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Should each groups be unable to complete their number of innings earlier than the time allotted, the match is declared a draw. Single wicket was in style within the 18th and 19th centuries and its matches have been typically considered top-class. In this form, though each group may have from one to 6 players, there is simply one batter in at a time and he must face every delivery bowled whereas his innings lasts. Single wicket has hardly ever been performed since limited overs cricket began. Matches tended to have two innings per group like a full first-class one and they might finish in a draw. While the umpire in shot stands on the bowler's finish of the pitch, his colleague stands within the outfield, usually in or near the fielding position called "square leg", so that he is according to the popping crease on the striker's finish of the pitch. Batters take turns to bat through a batting order which is decided beforehand by the team captain and introduced to th