A Village Cricket Match It is an excerpt from A.G Macdonnel’s humorous novel ‘England‚ their England’. The English society has been satirized in a light hearted manner especially what is known as ‘Englishness’ ‚ as seen from the eyes of a Scotsman. In this the author humorously describes a cricket match being played between men from England and men from Scotland in the village of Fordendan.The cricketers are petty businessmen or local shopkeepers. The story is presented in a mock epic style and
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India prevail over Pakistan in a nail biter The 3rd and the last one-day international between India and Pakistan played on 6th January‚ 2013 in New Delhi finally gave the Indian supporters a reason to celebrate. In a low scoring game‚ India(167 all out) beat Pakistan(157 all out) by 10 runs to prevent a white wash in the 3 match series. Pakistan defeated India in the previous two ODIs and were all set to clean sweep the series. India won the toss and decided to bat first but the poor batting
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Cricket‚ not snake charmers and elephants‚ is the most common sight in India. Go where you will or want‚ there will always be a narrow street nearby‚ chock full of a group of enthusiastic boys‚ of all ages and descriptions‚ playing cricket with remarkable energy and passion. Little boys who are only just bigger than the bats they bravely hold‚ teenagers attempting to play in the manner of the national cricketers they watch and admire‚ grown men whose love for the game has never waned such are
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(Term-II) 7 HISTORY AND SPORT : THE STORY OF CRICKET CONCEPTS Cricket grew out of the many stick and ball games played in England. By the 17th century it evolved enough to be recognisable as a distinct game. It became so popular that its fans did not mind to be fined for playing it on Sunday instead of going to church. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CRICKET AS A GAME IN INDIA Cricket was given its unique nature by the history of England. Peculiarities of cricket A match can go on for five days
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This is a story by Bob Thurber‚ an American writer. The text under analysis is a short story‚ a true-life boy’s story. The general atmosphere of the text is ironical 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
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Date: Period: “The Story of the Bad Little Boy” by Mark Twain Reading Questions 1. What was the name of the main character in ’The Story of the Bad Little Boy’? a. George b. Samuel c. Christopher d. James 2. What was different about this bad little boy in regards to his mother that was usually not the case with bad little boys? a. She was not his true biological mother. b. She was terminally ill. c. She was not sick. d. She was blind and deaf. 3. One day the bad little boy stole the key to his
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Although cricket is not the official national genetic mutation in India‚ it begets such(prenominal) more excitement and a greater buffer following than the official national sport Hockey. Why but hockey? In fact no other sport in India can claim the position of cricket in respect to its popularity and revenue generation. The cricket mania in India would pull up stakes an onlooker amazed and wonderstruck. Go to any part in Indian from Jammu and Kashmirin the north to Kerala and Tamilnadu in
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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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A Village Cricket Match It is an excerpt from A.G Macdonnel’s humorous novel ‘England‚ their England’. The English society has been satirized in a light hearted manner especially what is known as ‘Englishness’ ‚ as seen from the eyes of a Scotsman. In this the author humorously describes a cricket match being played between men from England and men from Scotland in the village of Fordendan.The cricketers are petty businessmen or local shopkeepers. The story is presented in a mock epic style and
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