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<li id="cite_note-0" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> MCC – the official Laws of Cricket. Retrieved on 25 July 2009.</li>
<li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> CricketArchive – full list of ICC member countries. Retrieved on 25 July 2009.<img src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROAc5R8rk4x_zX3de0O0XFosqF8MB1aOknW4t5h6vK3asnAnVr" /></li>
<li id="cite_note-MTG-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> John Major, <i>More Than A Game</i>, HarperCollins, 2007</li>
<li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> John Leach, <i>From Lads to Lord's</i> quotes the precise date of the accounting entry as Thursday 10 March 1300 (Julian date), which is in the Gregorian year of 1301. Retrieved on 31 January 2009.</li>
<li id="cite_note-FLTL-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> John Leach, <i>From Lads to Lord's</i> quotes the precise date of the court case in Guildford as Monday, 17 January 1597 (Julian date), which is in the Gregorian year of 1598. Retrieved on 31 January 2009.</li>
<li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> Middle Dutch was the language in use in Flanders at the time.</li>
<li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> Birley, p.3</li>
<li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> Birley, <i>op. cit.</i></li>
<li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> Altham, p.21</li>
<li id="cite_note-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> Bowen, p.33</li>
<li id="cite_note-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> David Terry, <i>The Seventeenth Century Game of Cricket: A Reconstruction of the Game</i>. Retrieved on 25 July 2009.</li>
<li id="cite_note-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> Gillmeister's theory is summarised in the introduction to the book<i>The Language of Cricket</i> by John Eddowes, ISBN 1-85754-270-3.<img src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTohnu6s36-ga15RAQRx7b-aZSGvah8N2n1NYWEjXugI8R9vbKBSQ" /></li>
<li id="cite_note-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> David Underdown, <i>Start of Play</i>, Allen Lane, 2000, p.3</li>
<li id="cite_note-HSA-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">^ <sup style="line-height: 1em;"><i><b>a</b></i></sup> <sup style="line-height: 1em;"><i><b>b</b></i></sup> H S Altham, <i>A History of Cricket</i>, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962, p.21</li>
<li id="cite_note-TJM-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> Timothy J McCann, <i>Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century</i>, Sussex Record Society, 2004</li>
<li id="cite_note-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> CricketArchive profile. Retrieved on 25 July 2009.</li>
<li id="cite_note-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>^</b> The Australian Eleven: The first Australian team, National Museum of Australia. Retrieved on 24 May 2011.</li>
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<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(data:image/png; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRsF0grdYfBKotEaQ6cY0y4zDwjh8lS1rkart6kETLQ4iU0i6md" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRsF0grdYfBKotEaQ6cY0y4zDwjh8lS1rkart6kETLQ4iU0i6md" /></a>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Innings (I): The number of innings in which the batsman actually batted.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Not outs (NO): The number of times the batsman was not out at the conclusion of an innings they batted in.<sup style="line-height: 1em;">1</sup></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Runs (R): The number of runs scored.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Highest Score (HS/Best): The highest score ever made by the batsman.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Batting Average (Ave): The total number of runs divided by the total number of innings in which the batsman was out. Ave = Runs/[I - NO] (also Avge or Avg.)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Centuries (100): The number of innings in which the batsman scored one hundred runs or more.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Half-centuries (50): The number of innings in which the batsman scored fifty to ninety-nine runs (centuries do not count as half-centuries as well).</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Balls Faced (BF): The total number of balls received, including no balls but not including wides.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Strike Rate (SR): The number of runs scored per 100 balls faced. (SR = [100 * Runs]/BF)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Run Rate (RR): Is the number of runs a batsman (or the batting side) scores in an over of six balls.</li>
</ul><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS8Gw1PHciLUDkV2DC7NU4GjgmyTUgD3-RZF8_Whkeip8AiVGnbVQ" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS8Gw1PHciLUDkV2DC7NU4GjgmyTUgD3-RZF8_Whkeip8AiVGnbVQ" /></a>The basic bowling statistics include:</div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(data:image/png; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Overs (O): The number of overs bowled.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Balls (B): The number of balls bowled. Overs is more traditional, but balls is a more useful statistic because the number of balls per over has varied historically.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Maiden Overs (M): The number of maiden overs (overs in which the bowler conceded zero runs) bowled.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Runs (R): The number of runs conceded.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wickets (W): The number of wickets taken.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">No balls (Nb): The number of no balls bowled.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wides (Wd): The number of wides bowled.</li>
