what is the only thing in cricket that has not changed since the inception of cricket?
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NO BALL.\nIT NEVER CHANGED.
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The following websites give complete information about cricket,\nlaws of cricket etc.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket\n\nhttp://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ABOUT_CRICKET/EXPLANATION/EXPLANATION_OF_CRICKET.html#extras
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Well, there have been a few instances - but not quite matching the above.\n\nAs recently as in 2005 Brad Hodge scored 203 against South Africa in Perth. But just after 3 matches, was dropped on form.\n\nMohd. Azharuddin scored a century against the South Africans in his last innings, but thanks to the match fixing scandal, he never got to play gain.\n\nThe most unfortunate would be Basil D'Oliveira - a brilliant South African-born cricketer who had made his home in England.\n\nImmediately after scoring a superb 158 in the final test against Australia he was excluded from the England team picked to tour apartheid South Africa - apparently because of his race. \n\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/not-cricket.shtml
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Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players each. It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly oval grass field, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 20.12 m (22 yards) long, called a pitch. At each end of the pitch is a set of wooden stumps, called a wicket. Note that, rather confusingly, the pitch itself is also often referred to as the wicket. A player from the fielding team (the bowler) propels a hard, fist-sized cork-centred leather ball from one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching a player from the opposing team (the batsman), who defends the wicket from the ball with a wooden cricket bat. Another batsman (the "non-striker") stands in an inactive role near the bowler's wicket.\n\nGenerally, the batsman attempts to strike the ball with the bat and run to the other end of the pitch, exchanging places with his partner, scoring a run. However, he can attempt to run without hitting the ball, and vice versa. While the batting team scores as many runs as it can, the bowling team returns the ball to either wicket. If the ball strikes a wicket with enough force to knock a bail off before the batsman nearer to that wicket has reached safety, then the batsman is out, or "dismissed" - this is also known as a wicket. The batsman can also be out in a number of other ways, such as failing to stop the bowled ball from knocking the bails off, or if a fielder catches the ball before it touches the ground. Once the batsmen are not attempting to score any more runs, the ball is "dead" and is bowled again.\n\nOnce out, a batsman is replaced by the next batsman in the team. As there must always be two batsmen on the field, the team's innings ends when ten batsmen are out, and the teams exchange roles. The number of innings, and possible restrictions on the number of balls in each, depend on the type of game played. At the end of the match—of which there are several definitions—the team that has scored more runs wins. In first-class cricket, a draw can result if the team to bat last fails to match the required total before a time limit is reached or if the bowling teams fails to take 10 wickets. This can add interest to one-sided games by giving the team in the worse position an incentive to play for a draw. This is distinct from a tie, which results if scores are level at the completion of both teams' innings.\n\nCricket has been an established team sport for several centuries. It originated in its modern form in England and is popular mainly in the present and former members of the Commonwealth. In some countries in South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, cricket is by far the most popular sport. Cricket is also a major sport in England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies. There are also well established amateur club competitions in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Kenya, Nepal, and Argentina (see also: International Cricket Council).\n\nThe length of the game — a match can last six or more hours a day for up to five days in one form of the game — the numerous intervals for lunch and tea and the rich terminology are notable aspects that can often confuse those not familiar with the sport. For its fans, the sport and the intense rivalries between top cricketing nations provide passionate entertainment and outstanding sporting achievements. It has even occasionally given rise to diplomatic outrage, the most notorious being the Basil D'Oliveira affair which led to the banning of South Africa from sporting events. Other examples include the Bodyline series played between England and Australia in the early 1930s, an event that almost meant diplomatic ties were severed with England or the 1981 underarm bowling incident involving Australia and New
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England v Australia at the Oval in 1884.\nhttp://ind.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1880S/1884/AUS_IN_ENG/AUS_ENG_T3_11-13AUG1884.html\n\nSome other trivia about the same match:\n1. WL Murdoch scored the first double-century in Test cricket. His stand with Scott for 207 was a Test record for any wicket. W Read reached his hundred in 113 minutes with 36 scoring strokes. \n2. For the first time in Test cricket all eleven players bowled during Australia's innings, Grace keeping wicket while Lyttelton took four wickets with lobs. \n3. Declarations were not permitted until 1889. \n\nOther teams:\nAustralian v Pakistan at Faisalabad in 1980\nIndia v West Indies at St John's, 2002.\n\n(The first team mentioned used all 11 players to bowl in respective matches)
