Editing Innings (section)

== Usage in cricket ==
An innings is one of the divisions of a match during which one team takes its turn to [[batting (cricket)|bat]], and is said to be "in to bat".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/files/economics/emdp202010.pdf|title=It's Just Not Cricket: The Uncontested Toss and the Gentleman's Game|author1=Sarah Jewell|author2=J. James Reade|author3=Carl Singleton|website=Reading.ac.uk|access-date=12 March 2022|archive-date=28 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128060818/http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/files/economics/emdp202010.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Why captains choose not to follow-on these days|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/20181622/why-captains-choose-not-follow-days|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Espncricinfo.com|date=28 July 2017 |language=en|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109001933/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/20181622/why-captains-choose-not-follow-days|url-status=live}}</ref> Innings is the subject of Law 13 in the ''[[Laws of Cricket]]''.<ref name="Law13">{{cite web |url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-13-innings/ |title=Law 13 – Innings |publisher=MCC |access-date=29 September 2017 |archive-date=1 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001123108/https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-13-innings/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

* In a [[first-class cricket|first-class match]], there are up to four innings, with each team due to bat twice (in practice, this is not always the case). In a [[limited overs cricket|limited overs match]], there are only two innings, with each team batting once (though there can be [[Super Over|extra, shortened innings]] in the case of a [[Tie (cricket)|tie]]).
* An innings may end in a [[End of an innings|number of ways]], such as when all but one batsman on the team is gotten [[Out (cricket)|out]], or in limited overs cricket, when the limited number of [[Over (cricket)|overs]] for that innings have been bowled.

The term is also used with the meaning of "[[scoring (cricket)|score]]" for both the team and each individual batsman. For example, it may be said that "he played an innings of 101", meaning that the player scored 101 runs in his innings (while batting during one of the team's innings). Similarly, it may be said that the team had a first innings (score) of 501.<ref name="Law13" />