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdmQyR0kSU4NsOs88If6qv2X0ALAYbv-vvEclM9nryklvPs4477w" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdmQyR0kSU4NsOs88If6qv2X0ALAYbv-vvEclM9nryklvPs4477w" /></a>Organized cricket lends itself to statistics to a greater degree than many other sports. Each play is discrete and has a relatively small number of possible outcomes. At the professional level, statistics for Test cricket, one-day internationals, and first-class cricket are recorded separately. However, since Test matches are a form of first-class cricket, a player's first-class statistics will include his Test match statistics—but not vice versa. <i>The Guide to Cricketers</i> was a cricket annual edited by Fred Lillywhite between 1849 and his death in 1866. <i>Wisden Cricketers' Almanack</i> was founded in 1864 by the English cricketer John Wisden (1826–1884) as a competitor to <i>The Guide to Cricketers</i>. Its annual publication has continued uninterrupted to the present day, making it the longest running sports annual in history.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">Certain traditional statistics are familiar to most cricket fans. The basic batting statistics include:</div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(data:image/png; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSRJT9xc4lETlaMNzjoFfVcbR8vT3DwB8ZOOzTVKuKWzs6V2PVG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSRJT9xc4lETlaMNzjoFfVcbR8vT3DwB8ZOOzTVKuKWzs6V2PVG" /></a>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Innings (I): The number of innings in which the batsman actually batted.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Not outs (NO): The number of times the batsman was not out at the conclusion of an innings they batted in.<sup style="line-height: 1em;">1</sup></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Runs (R): The number of runs scored.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Highest Score (HS/Best): The highest score ever made by the batsman.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Batting Average (Ave): The total number of runs divided by the total number of innings in which the batsman was out. Ave = Runs/[I - NO] (also Avge or Avg.)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Centuries (100): The number of innings in which the batsman scored one hundred runs or more.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Half-centuries (50): The number of innings in which the batsman scored fifty to ninety-nine runs (centuries do not count as half-centuries as well).</li>
</ul></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787732964828271456.post-27242423833960396882011-08-11T22:34:00.000-07:002011-08-11T22:52:22.845-07:00International structure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">The International Cricket Council (ICC), which has its headquarters in Dubai, is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.</span></div><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRO5r9FIqBUErxXVIe4m6AQhOEj2ELh-aLmjmQ1HXnnbNOQN6WVJQ" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRO5r9FIqBUErxXVIe4m6AQhOEj2ELh-aLmjmQ1HXnnbNOQN6WVJQ" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Full Members are the governing bodies for cricket in a country or associated countries. Full Members may also represent a geographical area. All Full Members have a right to send one representative team to play official Test matches. Also, all Full Member nations are automatically qualified to play ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-A_Brief_History..._39-0" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;">[40]</sup> West Indies cricket team does not represent one country instead an amalgamation of over 20 countries from the Caribbean. The English Cricket team represents both England and Wales.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The ICC has 104 members: 10 Full Members that play official Test matches, 34 Associate Members, and 60 Affiliate Members.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CA_38-0" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;">[39]</sup> The ICC is responsible for the organisation and governance of cricket's major international tournaments, notably the Cricket World Cup. It also appoints the umpires and referees that officiate at all sanctioned Test matches, One Day International and Twenty20 Internationals. Each nation has a national cricket board which regulates cricket matches played in its country. The cricket board also selects the national squad and organises home and away tours for the national tea</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #4c1130; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">m. In the West Indies these matters are addressed by the West Indies Cricket Board which consists of members appointed by four national boards and two multi</span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">-national boards</div></span></span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcUbBzTzuW_BrpfealFyliD-_-CVk9My_QR2QCaI5j4rSWzdTZGQ" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcUbBzTzuW_BrpfealFyliD-_-CVk9My_QR2QCaI5j4rSWzdTZGQ" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">There are numerous variations of the sport played throughout the world that include indoor cricket,French cricket, beach cricket, Kwik cricket and all sorts of card games and board games that have been inspired by cricket. In these variants, the rules are often changed to make the game playable</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"> with limited resources or to render it more convenient and enjoyable for the participants.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Indoor cricket is played in a netted, indoor arena, and is quite formal but many of the outdoor variants are very informal.