Cricket in Hamburg

Cricket is a popular team sport in the Commonwealth countries. It is partly a national sport. The gameplay is similar to that of baseball and fuel ball. While the baseball field is triangular, the cricket ground is oval.

The forms of play vary, there are One-day cricket as a shortened variant.

Well-known cricketers are Sir Donald Bradman, Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden. They are popular batsmen and wicketkeepers.

Cricket equipment includes in particular jersey, cricket shoes, bat for the batsman and protective equipment with pads, gloves, jockstrap and chest protector, as well as leg protection and gloves for the wicket keeper.

Known types of cricket include one-day cricket, test cricket, first-class cricket and Tewnty20 cricket.

Information on German cricketers and cricket is available at the German Cricket Federation.