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Cricket & Rugby

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  1. 1What is cricket?
    A bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field with a 22-yard pitch, with wickets at each end
  2. 2What is cricket's nickname?
    The Gentlemen's Game
  3. 3Where and when did cricket originate?
    The earliest definite reference is to it being played in South East England in the mid-16th century
  4. 4What is cricket's governing body?
    The International Cricket Council (ICC), which has over 100 members, twelve of which are full members who play Test matches
  5. 5Who maintains the Laws of Cricket?
    The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in London, since 1788
  6. 6How many players are on each cricket team?
    Eleven players per side, with substitutes permitted in some circumstances
  7. 7What is a wicket in cricket?
    A wooden target consisting of three stumps topped by two bails, placed at each end of the pitch
  8. 8How far apart are the wickets in cricket?
    22 yards (20 metres) apart
  9. 9What is the cricket pitch?
    A flat surface 10 feet (3.0 m) wide with very short grass, marked at each end with bowling crease, popping crease, and two return creases
  10. 10What are the three forms of cricket?
    Traditional Test matches (played over five days), One Day Internationals, and Twenty20 (T20) format with single innings of 20 overs
  11. 11What is an over in cricket?
    A set of 6 fair deliveries (balls) bowled by one bowler from one end of the pitch
  12. 12What is the object of batting in cricket?
    To hit the bowled ball and switch places with the nonstriker, scoring one run for each swap, while preventing dismissal
  13. 13How can a batter be dismissed by being bowled?
    When the ball hits the striker's wicket and dislodges the bails
  14. 14What is a catch dismissal in cricket?
    When a ball struck by the bat is caught by a fielder before it hits the ground
  15. 15What is LBW (leg before wicket)?
    When the striker's body unfairly prevents a delivery from hitting the wicket
  16. 16What is a run out in cricket?
    When the ball is thrown at a wicket by a fielder while the batters are running between wickets, hitting the wicket before the batter reaches safety
  17. 17What is stumped?
    A special type of run out involving the wicket-keeper dismissing the striker
  18. 18How many runs are automatically awarded for hitting the boundary?
    Four runs if the ball touches the ground before the boundary, six runs if it clears the boundary without touching the ground
  19. 19What is Test cricket?
    The longest form of cricket played over five days with teams playing two innings each
  20. 20Who is considered the greatest Test batter of all time?
    Don Bradman of Australia, who had a record Test batting average of 99.94
  21. 21What is the bodyline tactic?
    Controversial tactics used by England in the 1932-33 Ashes, involving bowling at the batter's body, which made cricket a matter of national importance
  22. 22When was the first Cricket World Cup held?
    In 1975, as the first limited overs Cricket World Cup
  23. 23What is the Indian Premier League (IPL)?
    Launched in 2008, it has become one of the richest sports leagues in the world and greatly increased the importance of T20 cricket and franchise leagues
  24. 24When was the first international cricket match?
    In 1844 between the United States and Canada in New York; Canada won
  25. 25What is The Ashes?
    Test cricket's most famous contest, the rivalry between England and Australia that began in 1882
  26. 26Who is the only player to have scored 100 international centuries?
    Sachin Tendulkar
  27. 27What are extras (sundries) in cricket?
    Additional runs gained by the batting team due to fielding side errors: no-ball, wide, bye, and leg bye
  28. 28What is the T20 World Cup?
    A Twenty20 format World Cup played every two years, selected by ICC as cricket's growth format
  29. 29Which country is the most successful in international cricket?
    Australia, which has won eight One Day International trophies including six World Cups, more than any other country
  30. 30What is an innings in cricket?
    Each phase of play in the match where one team bats, attempting to score runs, while the other team bowls and fields

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