Cricket has players.
In the sport of cricket bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman . Cricket . The play begins when a member of the fielding team , known as the bowler , delivers the ball from one end of the pitch to the other , towards the wicket at that end , in front of which stands one of the batsmen , known as the striker . A dismissed batsman must leave the field , and a teammate replaces him . An over is a set of six deliveries bowled by the same bowler . An innings is one of the divisions of a cricket match during which one team takes its turn to bat .