being put out. Once a batter is running, he becomes a baserunner, whose goal is to make it around all the bases back to home plate. A fielder with the ball can get a runner out by touching either a base (if the runner is forced to advance to it) or the runner themselves, either before the runner reaches the base (if forced to advance), or while the runner is not touching a base. Three outs ends the half-inning. Other present-day bat-and-ball games include softball, stickball, rounders (both English and Irish forms), stoolball, pesäpallo or Finnish baseball, punchball, kickball, and British baseball. Earlier forms include The Massachusetts Game of baseball, which was similar to rounders, and Old Cat. Field Both sports have fields with large outfields (though baseball's distinction between infield and outfield is more naturally derived, being based on the separation of the base-running area of the field from the rest of the field). In cricket, the bowling, batting, and running may all take place on the cricket pitch, which is the area where the ball travels through as it is delivered before being hit by the batter, while in baseball, the running happens separately around the bases. The baseball warning track and the boundary rope in cricket (which is generally pulled in a few feet away from the wall bounding the field of play from the spectators) serve similar purposes: to ensure outfielders don't crash into the wall/fence while trying to get to the ball. Baseball Baseball is played in a quadrant of fair territory between foul lines, with most play only occurring from balls hit into the fair territory. The official minimum distance from home plate to the nearest fence, stand or other obstruction is , and the recommended distances are at least along the foul lines and in center field. This produces a recommended fair territory field area just over . Most Major League Baseball parks have fair territory areas in the range of . Cricket In contrast, Test and limited overs cricket is played on a field with no foul areas. There is a minimum width of and length , giving a minimum area of , assuming an elliptical shape. However the shape of a cricket ground is not fixed. Test grounds around the world are typically , an area of about , ranging up to or at a venue such as the MCG. Bowling/pitching