Extra (cricket)

High school (ages 12+)
Sports & Games

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/extra-cricket

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the sport classification?Team bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players
2. What is the players on field?11 players per team
3. What are extras in cricket?Extras are runs that a team gets that aren't scored by hitting the ball with the bat. They come from things like wides, no‑balls, byes, leg byes, or penalty runs, and they are counted in the team’s total but not in a batter’s personal score.
4. Why do wides give the batting team extra runs?A wide is called when the bowler throws the ball too far from the batter so it can’t be played. The umpire gives one run to the batting side and the ball must be bowled again.

Extra: Runs scored by a batting team that are not attributed to any individual batter's score.
Wide: A delivery deemed by the umpire to be too far from the batter for them to reasonably play it.
No-ball: An illegal delivery by the bowler, such as overstepping the crease or bowling a beamer, resulting in an extra run.
Bye: A run scored when a batter misses a legal delivery and the wicket-keeper fails to stop it.