two: Baseball vs. Cricket. Baseball and Cricket are very similar in several ways‚ but also share some differences. Modern baseball was created by Alexander Joy Cartwright‚ in 1845‚ in New York City (History.com Staff). Baseball used to be widely recognized as Americas past time. No one knows the exact origins of Cricket but the game became widely recognized in 1877 (Cricinfo). Cricket is a popular game in England and Australia (Cricinfo). Fans can see that baseball and cricket are similar‚ yet very
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CBI‟s REPORT ON CRICKET MATCH FIXING AND RELATED MALPRACTICES http://cbi.nic.in/match1.htm SECTION-I GENERAL (a) GENESIS: In response to the request from Ministry of Sports regarding an inquiry into match fixing and related malpractices in Indian Cricket‚ vide DO No. F-23-8/2000-SP.III from Shri N.N. Khanna‚ Secretary‚ Ministry of Culture‚ Youth Affairs and Sports‚ CBI registered a Preliminary Enquiry No. 2/S/2000 on 2.5.2000. The scope of the PE is broadly limited to the letter of Shri N
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20 -20 will eclipse traditional cricket With a cocktail of energy‚ adrenalin and high TRPs‚ the World Twenty20 is already a success. Commentators and cricket buffs are labelling it the future. There is a certitude here that was absent‚ for instance‚ when predictions for the one-day format were made at the 1975 Prudential Cup. Despite the success of the World Twenty20‚ the ICC has insisted that it will not replace the 50-over format and that the limit of seven Twenty20 matches per Test-playing
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History of Cricket Early cricket was at some time or another described as "a club striking a ball”. The ancient games of club-ball‚ stool-ball‚ trap-ball‚ stob-ball". Cricket can definitely be traced back to Tudor times in early 16th-century England. Written evidence exists of a game known as “creag” being played by Prince Edward‚ the son of Edward I (Longshanks)‚ at Newenden‚ Kent in 1301 and there has been speculation‚ but no evidence
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Baseball has always been Americas sport since the 18th century. Baseball is similar to cricket because they are both bat and ball sports. Between baseball and cricket baseball is better than cricket when it comes to fields‚ equipment and rules. A baseball is better than a cricket because of its field‚ shape and size. According to an article from diffen.com‚"the shape of a baseball field is a diamond. There are 60 feet 6 inches between the pitchers mound and home plate. The length of baseball
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charges of spot fixing. And thus I 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
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THE DECLINE THESIS OF WEST INDIAN CRICKET (1975 – present day) Vivian Richards smashes the ball to the boundary! Another impressive win to add to the belt of the West Indies team. With players such as Clive Lloyd‚ Michael Holding‚ Gordon Greenidge‚ Deryck Murray‚ and Rohan Kanhai to name a few‚ many have been pondering what has happened to that beloved “golden era”. I think that the 1970s and the 1980s were and in fact a different time period. It is difficult to compare 2 time periods
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believe that cricket had a relationship with politics in South Asia from 1880 to 2005. Their is many relationships with cricket and politics one of them is the way political leaders would be involved in the game of cricket because of the players being treated bad‚ also many petitions made towards them to help them out. Another relationship was the kind of people that were around the game of cricket that have a political title. Another great factor in the relationship between cricket and politics
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Marketing Plan for Mongoose Style Kashmir Willow Cricket Bat Situation Analysis There is no doubt that Cricket is the most popular sport in India. The cricket bat manufacturing industry in India has been thriving since the time the British first saw the abundance of Willow trees in the Kashmir valley‚ and introduced the art of bat making in India. The cricket bat industry in India is a 66 crore industry. Bats made of Kashmir willow are second only to the ones made of English willow. These Indian
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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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