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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industrialized economy and basically comprises of textiles‚ chemicals‚ food processing‚ the agricultural sector and various other industries. It is a surprising fact that Pakistan’s economy is the 27th largest growing economy in the world when measured in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). The economy has suffered from political instability‚ rising population growth rate and a war of words with the neighboring country India which has proved to be very costly for Pakistan’s economy. There is worldwide
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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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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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16 chapter sixteen The Economy and Work How does change in the economy reshape society? What makes capitalist and socialist economies different? Why have the types of jobs available in the United States changed over the last fifty years? Here’s a quick quiz about the U.S. economy (Hint: All five questions have the same right answer): • Which business do 100 million people in the United States visit each week? • Which U.S. company‚ on average‚ opens a new store every day? • Which U.S. company
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An economy or economic system consists of the production‚ distribution or trade‚ and consumption of limited goods and services by different agents in a given geographical location. The economic agents can be individuals‚ businesses‚ organizations‚ or governments. Transactions occur when two parties agree to the value or price of the transacted good or service‚ commonly expressed in a certain currency. In the past‚ economic activity was theorized to be bounded by natural resources‚ labor‚ and capital
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Planned Economy: "The social good" In a planned economy‚ the factors of production are owned and managed by the government. Thus the Government decides what to produce‚ how much to produce and for whom to produce. Features: • All resources are owned and managed by the government • No consumer OR producer choice • The market forces can’t set the price for goods or services • Profit is not the main objective‚ the government aims to provide services and goods to everybody • Government decides
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Of White Hairs and Cricket Rohinton Mistry The subject of mortality and acceptance of the pure reality is explored in this passage through the innocence of the narrator and his growing acceptance. The story drops the reader into a scene where the boy is plucking his ageing father’s grey hairs. The tone in the first few paragraphs indicates the boy’s reluctance to do the task‚ which is antithetical to the end of the story where his enthusiasm sparks up due to his epiphany. The plucking of the
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Topic: Is Cricket Killing Other Sports in India? (In favour of the topic) It is a fact that people in India eat‚ live‚ sleep‚ talk and walk cricket. Some feel that Cricket in India is becoming an obstacle in the progress of other sports. M.S Gill‚ the sports minister of the country painstakingly said‚ “Television‚ commercialization and the advertising world have promoted cricket to an extent that it has become a Mount Everest‚ which is badly affecting other sports in the country.” Cricket has become
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like Virender Sehwag. Cricket isn’t a religion‚ Sachinism is Everything you wanted to ask Tendulkar but could not 33 35 37 39 41 43 Copyright © 2012 Firstpost Just the Tests remain... Copyright © 2012 Firstpost From ODIs‚ a god named Sachin Tendulkar‚ retires Tendulkar is the highest run-getter and most-capped in this format of the game. Tariq Engineer‚ Dec 23‚ 2012 S achin Tendulkar‚ arguably the best oneday batsman ever‚ has retired from 50over cricket. Tendulkar played in
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