Which cricket ground is known as the home of cricket?
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The Marylebone Cricket Club owned ground in London - also known as Lords. But it no longer is the HQ as most people would like to believe. \n\nIt's stubborn and often racist policies has made sure that its clout in cricket no longer exists. Though MCC remains the framer and copyright holder of the Laws of Cricket, although this role is increasingly under pressure as the ICC seeks to exercise control over all aspects of the world game. In recent times the ICC has instituted changes to the Laws (e.g in One Day Internationals) with a minimum of consultation with MCC. Also, in moving its location from Lord's to Dubai, the ICC has made a clear statement of independence from the past and from MCC.
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Cricket is popular in the following countries:\n\n1)  West Indies.\n2)  England.\n3)  Australia.\n4)  South Africa.\n5)  Sri Lanka.\n6)  Pkistan.\n7)  New Zeland.\n8)  India.\n9)  Zimbawe.\n10) Bangladesh.\n\nHowever, cricket is most popular in the following countries:\n\n1)  West Indies.\n2)  India.\n3)  England.\n4)  Australia.\n5)  Pakistan.
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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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Tu sauras tout en cliquant sur ce lien : \nhttp://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket
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http://www.cricinfo.com/
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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 elliptical grass field, in the centre of which is a hard, flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called the pitch.\n\nAt each end of the pitch stand a set of wooden poles called wickets (traditionally made from the wood of the ash tree). A player from one team (the bowler) propels a hard, fist-sized ball from one wicket towards the other. A player from the opposing team (the batsman) attempts to defend the wicket from the ball with a wooden cricket bat, traditionally made of willow. Another batsman (the non-striker) stands in an inactive role near the bowler's wicket.\n\nIf the batsman hits the ball with his bat, he may run to the other wicket, exchanging places with the non-striker. This scores a run. The batting team attempts to score as many runs as it can, while members of the bowling team gather the ball and return it to either wicket. If the ball strikes a wicket while the nearest batsman is still running, the batsman is out. Batsmen can also be out by other means, such as failing to defend the bowled ball from hitting the wicket, or hitting a catch to a fielder.\n\nOnce out, a batsman is replaced by the next batsman in the team. As there must always be two batsmen on the field, if and when the tenth batsman is out, the team's turn to bat or innings (always with a terminal "s" in cricket usage) is over, and the other team may bat while the first team takes the field. Depending on the specific rules of the match, one or two innings may be played, possibly with a fixed number of legally-bowled balls defining the end of an innings rather than ten batsmen having been dismissed. At the end of the match, the winner is the team that has scored the most runs. However, the game may run out of time before it is finished, in which case it is a draw, even if one team is overwhelmingly winning at that point. This is sometimes surprising to those not familiar with the game, but it does add interest to one-sided games by giving the inferior team the incentive to try and achieve a draw even if they cannot win.\n\n\nPlaying Nations:\nEngland\nIndia\nPakistan\nBangladesh\nSri Lanka\nAustralia\nNew Zealand\nSouth Africa\nZimbabwe \nWest Indies
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the full form of cricket is that it is very exciting if u know it and it as equally boring if u know nothing about it \nit is a gentlemans game and it is equally beautyfull\ni enjoy every bit of it , even more than football
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Don't listen to them!\nAUSTRALIA!! number 1 in Tests and 1 day matches! Nuff said!
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www.cricinfo.com is a great source.  Also check out BBC.
