# Ground (cricket)

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Area in and around cricket field, or two safe areas batsmen run between to score runs

The [Sydney Cricket Ground](/source/Sydney_Cricket_Ground) in 2016.

In [cricket](/source/Cricket), a **ground** is a location where cricket matches are played, comprising a [cricket field](/source/Cricket_field), [cricket pavilion](/source/Cricket_pavilion) and any associated buildings and amenities.

A **batter's ground** is the area behind the [popping crease](/source/Crease_(cricket)) at their end of the [pitch](/source/Cricket_pitch). It is one of the two [safe zones](/source/Safe_haven_games) that batters run between to score [runs](/source/Run_(cricket)).

## Location for matches

See also: [Category:Lists of cricket grounds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_cricket_grounds)

In addition to the cricket field, the ground may include a [pavilion](/source/Cricket_pavilion), viewing areas or [stadium](/source/Stadium), a car park, shops, bars, [floodlights](/source/Floodlight), [sight screens](/source/Sight_screen), gates, and conference facilities.[1][2][3]

## Parts of the pitch

The white lines (popping creases) and the area in between them are the only part of the field between the two batter's grounds. There is a [wicket](/source/Wicket) in each of the grounds, and batters risk being [out](/source/Out_(cricket)) if a wicket is struck by the ball and they are not in their ground.

A batter's ground is the area behind the [popping crease](/source/Crease_(cricket)) at his end of the [pitch](/source/Cricket_pitch). In general, a ground belongs only to the batter who is closest to it, and stays so until the other batter gets closer to it.[4]

Whether a batter is in or out of his ground is defined by Law 30 of the [Laws of Cricket](/source/Laws_of_Cricket).[5] So long as the batter has his body or his bat (that he is holding) touching the ground, he is in it, and is said to have "made good his ground".[6]

Batters can run between the two grounds to score [runs](/source/Run_(cricket)). However, if a batter is out of his ground (which can happen when he enters a ground that another batter is already occupying), he may be [dismissed](/source/Dismissal_(cricket)) (prevented from further scoring) by being [run out](/source/Run_out) or [stumped](/source/Stumped) if the fielding team [put down the wicket](/source/Put_down_the_wicket) in his ground.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Lord's Ground Map"](https://www.lords.org/lords/visit-us/ground-map). Retrieved 29 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Edgbaston – Around the ground"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200512043311/https://edgbaston.com/info/around-the-ground/). Archived from [the original](https://edgbaston.com/info/around-the-ground/#) on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The County Ground, Beckenham"](http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/grounds/the-county-ground). Retrieved 29 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** A batter who is in one ground can be considered to be the same distance away from the other ground as the distance between the grounds.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Law 30, Batter out of his/her ground"](https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws/batsman-out-of-his-her-ground). Retrieved 29 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Cricket – Runs"](https://www.britannica.com/sports/cricket-sport). *Encyclopedia Britannica*. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

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