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Cricket: The Rules \nHenry VIII called it "the sport of kings," but for many cricket is shrouded in enigma. This needn't be the case. At heart, once removed of jargon, it remains a simple game of immense depth and beauty, combining strategy, cunning, raw hand-to-hand fist fighting to the death, teamwork and even the occasional tear of sorrow. What follows is a simplified summary of the rules, as first set down by WG Grace, Lord of Wisden, in 1851. \n\n\nThe Basic Set-up \n Cricket is played between two opposing teams. One team bats while the other fields. It is easy to tell which is the batting team, because they are wearing fenners — white woolly jumpers with two cyan stripes around the upper arm (the other team's jumpers have two turquoise stripes). The batters play within the light green rectangle known as the crease, and each stands in front of the wicket — the small wooden apparatus at each end. Although anyone in the team may bat, usually two batters are chosen. The ball is thrown at the batter by the bowler. It is the bowler's job to try and befuddle the batter so that he misses the ball or plays a bad shot. \n\n\nHow Are Points Scored? \nPlayers gain points in the following way: \n\nBy Runs: after hitting the ball the batter may run as many times as he likes between the two ends. Each run (there and back) equals one point on his team's score. \nBy Fours: after hitting the ball the batter may crawl on all fours between the two ends. Each completed trip scores four points. \nBy Popping: If the ball 'knobs' the batter, a pop (two points) is added to the score. \nBy Googling a Six: If the ball, after being hit, rolls along the ground uninterrupted for fifty yards (a google), the team receives six points. (Named after Reg Google, Australian wicket-keeper who was so short that he was incapable of lifting the bat.) \nBy an Over: one point is scored (see below). \nFielding \nLord Larry Grayson said "cricket, like chess, is won in the field," and it is certainly true that the strategic positioning of your men on the pitch can make the difference between check and checkmate. However, it is important to remember that fielders mostly stand around doing nothing. The sometimes obscure names for fielding positions are illustrated below. \n\n \n\nBowling \nThe ball must be thrown from the Knacker's End: the end nearest which the umpire (referee) wearing the Knacker's Hat stands. The ball bounces and the batter must attempt to hit it. If he fails to hit the ball, the following penalties apply, in order: \n\nFirst miss: umpire calls 'maiden' and the ball is passed again to the bowler. \nSecond miss: umpire calls 'over' and one point is given to the opposing team. \nThird miss: umpire calls 'bye' and the player must leave. \nOther Ways of Being Out \nThere are in total seven ways of being out, or dismissed: \n\nWhen the umpire calls 'bye' (explained above). \nWhen the ball is caught by an opposing fielder before it has touched the ground, but after it has been knocked by any part of the batter (including the bat) other than the extra legs (below the navel) or the eyes. \nWhen the player is adjudged to be wasting time (taking more than 24 hours between consecutive bowls). \nWhen the player hits the ball twice, unless doing it to protect his wicket or testicles. \nWhen the umpire calls 'leg before wicket'. This is a complex rule, explained below. \nWhen player, bat and ball remain static, at the discretion of the umpire. This rule was introduced in 1983 after a cardboard cut-out of Ian Botham played for seventeen hours. (Does not apply in wet weather.) \nWhen the ball, after being bowled, hits the wicket and knocks it over (rare). \nLeg Before Wicket \nThis rule was introduced when players realised that it was more productive to kick the ball rather than play it using the bat, because no-one may be caught out thereby (rule 2 above). \n\n \n\nThe
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And that in a nutshell is cricket!! Or isnt?
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CRICKET WORLD CUP.\n\nA MAJOR TOURNEY WHICH IS HELD ONCE IN 4 YEARS.
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The sport of cricket was invented in England, and England is a founding Test cricket and one-day international nation. England played in the first Test match in 1877 (against Australia in Melbourne) and also the first one-day international in 1971 (also against Australia in Melbourne).
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In the past ...\n\n\nSir Garfield Sobers was the greatest cricketer ever .He is an international cricket celebrity and a national hero of Barbados. Sir Garfield rose from the back streets to become Captain of the West Indies team and has always been regarded as the world's greatest all-rounder. \nSir Garfield retired from cricket in 1974 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II the following year, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to international cricket. \n\nSir Garfield Sobers has always been an ambassador for his country and for his sport and continues to receive the respect that he gained on the cricket field.\n\n\nAt present ...\n \n\nAnyone could rise and fall . So id go with the past .
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i would say cricket\nb
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After every fall there is rise. Lara's career is in its last stages. The batsmen are going through their purple patch and soon they would vanish. In the WC 2007, you would not find WI in the limelight.
