COLLECTION

Inside the game

The questions that interrupt a match: why the bat is measured, why one batter finishes not out, and what the review timer actually controls.

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Leg-break vs off-break: follow the turn, then check the batter

A camera-independent way to recognise two spin deliveries, with a handedness table and a replay exercise.

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Maiden over vs maiden century: the same word, two different accounts

Separate a bowler's scoreless over from a batter's first hundred, including the extra-runs case that causes confusion.

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The DRS review timer: what the fifteen seconds actually control

Follow an appeal from the on-field decision to a review request, and keep the request timer separate from the over-rate clock.

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How long is a cricket pitch, and what do the white lines do?

Separate the 22-yard pitch from the running gap, then identify the bowling, popping and return creases on a broadcast.

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Why do eleven cricket players have only ten wickets?

The eleventh player can bat. The missing piece is the partnership, plus the difference between not out, did not bat and facing no deliveries.

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Why are cricket bats checked on the field?

Understand the bat gauge, distinguish an inspection from a finding, and see why one legal measurement does not settle the whole equipment question.

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