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The Internationa structure of ICC

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The International Structure of Cricket Council (ICC), its headquarters is situated in Dubai; it’s called the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, now its current name in 1989.
The existing members of ICC have 104, which are10 Full Members that play official Test matches, while 34 Associate Members, and 60 Affiliate Members. So, The ICC is responsible for the organized and governance all over the world to major cricket events, international tournaments, most notably the Cricket World Cup. It is also duties to appoint the umpires and referees that officiate at all sanctioned Test matches, One Day International and Twenty20 Internationals. On the other hand each nation has a own national cricket board which are regulates cricket matches played in its country as well as other peace full places. The cricket board of country also selects the national squad for international matches, as well as domestic cricket and organized to the other activities related to home and international cricket.further details visit to,www.cricket.smarttvweb.com

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Funny Cricket

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ICC Women's World Cup 2009 - IND vs ENG - IND Inn

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1st Match England vs Netherlands ICC Twenty 20 Cricket World Cup June 5 2009 Part of it

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Funny Cricket ] Ganguly makes the commentator look like a FOOL!!

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Knowledge about cricket game

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Knowledge about cricket players

Each team consists of eleven players, Depending on his primary skills, a player may be classified as a specialist batsmen or bowler a balanced team usually has four or six specialist batsmen and four or five specialist bowlers. One player of the team that is bowling and fielding takes up the role of a wicket-keeper, which is a highly specialized fielding position .A player who excels in more than one specialist discipline (particularly in both bowling and batting) is known as all rounder.

Information about cricket Umpires

Two on-field umpires preside over a match, One umpire will stand behind the wicket at the end from which the ball is bowled and adjudicate on most decisions. The other will stand near the fielding position called square leg. Which offers a side view of the batsman and assist on decisions for which he has a better view in some professional matches, they may refer a decision to an off-field third umpire. who has the assistance of television replays. In international matches an off-field match referee ensures that play is within the laws of cricket and the spirit of the game.

What is the scorers in cricket? Do you know?

Two scorers are appointed, and most often one scorer is provided by each team. The laws of cricket specify that the official scorers are to record all runs scored, wickets taken and where appropriate avers bowled. They are to acknowledge signals from the umpire and to check the accuracy of the score regularly both with each other and at playing intervals, with the umpires. In practice scorers also keep track of other matters, such as bowlers, analyses, the rate at which the teams bowl their avers, and team statistics such as averages and records. In international and national cricket competitions the media often keep tally for the broadcast commentators and newspaper journalists, the official scorers occasionally make mistakes, but unlike umpires mistakes these can be corrected after the event.

information about bowlling

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Method of Off Break bowlling: The off break bowling is the standard, stock delivery of the off-spinner. Its called breaks away from the off-side, towards the leg (right handed bowler, bowling to a right handed batsmen). The grip on the ball should have the thumb under the ball, on the seam. The index finger and middle finger should grip the top part of the ball, on the seam. The seam position should face across the batsmen. The wrist position at delivery should face towards the point/cover region. When delivering the ball, the wrist should turn clockwise, like you would to turn a door-knob. This imparts clockwise (off) spin on the ball. The ball will then turn upon pitching, into the batsmen.
It is very important to be prepared to give the ball some flight. That is to loop the ball. This will give you a chance of taking wickets as it draws the batsmen into a loose shot. You and your captain have to be prepared to go for runs when bowling off-spin. However, it does provide a good chance of mixing things up, and taking wickets. The Off Break delivery can vary by the pitch of the delivery (full or short), the flight of the delivery (loopy or flat), the speed of the delivery (slow or fast), and the amount of spin applied to the ball.
Method of off-spin bowling:-The off-spinner is the another form of spin bowling to the leg-spinner. So the delivery spins the another way. To a right handed bowler, bowling to right handed batsmen, the spins ball towards the leg side, from the off side. There are three types of deliveries an off-spinner can bowl. These include the off-break (spin), which is the bowler's stock delivery,.
How to arm ball. This ball likened to the leg spinner's slider. The ball goes straight on towards the batsmen, beside of spinning. This delivery is bowled without turning the wrists or fingers. This causes the ball to be released with no spin on it, resulting in a straight delivery. To make this ball effective, the seam should be held upright. This will cause the ball to swing.

Flintoff out of T20 squad

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Flintoff out of T20 squadRanting :HomeCricket NewsICC World Twenty20, 2009
Posted: May 28, 2009
LONDON: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was ruled out of next month's World Twenty20 tournament on Wednesday because he has not fully recovered from knee surgery.

The England and Wales Cricket Board had expected Flintoff to get over last month's operation on a meniscus tear to his right knee but has now called up Adil Rashid to replace him.

The 31-year-old Flintoff had the surgery after he pulled out of the Indian Premier League, where he had tied with England teammate Kevin Pietersen as the most costly players in the pre-tournament auction. The injury already ruled him out of England's recent Test and one-day series wins over West Indies.

