Cricket Player with Bowling and Batting Ends (UEB contracted)
Synopsis
There are three images on this page: a cricket bat and ball, a player bowling, and a plan view of the bowling and batting ends of the pitch. Each one is surrounded by a dashed line image border. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up.The cricket bat and ball can be found at the top left of the page. The bat is seen from the front in a horizontal position with the blade of the bat to the left and the handle to the right. The ball can be found down the page from the bat's handle.
The player is bowling is in the bottom left of the page. He is seen from the side and faces right so that only one eye and ear can be found. His head is just above the centre of the image. To the left of this he has one arm held up. Down the page is his body and to the right of this his bowling arm is held out to the right, having just released the ball up and to the right. Down from this arm, one of the stumps can be found and to the left of this is one of the player's legs, bent at the knee with a foot on the ground at the bottom of the image. Left of this is his other leg, bent at the knee with its foot off the ground.
The diagram of the pitch ends is on the right of the page. The various pitch markings are shown and labelled, with a key to the abbreviations used in the centre of the image. The bowling end is in the top of the image and the batting end, with a top view of a batsman up from the wicket, at the bottom. The part of the pitch between the ends has not been shown because of space limitations. The length of the pitch, from wicket to wicket, is 22 yards (20.12 metres).