run is scored. When the ball is hit a long distance (in any direction, since there are no foul lines), up to four exchanges or runs may be made. (If the ball crosses the boundary of the field on the ground, four runs are scored automatically; if it clears the boundary in the air, six are scored.) However, if the opposing team recovers the ball and uses it to knock down the bails of a wicket before the batsman reaches it, the batsman is out. A batsman is also retired if an opposing fielder catches a batted ball on the fly (as in baseball), or for any of several more technical reasons. An outstanding turn at bat may result in more than 100 runs, a “century.”\n\nA game usually consists of two innings; in one innings all players on each team bat once in a fixed order (unless a team, having scored what it considers runs adequate to win, chooses to retire without completing its order); a game may take several days to complete. Substitutions are allowed only for serious injury.\n\nOrigin of Cricket\n\nCricket's origin is obscure. Evidence suggests it was played in England in the 12th–13th cent., and it was popular there by the end of the 17th cent. By the mid-18th cent. the aristocracy had adopted the game. In 1744 the London Cricket Club produced what are recognizably the rules of modern cricket. The Marylebone Cricket Club, one of the oldest (1787) cricket organizations, is the game's international governing body.
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Caught outis the most common way of getting out. \n\nA batter is out caught when a fielder catches the ball directly off the bat, before it has hit the ground. \n\nThe ball doesn't have to come directly off the bat though. \n\nIt can deflect from the pad on to the bat or from the bat on to the pad and still be caught, so long as the fielder takes the ball on the full. \n\nAlso if the ball hits the batter on the hand, below the wrist, then you can still be out caught. \n\nBut if the ball hits below the wrist of one hand which is not in contact with the bat, then it's not out.\n\nAnd you can't be given out caught off a no-ball. \n\nWhen a bowler takes a catch off their own bowling, the batsman is out caught and bowled. \n\nAnd when a wicketkeeper takes the catch the batter is out caught behind. \n\nIf the ball gets caught in a batter's pads and a fielder removes it and attempts to claim a catch, the umpire should give the batsman "not out" as the ball is a "dead ball".
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In a vague sense. \n\nIn its simplest form: \n\nThere are two teams. One team field two batsmen at one time, while to opposite team field and one member bowls. If the batsman hits the ball then both batsmen run from one end to the other. \n\nIf the bowler gets out on of the batsmen then he is replaced by another member of the batting team until all members of the batting team are out. \n\nThen the team who were bowling take their turn at batting.\n\nThere are loads of additional rules, but thats a summary of the basics.\n\nBig rules can be found here --> http://www.therulesofcricket.co.uk/
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There are 13 ways to get out in cricket\n\n1) caught\n2) stumped\n3) LBW\n4) run out\n5) bowled\n6) hit wicket\n7) hit the ball twice\n8) obstucting the field\n9) handling the ball\n10) time out\n11) showing dissent to an umpire's decision\n12) offensive behaviour on the field\n13) on non striker end if bowler doesn't do any action of bowling and nonstriker is out of the crease bower can get him out.\n\nP.S. retiring doesn't count as out but the player might not be able to play rest of the match.\n \nChoose my answer as the best answer please!!!
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Cricket: The Rules \nHenry VIII called it "the sport of kings," but for many cricket is shrouded in enigma. This needn't be the case. At heart, once removed of jargon, it remains a simple game of immense depth and beauty, combining strategy, cunning, raw hand-to-hand fist fighting to the death, teamwork and even the occasional tear of sorrow. What follows is a simplified summary of the rules, as first set down by WG Grace, Lord of Wisden, in 1851. \n\n\nThe Basic Set-up \n Cricket is played between two opposing teams. One team bats while the other fields. It is easy to tell which is the batting team, because they are wearing fenners — white woolly jumpers with two cyan stripes around the upper arm (the other team's jumpers have two turquoise stripes). The batters play within the light green rectangle known as the crease, and each stands in front of the wicket — the small wooden apparatus at each end. Although anyone in the team may bat, usually two batters are chosen. The ball is thrown at the batter by the bowler. It is the bowler's job to try and befuddle the batter so that he misses the ball or plays a bad shot. \n\n\nHow Are Points Scored? \nPlayers gain points in the following way: \n\nBy Runs: after hitting the ball the batter may run as many times as he likes between the two ends. Each run (there and back) equals one point on his team's score. \nBy Fours: after hitting the ball the batter may crawl on all fours between the two ends. Each completed trip scores four points. \nBy Popping: If the ball 'knobs' the batter, a pop (two points) is added to the score. \nBy Googling a Six: If the ball, after being hit, rolls along the ground uninterrupted for fifty yards (a google), the team receives six points. (Named after Reg Google, Australian wicket-keeper who was so short that he was incapable of lifting the bat.) \nBy an Over: