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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and moralizing. The title of the text is “The Cricket War” judging by it we can guess that the matter is about insects and the fight against them. The story describes the events happening in one family. They met with the invasion of crickets and started an unequal battle with them. The more people tried to banish the crickets‚ the more insects they found in their house. Finally‚ the father decided to burn the junk from the cellar‚ thinking that crickets live exactly there. And that led to a tragic
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-Chaucer was basically involved in espionage and also fought in and was ransomed in a war. -Milton was blind when he wrote Paradise Lost. -John Bunyan spent more than 10 years in jail which is when he started writing Pilgrim’s Progress. -Daniel Defoe‚ first novelist (as we know them today)‚ invented modern journalism. -John Dryden‚ writer of great satire‚ was Jonathan Swift’s cousin. -I didn’t know Dickens was an actor (and accomplished at that)…I don’t really know much about him
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In John Keats’s sonnet “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket”‚ he expresses his love and admiration for nature and illustrates this attitude by depicting the two “musicians” of different seasons in nature---- the grasshopper and the cricket. Keats writes about a summer and a winter scene in the two parts of the poem divided by the first eight lines and the last six lines. The grasshopper is nature’s “musician” in summer and the cricket is the one in winter. Nature’s “musicians” change as the seasons
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Hockey the National Sport of India not Cricket Well‚ if asked some Indians about what they thought was the National Sport of India his answer would most probably be Cricket. Even though most people will agree but‚ the truth is the National Sport of India actually is Field Hockey. The thing is actually the hockey team deserves little better treatment and higher praise than cricket. But‚ do we treat both games equally in India and do we have any special attachment for our national game
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Floating Market - Damnoen Saduak One of the must-see one-day trips is The Damnoen Saduak Floating Market at Ratchaburi Province‚ about 110 km to the west of Bangkok. This is one of the most popular and most photographed destinations in Thailand. Damnoen Saduak Floating Market is the largest of its kind‚ attracting a large number of tourists each day. You will be impressed with the lively and colorful images of boat vendors trading their agricultural products‚ the most fascinating scene you will
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Irrational use of water resources - Water is the most important element of any creature’s life. A person can survive weeks without any food‚ but none can survive 3 days without any water. People waste water in their homes without even realizing it. We have become so accustomed to have a 24 hour supply of water to meet all of our needs from cooking‚ to cleaning‚ to drinking‚ that we sometimes forget that we do not have an infinite supply of water. Everyday water is wasted through leaky taps
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In the sport of cricket‚ bowling is the action of propelling the ball towards the batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler. The act of bowling the ball towards the batsman is called a ball or a delivery. In the sport of cricket there are laws that govern how a ball can be bowled. If a ball is bowled illegally‚ an umpire will call it a ‘no ball’. If a ball is bowled too wide or high for the batsman to be able to hit it‚ an umpire will rule it a ‘wide’. There are other types of illegal
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father’s newsstand in Times Square (New York). He heard an unfamiliar noise while working. He followed the sound and it led him to a cricket that was hiding under a bunch of trash. The cricket happened to be named Chester. He’d traveled to New York all the way from Connecticut. Mario decided to keep Chester as his pet cricket. The cricket had to stay at the newsstand‚ "No crickets in the house!" His mother had said. After Mario went home that first night‚ Chester met Tucker the mouse and Harry‚ the cat
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The differences between two cultures There are so many countries in the world. As my grandmother taught me that each country has its own tradition and culture for example Japanese has kimono for its special festival‚ Kungfu is significant symbol of China or Pizza and Spaghetti are the characteristic food of Italia. Therefore when I came to America‚ I decided to search everything about this country. Then after 5 months in there‚ I found that Vietnam and The USA are very different from living style
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