{"id":229737,"date":"2025-06-08T11:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T11:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=229737"},"modified":"2025-06-08T11:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T11:52:09","slug":"which-of-the-following-statements-about-cricket-is-not-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/08\/which-of-the-following-statements-about-cricket-is-not-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following statements about cricket is NOT true"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Which of the following statements about cricket is NOT true? A. One team bats while the other team fields. B. The game is played on a rectangular field. C. Runs are scored by running between the wickets. D. Teams switch sides when all batsmen are dismissed. Please select the best answer from the choices provided. A B C D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correct Answer: B. The game is played on a rectangular field.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each. It is a sport rich in tradition and governed by precise rules. Let\u2019s analyze each statement to determine which one is NOT true<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A. One team bats while the other team fields.<\/strong>
\u2705 True.<\/em>
In cricket, the game alternates between innings, where one team takes the role of the batting side and the other team fields. The batting side tries to score runs, while the fielding side attempts to dismiss the batsmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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B. The game is played on a rectangular field.<\/strong>
\u274c Not true.<\/em>
This is the incorrect statement<\/strong>. Cricket is played on an oval<\/strong>-shaped field, not a rectangular one. At the center of this oval is the pitch<\/strong>, a 22-yard-long rectangular strip where most of the action (bowling, batting) takes place. While the pitch is rectangular, the field itself<\/strong>\u2014where fielders are positioned and the ball can be hit\u2014is not<\/strong> rectangular, but rather circular or oval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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C. Runs are scored by running between the wickets.<\/strong>
\u2705 True.<\/em>
Batsmen score runs by running from one end of the pitch to the other after hitting the ball. Each completed run (from one wicket to the other) counts as one run. Runs can also be scored via boundaries and extras, but running between wickets is a primary method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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D. Teams switch sides when all batsmen are dismissed.<\/strong>
\u2705 True.<\/em>
In most formats of cricket, once ten of the eleven batsmen are dismissed (since you need two batsmen to continue playing), the innings ends and the teams switch roles\u2014batting side becomes the fielding side and vice versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conclusion:<\/strong>
The only incorrect statement<\/strong> is B<\/strong>, making it the best answer to the question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Which of the following statements about cricket is NOT true? A. One team bats while the other team fields. B. The game is played on a rectangular field. C. Runs are scored by running between the wickets. D. Teams switch sides when all batsmen are dismissed. Please select the best answer from the choices provided. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}