52-526: The Super Fours was a women's limited overs cricket competition which was played annually in England between 2002 and 2013 , with a break in 2009 and 2010. Designed to bring together the leading 48 players in English women's cricket, it originally composed solely of a 50- over tournament, but in 2004 a Twenty20 competition was added. The tournament, which was created to bridge the gap in quality between
104-440: A Super Over is played, wherein each team bats for a one-over innings with two wickets in hand. A tied Super Over may be followed by another Super Over. In almost all competitive one-day games, a restriction is placed on the number of overs that may be bowled by any one bowler. This is to prevent a side playing two top-class bowlers with extremely good stamina who can bowl throughout their opponents' innings. The usual limitation
156-402: A "rebel" series set up outside the cricketing establishment by Australian entrepreneur Kerry Packer . For more details, see History of cricket . Twenty20 , a curtailed form of one-day cricket with 20 overs (120 legal balls) per side, was first played in England in 2003. It has proven very popular, and several Twenty20 matches have been played between national teams. It makes several changes to
208-411: A 25% stake in the company (a valuation of around £100 million). It used around $ 22m worth of the paper to pay off initial investors but only raised about £6 million by selling the remaining stock. While the site continued to attract more and more users and operated on a very low cost base, its income was not enough to support a peak staff of 130 in nine countries, forcing redundancies . In 2000, Cricinfo
260-452: A List A. List A is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of cricket, technically as the domestic level. Despite its name, important one-day matches, international and domestic, often have two days set aside, the second day being a "reserve" day to allow more chance of the game being completed if a result is not possible on the first day (for instance if play is prevented or interrupted by rain). In some tied limited-overs games,
312-399: A bevy of scorecard options, allowing readers to track such aspects of the game as wagon wheels and partnership breakdowns. For each match, the live scores are accompanied by a bulletin, which details the turning points of the match and some of the off-field events. The site also used to offer Cricinfo 3D , a feature which utilizes a match's scoring data to generate a 3D animated simulation of
364-722: A final, and was won by the Diamonds (formerly the Knight Riders) who beat the Rubies and the Sapphires on their way to victory. The Twenty20 competition was abandoned without a match played or a ball bowled in 2007 due to adverse weather conditions during the Whitsun weekend on which it was scheduled. In the main competition, the Rubies became the first team to win all their matches during the tournament to finish as winners. Both
416-499: A live match. Regular columns on ESPNcricinfo include "All Today's Yesterdays", an "On this day" column focusing on historical cricket events, and "Quote Unquote", which features notable quotes from cricketers and cricket administrators. "Ask Steven" is a weekly column, published on Tuesdays, in which Steven Lynch answers users' questions on all things cricket. Furthermore, "The Light Roller" and "The Briefing" contain satire on cricket's recent events. Among its most extensive features
468-579: A magazine dedicated to coverage of Indian cricket . The magazine published its last issue in July 2007. In 2006, revenue was reported to be £3m. In 2007, the Wisden Group began to be broken up and sold to other companies; BSkyB acquired The Wisden Cricketer , while Sony Corporation acquired the Hawk-Eye ball tracking system. In June 2007, ESPN Inc. announced that it had acquired Cricinfo from
520-826: A one-day, limited 50-over cricket tournament, was first played in the inaugural match of the All India Pooja Cricket Tournament in 1951 at Tripunithura in Kochi , Kerala . It is thought to be the brain child of KV Kelappan Thampuran , a former cricketer and the first Secretary of the Kerala Cricket Association. The first limited-overs tournament between first-class English teams was the Midlands Knock-Out Cup, which took place in May 1962. Played with 65-over innings,
572-466: A short round-robin style league. The V Team retained their Twenty20 crown, winning all three of their matches. In the fifty over competition, the games were held over three weekends, and the Knight Riders emerged victorious; their captain, Edwards, once more finishing with the most runs in the tournament with 428. Newton took 13 wickets to lead the bowlers. The teams were rebranded and renamed for
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#1732791100409624-597: A team-building exercise was initially held at Trent Bridge , at which four teams were selected from the 48 players invited. These teams; the Braves, the Knight Riders, the Super Strikers and the V Team, then faced each other in six contests held across five weekends. The Braves won four of their matches to win the competition, captained by Clare Connor , who also captained the England women's cricket team . The batting
676-482: Is StatsGuru , a database originally created by Travis Basevi , containing statistics on players, officials, teams, information about cricket boards, details of future tournaments, individual teams, and records. In May 2014, ESPNcricinfo launched CricIQ, an online test to challenge every fan's cricket knowledge. In September 2021, ESPNCricinfo launched AskCricinfo, a natural language search tool to help in exploring cricket stats. The Cricket Monthly claims to be
