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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Cricket (game)‚ a high-scoring outdoor bat-and-ball game played between teams of 11 players that originated in England over 500 years ago. A team sport exceeded in popularity worldwide only by soccer and basketball‚ cricket can be found in over 120 countries. The game has been played in the United States since the early 18th century. II. EQUIPMENT AND PLAYING AREA Cricket Basics Cricket Bowler Bob Willis Cricket Pitch Cricket Bowler Bob Willis
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ow coming to the point‚ IPL has a number of advantages as well as disadvantages.IPL has discovered very fine players for India and they have also been paid a lot according to their skills‚ which were earlier underpaid .The league helps the players of india who have not played on a bigger platform‚to show their talent and performance so that they can show their dedication towards the national cricket team and as a result there are number of players also there which have come into limelight from this
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on a roughly circular field‚ at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. Each team takes it in turn to bat‚ in which they attempt to accumulate as many runs as possible‚ while the other team fields‚ attempting to prevent the batting team scoring runs. Teams may bat once or twice each depending upon the format of the game. Each turn is known as an innings. The game progresses as one member of the fielding team known
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Technology in Cricket Introduction: For a game as steeped in tradition as cricket is‚ the question of how much to rely on technology is a perennial and is now becoming increasingly complex. The Decision Review System has been controversial since it was first put in place. If anyone needed proof that cricket ’s new video-replay scheme‚ the Umpire Decision Review System (DRS)‚ has completely changed the sport‚ the Test series in which England have just slumped to defeat against Pakistan in
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Crickets by Robert Olen Butler – an essay Coming to America can be difficult in itself. Adjusting to the cultural and social part of a new country is a big task when you’re a Vietnamese soldier who doesn’t speak a word of English. But when your only child is letting go of the central values that are a big part of your own world – you can’t stop to wonder what you can do to change this situation. This is the condition that Thieu‚ the main character of “Crickets”‚ finds himself in. “Crickets”
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IPL The Indian Premier League is a T20 cricket competition promoted by the BCCI and is modelled on the same lines as football’s EPL or basketball’s NBA. It works on franchise system wherein the teams (presently 8; going up to 10 from the next season) representing different cities are auctioned and the highest bidder is awarded the rights to own and run the team for ten years. Over a span of just three years‚ it has become a business phenomenon‚ even overshadowing what it stands for‚ that is cricket
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Forms Of Business Organization IPL vs ICL ● ● ● ● ● Prepared by Foram Raichura Devarsh Pandya Rajen Changela Sunil Tewani Indian Cricket League (ICL) ● The Indian Cricket League (ICL)‚ is a private cricket league that runs parallel to the Indian Premier League (IPL) managed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Zee Telefilms‚ part of the Essel group promoted by Subhash Chandra‚ has started The ICL along with major infrastructure group IL&FS. ● HISTORY (ICL) ●
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Sometimes in the cosmic journey‚ life contrives for kindred souls to cross paths: two people who may be separated geographically‚ ethnically‚ economically‚ even politically‚ but who are one at the most elemental‚ human level. As Angelo Mathews and Misbah-ul-Haq look across their battlements in Sri Lanka‚ they may meet each other’s gaze‚ and know they are a lot alike. The last time the two met in Tests‚ they could not have had more disparate days. Defending a 1-0 series lead‚ Mathews embraced
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context‚ was it worth the amount of money that was spent on their regular players? Even if they dont play‚ those who have signed the contract stand to gain 25% of the amount that was promised. This seems to be a bit on the higher side. Overall‚ cricket as a game is slowly becoming a profession of choice in India‚ with the money available. Few decades back‚ it used to be the passion of the youngsters that would decide the career. Of course‚ there are plenty of stories of how players had to fight
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