Some Important terminologies of Cricket

Based upon the articles that i read here are some important terminologies of Cricket:- played on, Appeal, Bye, Leg Bye, Power Play, Follow on, Dusara, Beamer, Hoober Shot, Lost Ball, Duck worthLuis, Retired Hurt, Chinaman, The Ashes, Wicket Keeper,  Batsman, Bowler, Fielder, LBW (Leg Before Wicket), Catch, Hit Wicket, Throw, Maiden over,Off spinner, Four, Sixer, Wide, Swing, Stroke, Hat-Trick, Cover, Mid on, Mid off, Mid Wicket, over the wicket, round the wicket, Leg spinner, Over throw, Over slip, Gulley, Cover point, Long off, The Ashes, Long on, Third man, Short pitch, Hook, Dead ball, Run out, Popping crease, Pitch, Bouncer (or Bumper), Full toss, Yorker, Yorked, Googley, Wicket Maiden, Snick, Duck, Rubber, Scoring a Ton etc.


Source: Cricket Facts. (n.d.). Facts About India, Indian Facts, Everything About India. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.facts-about-india.com/cricket-facts.php

Ten fascinating facts about .. Indian cricket

Based on the article i read there are ten fascinating facts about cricket in India.
1 England last hosted India for a Test series in 2002, and the home side dominated the early exchanges with a first Test win at Lord's only for India to win by an innings at Headingley to level the series which finished 1-1.
2 The last Test series between the two countries, in 2006, saw honours even at 1-1 with India crushing the visitors 5-1 in the ODI series. Paul Collingwood and Rahul Dravid were respectively the highest scorers on each side.
3 India's first Test match in England was in June 1932, and was actually the country's first ever test. It was however a three-day match and the visitors lost by 158 runs.
4 India's first Test victory over England came in Chennai (then known as Madras) in 1952, but it wasn't until 1971 that they won a Test on English soil - a four-wicket win at the Oval gave them a historic first ever series victory over their hosts.
5 Indian fans can be rather passionate in their responses to their team's performance. Skipper Mohammed Azharuddin needed an armed guard placed at his home to ensure his safety after his side were beaten by Sri Lanka in the 1996 World cup semi-final, and regional rivalries have led to legends like Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar being roundly booed when they go out to bat, for choosing a side with not enough local players.
6 Key to India's 1971 series win was their spin quartet - as fearsome in their own way as the West Indians that would terrorise English batsman a decade later. One of those spinners, Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, is now a respected Test match umpire.
7 In 1999 Anil Kumble became the first man since England's Jim Laker to take ten wickets in a Test match innings when he took 10-74 against Pakistan in Delhi.
8 Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 183 not out against Sri Lanka in 2005 has never been equalled by a wicketkeeper in one day internationals.
9 After Australia famously lost to India at Kolkata in 2001 after making them follow on, Oz skipper Steve Waugh labelled India "The Final Frontier" as a result of his otherwise all-conquering side's continued inability to win a Test series in India.
10 Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" was famously the inspiration for Andrew Flintoff's England's to win the most recent Test between the two sides, sparking off an Indian second innings collapse to 100 all out thanks to Shaun Udal's unlikely spell of 4-14.


Source: India cricket facts - Features - Cricket - Sport - Virgin Media. (n.d.). Virgin Media - Cable broadband, TV & phone plus mobile broadband & phone. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.virginmedia.com/sport/cricket/features/india-cricket-facts.php

Indian Cricket Team Interesting Facts

By read the article on internet I found some interesting Facts about Indian Cricket Team:

