Read in any order

The Guides

Start at the top if cricket is new to you; each guide stands on its own. Nothing here goes out of date.

The whole game, honestly, in the time it takes to make tea. Two teams, a bat, a ball, and one simple goal.

The Laws list ten methods of dismissal. Five are everyday; five you might wait years to see. All of them, explained.

Once the shorthand clicks, a scorecard tells you the whole story of a day's play at a glance. Here is the code.

Overs, ends, powerplays, declarations, the follow-on and the review system — the structures that give a match its shape.