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Answer the following.
Differentiate between popping crease and bowling crease.
Answer
Answer
AI| Basis | Popping crease | Bowling crease |
| Position | A line marked 1.22 m in front of and parallel to the bowling crease | A line marked at the stumps, 2.64 m long, with the stumps at its centre |
| Purpose | Decides whether the batsman is in or out of his ground (run out, stumped) and the front foot of the bowler for a no-ball | Marks the line behind which the bowler's back foot must land in delivery |
| Length | At least 3.66 m on each side of the middle stump (unlimited in length, at least 1.83 m from the centre) | 2.64 m (1.32 m on each side of the middle stump) |
From ISC 2019 Physical Education Paper 1, question 9(b).