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The Ashes Cricket Series. Australia and England Ashes cricket teams, compete bi-annually for a trophy known as The Ashes.\n\nHistory:\nIn 1882, a confident English team was beaten on their home turf by the Australian underdogs, who came from an almost unwinnable position to triumph and disgrace their opponents.\n\nA British newspaper, the Sporting Times printed an obituary to cricket which read. \n\nIn Affectionate Remembrance of English Cricket Which Died At The Oval on 29th  August 1882\nDeeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances\nR.I.P\nNB: The body will be cremated, and the  ashes taken to Australia.\n\nSo.... there was the origin of "The Ashes".\n\nThe actual "Ashes" are the remains of either an incinerated stump or bale (no-one is sure which) kept in a velvet bag.\n\nRead more here\nhttp://www.abcofcricket.com/A_Legend_Is_Born/a_legend_is_born.htm\nand\nhttp://www.334notout.com/\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ashes
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Countries - Head to Head (ODI Cricket)  \n \n ACA Africa XI ACC Asian XI Australia Bangladesh Canada East Africa England Hong Kong ICC World XI India Kenya Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan Scotland South Africa Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates United States West Indies Zimbabwe  Vs.   ACA Africa XI ACC Asian XI Australia Bangladesh Canada East Africa England Hong Kong ICC World XI India Kenya Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan Scotland South Africa Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates United States West Indies Zimbabwe  at   <All Grounds> AC-VDCA Stadium Adelaide Oval Aga Khan Club Ground Albion Sport Complex Antigua Rec Ground Arbab Niaz Stadium Arnos Vale Ground Asgiriya Stadium Ayub National Stad Bagh-e-Jinnah Bahawal Stadium Bangabandhu Stadium Barabati Stadium Barkatullah Khan Std Basin Reserve Beausejour Stadium Bellerive Oval Berri Oval Boland Bank Park Bourda Brabourne Stadium Bramall Lane Brisbane Cricket Gr Buffalo Park Bughti Stadium Bulawayo Athl Club Bundaberg Rum Stad Carisbrook Castle Avenue Chelmsford County Gr Chidambaram Stadium Chinnaswamy Stadium Chittagong Div. Stad Chittagong Stadium City Oval Colombo Cricket Club Cricket & Skating De Soysa Park Defence Housing Stad Derby County Ground Devonport Oval Docklands Stadium Eastern Oval Eden Gardens Eden Park Edgbaston Ellis Park Exhibition Ground Feroz Shah Kotla Gadaffi Stadium Galle Stadium Gandhi Ground Gandhi Stadium Goodyear Park Grace Road Green Park Gymkhana Club Ground Gymkhana Ground Harare Sports Club Harrup Park Headingley Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Indira Gandhi Stad. Indira Priyadarshini IPCL Sports Complex Iqbal Stadium Jade Stadium Jawarharlal Nehru St Jinnah Stadium Jinnah Stadium K .D. Singh Stadium Kallang Ground Keenan Stadium Kensington Oval Khulna Divisional St Kimberley Country Cl Kingsmead Kwekwe Sports Club Lal Bahadur Stadium Lavington Sports Cl Lord's Lord's (SAF) Maharani Ausharaje G Manuka Oval Marrara Cricket Gro McLean Park Melbourne Cricket Gr Mindoo Philip Park Moin-ul Haq Stadium Molana Azad Stadium Moti Bagh Stadium Multan Cricket Stad. Municipal Stadium Nahar Singh Stadium Nairobi Club Ground Narayanganj Os Stad National Cric Stad National Stadium Nehru Stad (Chennai) Nehru Stad (Guwahat) Nehru Stad (Indore) Nehru Stad (Margao) Nehru Stad. (Kochi) Nehru Stadium (Pune) Nevill Ground New County Ground New Road New Wanderers Stad Newlands Niaz Stadium North Marine Road North Tasmania CA Gr North West Cric Stad Northampton County Old Trafford Old Wanderers Owen Delaney Park P Saravanamuttu Stad Padang Cricket Grnd Peshawar Club Grnd Pindi Club Ground Premadasa Stadium Pukekura Park Punjab Cricket Stad Queen's Park Queen's Park (New) Queen's Park (Old) Queens Sports Club Queenstown Centre Raeburn Place RajivGandhi Internat Rangiri Dambulla Std Rawalpindi Stadium Riverside Ground Roop Singh Stadium Royal & Sun All. Gr Sabina Park Sardar Patel Stadium Sardar Vallabhai Pat Sargodha Stadium Sawai Mansingh Stad Sector 16 Stadium Shaheed Chandu Stad. Sharjah Stadium Sheik Zayed Stadium Sheikhupura Stadium Sher-I-Kashmir Stad Simba Union Ground Sinhalese Sports Gr Sophia Gardens Southampton County St George's Park St. Helens St. Lawrence Ground Supersport Park Sydney Cricket Grnd Tasmania CA Ground Taunton County Grnd The Brit Oval The Rose Bowl Trent Bridge University Ground University Stadium Vidarbha Cricket Gr VRA Ground W.A.C.A. Ground Wankhede Stadium Westpac Park Westpac Trust Stad Willowmoore Park Zafar Ali Stadium     \n\n*** Clicking the Browser Back Button may produce inaccurate results *** \n   Won by\nAustralia  Won by\nPakistan  Tied  No\nResult  Total  \nIn Australia  27  16  1  1  45  \nIn Pakistan  6  4  0  1  11  \nNeutral Venue  10  7  0  1  18  \nTotal  43  27  1  3  74  \n \n \n\n\nCountries - Head to Head (ODI Cricket)  \n \n ACA Africa XI ACC Asian XI Australia Bangladesh Canada East Africa England Hong Kong ICC World XI India Kenya Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan Scotland South A
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Please go to www.cricinfo.com and look it up.
