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The creases

One end of a pitch in plan, with every measurement taken from the Laws of Cricket rather than from another diagram. The Law each figure comes from is in the table below, so you can check any of it at source.

Cricket crease markings, drawn to scale from the Laws A plan view of one end of a cricket pitch showing the crease markings, with every dimension taken from the MCC Laws of Cricket. The pitch is 10 feet or 3.05 metres wide and 22 yards or 20.12 metres long, bounded at each end by the bowling crease (Law 6.1). The bowling crease is 8 feet 8 inches or 2.64 metres long with the three stumps on it, the wicket being 9 inches or 22.86 centimetres wide (Laws 7.2 and 8.1). The popping crease is parallel to the bowling crease and 4 feet or 1.22 metres in front of it, which places it inside the pitch, and is marked to a minimum of 6 feet or 1.83 metres either side (Law 7.3). The two return creases are 4 feet 4 inches or 1.32 metres either side of the line joining the middle stumps, and run from the popping crease to a minimum of 8 feet or 2.44 metres behind it, which carries them past the end of the pitch (Law 7.4). Third Man, thirdman.pages.dev, CC BY 4.0. Cricket crease markings, drawn to scale from the Laws Third Man https://thirdman.pages.dev/creases Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International 8 ft 8 in / 2.64 m 10 ft / 3.05 m 6 ft / 1.83 m min 4 ft 4 in / 1.32 m 4 ft / 1.22 m 8 ft / 2.44 m min popping crease bowling crease · the end of the pitch return crease the wicket, 9 in / 22.86 cm wide ↑ toward the bowler, 22 yd / 20.12 m between the bowling creases
Crease markings to scale. Dimensions from the MCC Laws of Cricket, 2017 code. Third Man, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.

The thing most diagrams get wrong

Two Laws have to be read together. The bowling crease is the end of the pitch (Law 6.1), and the popping crease is four feet in front of it (Law 7.3). So the popping crease sits inside the pitch, not outside it, and the return creases run outward past the end of the pitch rather than up it. A diagram copied from another diagram inherits whichever way the first one guessed, which is most of why this one exists.

Every figure in the drawing, and where it comes from.
MeasurementImperial MetricSource
Pitch width 10 ft 3.05 m Law 6.1
Bowling crease length 8 ft 8 in 2.64 m Law 7.2
Popping crease in front of bowling crease 4 ft 1.22 m Law 7.3
Popping crease marked either side (minimum) 6 ft 1.83 m Law 7.3
Return crease from middle-stump line 4 ft 4 in 1.32 m Law 7.4
Return crease behind popping crease (minimum) 8 ft 2.44 m Law 7.4
Wicket width 9 in 22.86 cm Law 8.1

Using it

The drawing is assets/cricket-creases.svg and the table is crease-measurements.csv, with the Law number on every row. The SVG is plain, self-contained, and drawn in currentColor, so it inherits your text colour on a light or a dark page.

Licensed CC BY 4.0. The Laws themselves are the MCC's, and are published in full at lords.org. The field is drawn to scale on the field.