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A cricket field or cricket oval is a large grass field on which the game of cricket is played. Although generally oval in shape, there is a wide variety within this: perfect circles, elongated ovals, rounded rectangles, or irregular shapes with little or no symmetry – but they will have smooth boundaries without sharp corners, almost without exception.
English: Diagram of a Cricket ground showing various fielding positions and variations of the field as it may be set for a right-handed batsman. Changes compared to Cricket fielding positions2.svg. Closer in → nearer the batsman; very close in → very near the batsman; toward 90 deg to the pitch → level with batsman's crease
A standard cricket ground, showing the cricket pitch (brown), close-infield (light green) within 15 yards (13.6 m) of the striking batsman, infield (medium green) inside the white 30 yard (27.4 m) circle, and outfield (dark green), with sight screens beyond the boundary at either end. Boundary could be 2-3 metres inwards.
Diagram of a Cricket ground showing various fielding positions and variations of the field as it may be set for a right-handed batsman. File usage.
A cricket pitch in the middle of a cricket field. A cricket pitch is the rectangular central strip of a cricket field between the two wickets, where most of the action takes place. It is 22 yd (20.12 m) long (1 chain) and 10 ft (3.05 m) wide. [1]
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Image is drawn for a right handed batsman. For a left handed batsman, the positions are mirror image of the above. The bowler here is assumed to be a right handed bowler bowling "over the wicket"; for "around the wicket" bowling, the bowler and the non-striker will interchange their positions.
A boundary rope usually demarcates the perimeter of the field and a cricket pitch, an area close to the centre of the field is where the batter hits the bowled ball and run between the wickets to score runs, while the fielding team tries to return the ball to either wicket to prevent this. [1]