Iyini iCricket?
Context:Ikhilikithi ngumdlalo we-bat-and-ball odlalwa phakathi kwamaqembu amabili abadlali abayishumi nanye enkundleni enkabeni yayo engamamitha angama-22 (20 amamitha) ane-wicket ekugcineni ngakunye, ngalinye liqukethe ama-bails amabili alinganiswe ezigxotsheni ezintathu. Iqembu elishayayo lifaka amagoli ngokushaya ibhola eligoqiwe kwelinye lama-wicket ngebhantshi bese ligijima phakathi kwama-wicket, kuyilapho iqembu elishayayo nelishaya inkambu lizama ukuvimbela lokhu (ngokuvimbela ibhola ukuthi lingashiyi inkambu, futhi lithole ibhola kunoma yiliphi i-wicket) futhi likhiphe i-batter ngayinye (ngakho-ke "baphuma"). Izindlela zokukhishwa zifaka phakathi ukujikijelwa, lapho ibhola lishaya iziqu bese likhipha ama-bails, futhi ohlangothini lwe-fielding noma ukubamba ibhola ngemuva kokushaywa yisigubhu, kepha ngaphambi kokushaya phansi, noma ukushaya i-wicket ngebhola ngaphambi kokuthi i-batter ikwazi ukuwela i-crease phambi kwe-wicket. Lapho sekukhishwe abashayi abayishumi, i-innings iyaphela futhi amaqembu ashintshana ngezindima. Umdlalo unqunywa ngabahluleli ababili, basizwa umahluleli wesithathu kanye nomphathi womdlalo emidlalweni yamazwe omhlaba. Zixhumana nabashayi ababili abaphuma ngaphandle kwebala abaqopha imininingwane yezibalo zomdlalo.
Ikhilikithi iwumdlalo webhantshi nebhola, owasungulwa eNgilandi. I-cricket kukhulunywa ngayo okokuqala ngqa eNingizimu-mpumalanga yeNgilandi phakathi nekhulu le-16. Yasakazeka emhlabeni wonke ngokwanda koMbuso WaseBrithani, ngemidlalo yokuqala yamazwe omhlaba engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu le-19. Inhlangano elawula lo mdlalo yi - International Cricket Council (ICC), enamalungu angaphezu kwekhulu, ayishumi nambili kuwo angamalungu agcwele adlala imidlalo yeTest. Imithetho yalo mdlalo, i - Laws of Cricket, igcinwa yi - Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) eLondon. Lo mdlalo ulandelwa kakhulu eNingizimu Asia, e-Australasia, e-United Kingdom, eNingizimu Afrika naseWest Indies. Kunezinhlobo ezi-3 eziyinhloko zeCricket: Imidlalo yeTest (ngokujwayelekile ehlala izinsuku ezi-5), i-ODI (usuku olulodwa lomhlaba wonke) oluhlala amahora angu-6-8, kanye ne-T20 yakamuva futhi ethandwayo ehlala amahora angu-3-4.