728-550: Is 872: Australia, batting first, scored 434 for four in 50 overs, and yet were beaten by South Africa who scored 438 for nine with a ball to spare during their One Day International at Johannesburg in 2006 . The highest individual innings is 272 by Narayan Jagadeesan for Tamil Nadu against Arunachal Pradesh in Bengaluru in 2022. The best bowling figures are eight for 10 by Shahbaz Nadeem for Jharkhand against Ranchi at Chennai in 2018. The highest international individual innings
780-408: Is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and StatsGuru , a database of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present. As of March 2023 , Sambit Bal was the editor. The site, originally conceived in a pre-World Wide Web form in 1993 by Simon King,
832-611: Is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket . Much as domestic first-class cricket is the level below international Test match cricket, so List A cricket is the domestic level of one-day cricket below One Day Internationals . Twenty20 matches do not qualify for the present. Most cricketing nations have some form of domestic List A competition. The number of overs in List A cricket ranges from forty to sixty overs per side. The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians created this category for
884-591: Is by Rohit Sharma who scored 264. The highest score in any formal limited overs match is believed to be United's 630 for five against Bay Area in a 45 overs match at Richmond, California in August 2006. The most runs in an over was scored by Herschelle Gibbs of the South African cricket team when, in the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, he hit 6 sixes in one over bowled by Daan van Bunge of
936-528: Is generally completed in one day. There are a number of formats, including List A cricket (8-hour games), Twenty20 cricket (3-hour games), and 100-ball cricket (2.5 hours). The name reflects the rule that in the match each team bowls a set maximum number of overs (sets of 6 legal balls ), usually between 20 and 50, although shorter and longer forms of limited overs cricket have been played. The concept contrasts with Test and first-class matches, which can take up to five days to complete. One-day cricket
988-400: Is popular with spectators as it can encourage aggressive, risky, entertaining batting , often results in cliffhanger endings, and ensures that a spectator can watch an entire match without committing to five days of continuous attendance. Each team bats only once, and each innings is limited to a set number of overs , usually fifty in a One Day International and between forty and sixty in
1040-509: Is set so that a side must include at least five players who bowl i.e. each bowler can only bowl 20% of the overs. For example, the usual limit for twenty-over cricket is four overs per bowler, for forty-over cricket eight per bowler and for fifty-over cricket ten per bowler. There are exceptions: Pro Cricket in the United States restricted bowlers to five overs each, thus leaving a side requiring only four bowlers. Limited over cricket
1092-434: Is usually played with white balls rather than the traditional red balls. This was introduced because the team batting second is likely to need to play under floodlights and a white ball is easier to see under these conditions. The white balls are supposed to be otherwise identical to traditional balls, but according to BBC Sport , some cricketers claim that the harder surface causes white balls to swing more. The idea for
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#17327911004091144-507: The ECB 40 . This was in turn replaced by the 50-over One-Day Cup in 2014. The first Limited Overs International (LOI) or One-Day International (ODI) match was played between Australia and England in Melbourne on 5 January 1971, and the quadrennial cricket World Cup began in 1975. Many of the "packaging" innovations, such as coloured clothing, were as a result of World Series Cricket ,
1196-573: The ICC World Cup Qualifier . It usually consists of round-robin stages, followed by semi-finals and a final. The International Cricket Council (ICC) determines the venue far in advance. The ICC Champions Trophy involves all the Test-playing nations, and is held between World Cups. It usually consists of a round-robin group stage, semifinals, and a final. Each Test-playing country often hosts triangular tournaments, between
1248-530: The Super Strikers and the V Team , but renamed to the Rubies , Diamonds , Emeralds and Sapphires , respectively, in 2006. The Sapphires (previously the V Team) were the most successful team, winning three 50-over competitions and four Twenty20 competitions. Charlotte Edwards dominated the first four years of the competition, finishing as the leading run-scorer each time. In the inaugural tournament,
1300-644: The Women's County Championship and international cricket, first featured overseas players in 2008 , when Australians Alex Blackwell and Leah Poulton were invited to take part. The competition was not held in 2009 or 2010 due to a busy international schedule caused primarily by the ICC World Twenty20 . The two competitions consisted of four teams, originally named the Braves , the Knight Riders ,
1352-456: The 2005 competition; the original teams were replaced by the Sapphires, Diamonds, Rubies and Emeralds. Writing for Cricinfo , Jenny Thompson was scornful of the change, describing the names as "namby-pamby". In addition to the name changes, the team kits were "more stylish and flattering" according to chief executive Gill McConway. The teams were also selected based loosely on geography, giving each team more of an identity. The Sapphires (previously
1404-540: The Cup was organised by Mike Turner , secretary of the Leicestershire County Cricket Club . The competition was small, with three other county teams participating in addition to Leicestershire. However, it drew commercial television coverage and positive commentary by journalists, who noted the potential to attract sponsors and spectators amid declining attendance levels. The following year,
