A CRICKET MATCH One day I watched a one day cricket match played between the Dave Higher Secondary School’s senior boys team and our school team. There was a large number of audience. It was quiet sunny. It was half an hour for the match to start but the stands and the galleries were almost full. The match was started at 9.00 a.m. The Dave team won the toss and elected to bat first. Their hitters were sent as their opening batsmen. The Dave team started with displaying their full hold over batting
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A Village Cricket Match It is an excerpt from A.G Macdonnel’s humorous novel ‘England‚ their England’. The English society has been satirized in a light hearted manner especially what is known as ‘Englishness’ ‚ as seen from the eyes of a Scotsman. In this the author humorously describes a cricket match being played between men from England and men from Scotland in the village of Fordendan.The cricketers are petty businessmen or local shopkeepers. The story is presented in a mock epic style and
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are interesting and joyful but i like cricket the most.Cricket is as same to the players as songs to the singers and music to the musician. Cricket match is always played between two teams.it has three forms till now.One Day Cricket match ‚ Test or five day cricket match and T20 Cricket match. One day cricket match consists of 100 overs ‚ Test Cricket consists of 450 overs at the maximum and twenty twenty cricket has 40 overs in a match. I know cricket and love it because of Shahid afridi
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In A Village Cricket Match A.G. Macdonell has used humour as the main ingredient of the story. Substantiate your answer with instances from the text. Ans: The story ‘A Village Cricket Match’ by A.G. Macdonell is replete with humour and this is very subtle. In fact‚ the humour is clothed in the garb of seriousness but in spite of that‚ the reader appreciates it and cannot help but smile while going through the lines. The first instance of humour is found in the incident of the negotiations between
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The Chicago “Black Sox” demoralized a city because of their greed for money. Money that was introduced because of the corruption that can occur due to sports gambling. The eight men that threw a World Series might be recognized for participating in one of the worst known scandals in sports‚ but it isn’t the only time a Major League Baseball Commissioner has had to banish a player for gambling. Pete Rose is considered by many as one of the best baseball players of all time. On the Major League Baseball
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It is 200 words too long so I will have to make it shorter. Any opinions are appreciated. enjoy ;) Evaluate a significant experience‚ achievement‚ risk you have taken‚ or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. This year‚ there were elections at my school for "Students Council President" and I had always wanted to participate‚ so I decided to take part of it. I was very excited for I was going to have the chance to improve the school and make a change for the better. I consider
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CRICKET- A RELIGION IN INDIA Cricket: It is the word that gives my whole body an adrenaline rush. It is not just a game. It’s a religion. There’s only one religion that I follow‚ and that’s Cricket. I believe in only one god‚ that’s Sachin Tendulkar. This Indian is the best and most popular cricketer in the world. He’s my idol and it is fair to say that my ideals are shared by my countrymen. The country comes to a stop when a cricket match is being played. The roads are deserted‚ parties and
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Spot-fixing/Match-fixing The great damage done to the Cricket is by match-fixing allegations every now and then. Spot-fixing means that player or the whole team accepts money from the bookies to intentionally play badly. Players also have been taking money to give information about the pitch and the weather conditions. Generally players deny any kind of charges put on them‚ but in some cases players have admitted their involvement in either spot-fixing or illegal activities. For instance
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the three players until the investigation is complete.[3] Delhi police have claimed that Sreesanth and Chavan have confessed being involved in the spot fixing. The police also claimed that Chandila had tried to get other players‚ including Chavan‚ involved in the spot fixing under the direction of the bookies.[4] The Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) suspended the players till further investigation.[2] BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale‚ said‚"The BCCI is shocked and saddened at the recent
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on a field at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. Each team takes it in turn to bat‚ attempting to score runs‚ while the other team fields. Each turn is known as an innings. The bowler delivers the ball to the batsman who attempts to hit the ball with his bat far enough for him to run to the other end of the pitch and score a run. Each batsman continues batting until he is out. The batting team continues batting
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