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2. Read the passage given below carefully:

1. Cricket is a passion for people around the globe. It is played everywhere from test

match arenas to village greens, tropical beaches and dusty backlots. Cricket is the

world's second most popular spectator sport after soccer.

2. The origin of cricket can be traced back to the Dark Ages. All research concedes

that the game is derived from a very old, popular, and uncomplicated pastime by

which one player served up an object, be it a small piece of wood or a ball, and

another hit it with a suitably fashioned club. The game of cricket was first

recorded in 16th century England, and it was played in grammar schools, farming

communities, and everywhere in between. But things really took off when 18th

century nobles realised it was a great sport.

3. The oldest surviving set of cricket laws dates to 1744, which was printed on a

handkerchief. Naturally, it’s now in the MCC Museum at Lord’s in London. The

oldest permanent fixture is the annual Eton Vs Harrow match, played since 1805.

A young Lord Byron turned out for Harrow in the first match, though history

doesn't record how poetic – or “mad, bad and dangerous” – his bowling was.

4. The first international match was held in 1877 when Australia beat England in

Melbourne. The match was dubbed a ‘Test’, since the grueling nature of playing

over five days was deemed the ultimate test for any side. However, it was

Australia’s first win on the England soil – in 1882 at The Oval in London – that

led to matches between the two nations being christened as the ‘Ashes’.

Following the defeat, newspapers published on obituary mourning “the death of

English cricket,” adding that “the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to

Australia.”

5. A one Day international (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between

two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of

overs, usually 50. The Cricket World Cup is played in this format. The

international one-day game is a late twentieth-century development. The first

ODI was played on 5 January, 1971 between Australia and England at the

Melbourne Cricket Ground.



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Answer:

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Explanation:

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