Bollywood and Cricket! Both have their own share of success and star factor – Shah Rukh Khan has a big fan following in Germany‚ while Sachin Tendulkar was gifted a Ferrari by Michael Schumacher. Both are big businesses – the Bollywood stars as do the cricketers appear regularly on TV to endorse everything from under-garments to life insurance to passenger cars. How about bringing them together – and that’s what happened in 2008 when the Indian Premier League (IPL) was inaugurated. Cricket‚ in its traditional
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Samuel Dickson Selvon’s‚ The Cricket Match‚ was written in 1957 and focuses on how little the English and the West Indies understood one another. The story takes place in London during a cricket match. Here the West Indians‚ who really do not play cricket‚ are plating the English and some of the best players in the world at that time. A West Indies man‚ Algernon is almost like the spokesman of the West Indies. He talks a big game but the most cricket he has ever played was as a boy in the streets
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relationship between cricket and politics is clearly portrayed in South Asia from 1880 to 2005 through the easing of the tension between different caste members‚ although the tension eased was not always from a religious aspect between the Pakistanis‚ Indians‚ and the British. The different problems that arose in South Asia was mostly class or caste systems (Docs 2‚ 3‚ 4)‚ rivalry (Docs 1‚ 6‚ 10)‚ and religious tensions (Docs 5‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9) against the different countries and cricket teams. Cricket in many ways
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21ST-CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS The advent of Twenty20 cricket (T20) and the wild success of the IPL in the first decade of the 21st century led to a period of great innovation in the game. The new‚ truncated form of the game privileged batting‚ partly by restricting the placement of fielders and shortening the boundaries. To counter free-scoring batsmen with heavy bats‚ bowlers began to perfect a great variety of different balls (deliveries). Disguise became an essential part of the bowler’s armoury
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6 The MCC Laws of Cricket‚ Pitch Markings & ICC/ECB Playing Conditions 6 The MCC Laws of Cricket‚ Pitch Markings & ICC/ECB Playing Conditions Stumps (Law 8.2) Stumps shall be of equal and sufficient size to prevent the ball from passing between them. Their tops shall be 71.1cm (28 inches) above the ground‚ junior cricket 68.58cm (27 inches). The portion of a stump above the playing surface shall be cylindrical‚ apart from the domed top‚ with circular section of a diameter not less than
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Sport Technology in Sport How does the 3rd Umpire affect the way we play Cricket? The 3rd umpire is a person who sits off the cricket field using high technology equipment and computers to make correct decisions regarding a run out‚ a catch and a stumping‚ when the on field umpires are unsure of making a correct decision. The 3rd umpire is appointed by the International Cricket Council (ICC)‚ the governing body of cricket. It is responsible for the organisation and governance of cricket’s major
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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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Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that is first documented as being played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century‚ cricket had developed to the point where it had become the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being played overseas and by the mid-19th century the first international matches were being held. Today‚ the game’s governing body‚ the International Cricket Council (ICC)‚ has 104 member countries.[1] The Laws
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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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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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