If you look at sporting venues around the world, most will have playing areas with clearly marked out shapes and sizes. But cricket is different. In this video, we explore the reason.
Also in the video: Harrison Foote investigates the reasons to explain why cricket is different in terms of boundary distances, outfield shapes, and even what is allowed to define the playing area can vary massively from ground to ground. We discover the answer to a very inquisitive question: So, what size is a cricket ground actually allowed to be?
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