COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDY OF STADIUMS

Cricket

The term cricket is variously thought to be derived from the target aimed at and the implement used to defend it. In the former case it is argued that the word is related to German words which mean something related to the wickets. Others believe the word has an English origin. The game had started off in England, so the inception of the word is more probable to be coming from an English background.

3.1 Cricket field

The entire area of grass, marked off by a boundary line around its outer edge, on which a game of cricket is played, as distinguished from the ‘pitch’ or central area between the two wickets. ( Steven Lynch, Wisden 2006, p 100

Cricket Pitch

The area of ground between two sets of stumps is called a cricket pitch. It has length of 22 yards. The surface of the pitch is made up of clay. It is the main play area of cricket where the batsman stands.

A CRICKET FIELD CAN BE DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS – INFIELD, CLOSEINFIELD, AND OUTFIELD.

INFIELD - The infield is made by drawing an arc of 30 yards radius from the centre to each wicket with respect to the breadth of the pitch. The two arcs are then joined by parallel lines which are at a distance of 30 yards from the centre of the pitch with respect to the length of the pitch.

CLOSE-INFIELD – The close-infield is defined by drawing a circle of radius 15 yards from the centre of each wicket.

OUTFIELD- The part of the ground which is on the outer side of the infield is termed as the outfield.

Size Of Stumps

The tops of the stumps shall be 28 in/71.1cm above the playing surface and shall be dome shaped except for the bail grooves. The portion of a stump above the playing surface shall be cylindrical, apart from the domed top, with circular section of diameter not less than 13⁄8 in/3.49cm nor more than 11⁄2 in/3.81cm.

The Bails

(a) The bails, when in position on the top of the stumps, (i) shall not project more than 1⁄2 in/1.27cm above them.

(ii) shall fit between the stumps without forcing them out of the vertical.

3.2 GEOMETRICAL FORM OF GROUND

A cricket ground is an elliptical stretch of grass where the game of cricket is officially played. Though there is no fixed shape of a cricket ground, deviating too much from a low-eccentricity ellipse is largely discouraged. The size too varies from 90 to 150 meters (100-160 yards) across. In recent times, the grounds are getting smaller by the day in order to propagate high-scoring matches. On most of the cricket grounds there is a rope that demarcates the perimeter of the field. This is known as the boundary.

BOUNDARY :-A boundary defines the limits of the playing area and it is marked by a line, a fence or a rope. If a player or any other foreign object disturbs a part of the boundary during play, then the boundary is considered to be at the same position as it was before the disturbance.