Club Cricket
Club cricket, by far and away the widest form of cricket played worldwide, is largely amateur, but still formal, cricket. The games are sometimes limited-overs, with each innings usually lasting between thirty and fifty overs. Other matches are played to time restrictions. Restrictions in overs or time may be placed on each side individually, or they may stipulate the total length of the match. The latter more traditional case is often known as declaration cricket. It is up to the side batting first to declare when they feel they have enough runs to be able to win the match. In this format of cricket, if the side batting second do not lose all ten of there wickets, the match is said to have ended in a draw.
Club cricket is played extensively in cricketing nations, and also by immigrants from cricketing nations. Club cricket most ofen takes place on a natural grass wicket, often maintained by the players themselves, although it also often takes place on an artificial turf pitch, though the rest of actual field may be natural grass.
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