1456-486: The ICC announced that it and its member associations would be determining this classification in a manner similar to that done for first class matches. Matches that qualify as List A: Matches that do not qualify as List A: Domestic one-day competitions exist in almost every country where cricket is played. The table below lists the limited overs tournaments that take place in each full member nation . The world record for
1508-548: The Netherlands. This record is shared by Yuvraj Singh of India who achieved this feat in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa, he hit 6 sixes in an over bowled by Stuart Broad of England. This was later also achieved by Kieron Pollard , Jaskaran Malhotra , Dipendra Singh Airee , and Darius Visser in international cricket. ESPNcricinfo ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo )
1560-420: The Rubies, for whom Blackwell played. Due to busy international schedules, the competition was shelved in both 2009 and 2010. It returned in 2011, but no overall winner was declared in the 50 over tournament: Diamonds and Rubies both won two games each. The Twenty20 competition, which once again followed the semi-final and final format was won by the Sapphires, who beat the Rubies in the final. No overall winner
1612-460: The Twenty20 competition, Sapphires claimed their fourth title, beating Emeralds in the final by 5 wickets. Limited overs cricket First-class cricket One Day International Limited overs (domestic) Twenty20 International Twenty20 (domestic) Other forms Limited overs cricket , also known as white ball cricket , is a version of the sport of cricket in which a match
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1664-423: The V Team) won the competition, emerging victorious in four of their six matches. Claire Taylor finished as the competition's leading run-scorer with 426 runs, the first time Edwards had not taken the accolade, though she did finish second. Newton took the most wickets for the second consecutive year, claiming nine at an average of 23.55. The Twenty20 competition reverted to its original format of two semi-finals and
1716-407: The Wisden Group. The acquisition was intended to help further expand Cricinfo by combining the site with ESPN's other web properties, including ESPN.com and ESPN Soccernet . Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. As of 2023, Sambit Bal is the editor-in-chief of ESPNcricinfo. In 2013, ESPNcricinfo.com celebrated its twentieth anniversary with a series of online features. The website awards
1768-663: The annual ESPNcricinfo Awards . On 20 March 2023, ESPNcricinfo celebrated its 30th anniversary by an article from Sambit Bal, its editor-in-chief. ESPNcricinfo's popularity was demonstrated on 24 February 2010, when the site could not handle the heavy traffic experienced after Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar broke the record for the highest individual score in a men's One Day International match with 200*. ESPNcricinfo contains various news , columns , blogs , videos and fantasy sports games. Among its most popular feature are its liveblogs of cricket matches, which includes
1820-425: The best bowling average, with eight wickets at 10.62, but Lucy Pearson took the most, claiming ten wickets. In 2004, the competition was refreshed: whites were replaced with coloured clothing, and a Twenty20 competition was introduced over one weekend in May. The V Team, captained by Laura Newton , won both tournaments. They won three matches, lost two and tied one in the main competition to narrowly finish top of
1872-490: The first full-scale one-day competition between first-class teams was played, the knock-out Gillette Cup , won by Sussex . The number of overs was reduced to 60 for the 1964 season. League one-day cricket also began in England, when the John Player Sunday League was started in 1969 with 40-over matches. Both these competitions continued, with changes in sponsorship, till 2010, when they were replaced by
1924-491: The first innings of the day occurs in the afternoon and the second occurs under stadium lights. In the early days of ODI cricket, the number of overs was generally 60 overs per side, and matches were also played with 40, 45 or 55 overs per side, but now it has been uniformly fixed at 50 overs. Every four years, the Cricket World Cup involves all the Test-playing nations and other national sides who qualify through
1976-742: The highest innings total in any List A limited overs match is 506 for 2 by Tamil Nadu against Arunachal Pradesh in Bengaluru on 21 November 2022. On 17 June 2022, England set a new international record, totalling 498 for 4 against Netherlands at Amstelveen . The lowest ever total is 18 by West Indies U-19 against Barbados at Blairmont in 2007. The record low score in ODIs is 35, by Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in Harare on 25 April 2004 and United States against Nepal in Kirtipur on 12 February 2020. The most runs scored by both sides in any List A limited overs match
2028-423: The host nation and two touring sides. There is usually a round-robin group , and then the leading two teams play each other in a final, or sometimes a best-of-three final. When there is only one touring side, there is still often a best-of-five or best-of-seven series of limited overs matches. The ICC World Cricket League is an ODI competition for national teams with Associate or Affiliate status. List A cricket
2080-491: The involvement of overs that last 5 balls each. There are now also T10 leagues with a format of 10 overs per side (resulting in 90-minute games). The Emirates Cricket Board also launched Ninety–90 Bash , an upcoming annual franchise-based 90-ball cricket league in the United Arab Emirates . One Day International matches are usually played in brightly coloured clothing often in a "day-night" format where
