10 lines on sports cricket
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Answer:
Cricket is a game played with bat and ball having 11 players on each side of the two teams.
The person who hits the ball is called “Batsman”, another person who bowls is called “Bowler”.
The aim of the two teams is to restrict the opponent in less runs while bowling and make maximum runs while batting.
Explanation:
1) Cricket is a bat and ball game played between two teams with 11 players each.
2) The batting team has only two players in the field, while the opponents are scattered over the field.
3) The game of cricket was first played in 16th century in South-East England.
4) It was also called Gentlemen’s game as it was played by British officers and noblemen.
5) The game is judged by two Empires, who give decisions on the field events.
6) Empires are not part of any team and are bound to give an unbiased decision.
7) Duration of a cricket match is limited by the number of overs, where ne over is equal to six balls.
8) The apex body which governs cricket in whole world is ICC (International Cricket Council).
9) Cricket matches are played in a ground having a rectangular clearing in the middle known as pitch; its length is of 20.12m or 22 yards in length and 10ft (3.05 mtr) in width.
10) Three wickets on each end are placed on the pitch, the batsman while batting has the responsibility to protect the wickets from falling.
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1) There are three popular formats of cricket matches viz, test with 5 days game, one-day with 50 overs game and T-20 with 20 overs game.
2) International matches were being played since 1844 starting with test matches but were recognized only in 1877.
3) There are 15 countries which are registered with ICC as full time members and are playing all of the formats of cricket.
4) One day world cup was started in 1975 and till now 10 editions have been held on the gap of four years.
5) T20 world cup was started in 2007, till now six editions have been played with a gap of 2 years.
6) Most number of one day world cup titles are won by Australia, followed by West Indies and India.
7) Most number of T-20 world cup titles are won by West Indies which has won two times.
8) Besides internationally, there are several domestic cricket leagues of different countries which produce pool of talent and upcoming cricketers.
9) Commercial T-20 league has been started by different countries to promote T-20 cricket. Ex- Indian Premier League (IPL) started in 2008.
10) With the investment of huge money in this game, some corrupt practice such as match fixing was started which involved players getting money on deliberately losing the match.
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