Twenty20
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Twenty20 is a shortened format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two tea
Lasith Malinga bowling to Shahid Afridi in the 2009 World T20 final at Lord's, London
Former England batsman Andrew Strauss batting for Middlesex against Surrey
Crowd during a match of the 2015 IPL season in Hyderabad, India
Twenty20 matches can have some exciting displays, such as when the batsmen run out to the pitch
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
Twenty20
…Twenty20 (abbreviated T20) is a shortened format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game…
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)