Cricket
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a 22-yard pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on
Shaun Pollock of South Africa bowls to Michael Hussey of Australia during the 2005 Boxing Day Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
A medieval "club ball" game involving an underarm bowl towards a batter. Ball catchers are shown positioning themselves to catch a ball. Detail from the Canticles of Holy Mary, 13th century.
Evolution of the cricket bat. The original "hockey stick" (left) evolved into the straight bat from c. 1760, when pitched delivery bowling began.
The Young Cricketer (Francis Cotes, 1768)
Cricket World Cup
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The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup is a quadrennial world cup for cricket in One Day International format, organised by the International Cricket Council. The tournament is one of the world's most viewed
The Prudential Cup trophy
A crowd of over 10,000 fans welcome the Australian team on completing the first World Cup hat-trick – Martin Place, Sydney.
Autographed bat of the World Cup winning captains till 2015 at the Blades of Glory Museum, Pune, India
Autographs of the winning teams of each edition of the tournament at the Blades of Glory Cricket Museum, Pune, India.