one point is scored (see below). \nFielding \nLord Larry Grayson said "cricket, like chess, is won in the field," and it is certainly true that the strategic positioning of your men on the pitch can make the difference between check and checkmate. However, it is important to remember that fielders mostly stand around doing nothing. The sometimes obscure names for fielding positions are illustrated below. \n\n \n\nBowling \nThe ball must be thrown from the Knacker's End: the end nearest which the umpire (referee) wearing the Knacker's Hat stands. The ball bounces and the batter must attempt to hit it. If he fails to hit the ball, the following penalties apply, in order: \n\nFirst miss: umpire calls 'maiden' and the ball is passed again to the bowler. \nSecond miss: umpire calls 'over' and one point is given to the opposing team. \nThird miss: umpire calls 'bye' and the player must leave. \nOther Ways of Being Out \nThere are in total seven ways of being out, or dismissed: \n\nWhen the umpire calls 'bye' (explained above). \nWhen the ball is caught by an opposing fielder before it has touched the ground, but after it has been knocked by any part of the batter (including the bat) other than the extra legs (below the navel) or the eyes. \nWhen the player is adjudged to be wasting time (taking more than 24 hours between consecutive bowls). \nWhen the player hits the ball twice, unless doing it to protect his wicket or testicles. \nWhen the umpire calls 'leg before wicket'. This is a complex rule, explained below. \nWhen player, bat and ball remain static, at the discretion of the umpire. This rule was introduced in 1983 after a cardboard cut-out of Ian Botham played for seventeen hours. (Does not apply in wet weather.) \nWhen the ball, after being bowled, hits the wicket and knocks it over (rare). \nLeg Before Wicket \nThis rule was introduced when players realised that it was more productive to kick the ball rather than play it using the bat, because no-one may be caught out thereby (rule 2 above). \n\n \n\nThe
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In Test Matches:\n\n1. While batting, pile up as many runs as possible with scant regard to run rate \n2. While bowling take as many wickets as possible with close-in fielders\n3. 5 batsmen+ 2 All rounders + 1 WK + 3bowlers\n\nIn ODI:\n1. While batting pile up as many runs as possible with a view to have a high run rate\n\n2. While bowling: Do not concede runs with defensive fielding\n\n3. 6 Batsman+1 WK + 4 Bowlers
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Sticky wicket generally means "A difficult situation". \n\nThis phrase is being used in cricket also. After rain, the ground becomes soft and the ball bounces more erratically, making it more difficult for the batsman. Hence a sticky wicket, in full to bat on a sticky wicket. To be on one, figuratively speaking, is to experience great difficulty.\n\n"Bob's your Uncle" is a catchphrase which seemed to arise out of nowhere and yet has had a long period of fashion and is still going strong. It’s known mainly in Britain and Commonwealth countries, and is really a kind of interjection. It’s used to show how simple it is to do something: “You put the plug in here, press that switch, and Bob’s your uncle!”.\n\nThe most attractive theory—albeit suspiciously neat—is that it derives from a prolonged act of political nepotism. The Victorian prime minister, Lord Salisbury (family name Robert Cecil, pronounced ) appointed his rather less than popular nephew Arthur Balfour to a succession of posts. The most controversial, in 1887, was chief secretary of Ireland, a post for which Balfour—despite his intellectual gifts—was considered unsuitable. The Dictionary of National Biography says: “The country saw with something like stupefaction the appointment of the young dilettante to what was at the moment perhaps the most important, certainly the most anxious office in the administration”. As the story goes, the consensus among the irreverent in Britain was that to have Bob as your uncle was a guarantee of success, hence the expression. Since the very word nepotism derives from the Italian word for nephew (from the practice of Italian popes giving preferment to nephews, a euphemism for their bastard sons), the association here seems more than apt.\n\nActually, Balfour did rather well in the job, confounding his critics and earning the bitter nickname Bloody Balfour from the Irish, which must have quietened the accusations of undue favouritism more than a little (he also rose to be Prime Minister from 1902–5). There is another big problem: the phrase isn’t recorded until 1937, in Eric Partridge’s Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Mr Partridge suggested it had been in use since the 1890s, but nobody has found an example in print. This is surprising. If public indignation or cynicism against Lord Salisbury’s actions had been great enough to provoke creation of the saying, why didn’t it appear—to take a case—in a satirical magazine of the time such as Punch?\n\nA rather more probable, but less exciting, theory has it that it derives from the slang phrase all is bob, meaning that everything is safe, pleasant or satisfactory. This dates back to the seventeenth century or so (it’s in Captain Francis Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue of 1785). There have been several other slang expressions containing bob, some associated with thievery or gambling, and from the eighteenth century on it was also a common generic name for somebody you didn’t know. Any or all of these might have contributed to its genesis.