The ECB must now decide whether to gamble on his form and fitness for the Ashes series against Australia, which starts in July. Flintoff will only have games for county side Lancashire in which to earn a place.

"We had to name Andrew in the ICC World Twenty20 15 because we hoped he would be fit," national selector Geoff Miller said, "but in reality the timescale was always optimistic.

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I love watching Sachin bat: Swann video

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Dhoni to make his Bollywood debut video

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Where did the ball go video?

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Best Cricket Clips

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Royal Challengers lucky Charm Katrina Kaif

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15 IPL Miss Bollywood Contestant, Cricket ka he yeh Jalwa video

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How to watch Twenty 20 Live Cricket Video

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Early morning cricket

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UNBELIEVEABLE CRICKET RECORD,sIN WORLD -2007

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Ricky ponting’s 113against Scotland was his 4th century in World Cup matches. He joined Mark Waugh, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in the list of highest century makers in World cups.
Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in one over for South Africa against the Netherlands in their Group A match, becoming the first player to achieve the feat in ODI cricket.
Ireland defeated Pakistan in their group match and knocked them out of the tournament into process. Ireland proceeded to quality for the Super 8 stages in their first ever World Cup.
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room the day after his team’s defeat against Ireland. Murder investigation has been launched launched due to the circumstances of Woolmer’s death.
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq announced his retirement from one day cricket, and resigned from the Pakistan captaincy effective from the conclusion of Pakistan’s involvement in the tournament.
India scored 413-5 in 50 over against Bermuda, breaking the World Cup record for the highest team total, and became the first team to score 400 runs in a World Cup innings. India bowled out Bermuda for 156 to win by 257 runs, the largest winning margin in ODIs.
Matthew Hayden scored the fastest world Cup hundreds ( off 66 balls) for Australia against South Africa, one ball quicker than the previous record.
Both Herschel Gibbs and Matthew Hayden were awarded honorary citizenship of saint kits and Nevis after their individual record-breaking feats.
Lasith Malinga became the fifth player to record a hat trick in the World Cup , taking three wickets in succession for Sri Lanka against South Africa, and with his next delivery proceeded to become the first player over to take four wickets in fourth consecutive balls in international cricket.
Glenn McGrath became the leading wicket taker in the history of Bangladesh, overtaking Wasim Akram’s 55 wicket total.
West-Indies captain Brain Lara announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
Following Ireland’s successful World Cup debut defeating two full members (Pakistan and Bangladesh), Ireland has been promoted to the main ODI championship table.
Ireland’s wins against Pakistan and Bangladesh boosted their team’s ODI rank to number 100 ahead of Kenya and full member Zimbabwe.
Matthew Hayden’s century against New Zealand was the 100th time a century was scored in the World Cup and the third time any individual player scored three centuries in one tournament. He joins Mark Waugh and Sourav Ganguly as the only players to score three centuries in a World Cup.
Steve Bucknor officiated in a record fifth consecutive World Cup final.

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Hat Trick

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Vodafone Cricket Video

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Cricket World cup 2007

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Teams
16 (from 97 entrants)
Host West Indies
Champions Australia (4th title)
Runners-up Sri Lanka (2nd time finalists)
Player of the Series Glenn McGrath
Matches Played 51
Top run score(s) Matthew Hayden (659)
Top wicket taker(s) Glenn McGrath (26)

The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was a men’s cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 arch to 28 April 2007, using the sports one-day international format . There were a total of 51 matches played, three fewer than at the 2003 World Cup (despite a field larger by tow teams)
The 16 competing teams were initially divided into four groups, with the two best-performing teams from each group moving on to a” Super *” format. From this, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa won through to the semi –finals with Australia defeating Sri Lanks in the final to win their third consecutive Would Cup. Australia’s unbeaten record in this year’s tournament increased their total to 29 consecutive Would Cup matches without loss, a streak dating back to 1999-05-27, during the group stage of the 1999 World Cup.
The rankings of teams at the beginning of the Cricket World cup were .

Ranking Teams Points Ranking Teams Points
1 South Africa 128 9 Bangladesh 42
2 Australia 125 10 Zimbabwe 22
3 NewZealand 113 11 Kenya 0
4 Pakistan 111 12 Scotland 0
5 India 109 13 Netherlands 0
6 Sri Lanka 108 14 Ireland 0
7 England 106 15 Canada 0
8 West Indies 101 16 Bermuda 0

NOTE
Teams 12 -16 do not have official ODI ranking, they are ranked in this tournament based on their win percentage against associate members and then wins against full members.

