Question

Explain the three types of formats played in cricket.

Answer 1

1. One-Day Cricket: One-day cricket differs significantly from first-class cricket. A one-day match is played on a single day. Either a red or a white cricket ball may be used, and play under artificial lighting is allowed. Each team gets only one inning, and that inning is restricted to a maximum number of overs. The usual choice for the number of overs is 50. Each innings is completed.
2. First Class Cricket/Test matches: First class cricket matches are the most prestigious games, played at a professional level and played between countries. There are also domestic first-class cricket competitions. First-class matches are of limited duration. Test matches are never played under artificial lighting.
3. 4-day Test match: The International Cricket Council granted its permission to allow South Africa and Zimbabwe to play the first-ever four-day Test Match in Port Elizabethan on December 26, 2017.
   • The time period for a 4-day test match will be scheduled for six-and-a-half hours each day, which is half an hour more than in a five-day test match.
   • 98 overs will be bowled in a day instead of 90 overs. An extra half hour can be added in order to complete the overs.
   • Duration of the first two sessions of play will be 2 hours 15 minutes each, instead of 2 hours.