Yimuphi umdlalo obizwa ngeCricket
Ikhilikithi ngumdlalo owaqala eNgilandi. Ikhilikithi yasungulwa abaseBrithani. Nakuba ikhilikithi yayidlalwa ngokuyinhloko kusukela ngekhulu le-17, kuye kwaba nezinkomba ezithile ezingaqondakali nezicatshangelwayo zomdlalo odlalwa ngekhulu le-13 ngesikhathi seNkosi u-Edward II. Ikhilikithi ngumdlalo odlalwa ngesibhakela nebhola iqembu ngalinye linabadlali abangu-11. Umgomo womdlalo uwukushaya amagoli amaningi njengoba iqembu lingakwazi ukushaya ngenkathi lithola ithuba lokushaya futhi likhiphe elinye iqembu ngaphambi kokuba lifinyelele umgomo walo. Iqembu ngalinye lingashaya kanye futhi kufanele libe seqophelweni lapho elinye iqembu lishaya. Ikhilikithi idlalwa ezinkundleni eziyindilinga noma eziyindilinga. Indawo ephakathi nenhlabathi ibizwa ngokuthi i-pitch engamamitha angu-22 ubude. Emaphethelweni amabili enkundla, kutshalwa izinduku ezintathu emhlabathini ezibizwa ngokuthi ama - stumps. Izingcezu ezimbili ezincane zokhuni zifakwa phezu kweziqu ezibizwa ngokuthi ama-bails. Lokhu kulungiselelwa kubizwa ngokuthi i-wicket. Abashayi ababili beqembu elishayayo bazoshaya emaphethelweni amabili enkundla. Ama-run anikezwa ngokushaya ibhola bese ugijimela emuva naphambili usuka komunye umkhawulo wenkundla uye komunye. I-batter ingathumela ibhola emngceleni ngenkathi iphonsa emhlabathini kanye noma kaningi ukuthola amaphuzu ama-4 noma ishaye ibhola ngaphesheya komngcele ngaphandle kokuyiphonsa emhlabathini ukuthola amaphuzu ama-6. Ithimba lokudlala lizobeka abadlali balo abangu-11 ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene enkundleni. Umuntu ovela eqenjini eliphonsa ibhola kumdlali ovela eqenjini elishayayo ubizwa ngokuthi i-bowler. Umgomo womdlali wokudlala ibhola uwukukhipha umshayi. Umdlali we-bowler uvame ukuphonsa ibhola enkundleni, aliyeke ligoqe kanye enkundleni futhi ekugcineni lifinyelele kumshayi. Kunezindlela ezihlukahlukene zokuxosha noma ukukhipha umshayi. Umdlali okhipha ibhola angahambisa ibhola kumshayi webhola, abangele ukuba ashaye ibhola bese ibhola libanjwa ngqo omunye wabadlali abasensimini. Umshayi webhola angase aphonse ibhola ebhekise kumshayi ukuze amenze aphuthelwe futhi ashaye iziqu noma izinsimbi, kanjalo aphazamise i-wicket yakhe. I-bowler izokhipha ibhola izikhathi eziyisithupha uma sekuyithuba layo. Iqoqo lezinhlamvu eziyisithupha eziphonswa ngumdlali ebholeni libizwa ngokuthi i-Over. Abashayi bangaphinde baphunyuke lapho bezama ukushaya i-run futhi babanjwe ngaphandle kwendawo yabo ephephile ephawulwe ngemifantu emikhawulweni yensimu. Umdlalo wekhilikithi wanamuhla unezinhlobo eziningi. Lezi zinguqulo zibizwa ngokuthi yiTest Cricket, One day internationals (ODI), neTwenty20. Ekuqaleni, umdlalo wekhilikithi wawuthatha izinsuku eziningi. Enguqulweni yakudala yomdlalo, iqembu ngalinye lalinethuba lokushaya kabili futhi lifake kabili kuthatha izinsuku eziningi ngangokunokwenzeka ukuqeda umdlalo. Enguqulweni yanamuhla yalo mdlalo, le ndlela yokudlala ebizwa ngokuthi i-Test Cricket iye yalinganiselwa ezinsukwini ezinhlanu. Ngakho-ke, i-Test cricket ingahlala izinsuku eziyisihlanu. Umdlalo wamazwe omhlaba wosuku olulodwa (owaziwa nangokuthi i-ODI) ngumdlalo wekhilikithi othatha usuku olulodwa. Iqembu ngalinye lithola ama-over angu-50 ukuze lidlale elinye iqembu futhi iqembu ngalinye lithola ithuba lokushaya kanye. Umgomo wethimba uwukushaya amagoli amaningi ngangokunokwenzeka kuma-over angu-50 ngenkathi kuvinjelwa abaphikisi babo ukuba benze amaphuzu amancane noma bawasuse ngokuphelele. I-ODI ngokuvamile ihlala amahora angu - 6 kuya kwangu - 7. Inguqulo ethandwa kakhulu yalo mdlalo ibizwa ngokuthi i - Twenty20 noma i - T20. Kulendlela yomdlalo, iqembu ngalinye lithola ama-over angu-20 kuphela ukuze lishaye futhi kufanele likhiphe abaphikisi balo kuma-over angu-20 noma libanciphise ngenani elincane lemidlalo. Le ndlela yekhilikithi ithandwa kakhulu ngoba umdlalo uthatha amahora amathathu kuphela udinga isikhathi esincane kakhulu kubabukeli. Kunamazwe amaningi ngaphandle kweNgilandi njengamanje adlala ikhilikithi okwenza lo mdlalo ube umdlalo womhlaba wonke ngempela. Amazwe adlala ikhilikithi yiNgilandi, iNingizimu Afrika, iAustralia, iNdiya, iPakistan, iKenya, iZimbabwe, iBangladesh, iNew Zealand, iSri Lanka, neWest Indies. Lo mdlalo uphinde udlalwe ngabasanda kufika kulo mdlalo, okuyiNetherlands, i-Ireland, iNamibia, i-UAE, i-Afghanistan, i-USA, iCanada, iPapua New Guinea.