The ICC have produced a series of videos, the first explaining our wonderful sport of cricket. Whether you're new to the game or a complete expert or just wanted to check exactly how something worked, 'What is Cricket?' will provide answers for all
Possibly the most exciting part of the sport, batting! Put simply batting is the act of hitting the ball with the bat in order to score runs, but there's a lot more to it than that. Learn about the batting rules, the grip, the tactics and more...
Bowling just as much as batting can be described as an art-form. Learn more about Fast, Swing, Seam and Spin bowling and the varieties and skills needed that the very best bowlers in the world use.
Some of the most spectacular sights you'll ever see on a cricket field come from the fielders. Modern fielding is hugely athletic, highly skillful and at times truly unbelievable, learn about the fielding positions and much more in this video.
There are 11 ways of getting 'out' for a batter and this video will teach you all of them from the most common like bowled and caught to the very rare like Handled the Ball and Obstructing the Field.
Cricket is unique as a sport with 3 different formats of the game at the very highest level. Test Cricket, One Day International Cricket and Twenty20 International. The Isle of Man men's and women's National Teams play international Twenty20 cricket.
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