Cricket Bowling crease length and width?
In cricket's rule number 9(specified by Marleybone Cricket Club
or the MCC),the bowling crease,which is the line the stumps are in
the middle of, is drawn at each end of the pitch so that the three
stumps in the set of stumps at that end of the pitch fall on it
(and consequently it is perpendicular to the imaginary line joining
the centres of both middle stumps). Each bowling crease should be 8
feet 8 inches (2.64 m) in length, centred on the middle stump at
each end, and each bowling crease terminates at one of the return
creases. The popping crease, which determines whether a batsman is
in his ground or not, and which is used in determining front-foot
no balls (see law 24), is drawn at each end of the pitch in front
of each of the two sets of stumps. The popping crease must be 4
feet (1.22 m) in front of and parallel to the bowling crease.
Although it is considered to have unlimited length, the popping
crease must be marked to at least 6 feet (1.83 metres) on either
side of the imaginary line joining the centres of the middle
stumps. The return creases, which are the lines a bowler must be
within when making a delivery, are drawn on each side of each set
of the stumps, along each sides of the pitch (so there are four
return creases in all, one on either side of both sets of stumps).
The return creases lie perpendicular to the popping crease and the
bowling crease, 4 feet 4 inches (1.32 m) either side of and
parallel to the imaginary line joining the centres of the two
middle stumps. Each return crease terminates at one end at the
popping crease but the other end is considered to be unlimited in
length and must be marked to a minimum of 8 feet (2.44 m) from the
popping crease.