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Families and teenagers play backyard cricket in suburban yards or driveways, and the cities of India and Pakistan play host to countless games of "Gully Cricket" or "tapeball" in their long narrow streets. Sometimes the rules are improvised: e.g. it may be agreed that fielders can catch the ball with one hand after one bounce and claim a wicket; or if only a few people are available then everyone may field while the players take it in turns to bat and bowl. Tennis balls and homemade bats are often used, and a</span><img src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5RP0Ke8DcY2gAbJyKU5SHlTg7-HxNYSYWombUtUdEXvaVtJPPNA" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"> variety of objects may serve as wickets: for example, the batter's legs as in French cricket, which did not in fact originate in France, and is usually played by small children.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787732964828271456.post-23840727054965501702011-08-11T22:30:00.000-07:002011-08-11T22:57:00.355-07:00National championships<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"></span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRzNvxeXlxP7xALjktGNY9sSwhQy9-JMHHjdoWLH6Y6m-EEgqfg_Q" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRzNvxeXlxP7xALjktGNY9sSwhQy9-JMHHjdoWLH6Y6m-EEgqfg_Q" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">First-class cricket includes Test cricket but the term is generally used to refer to the highest level of domestic cricket in those countries with full ICC membership, although there are exceptions to this. First-class cricket in England is played for the most part by the 18 county clubs which contest the County Championship. The concept of a champion county has existed since the 18th century but the official competi</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">tion w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">as not established until 1890. The most successful club has been Yorkshire County Cricket Club with 30 official titles.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Australia established its national first-class championship in 1892–93 when the Sheffield Shield was introduced. In Australia, the first-class teams represent the various states. New South Wales has won the maximum number of titles with 45 to 2008.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">National championship trophies to be established elsewhere included the Ranji Trophy(India), Plunket Shield (New Zealand), Currie Cup (South Africa) and Shell Shield (West Indies). Some of these competitions have been updated and renamed in recent years.</span><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQVpkpYwcH_VNqtEBNUxmPd9y-JqY6kw9qFhbNNh0ngRXAyAKEm" /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Domestic limited overs competitions began with England's Gillette Cup knockout in 1963. Countries usually stage seasonal limited overs competitions in both knockout and league format. In recent years, national Twenty20 competitions have been introduced, usually in knockout form though some incorporate mini-leagues.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787732964828271456.post-4250999486135740142011-08-11T22:28:00.000-07:002011-08-11T23:08:11.461-07:00Limited overs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"></span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTcMZcfrBwzA5bSFmsSvYs_W_trZZbqxSxhsssFS0tNJBhBYygr" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTcMZcfrBwzA5bSFmsSvYs_W_trZZbqxSxhsssFS0tNJBhBYygr" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Standard limited overs cricket was introduced in England in the 1963 season in the form of a knockout cup contested by the first-class county clubs. In 1969, a national league competition was established. The concept was gradually introduced to the other major cricket countries and the first limited overs inte</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">rnational was played in 1971. In 1975, the firstCricket World Cup took place in England. Limited overs cricket has seen various innovations including the use of multi-coloured kit and floodlit matches using a white ball.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">A "one day match", named so because each match is scheduled for completion in a single day, is the common form of limited overs cricket played on an international level. In practice, matches sometimes continue on a second day if they have been interrupted or postponed by bad weather. The main objective of a limited overs match is to produce a definite result and so a conventional draw is not possible, but matches can be undecided if the scores are tied or if bad weather prevents a result. Each team plays one innings only and faces a limited number of overs, usually a maximum of 50. The Cricket World Cup is held in one day format and the last World Cup in 2011 was won by the co-hosts, India. The next World Cup will hosted by Australia and New Zealand in 2015.</span><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTikX37ixYGujIojpaWtHd7K1oJwxyFPXU8yXQ7PT6eIAb_Lkk3Aw" /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Twenty20 is a new variant of limited overs itself with the purpose being to complete the match within about three hours, usually in an evening session. The original idea, when the concept was introduced in England in 2003, was to provide workers with an evening entertainment. It was commercially successful and has been adopted internationally. The inaugural Twenty20 World Championship was held in 2007 and won by India. 2009's Twenty20 World </span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787732964828271456.post-83893909330517444092011-08-11T22:27:00.000-07:002011-08-11T23:09:43.746-07:00Test cricket<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"></span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Test cricket is the highest standard of first-class cricket. A Test match is an international fixture between teams representing those countries that are Full Members of the ICC.