Learn Cricket and Rugby Rules: Dismissals, Scrums and the Ashes in 60 Flashcards
Learn cricket and rugby union with 60 flashcards: overs, LBW, the Ashes, Bradman, tries, scrums, rucks vs mauls and the 1895 rugby league split.
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Cricket and rugby both started in English schools and on English fields, and both have rulebooks that baffle newcomers. Cricket & Rugby (deck code LU1065, 60 cards) splits cleanly in two: cards 1-30 cover cricket, cards 31-60 cover rugby union. Treat it as two 30-card decks and you will learn both sports faster.
Study this deck: Cricket & Rugby
1 / 10What is cricket?
Tap the card for the answer · swipe right if you knew it, left if not
Cards straight from the deck
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| What is an over in cricket? | A set of 6 fair deliveries bowled by one bowler from one end of the pitch |
| How far apart are the wickets? | 22 yards (20 metres) |
| What is LBW (leg before wicket)? | When the striker's body unfairly prevents a delivery from hitting the wicket |
| Who is considered the greatest Test batter of all time? | Don Bradman, with a Test batting average of 99.94 |
| What is The Ashes? | The England-Australia Test rivalry that began in 1882 |
| How many points is a try worth in rugby? | 5 points, plus 2 for a conversion |
| What are the eight forward positions in rugby? | Two props, hooker, two locks, two flankers and number 8 |
| What is a knock-on in rugby? | Knocking the ball forward; play restarts with a scrum |
| What is the split between rugby union and rugby league? | 1895, when Northern English clubs left the RFU over paying players for lost work time |
What the deck covers
Cricket: the 22-yard pitch, stumps and bails, bowling and popping creases, overs and innings, Test cricket, ODIs and Twenty20, the five dismissals (bowled, caught, LBW, run out, stumped), boundary fours and sixes, extras (no-ball, wide, bye, leg bye), the ICC and its 12 full members, the MCC Laws since 1788, bodyline (1932-33), the 1975 World Cup, the IPL (2008), Sachin Tendulkar's 100 centuries, Canada vs USA in 1844.
Rugby union: 15 players, World Rugby (ex-IRFB/IRB, 1886), Rugby School's 1845 rules, professionalism in 1995, the first Test in 1871, the Rugby World Cup since 1987, Six Nations and The Rugby Championship, forwards and backs, try, conversion, penalty and drop goal, scrum, ruck, maul, line-out, tackle law, the mark, H-shaped posts, sevens at the Olympics since 2016, the haka and the sin-bin.
How to study it
Learn the dismissals and the restarts as two lists. Cricket has five ways out; rugby union has four set-piece or breakdown situations (scrum, ruck, maul, line-out). Write one card per list ("Name the 5 dismissals", "Ruck vs maul: where is the ball?") and test yourself on recalling the full set, not just one definition at a time. The key contrast: in a ruck the ball is on the ground, in a maul the ball carrier is still on their feet. Cards 49-50 phrase this awkwardly ("at least three attacking players" for the ruck), so rewrite card 49 as "ball on the ground, at least one player from each side in contact over it".
Fix two weak cards. Card 58 says traditional white kit belongs to rugby union; white clothing is actually the tradition of Test cricket, so move it to the cricket half. And the deck title promises rugby generally, but only card 60 touches rugby league: add a card or two (13 players, six-tackle rule) if you need both codes.
Learning more sports? Pair this deck with our football and World Cup study guide.
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