The game of cricket‚ played at a leisurely pace then at the Test and county level‚ was on verge of going through a transition with the introduction of limited-over’s games at the county level. Just about then‚ the first ever One-day International was played between England and Australia at the MCG in 1971. The popularity of this shorter format of cricket was catching at such a brisk pace that the authorities controlling the game had to bring in something different to make the game a lot more entertaining
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Crickets are poikilotherms‚ meaning they are dependent on external sources to control their body temperature. When seasons change and temperatures begin to drop so does their body temperature affecting both activity levels and metabolism (Mellanby 1939). Like so many other animals‚ when temperature drops and it becomes harder to stay warm and and requires more food‚ but if movement is impaired due to the cold that becomes much harder. In a study on the activity of cave crickets‚ they found that
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started thinking if the IPL really does encourage the spirit of the game‚ sportsmanship or team spirit‚ or if it is more inclined to money and sponsorship. And so I present my opinion for the motion that IPL is sabotaging the essence of authentic Cricket. Playing in IPL was considered to be a viable career option as opined by a celebrity‚ in a daily newspaper‚ recently. I read it and felt it to be a wrong observation. Till few years ago‚ in India‚ most of the responsible parents and the guardians
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50 SCIENCE TRIVIA 50 Interesting Science Facts 1 – The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186‚000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299‚792‚458 m/s (equal to 186‚287.49 miles per second). 2 – It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to the Earth. 3 – 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment. 4 – The Earth spins at 1‚000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67‚000 mph. 5 – Every year‚ over one million
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The menacing dances of women Destroying the aristocracy of Cricket Cricket history is in fact particularly murky and vogue as to the exact origins of the game. It is believed to have been born in England in the late middle ages. The name “Cricket” derives from the word “Creckett”. This game born in the year 1598 meaning a stick and this might have derived from the old English “Crice or Cryce” meaning a crutch or staff. Another possible source is the Middle Dutch word “Krickstoel” meaning
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1 Mr. Ferrare Critical Lens Essay “If the literature we are reading does not wake us‚ why then do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us.” (Franz Kafka) In my own words this means that what is the purpose of reading something that doesn’t teach us something new or change how we view something. The premise of this statement rings true for me if literature does not effect us in some way what is the point of reading it. This applies to Night By Elie
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The Interesting Narrative of Equiano features a man who experienced several shifts in identity on his journey to freedom‚ as opposed to someone who worked to construct a specific identity. At the beginning of the narrative‚ Equiano presented the reader with his rendering of Africa—a portrayal of Africa often not in agreement with the Eurocentric view that several non-African native people share. He wiped away a misconstrued guise of primitive and inferior beliefs‚ describing the mannerisms of their
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Cricket has enjoyed a formal‚ popular presence on the Australian sporting landscape for far longer than any other sport. However why are so few Indigenous Australian players represented among the historic and contemporary figures that drive the key plotlines in the nation’s cricket story? These members changed how the world see cricket which was seen originally as a “white men’s sport” not so long ago . When colonising Australia‚ Britain used cricket as a colonising glue. Not only did they expect
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Run Out: Restraint of Players in Twenty20 Cricket Introduction Twenty20 cricket has been viewed as the saviour at all levels of cricket. First conceived by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 to address falling spectator interest‚ the increased excitement and speed of this form of cricket soon boosted attendances.[i] The commercial success of the English Twenty20 competition did not go unnoticed‚ and was first replicated by other national bodies who enjoyed similar success in
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Keyframes in Flash CS3 [This is Step 15 of the Flash CS3 Animation Tutorial] Keyframes in Flash CS3 is an important concept to understand. The Timeline‚ Frames and Keyframes The timeline consists fo many layers and many frames within each layer. In the picture of the timeline below the 10th frame of the layer "Train" is selected. The first frames of all the layers are keyframes and are indicated by a gray background and black dot. The remaining frames are all blank. Continuing with the
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