</span><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQVvYlBvGNVCXp5gvDvloJznKDZSJriygs9_bgc0Ccogx1l-xsaPQ" /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Although the term "Test match" was not coined until much later, Test cricket is deemed to have begun with two matches between Australia and England in the 1876–77 Australian season. Subsequently, eight other national teams have achieved Test status: South Africa(1889), West Indies (1928), New Zealand (1929), India (1932), Pakistan (1952), Sri Lanka(1982), Zimbabwe (1992) and Bangladesh (2000). Zimbabwe subsequently suspended its Test status in 2006 due to its inability to compete against other Test teams and has yet to resume playing Test cricket.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;">[37]</sup></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Welsh players are eligible to play for England, which is in effect an England and Wales team. The West Indies team comprises players from numerous states in the Caribbean, notably Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands.</span><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSF_wyJKNHSwAJRGcZ40rxPpO_YpDvw0bz0REszT_mQ-6rhp9JB" /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Test matches between two teams are usually played in a group of matches called a "series". Matches last up to five days and a series normally consists of three to five matches. Test matches that are not finished within the allotted time are drawn. In the case of Test and first-class cricket: the possibility of a draw often encourages a team that is batting last and well behind to bat defensively, giving up any faint chance at a win to avoid a loss.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;">[38]</sup></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787732964828271456.post-69633020802797689932011-08-11T22:25:00.000-07:002011-08-11T23:11:24.461-07:00Types of matches<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"></span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcUbBzTzuW_BrpfealFyliD-_-CVk9My_QR2QCaI5j4rSWzdTZGQ" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcUbBzTzuW_BrpfealFyliD-_-CVk9My_QR2QCaI5j4rSWzdTZGQ" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Cricket is a multi-faceted sport which, in very broad terms, can be divided into major cricket and minor cricket based on playing standards. A more pertinent division, particularly in terms of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">major cricket, is between matches in which the teams have two innings apiece and those in which they have a single innings each. The former, known as first-class cricket, has a duration of three to five days (there have been examples of "timeless" matches too); the latter, known as limited overs cricket because each team bowls a limit of typically 50 or 20 overs, has a planned duration of one day only (a match can be extended if necessary due to bad weather, etc.).</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRIcPc55jF2mJE-I2h7BBOOLWpnHvYBGKSHY4kPvSOCBOLltaJh" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRIcPc55jF2mJE-I2h7BBOOLWpnHvYBGKSHY4kPvSOCBOLltaJh" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Typically, two-innings matches have at least six hours of playing time each day. Limited overs matches often last six hours or more. There are usually formal intervals on each day for lunch and tea with brief informal breaks for drinks. There is also a short interval between innings. Historically, a form of cricket known as single wicket had been extremely successful and many of these contests in the 18th and 19th centuries qualify as major cricket matches. In this form, alth</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">ough each team may have from one to six players, there is only one batsman at a time and he must face every delivery bowled while his innings lasts. Single wicket has rarely been played since limited overs cricket began.</span></div><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><br />
</span></h3></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787732964828271456.post-24463552444764662542011-08-11T22:23:00.000-07:002011-08-11T23:12:50.517-07:00Uniqueness of each field<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSZEpVFP8yBxDbXYZoHqsiC1P0OubH62udpXT6588vO22X_rAmR" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSZEpVFP8yBxDbXYZoHqsiC1P0OubH62udpXT6588vO22X_rAmR" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Unlike those of most sports, cricket playing fields can vary significantly in size and shape. While the dimensions of the pitch and infield are specifically regulated, the Laws of Cricket do not specify th</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #4c1130; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">e size or shape of the field.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-MCC_.E2.80.93_Laws_of_Cricket:_Law_19_21-1" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;">[22]</sup> The field boundaries are sometimes painted and sometimes marked by a rope. Pitch and outfield variations can have a significant effect on how balls behave and are fielded as well as on batting. Pitches vary in consistency, and thus in the amount of bounce, spin, and seam movement available to the bowler. Hard pitches are usually good to bat on because of high but even bounce. Dry pitches tend to deteriorate for batting as cracks often appear, and when this happens to the pitch, spinners can play a major role. Damp pitches, or pitches covered in grass (termed "green" pitches), allow good fast bowlers to extract extra bounce. Such pitches tend to offer help to fast bowlers throughout the match, but become better for batting as the game goes on. While players of other outdoor sports