As Cricket Town, Sano strives to go global / A full-scale ground planned to be built

A comprehensive international ground for cricket, similar origins Baseball has, is as the first plant in Japan to be built in Sano.

The city administration plans to the land with specifications required to design international level to organize competitions.

Although it is not known to most Japanese, Cricket is believed the world's second largest number of players under ball game of football to have. By building a full-scale ground the city wants to offer its efforts to beef for more international competitions in the future.

Sano began a "Cricket Town" founded by Naoki Miyaji, a resident and a former member of the national team call, in 2007 the Secretariat for the Japan Cricket Association.

Since then, the city administration has promotes through sports, especially to inform it at the local primary and secondary schools.

According to the association, about 3,000 people playing cricket nationwide, with about 200 of them from Sano. In this city with a population of 120,000, there is also a league for company teams.

Currently, there are about 40 reasons for Cricket used in the country, but most of them were built for softball. Sano, on the other hand has built dedicated five reasons Cricket.

As part of these efforts, the town of East Asia Cup is hosting in November men.

built one of the five current premises, which used Tanuma High School will be transformed into a new international soil. The municipal assembly unanimously adopted a Regulation on 22 March to pave the way for the establishment of an international ground after demolish the building and martial arts gymnasium of the school, which closed in 2013.

set According to the Council International Cricket, has the sport's governing body, an international ground indoor training facility, lighting for night games and a well-drained area, measured with a play area 120 meters long and 100 meters wide.

The City Council is proposing a budget for the planned Cricket Ground, which will include a playing surface to determine construction after deduction of costs.

"The construction of an international cricket ground is a great opportunity to promote Japan's cricket in the world," Miyaji said. "My goal is to take this opportunity to send overseas Japanese Cricket Player."

More than 2 billion pm WM

Cricket originated in Britain and is also very popular in other countries, especially India and Australia. According to the Japan Cricket Association of Cricket World Cup held every four years more than 2 billion viewers via TV and Internet attracts.

A team consists of 11 players. The members of the fielding team - except the bowler and the wicket-keeper - can take any position. From batting team to play two bats at a time.

A rectangular space is called a pitch set in the middle of the oval bottom. called Three wooden sticks wickets are placed at each end of the playing field. The thrower tries "put down" a wicket - in which a deposit is displaced - by throwing the ball to the wickets while the club tries to prevent this by hitting the ball.

The two thugs run to the opposite ends of the playing field by one of them hits the ball. The batting team is awarded one point if a batsman to the other end of the playing field can be carried out before the ball returns from the Fielder.

If the bat the ball across the field limit applies without jumping it, his team scores six points. When the ball reaches the boundary after bouncing, the team gets four points.

If the shooter can stand the wicket, the batsman is like counting. If the ball is hit by the bat caught by a fielder before bouncing, it is counted as an out. The fielding team and the batting team are turned on when the batting team has 10 outs or when a certain number of shells thrown