Cricket team suspects escape - exclusive video

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Most disgraceful moment in the history of cricket

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FIRST-CLASS MATCHES

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A First-class match is generally defined as a high-level international or domestic match that takes place over at least three days on natural (as opposed to artificial) turf. A significant feature of first-class cricket is that games must have two innings per sike, in contrast with games where the teams have one innings each (including limited overs matches played by teams that are normally recognized as first- class)
The status of a match depends on the status of the teams contesting it. All Test-playing nations are allowed to play first-class matches, as are their regional, state, provincial or country teams Matches of Kenya, one of the foremost non-Test-playing nations, with other first class teams are adjudged first class, but its domestic matches arer not. As a benchmark, a match can be considered first-class only if both teams have first-class status. Thus, a match between two Test nations, between two domestic teams in frll members of the ICC,or between a Test nation and another Test nations domestic team, maybe considered first class. A Test match is also considered to be a first-class match, but one-day internationals are not due to the two innings per side rule.
The point of origin of first-class Cricket is an ongoing controversy that is described in the main article.

FORMS OF ONE DAY CRICKET AND ITS BEGINNING

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One day matches also non as limited over are instant cricket, were introduce in English domestic cricket in 1960, due to the growing demand for a shorter and more dramatic form of cricket to stem the decline in attendance the idea was taken up in the international arena in 1971, during an England team tour of Australia , when a test match was rained off, and the one day game has since swollen to become a crowed pleasure , and the TV audience generation arcos the global. The inaugural World Cup in 1975 did much to has ten this. The abbreviation ODI or some times LOI ( for limited over international ) are used for international matches of this type. In one day cricket , each team bats for only one inning , and it is limited to a number of over, usually 50 in international matches. Despite its name a one day match may go into to a second day, if play is interrupted by rain, day and night matches are also played which extend into the night. Innovation such as colored dressing, frequent tournament and result oriented games often resulting in nail biting finishes have seen ODI cricket gain may supporters, strategies such as quick scoring, gravity , defying , fielding, and accurate bowling makes this form more invigorating as compared to the test matches.

THE NATURE OF TEST CRICKET AND ITS BEGINNING

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The test cricket is a form of international cricket started in 1887 during the 1876 / 77 English cricket teams tour of Australia , the first test match on 15 March, 1877 , and had a time less format with 4 balls per over. It ended on 19 March, 1877 with Australia winning by 45 runs. The test cricket series between England & Australia is called the “Ashes”, with the trophy being a tiny fragile urn, reputed to hold the ashes of a bail or cricket ball use during the second test series between the two countries which was ED to the English cricket captain , IVO Bligh by a group of Melbourne women , following the test series win by the England team , during the England cricket team tour of Australia in 1882-83
Since then , over 1700 test matches have been played and number of test playing nations has increased to them with Bangladesh , the most recent nation elevated to test status making its debut in 2000. Test matches are two innings games that are now a days played over five days.

THE BEGINNING OF CRICKET

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The cricket has been established team support for several centuries. It originate in its modern form in England , and is popular mainly in the countries of common wealth. In some countries in south Asia , including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, cricket is by far the most popular sport. Cricket is also a major sport in England and its States Wales, Australia, NewZealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the other 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 Netherland, Israel, Nepal, Argentina. In the beginning the length of the match six or more hours a day for upto five days in one form of the game. The numerous intervals for lunch and tea break, and the rich terminology are no table aspects which can often confused those not familiar with the sport , of its fans , the sport and the intense rivalries between top cricketing nations provide passionate entertainment and outstanding sporting achievement. It has even occasionally given rise to diplomatic outrage. The in famous being the body line series played between England and Australia.

NATURE OF CRICKET GAME

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The game of cricket is a team sport play between two teams the main rules in this game is the pitch. Pitch has 22 yards length. At each end of pitch stand a set of wooden poles is called wickets. It a made from ash. A player from are teams ( the bowler) propels a hard , fist sized ball from one wicket toward the others. A player from the opposing team ( the batsman) attempts to defend the ball from hating the wicket with a wooden cricket, bat traditionally made of willow. And another batsman ( the non striker) stand in an active rule near the bowlers wicket. If the batsman. If the batsman hit the ball ,he may run to the other wicket, exchanging places with the non striker, its called score like a run. The bating team attempts to score as many runes as it can , while members of the bowling team gather the ball and return it to either wicket. If the ball striker a wicket while the nearest batsman is still running , the batsman is out , batsman can also be out by other means, such as failing to defend the bowled ball from hit the wicket, are hitting a catch to a fielder. Once 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 10 batsmen is out , the team turn to bat or innings ( always with a terminal “S” in cricket usages) is over , and the other team may bat while the first team takes the field , depending on the specific rules of the match, one are two innings may be played, possible with a fixed number of legally bowled balls defining the end of an innings rather then 10 batsman having been dismissed. At the end of the match , the winner is the team that has scored the most run.
However, the game may run out of time before it is finished , in which case it a draw, even if one team is over whelming winning at that points, this is some times surprising to those not familiar with the game , but it does add interest two one sided games by given the interior team the incentive to try a achieved a draw even if they can not win.

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FORMS OF ONE DAY CRICKET AND ITS BEGINNING

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THE NATURE OF TEST CRICKET AND ITS BEGINNING

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THE BEGINNING OF CRICKET

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NATURE OF CRICKET GAME

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