Cricket

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Cricket
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Origin Of Cricket

• Evidence suggests it was played in England in the
  12th-13th century
• In 1744 the London Cricket Club produced what are
  recognizably the rules of modern cricket

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First International Matches

• First official international match Canada v
  United States, at New York, September 24-25, 1844
  
• The first ever test match was held between
  England and Australia, at Melbourne, from the
  15th to the 19th of March, 1877

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Some basic stats of Cricket

• There are currently 96 cricket playing nations in
  the world
• In the U.S., there are 29 established leagues,
  500 clubs and over 10,000 players.

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The Cricket Field
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Some more basics

• 11 player per side
• 2 batsmen are in action at a time
• 1 bowler bowls
• 1 wicket keeper
• 9 fielders
• 2 umpires
• 2 sets of wickets on each side

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Batsman
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Bowler
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Spin bowling
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Fielders
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Umpires and Match Referee
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Bats, balls and wickets
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Other cricketing equipments
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Putting all into practiceplaying cricket

• Scoring runs
• Making the batsman out and the rest

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Putting all into practiceplaying cricket
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Very basic rules about cricket

• 6 balls in 1 over
• A bowler can bowl 1 over at a time
• Wides and no balls

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Forms of Cricket

• Test Match Cricket
• - can go up to 5 days
• One day International
• - about 7 hours
• - 50 over match
• 20-20 International
• - 20 over match
• - about 3 hours

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