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Cricket is a bat and ball game played between two rival teams each having eleven players. The game is played on an oval shaped field and there will be two umpires to oversee the game and ensure the rules are followed. Although the size of the field may vary from one ground to another, the standard field is expected to be of 200 meters diameter. A cricket bat is oblong shaped with a narrow handle. A full-sized bat is around 90 centimeters in length. A cricket ball is basically made of cork and is then stitched with leather cover. A cricket ball is 22.4 to 22.9cm in diameter and should weigh around 10 ounces. In the middle of the field is an 18 meters long dry flat strip called as a pitch. When the...

Winning is not just about getting a lead; it is about the earnest contribution of all players. As cricket is capable of generating large number of stats, every match ends with a new record. This game brings many exciting moments that becomes an everlasting memory for cricket fans. These moments also get positioned at an honorable place in cricket world record so that subsequent generations may also know about the extraordinary performance of legendry players. Whenever a cricket match goes on every fan starts expecting something really full of thrill and excitement. To make this happen many cricket fans specially go to watch the live match so that they may cheer up their favorite player or team...

"Winning is not everything, it's the only thing." This saying also applies on the most loved game cricket; everybody favors a particular team and prays for its victory. Score has the same place as winning in cricket. Keeping the score or online cricket score cards are in view of today's fast and ever changing world. Cricket being a sport and a team game is no exception to the other games, so you can find people keeping scores of a match being played anywhere. Score made by a variety of teams have depicted the true story. Basically, online cricket score cards give a deep insight into the condition of an ongoing match. Everyone wants to know about the boundaries being hit by which famous players...

Cricket is one game where it is hard not to get passionately involved with the game when you see an exciting live match in progress, especially when your home team is pitted against the most feared rivals. The empty streets and the low attendance in schools, colleges and even offices on the day a live match is being played, stands witness to the ever increasing popularity of the game. The television and the radio have been the most preferred options for following the live cricket score of the match. However, the constraints of daily routine and regular life might not always make it possible for a cricket enthusiast to keep track of the game and follow the updated scores. The advent of internet and...

Cricket images always remind us of great matches and great players. Images revive the memorable moments of those interesting matches and legendry performances. If you are fond of accumulate cricket memories then what else will be more delighting than cricket image gallery. It would be really great that you get to see some of the personal moments in the life of your favorite cricketer through cricket image gallery. Well, it is not just that you will also find images of the personal moments of your favorite cricketer. Cricket image gallery is the great source for fans to constantly be a part of the game that they are devoted to. Every person has its own favorite players and he wants them to see in...

The disheartening exit of team India from the very first round of World Cup 2007 had been a major setback for not only the players, selectors and coach, but also for the millions of fans of Indian cricket team. The low morals were reflected in the ensuing games which the team played and it seemed especially sad to see a team perform badly in spite of boasting of world class players like Sachin Tendulkar. However, team India is known to bounce back into the game at the most unexpected moments and the world witnessed a similar revival of the team in the ICC World Twenty20 championship. The Indian team claimed its position as the world champions by defeating Pakistan in the final nerve wrecking match...

Cricket is a battle between bat and ball; it is a battle that involves batsmen, bowlers and fielders. Although every cricket player must field and bat, there exist specialist batsmen and bowlers. Some players develop their batting and bowling skills to such a high level, that they are considered all-rounders. In cricket, all-rounders are players who have more than one specialty (typically batting, bowling or wicket keeping). The conventional view of all-rounders is that of players who can bat as well as they can bowl. However, the concept of the all-rounder has evolved to extend to wicketkeepers or even exceptional fielders who can help to win matches purely by their prowess in the field. In modern...

Amidst the war to retain number one position in five day test matches, India is really keen to play with its nearest competitor - South Africa. The plan was made on a very short notice. BCCI (Board of Cricket Control of India) requested South Africa board for this series. South Africa also showed its interest for the competition and they decided for a series in India. Now, the schedule has arrived and these two nations will play two test matches and three one dayers between Jan 31 and Feb 27. They will also play couple of practice matches in the meantime. The entire schedule follows: Jan 31: South Africa (SA) team arrives in Mumbai Feb 1: SA team travels to Nagpur for the first test match Feb 2-Feb...

Records they say are meant to be broken and this not in any way stop them from making or breaking records. That's the beauty of any records and cricket records more then any records are what drive fans to follow the game passionately. Well you must understand that it is not only cricket records that are talked about by the public, but the records in any other sports are equally spoken by fans and flowers of that cricket. The game of cricket is one that involves lots of passion, commitment and action on the part of players that are paying on the field. It is not easy to be part of a playing eleven and play the game, one need to put in lots of hard work for this. It is not at all an easy task and if...

Cricket is rightly said to be the game of glorious uncertainties. There are many ups and downs that can be witnessed during a game and it becomes very difficult to predict who the winner will be, till the last ball is bowled. Anyone who follows the game, loves discussing about all the aspects related to the game. Cricket blogs are wonderful means for you to know and discuss about all that is a part of the game. Writing cricket blog is a great means for fans to be in constant touch with other fans that are serious about the game and follow it almost like a religion. In this age of advanced technology, blogging has emerged as the best means through which one can maintain an online diary or journal. So...

ody"> A lush green outfield, stumps, bat and ball, and players running on the field are important ingredients of an ongoing match. The craze for cricket has spread in such a way that now this game is followed religiously. Knowing about latest happening in the field of cricket seems to be the only thing left for cricket enthusiasts. You get to witness the craziness of fans that climb trees to catch up a live action. Many of them like to keep themselves abreast of ins and outs of cricket field and latest cricket news helps them in this direction. Cricket is a special game that accompanies thrill, excitement and emotions of fans with it. Tournament lost by a team is like an emotional breakdown for many...