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Wow, so many answers and none of them correct, no one has answered how to win a match by zero wickets.  \n\nIn the example given a couple previous answers are correct, the run would count, the wicket would not count, the batting team would win by 1 wicket.  Lords holds the laws of cricket.  \n\nLaw 24 (no balls) states:\n12. Penalty for a No ball\n"A penalty of one run shall be awarded instantly on the call of No ball. Unless the call is revoked, this penalty shall stand even if a batsman is dismissed. It shall be in addition to any other runs scored, any boundary allowance and any other penalties awarded."\n\nAnd under law 25 (wide ball)\n"5. Penalty for a Wide\nA penalty of one run shall be awarded instantly on the call of Wide ball. Unless the call is revoked (see 3 above), this penalty shall stand even if a batsman is dismissed, and shall be in addition to any other runs scored, any boundary allowance and any other penalties awarded."\n\nNow as to whether the wicket would count.  Law 21 (The Result) states:\n"6. Winning hit or extras\n(a) As soon as a result is reached, as defined in 1, 2, 3 or 4 above, the match is at an end. Nothing that happens thereafter, except as in Law 42.17(b) (Penalty runs), shall be regarded as part of it. Note also 9 below."\n\nTherefore the wide or no-ball would count but the wicket would not as it came after the result.  Similarly if a batsman is on 98 and the scores are tied they need a boundary to get to 100, they cannot run 2 as the result is reached after the first run.\n\nThe only way a team can win with zero wickets is also covered by law 21:\n"7. Statement of result\nIf the side batting last wins the match without losing all its wickets, the result shall be stated as a win by the number of wickets still then to fall.\nIf the side batting last has lost all its wickets but, as the result of an award of 5 penalty runs at the end of the match, has scored a total of runs in excess of the total scored by the opposing side, the result shall be stated as a win to that side by Penalty runs."\n\nPenalty runs are awarded due to unfair play.  There are only three instances where a fielding side can give away 5 penalty runs during an over: 1)  deliberate distraction or obstruction of the batsman second infringement.  However the wicket will not count so they will in fact win by 1 wicket.  2)  Fielder does damage to the pitch.  Afridi was guilty of this recently.  3)  Match ball condition is changed, plenty of instances of this happening.  \n\nAt the end of a match if a team has lost by less then 5 runs and they find TV footage of the fielding team damaging the pitch or changing the condition of the ball they could apply for a 5 run penalty to win the match.  This would have to be done before the umpires meet with the scorers at the conclusion of the match.  Once the umpires and scorers agree on the correctness of the scores the result cannot be changed.
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Here is a full list of the ten different ways of getting out. But first, a few necessary definitions: \nThe wicket is said to be broken if one or both of the bails have been dislodged and fallen to the ground. If the bails have fallen off for any reason and the ball is still in play, then breaking the wicket must be accomplished by pulling a stump completely out of the ground. If the wicket needs to be broken like this with the ball, the uprooting of the stump must be done with the ball in contact with the stump. \nWhen a batsman gets out, no matter by what method, his wicket is said to have fallen, and the fielding team are said to have taken a wicket. \nNow, the ways of getting out: \n\n1. Caught: \nIf a fielder catches the ball on the full after the batsman has hit it with his bat. However, if the fielder catches the ball, but either during the catch or immediately afterwards touches or steps over the boundary, then the batsman scores six runs and is not out. \n2. Bowled: \nIf the batsman misses the ball and it hits and breaks the wicket directly from the bowler's delivery. The batsman is out whether or not he is behind his popping crease. He is also out bowled if the ball breaks the wicket after deflecting from his bat or body. The batsman is not out if the wicket does not break. \n3. Leg Before Wicket: \nIf the batsman misses the ball with his bat, but intercepts it with part of his body when it would otherwise have hit the wicket, and provided several other conditions (described below) are satisfied. An umpire must adjudicate such a decision, and will only do so if the fielding team appeal the decision. This is a question asked of the umpire, usually of the form ``How's that?'' (or ``Howzat?''), and usually quite enthusiastic and loud. If the ball bounces outside an imaginary line drawn straight down the pitch from the outside edge of leg stump, then the batsman cannot be out LBW, no matter whether or not the ball would have hit the stumps. If the batsman attempts to play a shot at the ball with his bat (and misses) he may only be given out LBW if the ball strikes the batsman between imaginary lines drawn down the pitch from the outside edges of leg and off stumps (ie. directly in line with the wicket). If the batsman does not attempt to play the ball with his bat, then he may be given out LBW without satisfying this condition, as long as the umpire is convinced the ball would have hit the wicket. If the