Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that originated in England‚ possibly as early as 1300‚ and is now played in more than 100 countries.[citation needed] There are several forms of cricket‚ at its highest level is Test cricket‚ in which the current world leading team is Australia‚[1] followed by One Day International cricket‚ whose last World Cup was also won by Australia; the tournament was televised in over 200 countries to a viewing audience estimated at more than two billion viewers.[2][3]
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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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A Lucky Day It was a beautiful Sunday morning‚ my dad hit upon a sudden idea that he would like us to try something different we have never done before. When hearing that‚ I couldn’t wait to do something special and funny and expected where Dad was going to take us. With joy and excitement‚ we kids sang happily and talked cheerfully all the way in the car. When we arrived the quiet and peaceful country with a great view welcoming our visiting‚ I just felt like I was in a wonderland surrounded with
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literature as well as in mono motion pictures. The definition Joseph Campbell gives of a hero deals with eight stages. These eight stages can be found in Beowulf in addition to Star Wars. Beowulf‚ the strongest of the people known as Geats‚ proclaimed that he would help get rid of the monster that was terrorizing the Danes. Star Wars’‚ Luke Skywalker was a simple farm boy and became the greatest hero the galaxy had ever known. Luke was born during the chaos as the galaxy transitioned from Republic to the
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Star Wars Episode 4 and Star Wars episode 7 share many similarities. Honestly‚ both episodes are near exact‚ I could classify it as a remake. From destroying the enemy’s base‚ to the murder of a “mentor” character‚ there are very little differences at all. But there is a reason why J. J. Abrams decided to make these episodes so similar. He did it as a marketing tactic to get people more excited for this trilogy. Star Wars episode 4 and episode 7 are very similar. They both find a droid that has
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The Abolitionist Movement: the American Revolution vs. the Civil War How do you imagine the days before the abolition of slavery? Do you imagine someone shouting “Let my people go‚” while parting a sea filled with hope of escape? Do you imagine chains and bondage? Do you imagine years of sorrow at the hands of someone you don’t even know? The topics of slavery and abolition have begun to take a toll on how modern-day American citizens think about race‚ discrimination‚ and a list of other things
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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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| | You are here: Home >> Sports & Recreation >>Cricket >>The Story of Cricket >> | | Topics | The Story of Cricket | | | | | The Story of Cricket Cricket grew out of the many stick-and-ball games played in England 500 years ago‚ under a variety of different rules. The word ’bat’ is an old English word that simply means stick or club. By the seventeenth century‚ cricket had evolved enough to be recognizable as a distinct game and it was popular
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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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"Compare and Contrast the centralizing policies of at least 2 pre-19th century European monarchs.” An absolute monarch is a ruler who governs alone and is not restrained by laws‚ a constitution‚ or custom. Two absolute monarchs were Louis XIV of France and Henry VIII. Louis XIV ruled from May 14‚ 1643 to September 1‚ 1715. He was a cultural icon and was called the Sun King. Henry VIII ruled from April 21‚ 1509 to January 28‚ 1547. Both Louis and Henry built up the military‚ regulated or controlled
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