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Cricket

Cricket

Cricket, known as the gentlemen's game, is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team. A run is scored by the striking batsman hitting the ball with his bat, running to the opposite end of the pitch and touching the crease there without being dismissed. The teams switch between batting and fielding at the end of an innings. In professional cricket the length of a game ranges from 20 overs of six bowling deliveries per side to Test cricket played over five days. The Laws of Cricket are maintained by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) with additional Standard Playing Conditions for Test matches and One Day Internationals.

Cricket was first played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, it had developed into the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being played overseas and by the mid-19th century the first international matches were being held. The ICC, the game's governing body, has ten full members. The game is played particularly in Australasia, the Indian subcontinent, the West Indies, Southern Africa and England. The objective of each team is to score more "runs" than the other team and so win the game.

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Bart King.

John Barton "Bart" King was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. King was one of the Philadelphian cricketers that played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I.

King was a skilled batsman, but proved his worth as a bowler, successfully competing against the best cricketers from England and Australia. During his career, he set numerous records in North America and was the dominant bowler on his team when it toured England in 1897, 1903, and 1908. He led the first-class bowling averages in England in 1908. Sir Pelham Warner described Bart King as one of the finest bowlers of all time, and Donald Bradman called him "America's greatest cricketing son.

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The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The series have varied in length, consisting of between one and six Test matches, but since 1998 have been consistently five matches. It is one of sport's most celebrated rivalries and dates back to 1882. It is generally played biennially, alternating between the United Kingdom and Australia. Although the first Test series played between England and Australia was in the 1876–77 season, the Ashes originated from the solitary Test which the two nations contested in 1882. England lost the match, played at The Oval, and a mock obituary was posted in The Sporting Times, declaring the death of English cricket. It stated that: "The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia." The Honourable Ivo Bligh adopted the term and, as captain of the English party that travelled to Australia the following winter, promised to bring the "Ashes" home.

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Series Years Host First match Tests Aus Eng Drawn Result Holder
1 1882–83 Australia 01882-12-30 30 December 1882 3 1 2 0 England England
2 1884 England 01884-07-11 11 July 1884 3 0 1 2 England England
34 1948 England 01948-06-10 10 June 1948 5 4 0 1 Australia Australia
35 1950–51 Australia 01950-12-01 1 December 1950 5 4 1 0 Australia Australia
65 2009 England 02009-07-08 8 July 2009 5 1 2 2 England England
66 2010–11 Australia 02010-11-25 25 November 2010 5 1 3 1 England England

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The captains of the sixteen countries of the 2007 Cricket World Cup assemble together.

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket.

Test cricket is the longest form of cricket, played up to a maximum of five days with two innings per side.

Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  England 41 4,830 118
2  South Africa 28 3,277 117
3  India 46 5,111 111
4  Australia 42 4,655 111
5  Pakistan 35 3,781 108
6  Sri Lanka 35 3,426 98
7  West Indies 30 2,654 88
8  New Zealand 24 1,998 83
9  Bangladesh 18 135 8
Reference: ICC Rankings, 06 February 2012




One Day International cricket is the form of cricket played over 50 overs, with one innings per side.

Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  Australia 34 4,458 131
2  India 45 5,229 116
3  South Africa 27 3,137 116
4  Sri Lanka 38 4,233 111
5  Pakistan 37 4,018 109
6  England 35 3,706 106
7  New Zealand 27 2,368 88
8  West Indies 27 2,146 79
9  Bangladesh 32 1,995 62
10  Zimbabwe 32 1,475 46
11  Ireland 12 492 41
12  Netherlands 9 137 15
13  Kenya 7 0 0
Reference: ICC Rankings, 6 February 2012

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A. E. J. Collins · Adam Gilchrist · Archie Jackson · Arthur Morris · Bart King · Bill Brown · Bill O'Reilly · Bill Ponsford · Bodyline · Brian Booth · Charlie Macartney · Clem Hill · Cricket World Cup · Don Tallon · Donald Bradman · Donald Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 · Doug Ring with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 · Early life of Keith Miller · Ernie Toshack · Ernie Toshack with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 · Harbhajan Singh · Harry Trott · Hugh Trumble · Ian Chappell · Ian Craig · Ian Johnson · Jack Marsh · John the bookmaker controversy · Keith Johnson · Kevin Pietersen · Marcus Trescothick · Neil Harvey with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 · Paul Collingwood · Ron Hamence with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 · Sam Loxton with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 · Sid Barnes · Sydney Riot of 1879 · West Indian cricket team in England in 1988

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2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads · 2007 Cricket World Cup squads · 2007 Cricket World Cup statistics · 2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches‎ · African XI ODI cricketers · Asian XI ODI cricketers · Australian Twenty20 International cricketers · Cricket World Cup records · Cricketers called for throwing in major cricket matches in Australia · International cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting · International cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar · International cricket centuries by Sourav Ganguly · Ireland ODI cricketers · Namibia ODI cricketers · One Day International cricket hat-tricks · One Day International cricket records · Scotland ODI cricketers · Test hat-tricks · Test cricket records · Test cricket triple centuries · Wisden Cricketers of the Year · World XI ODI cricketers · Zimbabwean national cricket captains

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