Players of Cricket

A team contains an eleven players. Depending on his or her most important skills, a player may be classified as a specialist batsman or bowler. A balanced team generally has five or six expert batsmen and four or five expert bowlers. Teams nearly for all time include a specialist wicket-keeper because of the importance of this fielding position. Each team is headed by a captain, who is in charge for making strategic decisions such as determining the batting order, the placement of fielders and the rotation of bowlers.

A player who excels in both batting and bowling is called as an all-rounder. One who excels as a batsman and wicket-keeper is known as a "wicket-keeper/batsman", sometimes regarded as a kind of all-rounder. True all-rounders are rare; most players focal point on either batting or bowling skills.