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Bat-and-ball games (or safe haven games to avoid confusion with club games such as golf and hockey) are
field games played by two opposing teams.[1] The teams alternate between "batting" roles, sometimes called
"in at bat" and "out in the field", or simply in and out. Only the batting team may score, but they have equal
chances in both roles. The game is counted rather than timed.
A player on the fielding team puts the ball in play with a delivery whose restriction depends on the game. A
player on the batting team attempts to strike the delivered ball, commonly with a "bat", which is a club
governed by the rules of the game.
After striking the ball, the batter may become a runner trying to reach a safe haven or "base". While in contact
with a base, the runner is safe from the fielding team and in a position to score runs. Leaving a safe haven
places the runner in danger of being put out. The teams switch roles when the fielding team puts the batting
team out, which varies by game.
In modern baseball the fielders put three players out; in cricket they retire all players but one.
Some games permit multiple runners and some have multiple bases to run in sequence. Batting may occur, and
running begin, at one of the bases. The movement between those "safe havens" is governed by the rules of the
particular game.
Globally, cricket and baseball are the two most popular games in the family.

Mainstream sports
Baseball four bases
Softball
Cricket two wickets
Test Cricket
First-Class Cricket
Blind Cricket
Catchy Shubby
Club Cricket
French Cricket
Kilikiti
One Day International
Kwik Cricket
List-A Cricket
Pro40
Indoor Cricket
Limited-Overs Cricket
Short form cricket
Single Wicket
Twenty20

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