what's the origin of signal of giving out in cricket?
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It was supposed to say up yours to the batsman. But they modified it slightly by changing the finger.
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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    Cricket Portal \nCricket has been an established team sport for several centuries. It originated in its modern form in England, and is popular mainly in the countries 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 known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies. It is also a prominent minor sport in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Israel, 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 which 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 infamous being the Bodyline series played between England and Australia.
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It's a new rule that hopes to make the game more exciting (at least thoretically!) especially during the middle (15 to 40) overs when the batting team just knocks around singles instead of going for their shots. \n\nThe earlier fielding restrictions used to to be in place for the first 15 overs (corresponding reductions in rain/bad light delayed matches). The new rules stipulate that the power plays (new name for the restrictions) are broken up into three blocks of 10 over and 5 and 5 overs. A fielding captain has to have the first 10 overs that his side bowls as a powerplay and can then subsequently choose two blocks of 5 overs for enforcing the powerplay. The restrictions are the same (no more than two fielders outside the 30 yard circle). \n\nThe aim is to encourage the batting side to go for their hits and also give the fielding side the flexibility to remove the restrictions after the first 10 overs if the batting side gets off to a flyer. The umpire signals the powerplay by drawing a circle in front of him with his arms.
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It's a takeoff of "innings", which is a singular word used in cricket to describe one time at bat for a team.  Over time in America, it became known in one of two ways, both singular and omitting the final "s": as one team's at bat (their [half of the] inning), as well as both teams' times up.\n\nAs for the name itself, it comes from Middle English innynge, a getting in- like getting in the field or getting into the dugout to prepare to bat :)
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YES. IT HAPPENS OFTEN AS YOU SAID.\n\nIT IS SCRIPTED TO SATISFY THE LOOSING TEAM'S FANS.\n\nEVEN THOUGH THE TEAM LOST THE SPECTATORS AND TV VIEWERS MAY COMPROMISE THE DEFEAT AS.."ITS OK..OUR GUYS FIGHT TILL LAST".\nYOU MAY ASK, "WHY DONT THE LAST PAIR DO THAT..?".\nITS A SAFETY MEASURE..\nIF UN EXPECTEDLY A BATSMAN GOT OUT, THE PLAN {FAN'S SATISFACTION} WILL FAIL.\nSO, THE THE PENULTIMATE PAIR {9 TH WIC. P.SHIP} DOING THAT.\nEVEN ONE OF THEM GOT OUT, THE LAST MAN WILL COMPLEATE THE PLAN.\nTHE BOWLERS ALSO CO-OPERATING TO THAT PLAN BY BOWLING EASY DELIVERIES.\nAFTER TOUCHING THE RESPECTABLE TARGET THE 9TH WIC. WOULD FALL.\nATONCE THE LAST MAN GOT OUT TO END THE MATCH. \nTHE NEXT TIME YOU WATCH PLEASE BE SHARP AND VIGIL.
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The third umpire debuted in Test cricket at Kingsmead, Durban for the South Africa vs. India series in 1992/93. Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to be dismissed (run out) by using television replays.\n\nRawal.
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No this rule is not fair at all. The teams have to announce the 11 and the super-sub before the toss, which is stupid and proof that ICC is full of schmucks. It benefits the team that wins the toss. Rest is all luck. With little amendments, as Inzamam said, it can work okay. For e.g. teams should be allowed to announce super-sub after the toss. This is stil not very interesting rule. The powerplay rules is good though. Test cricket can do without this silly super-sub rule. It's cricket not soccer.
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It's stupid method involing complex mathematical calculations. They revise the rules everytime. But in the end no definite way can be established to determine the result of a match. Stupid ICC does it and its not a surprise because they are morons.
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The game of cricket has a known history spanning from the 16th century to the present day, with international matches played since 1844, although the official history of international Test cricket began in 1877. During this time, the game developed from its origins in England into a game which is now played professionally in most of the Commonwealth of Nations.\n\nNo one knows when or where cricket began but there is a body of evidence, much of it circumstantial, that strongly suggests the game was devised 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. It is generally believed that cricket survived as a children's game for many centuries before it was increasingly taken up by adults around the beginning of the 17th century.
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When person is out and the batsman doesnt agree with that then fielders should appeal then the umpire can declare him out. If opposition team does not appeal then umpire cannot give him out.
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The term was originally used in cricket, and was connected with the custom of giving a hat or cap to a bowler who achieved the feat of taking three wickets in a row.\n\nThe term was first used to describe H.H. Stephenson's feat of dismissing three batsmen with consecutive deliveries in 1858 and was used in print for the first time in 1878.