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Go on www. cricinfo.com\nYou'll find all information.\nIf u get ur answer, please give me 10 marks, through choosing as best answer.
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Worcestershire.\n\nIn 2006 Zaheer signed for Worcestershire County Cricket Club as their second overseas player as a replacement for Australian Nathan Bracken. He became the first Worcestershire player to take 10 wickets on debut for over a 100 years against Somerset, even though Worcestershire eventually lost the game.
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India played its first ODI in England in the year 1932 but i am not sure about the stadium
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cricket\nin progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires.]] Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in England, and is popular mainly in the countries of the Commonwealth. In the countries of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, cricket is by far the most popular participatory and spectator sport. Cricket is a major sport in places such as England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking Caribbean. The length of the game (a game can last over six or more hours a day for up to five days), numerous intervals for lunch and tea and rich terminology help confuse those not familiar with the sport. For its fans, the sport and the intense rivalries between the top cricketing nations provide passionate entertainment that has occasionally given rise to diplomatic outrage. \nObjective and summary\nCricket is a bat and ball sport. The objective of the game is to score more runs (points) than the opposing team. A match is divided into innings. During an innings, one team bats while the other team bowls and fields. (Note: when referring to "a team's innings," one usually means that team's turn to bat.) Games may be played over one or two innings. For some one innings matches each team's innings may be restricted to a set number of fair deliveries to be bowled by the opposing team. The team batting first aims to set a target score for the opposition and the team batting second chases the target. The bowling team tries to limit the runs scored by the batting team and at the same time to get the opposition players out, an event which is described as 'taking a wicket'. Each player continues to bat until he is out; once he is out, he may not bat again in that innings. The team batting always has two batsmen on the field; once ten of the eleven players of the batting team have been dismissed (i.e. ten wickets have been taken) the innings comes to an end. The winner is the team which has scored the most runs. If the team batting last loses, they are said to have lost the match by m run(s), where m is the difference in scores between the teams. If the team batting last wins they are said to have won the match by n wickets, where n is the number of additional wicket(s) the opposing team needed to take to bring the innings to an end. If both teams score the same number of runs, and the team batting last has completed its last innings, the match is a tie. If the match cannot be completed before the allotted time for the match expires, the result is a draw. If the match has only single innings per side, with a set number of deliveries, and the match is abandoned without completion due to an impossibility of continuing the play, because of bad weather, unruly crowd or any such unlikely event or situation, the result is declared as No-Result. See also: Result \nLaws of cricket\nMain article: Laws of cricket The game is played in accordance with 42 laws of cricket, which have been developed by the Marylebone Cricket Club in discussion with the main cricketing nations. Teams may agree to alter some of the rules for particular games. Other rules supplement the main laws and change them to deal with particular circumstances. In particular, there are a number of modifications to the playing structure and fielding position rules that apply to one innings games that are restricted to a set number of fair deliveries. \nPlayers and officials\nMain articles: Cricketer, Umpire Each team consists of eleven players. Depending on his primary skills, a player may be classified as a specialist batsman or bowler. A balanced team usually has five or six specialist batsmen and four or five specialist bowlers. A player who excels in both fields is known as an all-rounder. One player of the team that is currently bowling takes up the role of a
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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