In cricket, an over consists of six legal deliveries bowled by a bowler from one end of the pitch to the batsman at the opposite end. Each over includes a variety of pitches and strategies as the fielding team aims to dismiss the batsman. Overs are fundamental to cricket's structure, determining the flow of the game and influencing tactics. Both limited-over formats and longer formats of the game, like Test matches, have different restrictions and strategies surrounding overs.