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Cricket-a game unfamiliar to many Americans, is a summer sport popular in Australaia, the Indian Subcontinent, Southern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the West Indies and Britain. It is a game which requires precision in timing, skill, discipline and patience. Though cricket isn't always a spectacular showpiece, basic knowledge of the game will make it more enjoyable. \n     Cricket is played with two teams of eleven, each with two umpires (referees) on an oval field. The size of the field varies, but generally has a diameter of around 200 metres. A cricket bat is oblong shaped with a skinny handle. The bat in length is around 90 centimetres, or up to your waistline. A cricket ball is made of cork and coated with leather, and is then stitched up. A ball weighs around 10 ounces. \n     In the middle of the field is what is known as a pitch. A pitch is a hard, flat strip of dry ground around 18 metres long. Two batsman are at the pitch at a time, both at different ends, with one facing the delivery of the ball from the bowler. The bowler runs up to the pitch where he bowls the ball overarm but releases the ball before he reaches the crease, which is a white line painted on the pitch. If the bowler oversteps the line, there is a one run penalty. \n     Teams score by getting runs. A run is completed when a batsman hits the ball and then runs to the other end of the cricket pitch, getting past the crease. The non striking batsman has to run to the opposite end as well. The batsman can run as many times as they like, but the batsmen can get out if their stumps are hit with the ball by a fielder before the batsman reaches the crease. The stumps are three sticks of equal size measuring around 90 centimetres tall with 5 centimetres separating them. Bails (small pieces of wood) are balanced on top of the stumps. \n     Other ways runs can be scored are by hitting boundaries. Boundaries are scored when the ball is hit and touches or goes past the outer edge of the field. Four runs are scored when the batsmen hits the ball and the ball hits the ground before reaching the outer edge of the boundary, and six runs are scored when the ball is hit and goes over the boundary without touching the ground. Runs can also be scored in the following ways: No balls, when the bowler oversteps the crease, bowls in a dangerous manner or incorrectly, or if the ball rises above the batsmans head. A no ball is worth one run. A wide is scored when the ball goes outside the line of the pitch before coming in line with the batsman. This is also worth one run. A leg bye is scored when the ball hits the batsman but doesnt contact his bat and then proceeds to run. A bye is scored when the batsman runs without the ball coming into into contact with the batsman or his bat, and then runs. \n     The fielding team can get the batsman out in several ways, by 1) catching him out. This is done when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and a fielder catches the ball on the full. By 2) bowling him out. This happens when the bowler bowls the ball and the ball strikes the batsmans stumps or bails. By 3) leg before wicket, or LBW. This happens when the bowler bowls it and the stumps being hit by the ball are prevented when the batsmans leg gets in the way. By 4) stumped, when the batsman comes forward to hit the hit but steps out of his crease, misses the ball and the fielder behind the stumps collects the ball hits the stumps before the batsman gets back behind his crease. By 5) run out, when the batsman attempts to score a run but has his stumps hit by the ball before he reaches the other crease. By 6) Hit wicket, when the batsman hits his own stumps while trying to hit the ball.By 7) retired, when the batsman voluntarily decides to finish his innings, and 8)timed out, when the next batsman doesnt appear on the pitch within two minutes of the last batsman getting out. \n     Each team has one inning of 50 overs. An over is a series of 6 bowls by a bowler. Each bowle
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CRICKET IS A GAME.CRICKETERS PLAYING IN IT.\nWE SHALL ENJOY THE GAME.AND THATS ALL.\nI DONT THINK ANYTHING IS THERE IN CRICKET TO FOLLOW.
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The answer is NONE\n\nchecked out www.cricinfo.com it has a neat filter program.\n\nBangladesh:\nTest Matches - played 40, lost 35, won 1, drawn 4\nODI matches - played 118, lost 105, won 11, no result 2\n\nThis includes all the matches played to 27th Feb 2006
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Good point, geezer, Look at the workload shifted on Freddie and the boys for England this year - Sri Lanka and Pakistan for 7 tests and 12-odd one-dayers in the summer, Champions Trophy in India in October, Ashes Series down under November to January and then the bleedin' World Cup in the Caribbean in March/April. I love watching the game and feel now this is one of the most exciting periods in the game for many years, but you've got to ask questions.
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As far as test cricket goes the ashes is the most famous and possibly important series on earth \n\nBut for ODI (one day internationals for those who don't fully understand cricket) the world cup always has and always will be the holy grail