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While they lost the T20I series 2-1, the visitors came back to win the ODI series 3-0, marking it the very first instance of them registering a clean sweep over England in England. Sanju Samson set to be named vice-captain of Indian cricket team for THIS... They are required under the Laws to intervene in case of dangerous or unfair play or in cases of unacceptable conduct by a player. The other eight are elsewhere on the field, their positions determined on a tactical basis by the captain or the bowler.

The term "first-class", in general usage, is applied to top-level domestic cricket. Test matches are played over five days and first-class over three to four days; in all of these matches, the teams are allotted two innings each and the draw is a valid result. The captain is often the most experienced player in the team, certainly the most tactically astute, and can possess any of the main skillsets as a batter, a bowler or a wicket-keeper. Within the Laws, the captain has certain responsibilities in terms of nominating his players to the umpires before the match and ensuring that his players conduct themselves "within the spirit and traditions of the game as well as within the Laws". During normal play, thirteen players and two umpires are on the field. Two of the players are batters and the rest are all eleven members of the fielding team.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking thinkskyless the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information. Before a match begins, the team captains toss a coin to decide which team will bat first and so take the first innings.