2132-410: The leading batsman and bowler were drawn from the Rubies' side; Lydia Greenway 's 233 runs led the competition, while the 19 wickets taken by Holly Colvin , at an average of 4.05, was 10 more than any other bowler managed. In 2008, Australians Leah Poulton and Alex Blackwell were invited to compete in the competition, the first time any non-English players had taken part in the tournament. The move
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2184-424: The previous season. The first round of matches were rained off, allowing each team to only contest five games. The Knight Riders, captained by Edwards, won four of these five matches to win the tournament. Edwards herself was the again the competition's leading run-scorer, aggregating 199 runs, though Lydia Greenway 's average of 54.00 was the highest of the tournament. Marsha Davies, also of the Knight Riders, boasted
2236-486: The purpose of providing an equivalent to first-class cricket, to allow the generation of career records and statistics for comparable one-day matches. Only the more important one-day competitions in each country, plus matches against a touring Test team, are included. The categorisation of cricket matches as "List A" was not officially endorsed by the International Cricket Council until 2006, when
2288-420: The table, and enjoyed victories over the Knight Riders in the semi-finals and the Braves in the final to win the Twenty20. For the third consecutive season, Edwards scored the most runs in the competition, scoring 386 runs. Clare Taylor was the most prolific wicket-taker, claiming 14 wickets at 13.50. While the main tournament retained the same format for 2005, the Twenty20 competition altered slightly, adopting
2340-423: The usual laws of cricket , including the use of a Super Over (one or more additional overs played by each team) to decide the result of tied matches. 100-ball cricket (2.5-hour games), another form of one-day cricket with 100 deliveries per side, launched in England in 2021. It is designed to further shorten game time and to attract a new audience. It makes further changes to the usual laws of cricket , such as
2392-408: The world using CricInfo's scoring software, "dougie". In 2000, Cricinfo's estimated worth was $ 150 million; however it faced difficulties the following year as a result of the dotcom crash . Cricinfo's significant growth in the 1990s made it an attractive site for investors during the peak of the dotcom boom , and in 2000 it received $ 37 million worth of Satyam Infoway Ltd. shares in exchange for
2444-464: The world. Contrary to some reports, Badri Seshadri, who was very instrumental in CricInfo's early growth, did not become involved in CricInfo until some months after its founding. The site was reliant on contributions from fans around the world who spent hours compiling electronic scorecards and contributing them to CricInfo's comprehensive archive, as well as keying in live scores from games around
2496-648: Was acquired in 2002 by the Wisden Group —publishers of several notable cricket magazines and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack . As part of an eventual breakup of the Wisden Group, it was sold to ESPN , jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation , in 2007. CricInfo was launched on 15 March 1993 by Simon King, a British researcher at the University of Minnesota. It grew with help from students and researchers at universities around
2548-521: Was again declared in the 50 over tournament, with Diamonds winning two games and Emeralds and Sapphires winning one apiece. Meanwhile, Rubies won the Twenty20 competition, beating Sapphires in the final by 6 wickets, with Lydia Greenway scoring a half-century. In 2013, the four teams were condensed into three, with Diamonds being disbanded. Leicestershire and Rutland Under-16 Boys competed in both formats to provide greater competition. The three women's teams won one 50 over game apiece, with one no result. In
2600-436: Was led by England team-mates Charlotte Edwards and Claire Taylor , of the Knight Riders and the Super Strikers respectively, who both scored in excess of three hundred runs. Connor had the best bowling average in the competition, taking her seven wickets at 9.28, but Gill Richards of the V Team claimed the most wickets, taking eleven in total. For the 2003 competition, the teams kept the same core of players as they had held
2652-403: Was made both to improve the quality of the competition, and to strengthen ties with Cricket Australia , in order that more English players might be able to compete there during the English winter. Poulton finished the competition as the leading run-scorer, appearing for the Sapphires, who won the 50-over competition, winning three of their four completed matches. The Twenty20 competition was won by
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#17327911004092704-704: Was named title sponsor of the Women's World Cup . By late 2002 the company was making a monthly operating profit and was one of very few independent sports sites to avoid collapse (such as Sports.com and Sportal ). However, the business was still servicing a large loan. Cricinfo was eventually acquired by Paul Getty 's Wisden Group , the publisher of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and The Wisden Cricketer , and renamed Wisden Cricinfo. The Wisden brand (and its own wisden.com site) were eventually phased out in favour of Cricinfo for Wisden's online operations. In December 2005, Wisden re-launched its recently discontinued Wisden Asia Cricket magazine as Cricinfo Magazine ,
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