Check out our handy cheat sheet to get all your elongated bat and ball game related questions answered! This is cricket. A traditional red cricket ball and the bails from the top of a wicket.

Each fixed period of time in which each team bat is called an innings. The first ball will be bowled at the batter 'on strike' and the bowler delivers the ball overarm at the cricket stumps.

Being caught is the most common way of getting out. A batsman is out caught when a fielder catches the ball directly off the bat, before it has hit the ground. The ball does not have to come directly ...