Runs

Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen plus any extras constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 (a half century) or 100 runs (a century), or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement.The simplest way for a batsman to score a run is by the striker hitting the ball such that both batsmen can run from one end of the pitch to the other without either batsman getting out: the batsmen effectively exchanging positions, so the striking batsman becomes the non-striker, and vice versa.The batsmen may be able to run up and down the pitch more than once, crossing each time, to score two, three or more runs. A batsman can also score four or six runs by hitting the ball to or over the boundary.Four- if it strikes the ground before the boundary; six- if it crosses the boundary in the air without striking the ground.To score a run, each batsman must run from the popping crease at one end to the popping crease at the other end.A run is short if one of the batsman fails to complete the run by putting some part of his body or his bat on the ground behind the popping crease.