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The football field or a football pitch is rectangular

 The football field or a football pitch is rectangular, while the cricket field is generally circular or oval. The field area of both sports is not of fixed size.





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The size of the football field varies between 100-130 yards (90-120 meters) long and 50-100 yards (45-90 meters) wide. Irrespective of the size of the field, the penalty area or the box, where most of the action takes place, is 18 yards (16.46 meters) away from the center of the goal line, while the penalty spot is 12 yards (10.98 meters) from the goal.

Size of a Cricket Field (Image Credit – Hemant Brar)

The diameter of a cricket field varies between 137 meters and 150 meters as per the ICC Test Match Standard Playing Conditions (October 2014) Law 19.1. The law states the distance from the boundary-to-boundary square of the pitch should be at least 137.16 meters, while the shorter of the two square boundaries cannot be less than 59.43 meters. The straight boundary at both ends of the pitch should be at least 64 meters. Also, the boundaries cannot exceed 82.29 meters from the center of the pitch.

3. Uniform and Color

In football, the players wear a shirt with sleeves, shorts, socks, and shoes. The cloth colors of the playing teams must be in contrast to clearly identify the players of the same team from the opponents. Hence, the teams usually have multiple sets of color clothes, and use a

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