Formats
Why a Cricket Innings Has a Different Shape in Each Format
See how cricket innings change from T20 to Test cricket, and choose the format whose pace, length and match structure…
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Browse explainers and thoughtful reads on cricket’s formats, techniques, equipment, traditions and playing places.
Technique
Seam or Swing? Two Different Ways a Delivery Moves
Seam movement and swing move a cricket ball for different reasons; learn how seam presentation and airflow shape its…
Equipment
The Scorebook Before the Scoreboard
A cricket scorebook turns scattered match events into a usable record, helping scorers track each delivery and…
Playing Places
The Boundary Rope Does Not Mark Every Part of the Ground
Understand the cricket boundary rope and the ground beyond it, so you can read fielding space, nearby obstacles, and…
Traditions
Tea, Lunch and the Shape of a Day at the Cricket
Cricket intervals make a long-form match easier to follow: use tea and lunch breaks to read the score, mark what…
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Cricket is one game, many ways to play it
We look beyond the score to the formats, skills, objects and traditions that help explain cricket across its different settings.