An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably cricket and baseball during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each In cricket, the term innings is both singular and plural and is always spelled and pronounced with the terminal "s". In baseball, the singular form is inning and only the plural takes an "s".

In many other sports, the length of the game is dictated by a clock and teams swap offensive and defensive roles dynamically by taking possession of a ball or similar item. In baseball and cricket, however, one team, said to be "batting", attempts to score "runs"—see run (baseball) and run (cricket)—while the other team, said to be "fielding", attempts to prevent the scoring of runs and get members of the batting team out. In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching the Sport of Cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a Batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen (plus The teams switch places after the fielding team has succeeded in getting a fixed number of players out, making a clock unnecessary.

In cricket, the term innings is also used to refer to the play of one particular player (Smith had a poor innings, scoring only 12). By extension, this term can be used in British English for almost any activity which takes a period of time (The Liberal government had a good innings, but finally lost office in 1972, or You've had a fair innings, now it's my turn, meaning "you have spoken for long enough, now let me speak"). British English or UK English ( BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the It is also used in reference to someone who has died at a reasonably old age or lived a rich and rewarding life (Ah, well. John was 83. At least he had a good innings. ). The baseball-derived parallel to this in American English is the term at bat. In Baseball, an at bat ( AB) or time at bat is used to calculate certain statistics, including Batting average, On base

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term innings has been used in reference to cricket since at least 1735. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English As cricket was a mature, highly organized sport in the 1600's in England, the term's origin could well precede this first recorded usage. The word inning meaning 'a gathering in' is first recorded in 1522, and could be related.

Cricket

In cricket, a team's innings usually lasts until 10 of the 11 batsmen in the team are out, leaving the not out batsman without a partner and thus unable to continue, or until another event intervenes (such as the captain of the team declaring the innings closed for tactical reasons; or the time allotted for the entire game expiring). Mike Powell cricketerjpg|thumb|200px| Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell]] A batsman in the sport of Cricket is depending on context Any In the Sport of Cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's Innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to

In First-class cricket and Test cricket, each side has two innings. First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations In one-day cricket and other abbreviated forms of the game, an innings lasts only for a set period or for a certain number of overs (typically 50). NightMatchOldTraffordjpg|right|thumb|350px|A night match at Old Trafford. Short form cricket is a collective term for several modified forms of the Sport of Cricket, with playing times significantly shorter than more traditional forms of In the sport of Cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession Note that "an innings" can mean either a particular side's innings (Sri Lanka made 464 in the third innings (of the game)) or that of both sides (England had the better of the first innings, outscoring Australia by 104), the difference being understood by context.

An individual innings usually lasts until the batsman is given out, or until the end of the team innings. Although batsmen bat together in pairs, this combination is never called an innings: it is a partnership or a stand.

See also

• International Cricket Council Rules and Regulations
• Cricket statistics
• Cricket terminology

Baseball

An inning in baseball consists of two halves. Cricket is a Sport that generates a large number of Statistics. Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven It is known for its rich terminology In each half, one team bats until three outs are made, with the other team playing defense. In Baseball, an out occurs when the defensive or fielding, team effects any of a number of different events and the umpire rules a batter Each half-inning formally starts when the umpire calls "Batter up!" A full inning consists of six outs, three for each team; and a regulation game consists of nine innings. The visiting team always bats first in each inning, and the visitors' turn at bat is often called the top of the inning, derived from the position of the visiting team at the top line of a baseball line score. In Baseball, the statistical summary of a game is reported in a box score. The home team's half of an inning is also called the bottom of the inning, and the break between halves of an inning is called the middle of the inning. If the home team is leading in the middle of the ninth inning, or scores to take the lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, the game immediately ends in a home victory. Ending a half-inning is referred to as "retiring the side. " A half-inning in which all batters are put out without taking a base is referred to as a "one-two-three inning. "

If the score is tied after nine innings, the game goes into extra innings until an inning ends with one team ahead of the other. For the baseball procedure see Extra innings. For the TV subscription package see MLB Extra Innings. In Japanese baseball, however, games end if tied after 12 innings. The sport of Baseball was introduced to Japan in 1872 by Horace Wilson, and the first formal team was established in 1878 As in the case of the ninth inning, a home team which scores to take a lead in any extra inning automatically wins, and the inning (and the game) is considered complete at that moment regardless of the number of outs. This is commonly referred to as a "walk-off" situation, since the last play results in the teams walking off the field because the game is over.

In US English, baseball terminology is sometimes found in non-sports usage in a tense situation: "it's the bottom of the ninth with the home team behind," meaning "there isn't much time to turn things around here. Phonology North American English regional phonology In many ways compared to English English, North American English is conservative in its Phonology. "

Professional baseball games (both major and minor leagues) as well as college baseball games last nine innings. High school games last seven innings and Little League uses six inning games.

See also

• Major League Baseball Starting and Ending a Game (see 4.10)
• Baseball statistics