When we akin to something, we usually like to tell everyone about this. The main reason for this is that we like discussing about it all the time, as it is something that we like very much. There can be diverse things for different people and for cricket lovers, talking about cricket is what they love doing most. Cricket wallpapers are a great source for fans to constantly be part of the game that they are devoted to. All fans have their own favorites among the huge number of players who are active in the international cricket field. There are several cricketing heroes and putting up their wallpapers on your personal computer desktop is a good way of conversing about them always. That is not all...

Where do you start when choosing a cricket bat for the first time? If you have never had to purchase a cricket bat before it is a task which could be a little daunting. For starters, there are funny sizes starting with numbers and then changing to names and handle lengths. Then there is the type and grade of willow to consider and finally the shapes of the bats. So first things first, work out which size of bat you need. If you are an adult and are less than six foot tall then you will probably want a short handle bat, which is the standard adult size cricket bat. If you are six foot tall or over then you will probably be more comfortable with a long handle bat. This as the name suggests just...

The spirit of the sport is with the aim of a bowler delivering the ball from his end of the pitch towards the batsman who is armed with a bat is "on strike" at the other end. The game Cricket has a high team spirit and the match is played between two teams where each team has eleven players. It was originated from England, and slowly it was admired mostly in the countries of the Commonwealth. It is far most popular game in the countries of South Asia. The history began from the 16th century and slowly spreading its wings to other parts of the country and then the international game started to be played since 1844 and test series begun to be played since 1877. And now the game is played all the over...

A key attribute of being an already is being able to consistently and significantly contribute with both the bat and ball. For a batsman, scoring over 100 runs in a match is considered well beyond average. For bowlers, taking more than 10 wickets in a match is exceptional. Fancy a player who scores over 100 runs and takes over 10 wickets in the same match. That must be some feat! Such a feat is it, that (at the time of writing) only three players have done this in Test cricket's history - Australia's Alan Davidson, England's Ian Botham and Pakistan's Imran Khan. 1. Alan Davidson - 124 runs and 11 wickets in December 1960 Against the West Indies in Brisbane, the left-arm fast bowler from New South...

Rohan Kanhai was the first West Indian batting icon of East Indian descent. The Guyanese right-hander was known for his stroke play and innovation at the crease and had a colourful career in the maroon cap of the West Indies for nearly two decades. Born in Berbice, Guyana on December 26, 1935, Kanhai made his debut for Guyana as a 19-year old in the 1954/ 1955 First Class season. It was not long until the middle order batsman caught the eye of West Indies selectors - after only three seasons. Kanhai's Test debut came on the West Indies' 1957 tour of England. In that drawn game, the Guyanese batsman opened the batting - scoring 42 and 1. Rohan went on to play 79 Tests for the W.I., tallying 6,227...

Cricket fans or those who watch multi-team tournaments would be familiar with the Net Run Rate. They know that the NRR is a tie-decider and that it is better to have a positive, high Net RR than a low or negative Net RR. What the fans might not know is exactly how the net run rate is calculated, although they know that it has something to do with the rate at which runs are scored. To be more precise, the Net RR factors the runs that a team scores against the runs that their opponents score against them. Naturally, in bilateral series this is meaningless, but when three or more teams are involved, the NRR is critical. In the ICC World Cup, some teams failed to advance because of their NRR. == Step by...

The issue with Test cricket (TC) and the shorter forms of the game is an interesting one. Products have a shelf life, but Test and First Class has a particularly long one. Those with longer memories would realize that this is not the first time that the traditional game has faced problems. When the West Indies participated in the first tied match back in the 1960/61 season, the longest form of cricket required a boost-it got that from within. When one-day cricket came along, cricket fans and pundits believed that Test matches would soon be extinct (that was back in the 70s). To suggest that T20 cricket will annihilate Test match cricket is to ignore history. Yes, the world is changing but Test...

Cricket can easily claim to be one of the leading religions in India where people from all communities, casts, religion or race come together with a single cohesive voice without the fear of having to sound politically or religiously incorrect. The fever pitch of this madness can be best experienced in an Indian cricket ground where thousands of cricket crazy fans root for one team with one voice. This voice has been given an entirely new dimension by the Indian version of Twenty20 cricket - The Indian Premiere League (IPL). IPL T20 is a 20 over per side cricket match created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It is the most watched domestic T20 cricket competition, targeting prime...

I made my debut for my school cricket team a long time ago, but the key skill that got me there was knowing how to bowl a googly, or "wrong 'un". This is a delivery that looks like a normal leg spinner, but turns toward a right hand batsman like an off break. If you've ever faced up to a leg spin bowler, you'll know that the googly is extremely difficult to detect. To my delight, I found that most junior batsmen had enough difficulty playing a leg break, but a well delivered googly was almost unplayable. The vital words here are "well delivered", because leg breaks and googlies are difficult to bowl with consistency. As you'll see, I found this out to my cost but you can learn from my mistakes. Both...

Cricket is considered as a religion in many countries. However thinking about the history of cricket is a big fact and for it is played from time immemorial. The history goes back to the thirteenth century or even further. It is likely estimated that the game of cricket was first played by the children of the farmers and the metal workers in England near a small place referred to as Sussex and Kent. There was a variation in the name of cricket and this variation was discovered in a court case wherein the game was called as krekett which was being played at the English school. It was from this point of view that cricket began to grow as a game which became immensely popular.  It was at that time...