woodvale cricket and lawn tennis club

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game with 11 players on each team. It is usually played on turf or some sort of artificial surface like turf. The ground can be any shape and the full playing area is contained within a defined boundary line, at least 75 yards from the playing pitch. The object of the game is to score runs. WHAT DO I NEED TO WEAR? Shirt, trousers, a cap or sun hat, footwear, a short and long-sleeved sweater are really the minimum clothes you need. You will also need balls, protective equipment, and wicket-keeping equipment. Protective equipment includes pads, which should not be too bulky but thick enough to protect your knees and shins and thighs. The best ones have strips of sponge or rubber inside the pad to provide a cushion between you and the pad when the ball strikes it. Gloves are usually worn and helmets as well. Tennis is played on a court either by two or four people who are on opposite sides of a net that divides the court into two equal parts. It can be played indoors or outdoors. Players try to hit the ball so that it either bounces twice on the opposite side of the court or so that it cannot be returned. Playing tennis involves strategy, proper form and bouncing feet. You must be quick on the feet in this game. There is more court to cover than in racquetball or squash. Each point begins with a serve. One player serves until a game is finished. The first player to win four points wins the game. The scoring is love (zero), 15, 30, 40. If opponents are tied at 40-40, it is called deuce; the next point would be either advantage server (in) or receiver (out). A match is usually the best of three sets. And the first player to reach six games wins the set.