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What are the lines on a cricket pitch?

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The blue lines on either side of the stumps onthecricket pitch as seen in ICC World Cup 2019 mark thelimitswithin which bowlers have to bowl and assist umpires inadjudging ifa delivery can be called "wide". These bluelines are used byumpires to gauge the length of a wideball.


Thereof, how do you mark a cricket crease?

The popping crease, which is the back edge ofthecrease marking, should be in front of and parallel tothebowling crease and shall be 4 ft (1.22 m) from it.Thepopping crease should be marked to a minimum of 6 ft(1.83m) on either side of the imaginary line joining the centres ofthetwo middle stumps.

Similarly, what is a cricket pitch made of? A cricket pitch can be made of naturalorartificial components, as long as it is flat.Top-levelcricket is usually played on a rolled clay or grasssurface,while other levels of cricket often use anartificialpitch.

Similarly, it is asked, how is cricket pitch measured?

The size of the field on which the game isplayedvaries from ground to ground but the pitch is alwaysarectangular area of 22 yards (20.12m) in length and 10ft (3.05m)inwidth. The popping (batting) crease is marked 1.22m in front ofthestumps at either end, with the stumps set along thebowlingcrease.

What is the batting crease?

Bowling crease Drawn parallel with the popping crease andfourfeet away from it. The bowling crease is the linethroughthe centres of the three stumps at eachend.

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