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THATS TRUE GESTURE.\n\nIT NEEDS A LION HEART TO PERFORM SUCH BEHAVIOUR.\n\nTHATS WHY CRICKET STILL CALLED 'GENTLEMEN'S GAME'
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Firstly, can't believe you wasted your points by askin the same question several times...as for the reply...try surfing on the net...but i doubt you'll get it coz...i haven't heard of any cricket players having one...but wish you all the best with your mission..!!!
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Many modes of dismissal require the wicket to be "put down". The wicket is put down if a bail is dislodged from the top of the stumps; or if a stump is struck out of the ground either by the ball, or by a fielder using his hand which is holding the ball. Of the following ten modes of dismissal, the first six are common, while the last four are technicalities which rarely occur. Briefly, the ten modes are:\n\nCaught — When a fielder catches the ball before the ball bounces and after the batsman has struck it with the bat or it has come into contact with the batsman's glove while it is in contact with the bat handle. The bowler and catcher are both credited with the dismissal. (Law 32) \n\nBowled — When a delivered ball hits the stumps at the batsman's end, and dislodges one or both of the bails. This happens regardless of whether the batsman has edged the ball onto the stumps or not. The bowler is credited with the dismissal. (Law 30) \n\nLeg before wicket (LBW) — When a delivered ball misses the bat and strikes the batsman's leg or pad, and the umpire judges that the ball would otherwise have struck the stumps. The laws of cricket stipulate certain exceptions in favour of the batsman; for instance, a batsman should not be given out LBW if the place where the ball bounced on the pitch is to the leg-side of the area strictly between the two wickets. The purpose of this rule is to prevent the batsman from unfairly using his pads to obstruct the passage of the ball without striking it. The bowler is credited with the dismissal. \n\nRun out — When a fielder, bowler or wicket-keeper removes one or both of the bails with the ball by hitting the stumps whilst a batsman is still running between the two ends. The ball can either hit the stumps directly or the fielder's hand with the ball inside it can be used to dislodge the bails. Such a dismissal is not officially credited to any player, although the identities of the fielder or fielders involved is often noted in brackets on the scorecard. \n\nStumped — When the batsman leaves his crease in playing a delivery, voluntarily or involuntarily, but the ball goes to the wicket-keeper who uses it to remove one or both of the bails through hitting the bail(s) or the wicket before the batsman has remade his ground. The bowler and wicket-keeper are both credited. This generally requires the keeper to be standing within arm's length of the wicket, which is done mainly to spin bowling. (Law 39) \n\nHit wicket — When the batsman accidentally knocks the stumps with either the body or the bat, causing one or both of the bails to be dislodged, either in playing a shot or in taking off for the first run. The bowler is credited with the dismissal. (Law 35) \n\nHandled the ball — When the batsman deliberately handles the ball without the permission of the fielding team. No player is credited with the dismissal. (Law 33) \n\nHit the ball twice — When the batsman deliberately strikes the ball a second time, except for the sole purpose of guarding his wicket. No player is credited with the dismissal. (Law 34) \n\nObstructing the field — When a batsman deliberately hinders a fielder from attempting to field the ball. No player is credited with the dismissal. (Law 37) \n\nTimed out — When a new batsman takes more than three minutes to take his position in the field to replace a dismissed batsman (If the delay is protracted, the umpires may cause the match to be forfeited). This rule prevents the batting team using time limits of the game to unfair advantage. No player is credited with the dismissal.-
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I think he is talking about the technique of expelling air from your lungs to generate more force, often used in martial arts during a kick or punch.  A shout during the bowling action is much like a grunt and is acceptable.  It may be used to sledge against you.  Since it is repetitive and predictable it should not upset a batsman.  If you do it only occassionally or you do it late then it may be considered poor sportsmanship.  \n\nYou've got to ask whether you really need to do it since most of the great bowlers get by without shouting.  Bowling is not force but technique and you can expell air silently.
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two types of meanings are there for cricket\n1.underhand behavior\n2.grasshopper like chirping insect
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The Doubleday story is a myth.\n\nThough probably technically correct to say it evolved from cricket, it's more accurate to say that both games evolved from earlier, more primitive games.  To the extent that any one person could be credited with creating the game, that man would be Alexander Cartwright, who wrote a set of baseball rules in 1845.  These "Knickerbocker Rules" are the earliest written documentation that can be directly linked to the game as it is currently played.