The team with the greater score is then said to have "won by an innings and n runs", and does not need to bat again: n is the difference between the two teams' aggregate scores. While the bowler and the first slip are wearing conventional kit only, the two batters and the wicket-keeper are wearing protective gear including safety helmets, padded gloves and leg guards (pads). The most successful side playing international cricket is Australia, which has won seven One Day International trophies, including five World Cups, more than any other country and has been the top-rated Test side more than any other country.

The highest standard is Test cricket (always written with a capital "T") which is in effect the international version of first-class cricket and is restricted to teams representing the twelve countries that are full members of the ICC (see above). The industry proven simplistic manual cocking mechanism blocks the firing pin and is on safe before and after every shot.Although the term "Test match" was not coined until much later, Test cricket is deemed to have begun with two matches between Australia and England in the 1876–77 Australian season; since 1882, most Test series between England and Australia have been played for a trophy known as The Ashes. One of the two umpires (1; wearing white hat) is stationed behind the wicket (2) at the bowler's (4) end of the pitch. But most of us would also agree that this is not an acceptable way to express one’s disappointment at an umpiring decision.

Some batters wear additional padding inside their shirts and trousers such as thigh pads, arm pads, rib protectors and shoulder pads.Main articles: Batting (cricket), Run (cricket), and Extra (cricket) The directions in which a right-handed batter, facing down the page, intends to send the ball when playing various cricketing shots. wide, with very short grass that tends to be worn away as the game progresses (cricket can also be played on artificial surfaces, notably matting). It is known, through numerous references found in the records of ecclesiastical court cases, to have been proscribed at times by the Puritans before and during the Commonwealth. Organisation of the game at county level led to the creation of the county clubs, starting with Sussex in 1839.