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2007-01-05 12:41:15 · 5 answers · asked by My Poetry Is Deep I Neva Fail 4 in Sports Cricket

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Cricket is a bat and ball sport, played between two teams of eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass field (which is usually roughly oval), in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a pitch. At each end of the pitch is a set of wooden stumps, called a wicket. A player from the fielding team (the bowler) propels a hard, fist-sized cork-centred leather ball from one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching a player from the opposing team (the batsman), who defends the wicket from the ball with a wooden cricket bat. The batsman, if he or she does not get out, may then run between the wickets, exchanging ends with the other batsman (the "non-striker"), who has been standing in an inactive role near the bowler's wicket, to score runs. The other members of the bowler's team stand in various positions around the field as fielders. The match is won by the team that scores more runs.

Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years. It originated in its modern form in England and is popular mainly in the present and former members of the Commonwealth. In the countries of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, cricket is the most popular sport. It is also a major sport in places such as England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Bermuda, and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies. There are also well established amateur club competitions in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Ireland, Kenya, Nepal, and Argentina. (see also: International Cricket Council

For more details, please check the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

2007-01-05 15:12:38 · answer #1 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0 0

The best game in the world.

2007-01-06 01:25:49 · answer #2 · answered by Leanne S 1 · 0 0

Worlds 2nd or 3rd most popular Team sport.

2007-01-05 21:07:02 · answer #3 · answered by tino67 3 · 0 0

a game played with a bat and ball where Sachin is the best

2007-01-06 04:29:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anirudh T 3 · 0 0

a fancy boy foreign game.

2007-01-05 20:44:23 · answer #5 · answered by Sarah 2 · 0 0

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