deal with similar variations of field surface and stadium covering, the size and shape of their fields are much more standardized. Other local factors, such as altitude and climate, can also significantly affect play. These physical variations create a distinctive set of playing conditions at each ground. A given ground may acquire a reputation as batsman friendly or bowler friendly if one or the othe</span><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQje4HulwleSM7Hpv7hI2jU2t-emek6_hha13Ium0y5HYXaVdeZ" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQje4HulwleSM7Hpv7hI2jU2t-emek6_hha13Ium0y5HYXaVdeZ" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #4c1130; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">r discipline notably benefits from its unique mix of elements. The absence of a standardized field affects not only how particular games play out, but the nature of team makeup and players' statistical records.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787732964828271456.post-63637927632825346012011-08-11T22:21:00.001-07:002011-08-11T23:14:25.736-07:00Influence of weather<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"></span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ_oh_hD0D3sdv3OOdlmWctxGv9OrKg1kOwpjtmDELOWYIEvIwvVA" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ_oh_hD0D3sdv3OOdlmWctxGv9OrKg1kOwpjtmDELOWYIEvIwvVA" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Cricket is a sport played predominantly in the drier periods of the year. But, even so, the weather is a major factor in all cricket matches.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">A scheduled game of cricket cannot be played in wet weather. Dampness affects the bounce of the ball on the wicket and is a risk to all players involved in the game. Many grounds have facilities to cover the cricket pitch (or the wicket). Covers can be in the form of sheets being laid over the wicket to elevated covers on wheels (using the same concept as an umbrella) to even hover covers which form an airtight seal around the wicket. However, most grounds do not have the facilities to cover the outfield. This means that in the event of heavy bouts of bad weather, games may be cancelled, abandoned or suspended due to an unsafe outfield.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRF3u-wPZHe5YnSd3fdzqKiFoY9dbjFywq7Aog-PT-pUNRxPf5eKA" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRF3u-wPZHe5YnSd3fdzqKiFoY9dbjFywq7Aog-PT-pUNRxPf5eKA" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Another factor in cricket is the amount of light available. At grounds without floodlights (or in game formats which disallow the use of floodlights), umpires can stop play in the event of bad light as it becomes too difficult for the batsmen to be able to see the ball coming at them, (and in extreme cases, members of the fielding team).</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">On the other hand, in instances of good light, batsmen can utilize sight-screens which enable batsmen to have a white background against which they can pick out the red ball (or black background for white ball) with greater ease.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">The umpires always have the final decision on weather related issues.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3787732964828271456.post-67800666390674512192011-08-11T22:20:00.000-07:002011-08-11T23:16:00.576-07:00Individual focus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQFvoJbgExXpRwZ7SNcDlmXhIaXqY8Mkpiy7uIQNk-RQFhkPWIvvQ" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQFvoJbgExXpRwZ7SNcDlmXhIaXqY8Mkpiy7uIQNk-RQFhkPWIvvQ" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">For a team sport, cricket places individual players under unusual scrutiny and pressure. Bowler, Batsman, and fielder all act essentially independent of each other. While team managements can signal bow</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">ler or batsman to pursue certain tactics, the execution of the play itself is a series of solitary acts. Cricket is more similar to baseball than many other team sports in this regard: while the individual focus in cricket is slightly mitigated by the importance of the batting partnership and the practicalities of running, it is enhanced by the fact that a batsman may occupy the wicket for a long time.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Cricket is a unique game where in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #4c1130; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">addition to the laws, the players have to abide by Spirit of the Game.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;">[36]</sup> The standard of sportsmanship has historically been considered so high that the phrase "it's just not cricket" was coined in the 19th Century to describe unfair or underhanded behaviour in any walk of life. In the last few decades though, cricket has become increasingly fast-paced and competitive, increasing the use of appealing and sledging, although players are still expected to abide by the umpires' rulings without argument, and for the most part they do. Even in the modern game fielders are known to signal to the umpire that a boundary was hit, despite what could have been considered a spectacular save (though they might be found out by the TV replays anyway). In addition to this, some cricket bats</span><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ9Yt0K2szZpSbYvnqyB_UIaCsMrHGj-0CFIS4DQksCgvlgj9_yjg" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #4c1130; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">men, like Sachin Tendulkar and Adam Gilchrist have been known to "walk" when they think they are out even if the umpire does not declare them out. This is a high level of sportsmanship, as a batsman can easily take advantage of incorrect umpiring decisions.</span><br />
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