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In cricket, an "over" is a set of six balls bowled by one player. After an over is completed, a different bowler bowls from the opposite end of the pitch, and the fielders adjust their positions. The objective of cricket is for one team to score more runs than the other. Runs are scored by batsmen hitting the ball and running between wickets, or through extras awarded to the batting side. An innings can end when 10 batsmen are out, the captain declares the innings closed, or the allotted number of overs is completed in limited-overs matches.1

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Overs
When a bowler has bowled six balls (occasionally, eight balls), not counting wides and no balls, he has completed an over. The batsmen remain where they are and a new over is begun by a different bowler at the opposite wicket, with a corresponding…
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When a bowler has bowled six balls (occasionally, eight balls), not counting wides and no balls, he has completed an over. The batsmen remain where they are and a new over is begun by a different bowler at the opposite wicket, with a corresponding…
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