Cricket Cricket was invented in early 1300’s and is now being played over more than 100 countries. There are different formats of cricket there are one-day internationals which they play 50 overs each side during‚ they can play under the floodlights if the umpire decided to‚ each bowler can bowl up to 10 over per match or less‚ each overs has six deliveries. There is a 20twenty format in cricket in which each team bath for 20twenty overs and the last format is test cricket which lasts until
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Take Me Out to the Ball‚ but Which One? For much of the twentieth century‚ baseball has been considered the national pastime of the United States. Hank Aaron‚ home runs‚ and hot dogs seem as American as Thanksgiving. Many American presidents‚ from Eisenhower to Obama‚ have participated in the tradition of a celebrity throwing out the first ball on opening day of a new baseball season. But beginning in the 1990s‚ baseball stars were being eclipsed by the stars of another game invented in America—basketball
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COMMITTEE ON GOVERNANCE OF WEST INDIES CRICKET FINAL REPORT October 2007 Most Hon. P. J. Patterson‚ ON‚ PC‚ QC: Chairman Sir Alister McIntyre‚ OM‚ OCC Dr. Ian McDonald. Kingston‚ Jamaica 1 Copyright © 2007 Committee on Governance of West Indies Cricket All rights reserved. Permission is granted to copy or reprint portions for any noncommercial use‚ except they may not be posted online without permission. Edited by Carol Collins Cover Design by Debra Hamilton Printed by Lithographic Printers
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improve my knowledge‚ my vocabulary‚ my ability in speaking and my fantasy too‚ but unfortunately I can’t find lot of free time to dedicate to books. Or‚ when I find it‚ I get tired soon and I can’t stay concentrate for a long time. Sometimes I re-discover the pleasure of reading especially when I find a book –or an article- that captures me. This has been the case of Christiane F.- Wir kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo‚ an extraordinary book I read twice (never happened before) that I can consider my favourite
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All of us know about baseball since it is America’s game‚ but many of us have no idea what cricket is. The sports are very similar yet very different. A former U.S. ambassador to Britain once said‚ “Even Americans living in England usually find it easier to become a practicing Buddhist than a cricket fan”. This statement shows just how different the two sports are. Comparing and contrasting the two sports would be very intriguing‚ so that is what I’m going to do today. Here are the similarities
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Sunday Cricket Symbolism Cricket X game (“serious business”) imported in colonies from British Empire To British: demonstrate British superiority (cultural dominance) To colonized: unify the diverse people in Caribbean against Britain‚ for nationhood‚ freedom and independence show that they are as powerful as‚ or even better than the British (“Cricket in the Caribbean is in the blood) Church The Baptist church Christianity religious and cultural dominance by British Empire Risen
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Early cricket Origin No one knows when or where cricket began but there is a body of evidence‚ much of it circumstantial‚ that strongly suggests the game was devised during Saxon or Norman times by children living in the Weald. It is generally believed that cricket survived as a children’s game. Adult participation is unknown before the early 17th century. Possibly cricket was derived from bowls Derivation of the name of "cricket" A number of words are thought to be possible sources for
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My Favourite Personality In my world‚ one of the most important person in my life is my mother. My mother is my friend as well as an advisor. She always used to said "It makes no difference when you say it won’t be easy" it is only for teaching me not to give up when things get hard. She is not my whole life‚ but she is still a big part in my heart. I can’t imagine world without her. When I was school boy ‚I was weak in some subjects. I tried to practice again and again‚ but it still useless
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The Cricket Boy (A Chinese Tale) A long time ago‚ cricket fighting caught on in the imperial court‚ with the emperor leading the fad. A local magistrate in Huayin‚ who wanted to win the favor of the monarch‚ tried in every way to get him the best fighting crickets. He had a strategy for doing so: He managed to get a cricket that was very good at fighting. He then made his subordinates go to the heads of each village and force them to send in a constant supply of
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There is nothing remarkable about the content of the book and there are no compelling reasons for anyone to seek out a copy today‚ however there is one fascinating chapter‚ the final one‚ where Laker looks forward in order to speculate as to what cricket in the year 2000‚ forty three years on‚ might be like. The purpose of this article is to have a look at Laker’s approach in order to see just how accurate or otherwise his predictions were and then for the writer to try and project the game forward
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