... hard leather. The bat is a piece of willow 96 cm long and 11cm wide, with a handle at the top of the bat. The field or ground on which you play on may range in size from about 137-160 meters by 152-168 meters. In the center of the field, there is a pitch, which contains two wickets, 20 m apart. Each wicket consists of three wooden stumps. On top of the stumps are two strips of wood that are known as bails. The wicket is centered lengthwise in a white line, known as the bowling crease. Another white line, called the crease, is drawn 1.2 meters in front of and parallel to each bowling crease. There are two other white lines called return creases, which run perpendicular to the bowling and the other creases, forming a rectangular area. Most of the action of the game takes place between the ...

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