Intresting Information about Cricket
What
is ICC World XI?
The ICC World ODI XI was
a team chosen by the International Cricket Council(ICC), representing the
most talented One Day International cricketers playing international cricket at
the time.
How
many countries is cricket played in?
International Cricket
Council (ICC) recognizes more than 125 countries that play cricket. ICC has 10
Full Members, 38 Associate Members and 59 Affiliate Members. That adds up
to 107 countries. The West Indies cricket team does not represent a single
country.
What
is an over in cricket?
In the sport of cricket,
an over is a set of six balls bowled from one end of a cricketpitch.
In a harder over, a single bowler delivers six balls in succession, from
one end of the pitch, to the batsman at the other end.
Where
did cricket start?
The origin of cricket is
unknown. There is a consensus of expert opinion that it was probably created
during Saxon or Norman times by children living in the Weald, an area of dense
woodlands and clearings in south-east England that lies across Kent and Sussex.
What
is back of a length delivery in cricket?
Short of a length (sometimes
referred to as "back of a length" or "short of a goodlength")
is a term used in the sport of cricket. It describes a delivery from
the bowler that pitches short of the optimum length. Length in cricket defines
where the ball pitches on the wicket.
When
cricket was started in India?
The first definite
reference to cricket being played anywhere in the sub-continent is a report of
English sailors of the East India Company written in 1737. It refers to cricket
being played at Cambay, near Baroda in 1721.
When
did India play its first international cricket match?
An Indian cricket team
toured England in the 1932 season under the title of the
"All-India" team. This was the second tour of England by an Indian
team, following the first place lo of people 1911. One Test match was
played at Lord's Cricket Ground. This was the first Test match ever played by
India.
Who
was the first captain of Indian cricket team?
India's first captain
was CK Nayudu, who led the team in four matches against England: one in
England in 1932 and a series of three matches at home in 1933–34.Lala Amarnath,
India's fourth captain, led the team in its first Test match after Indian independence.
When
did South Africa start playing Test cricket?
The ICC reinstated South
Africa as a Test nation in 1991, and the team played its first sanctioned
international match since 1970 (and its first ever One-Day
International) against India in Calcutta on 10 November 1991.
Why
are they called the Proteas?
The giant or King Protea, South
Africa's national flower (Protea), is the largest of the proteas species,
which make up an important part of the Cape Floral Region, a major global
biodiversity hotspot and Unesco World Heritage site. The South African cricket
team got its name from this flower.
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