2007-02-22 16:58:38 · 15 answers · asked by manoj t 1 in Sports ➔ Cricket
I know how to spell it, now thats already more than you.
2007-02-26 06:50:48 · answer #1 · answered by simpleplan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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 three parallel wooden stakes (known as stumps) driven into the ground, with two small crosspieces (known as bails) laid on top of them. This wooden structure is called a wicket. A player from the fielding team (the bowler) bowls 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, Kenya, Nepal and Argentina, among others; there are over one hundred cricket-playing nations recognised by the International Cricket Council.
For complete details about cricket, please check the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket
2007-02-22 20:36:36 · answer #2 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
okay!
i am not indian but i know about cricket.
cricket is the name of sport instead of any insect.
this game was first played in uk in 1776 but was considered as a notorious game .
it was not counted among the honorable games.
first test match was played between england and australia in 1886 australia won that match .
then other countries also started taking interest in cricket.
cricket at first was based on test matches but with the passage of time one day international matches also begun to play in 1971
the winner of first world cup was west indies in 1975 and then wesagain won it in 1979, then india won it in 1983, then aus in 187 then pak in 1992 ,then srilanka in 1996, then aus in 1999 and 2003.
cricket consists of 11 players among then 1 is wicket keeper who changes his position after every over,bowlers and bastman.
it might be possible that in a team besides wicket keeper all players are batsman and baller at the same time means all rounders.
merchandise of cricket is bat , ball , kit , gloves, pats , guards, helmet, lights.
locality is a stadium with the boundary of 56 -75 metres
odi consists of 50 overs of each team.
test matches are based on five days.
odi can be day and night but test matches can not be they are played at day time.
2007-02-23 04:39:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
AS a person born in india Iam very passionate about cricket.
Cricket is the only game where we need to both our physical& mental strength.
In fact it resembles our life.
So much excitement & fun is also possible only through cricket.
Infact in india national integration is created among people bcoz of cricket.
2007-02-22 22:24:23 · answer #4 · answered by pavan k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cricket is a very good game which keeps busy every one and every body forgets other things when the match is between India and Pakistan.
2007-02-22 17:40:42 · answer #5 · answered by khuranapvp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know that it is a sport played between 2 teams with 11 players per side .there is also an insect called so
2007-02-22 18:04:18 · answer #6 · answered by nikesid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only know that there is a game named "CRICKET" not "CRIKET".
2007-02-24 17:59:21 · answer #7 · answered by Gautam B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to take rest next day once you go to watch Cricket in stadium.
I think waste of time.
2007-02-22 17:22:26 · answer #8 · answered by pankaj s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know enough to know that it is one of the best sports. I love cricket.
2007-02-22 23:38:19 · answer #9 · answered by Sherlock Holmes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know I woke up with a sunburn and a bad hangover.
2007-02-22 17:01:30 · answer #10 · answered by ptstrobl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know enough to watch the game and understand what's going on.
2007-02-22 20:02:13 · answer #11 · answered by peaches 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