Grounds
The Boundary Rope and the Shape of a Cricket Ground
Learn how a cricket ground’s boundary shape affects shot choices and field placements, so you can read the rope as…
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Grounds
How pitches, boundaries and playing spaces influence the game.
Our point of view
A match is a chain of choices.
Cricket becomes easier to follow when you know what each decision changes. We explain the terms and structures that turn a series of deliveries into a contest with shape.