Chii chinonzi Cricket?
Context:Kiriketi mutambo unotambwa pakati pemapoka maviri evatambi gumi nomumwe panhandare iri pakati payo ine nhandare yemamita makumi maviri nemasere ine wicket kumugumo mumwe nomumwe, imwe neimwe iine mabheji maviri akaenzana pamatanda matatu. Bato rinorova rinomhanya nekurova bhora rakaputirwa pane rimwe remakwiketi nebati uyezve richimhanya pakati pemakwiketi, nepo bhora uye divi rekupfura rinoedza kudzivirira izvi (nekudzivirira bhora kuti risabude mumunda, uye kuwana bhora kune chero wicket) uye kudzinga batter yega yega (saka ivo "vanobuda"). Nzira dzokudzinga dzinobatanidza kuiswa bhora, apo bhora rinorova zvigadziko uye rinobvisa mabheji, uye nechepamberi pekubata bhora mushure mekunge rakarohwa nebheti, asi risati rasvika pasi, kana kurova wicket nebhora pamberi pekurova kunogona kuyambuka crease pamberi pe wicket. Apo varovi gumi vanobviswa, innings inoguma uye mapoka anochinjana mabasa. Mutambo wacho unotongwa nevatongi vaviri, vachibatsirwa nomutongi wechitatu uye mutambi wemutambo mumitambo yenyika dzakawanda. Vanokurukurirana nevaviri vanorova zvibodzwa vari kunze kwenhandare avo vanorekodha mashoko enhamba omutambo wacho.
Kiriketi mutambo wemabheti nebhora, wakagadzirwa muEngland. Mashoko okutanga anotaura nezvecricket ari muSouth East England pakati pezana remakore rechi16. Yakapararira munyika yose nokuwedzera kwoUmambo hweBritain, nemitambo yokutanga yenyika dzakawanda muhafu yechipiri yezana remakore rechi19. Mutumbi unodzora mutambo iInternational Cricket Council (ICC), ine nhengo dzinopfuura zana, gumi nembiri dzadzo dziri nhengo dzakazara dzinotamba mitambo yeTest. Mitemo yomutambo wacho, Mitemo yeCricket, inochengetwa neMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC) muLondon. Mutambo uyu unoteverwa zvikuru muSouth Asia, Australasia, United Kingdom, Southern Africa neWest Indies. Kune marudzi matatu makuru eCricket: Test matches (anowanzotora mazuva mashanu), ODI (one day international) inowanzotora maawa matanhatu kusvika masere, uye T20 ichangoburwa uye yakakurumbira inowanzotora maawa matatu kusvika mana.