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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 an elliptical grass field, in the
centre of which is a hard, flat strip of ground 22 yards
or 20.12 m
long, called the
pitch.
Cricket 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
The
Most Succesful captain of of India-
Saurav Ganguly |
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A cricket ball
 used
in Test matches. The white stitching is known as the seam. As
One-Day games are often played under floodlights, a white ball
is used to aid visibility.
In India Cricket is considered as a
Religion and Sachin Tendulkar as a God |