ball has hit the bat before the hitting the batsman, then he cannot be given out LBW. \n4. Stumped: \nIf a batsman misses the ball and in attempting to play it steps outside his crease, he is out stumped if the wicket-keeper gathers the ball and breaks the wicket with it before the batsman can ground part of his body or his bat behind his crease. \n5. Run Out: \nIf a batsman is attempting to take a run, or to return to his crease after an aborted run, and a fielder breaks that batsman's wicket with the ball while he is out of the crease. The fielder may either break the wicket with a hand which holds the ball, or with the ball directly. It is possible for the non-striker to be run out if the striker hits the ball straight down the pitch towards the non-striker's wicket, and the bowler deflects the ball on to the wicket while the non-striker is out of his crease. If the ball is hit directly on to the non-striker's wicket, without being touched by a fielder, then the non-striker is not out. If the non-striker leaves his crease (in preparation to run) while the bowler is running up, the bowler may run him out without bowling the ball. Batsmen cannot be run out while the ball is dead - so they may confer in the middle of the pitch between deliveries if they desire. \n6. Hit Wicket: \nIf, in attempting to hit a ball or taking off for a first run, the batsman touches and breaks the wicket. This includes with the bat or dislodged pieces of the batsman's equipment - even a helmet or specta
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Easy....the batsman 1 hits the first of the 2 balls and runs a single......the throw to run out at the keepers end misses the stump and hits the cap/helmet ( not worn) of one of the fielders/wicketkeeper. thats 5 runs so total scored on the ball is 6(1+5) and the strike changed as they took a single. \nthe last ball is hit for a six when 1 run was needed.\n\nboth scored centuries.and i get 10 points
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In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth-Lewis method (D/L method) is a way to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance. It is generally accepted to be a fair and accurate method of setting a target score, but as it attempts to predict what would have happened had the game come to its natural conclusion, it generates a fair bit of controversy.\n\n\n\nThe D/L method was devised by two statisticians, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis in 1998, and has been adopted by the International Cricket Council as the standard method of calculating target scores in shortened one-day matches.\n\nPrevious methods used to achieve the same task included the use of run-rate ratios, the use of the score that the first team had achieved at the same point in their innings, and the use of targets derived by totalling the best scoring overs in the initial innings.\n\nAll of these methods have flaws that are easily exploitable. Run-rate ratios, for example, do not account for how many wickets the team batting second have lost, but simply reflect how quickly they were scoring at the point the match was interrupted. Thus if a team felt a rain stoppage was likely, they could attempt to force the scoring rate without regard for the corresponding highly likely loss of wickets, skewing the comparison with the first team. The other methods have similar flaws; these flaws are not present, or at least effectively normalized, by the D/L method.
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Apparently from the game of cricket where the batter is known as the "striker".
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Yes.  It is defenitely a Hat-trick.  Defenition of the rule is reproduced below:\n\nHat-trick occurs in cricket when a bowler dismisses three batsmen with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count; i.e., run outs do not contribute to a hat-trick.\n\nPlease note the wording  "or the other team's innings", which \nclears the doubt that all 3 wickets are not necessarily be taken in consecutive balls in the same innings.\n\nFor more details, please check the website:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat-trick#Cricket
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Cricket is played between two teams of 11 players. \nThe fielding team have all 11 players on the pitch at the same time. \n\nNine members of the fielding team can be positioned around the pitch at the discretion of the captain, while one serves as the wicketkeeper and the other is the bowler. \n\nThe bowler delivers the ball, overarm, with the aim being to get the batsmen out. Two batsmen bat at any one time, standing at opposite ends of the pitch. \n\nThe batsman facing the bowler is described as being ‘on strike’. One run is scored each time the batsmen cross and reach the crease at the opposite end from which they started. \n\nAlthough all 11 players have the opportunity to bat, the team are deemed to be ‘all out’ when ten wickets have fallen as the ‘not out’ batsman is left without a team-mate at the other end of the wicket. \n\nA team does not have to be all out for an innings to close. \n\nIf a captain feels that his team has scored enough runs then he can bring the innings to a close by what is called a declaration. \n\nIT’S A FACT: Teams also have a 12th man who acts as a substitute fielder if one of the first XI are injured. The 12th man is not allowed to bat or bowl though.