A partnership is a term used in cricket, that usually refers to the two batters and the runs they score together, including extras. Two batters bat in a partnership, although only one is a striker at any time. The partnership between two batsmen will come to an end when one of them is dismissed or retires, or the innings comes to a close, usually due to victory being achieved, a declaration, a time or over limit being reached, the match being abandoned. In exceptional cases, if one of the original batters are injured, a player may run between the wickets on behalf of the injured batter. However, any runs scored by the injured batter will be recorded as being in the partnership of the two original batters. A partnership may also refer to two bowlers bowling from each end of the wicket.
Harbhajan Singh and Sachin Tendulkar batting in a partnership.
Scoreboard showing runs scored by the current partnership (25), consisting of 16 by Sammy, 8 by Ramdin (out of his 27 total), and 1 extra.
Percy Holmes, left, and Herbert Sutcliffe shake hands in front of the scoreboard after a first wicket stand of 555 at Leyton, 1932. The players' autographs can be seen on the photo.
In cricket, a dismissal occurs when a batter's innings is brought to an end by the opposing team. Other terms used are the batter being out, the batting side losing a wicket, and the fielding side taking a wicket. The ball becomes dead, and the dismissed batter must leave the field of play for the rest of their team's innings, to be replaced by a team-mate. A team's innings ends if ten of the eleven team members are dismissed. Players bat in pairs so, when only one batter remains who can be not out, it is not possible for the team to bat any longer. This is known as dismissing or bowling out the batting team, who are said to be all out.
NSW Breakers' Nicola Carey is bowled by ACT Meteors' Marizanne Kapp (not pictured). Note the ball, and the flying bails, one of which has broken into two pieces.
Scoreboard showing the methods of dismissal of the New Zealand batsmen. The four most common methods of dismissal all occurred: six batsmen were caught, two were bowled, one was LBW and one was run out. One batsman (Boult) was left undismissed. The opposition players credited with each dismissal, who caught (after the 'C') or bowled (after the 'B') the ball, or achieved the run out, are named.