Editing Innings

{{Short description|Period of activity in a cricket match}}
{{about|the cricket term|the baseball term|Inning|other uses|Inning (disambiguation)}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
An '''innings''' is one of the divisions of a [[cricket]] match during which one team takes its turn to [[batting (cricket)|bat]]. Innings also means the period in which an individual player bats (acts as either striker or [[nonstriker]]). In [[cricket]] and [[rounders]], "innings" is both singular and plural; this contrasts with [[baseball]] and [[softball]] in which the singular is "[[inning]]".

== Origin ==
The earliest known record of the term concerns a match in August 1730 at [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]], [[Kent]] between a [[Kent county cricket teams|Kent side]] and [[London Cricket Club]]. The London-based ''St. James Evening Post'' reported: "'Twas thought that the Kentish champions would have lost their honours by being beat at one innings if time had permitted".<ref>Buckley, p. 4.</ref><ref>Maun, p. 130.</ref>

== 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" />

== See also ==
* [[Cricket terminology]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book |last=Buckley |first=G. B. |author-link=G. B. Buckley |title=Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket |year=1935 |publisher=Cotterell }}
* {{cite book |last=Chambers |title=The Chambers Dictionary, 10th Edition |publisher=Chambers Harrap |location=Edinburgh |year=2006 |isbn=0-550-10185-3}}
* {{cite book |last=Maun |first=Ian |title=From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750 |year=2009 |publisher=Roger Heavens |isbn=978-1-900592-52-9}}
* {{cite book |last=Oxford |title=Oxford English Dictionary, 11th Edition |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |year=2004 |isbn=0-19-860864-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordeng00cath }}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150906212123/http://www.icc-cricket.com/about/91/rules-and-regulations/overview ICC Cricket Rules and Regulations]

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