Ngokusekelwe embhalweni ongezansi, sicela ufingqe ngemigqa embalwa
Context:Ikhilikithi ngumdlalo we-bat-and-ball odlalwa phakathi kwamaqembu amabili wabadlali abayishumi nanye enkundleni enkabeni ye-pitch engamamitha angama-22 (20 amamitha) ene-wicket ekugcineni ngakunye, ngayinye iqukethe 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.  Amafomu ekhilikithi asukela ku-Twenty20, lapho iqembu ngalinye lishaya i-innings eyodwa yama-overs angama-20 (i- "over" ngayinye iqoqo lamathuba ama-6 alungile eqenjini elishayayo lokushaya amagoli) futhi umdlalo uvame ukuhlala amahora amathathu, kuya emidlalweni yokuhlola edlalwa izinsuku ezinhlanu. Ngokwesiko abadlali bekhilikithi badlala ngezimpahla ezimhlophe, kodwa kuma-overs alinganiselwe badlala amakhilikithi agqoke imibala yeklabhu noma yeqembu. Ngaphezu kwezinto eziyisisekelo, abanye abadlali bagqoka izingubo zokuzivikela ukuze bavimbele ukulimala okubangelwa ibhola, okuyi-spheroid eqinile, eqinile eyenziwe ngesikhumba esicindezelweyo esinomthungo othungwe ophakanyiswe kancane ohlanganisa umgogodla wekhork ohlanganiswe ngentambo eboshwe ngokuqinile.
Ikhilikithi ngumdlalo odlalwa phakathi kwamaqembu amabili adlala ngayinye yabadlali abayishumi nanye. Lo mdlalo udlalwa enkundleni ene-pitch maphakathi nama-wicket emikhawulweni yomibili. Kukhona iqembu lokubetha neqembu lokudlala amabhola. Umdlalo unqunywa ngabahluleli ababili abasenkundleni, umahluleli wesithathu, nomphathi. Kunezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zomdlalo, kusukela ku-Twenty20, okuvame ukuhlala kuze kufike emahoreni ama-3 kuya ekuhlolweni kwekhilikithi, edlalwa izinsuku ezi-5.