Innings
An innings is one of the divisions of a cricket match during which one team takes its turn to bat. Innings also means the period in which an individual player bats. In cricket and rounders, "innings" is both singular and plural; this contrasts with baseball and softball in which the singular is "inning".
Origin
The earliest known record of the term concerns a match in August 1730 at Blackheath between Kent and London. The London-based St. James Evening Post reported: "'Twas thought that the Kentish champions would have lost their honours by being beat at one innings if time had permitted".Usage in cricket
An innings is one of the divisions of a match during which one team takes its turn to bat, and is said to be "in to bat". Innings is the subject of Law 13 in the Laws of Cricket.- In a first-class match, there are up to four innings, with each team due to bat twice. In a [limited Over (cricket)|overs cricket|limited overs match], there are only two innings, with each team batting once.
- An innings may end in a number of ways, such as when all but one batsman on the team is gotten out, or in limited overs cricket, when the limited number of overs for that innings have been bowled.