Wicket Games

Bat and ball games played around one or two wickets, in which one side bowls to a batter who defends the wicket and scores by running between the creases or hitting boundaries. Cricket is the type case, played in forms that run from a few hours to several days. Games built around bases rather than wickets are grouped with baseball and softball. Every sport filed in this group belongs to the Bat-and-Ball Sports category and has its own entry in the Sport and Games Atlas, from which a reader can follow links on to its leading athletes, its competitions and the governing bodies that set its rules.