Greatest game on earth
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2007-03-16 23:10:35
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answered by tuppenybitz 7
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Cricket is a bat and ball sport played between two teams, usually 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.[1]
The sport is followed with passion in many different parts of the world. It has even occasionally given rise to diplomatic outrage, the most notorious being the Basil D'Oliveira affair which led to the banning of South Africa from sporting events. Other examples include the Bodyline series, played between England and Australia in the early 1930s, and the 1981 underarm bowling incident involving Australia and New Zealand.
here is mor bout cricket on this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket
2007-03-17 07:26:49
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answered by Anonymous
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Cricket is called a Gentlemen game it s commonly played in the Commonwealth countries and it s immensely popular in the indian sub continent.The game is quite easy to comprehend once you start following the game.
2007-03-17 06:13:37
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answered by Ganesen Viswanathan 2
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You said it Vambo, thick as a brick! Cricket is an easy game to understand!
2007-03-17 06:11:07
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answered by Greybeard 7
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I think Cricket is like baseball but instead of bats they have those planks
2007-03-17 06:11:27
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answered by Boostergold 4
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You need to go watch a few games, your soon get the hang of the scoring and rules,!!
2007-03-17 06:17:24
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answered by Chris 5
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cricket > soccer
2007-03-18 12:18:41
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answered by shells 1
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Watch a few of the world cup games and you will find out and see what you been missing out on .............. have fun
2007-03-17 06:14:00
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answer #8
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answered by liongirl_40 3
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http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/rules/
2007-03-17 06:11:43
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answered by ♥shushin♥ 6
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You must be American.
2007-03-17 09:36:24
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answered by G C 4
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