• Bapu Nadkarni sent down 131 deliveries (21.5 over’s) without conceding a single run vs. England at Madras in 1964.
• Dilip Vengsarkar was the first batsman to score three centuries at Lord`s.
• England lost their last seven wickets for 10 runs against India at Gwalior on March 4, 1993.
• England’s John Jameson, who was born in India, made his highest Test score( 82 ) against India.
• G.R.Viswanath is the only Indian player to score a duck and a century on debut.
• India had to wait for a period of 19 years & 230 days before registering its first victory.
• India is the only team to be dismissed twice in a single day of test match.
• India’s Abbas Ali Baig was the first batsman to hit a century on debut against England in England.
• India’s K.S. Ranjitsinjhi was England’s second player to hit a century on debut after W.G. Grace.
• Kapil Dev`s only break of one Test in his 131 Test career came after 65 Tests.
• Lala Amarnath the first Indian centurion was also the first to do it on debut for India.
• M.A.K.Pataudi was captain in 40 of the 46 Tests he played for India.
• M.L.Jaisimha of India was the first batsman to bat on all five days of a Test.
• Ravi Shastri was the first Indian to hit 6 sixes in an innings.
• Sachin Tendulkar at 18 years and 256 days is the youngest to score a Test century in Australia.
• Sunil Gavaskar & Allan Border hold the record for most number of 100`s and 50`s respectively in Test Cricket.
• The first Indian to play Test Cricket was K.S.Ranjitsinjhi who represented England between 1896 and 1902.
• The great Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev is the youngest to take 200 wickets.

Source: Facts About Indian Cricket Team Players -Indian Cricket Team Facts. (n.d.). Indian Cricket Team. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.indiancricketteam.in/interesting-facts-on-indian-cricket-team.html

First ICC Twenty-20 Cricket World Cup

ICC Twenty-20 Cricket World Cup

• The first ICC twenty-20 (T-20) World Cup Cricket held in South Africa in September (11-24), 2007
• Opening match was played between the host South Africa and West Indies.
• In the final match played at Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg, India defeated the Pakistan by 5 runs and finalized the first T-20 World Cup trophy.
• M.S. Dhoni was the Captain of the Indian Team.

Source: Cricket Facts. (n.d.). Facts About India, Indian Facts, Everything About India. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.facts-about-india.com/cricket-facts.php

Amazing facts about Cricket

With the help of the internet, i found some amazing facts about cricket:

• • It is believed that Cricket was started in England in 1300 AD.
  • It started as a game of shepherds and became widespread among other classes in 18th century AD.
  • After some time a club known as "Merylebone Cricket Club (MCC)" was formed at Lords in London.
  • Cricket became popular in Australia due to British effect there.
  • The first official cricket test match was played in the year 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
  • When some other countries started played Cricket Imperial Cricket Conference was formed in 1909      which gave birth to International Cricket Conference in 1956.
  • The first One Day International cricket match was played in the year 1971 between England and Australia in Melbourne.
  • The first World Cup on one day matches was played in 1975 in London. West Indies won’t the World Cup beating Australia 17 runs.
  • The apex institutions of world cricket are the 'International Cricket Council'(ICC) and its headquarters is now in Dubai from August 1, 2005. Earlier it was in Lords (England).
  • Australia won the maximum of four World Cups till date.
  • In India Cricket was introduced by British royalty. Parsee community of India was the first to take part in Cricket in 1848.
  • Later on Parsee team visited England in 1886. Matches between European and Parsee teams, called Presidency matches, were started in Poona (now Pune) and Bombay (now Mumbai)
  • Raja Bhupindra Singh of Patiala donated the Ranji Trophy in 1934 for the national championship of Cricket.
  • The Board of Council for Cricket in India was formed in 1927.

Source: Cricket Facts. (n.d.). Facts About India, Indian Facts, Everything About India. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.facts-about-india.com/cricket-facts.php

Measurement in Cricket

Measurement in Cricket:

Size of Pitch - 22 yards (20.11 meters) 
Size of Crease - 1.22 - 1.83 meters (4 ft) 
Weight of Ball - 155 to 163 gram 
Perimeter of the Ball - 22.4-22.9 cm (9 inch) 
Size of Bat - 96.5 cm (38 inch) 
Width of Bat - 10.8 cm (4.25 inch) 
Size of the Stumps - 71.1 cm (28 inch)
Length of Bells - 11.1 cm (each bail)

Source:
1.  pm, �. J. (n.d.). Cricket ground, bat, ball, wicket, bowling and batting crease measurement . Welcome to OnePlace.in,free signup and access dating,matrimony,bollywood news,coming movies,released movies,disscuss forum,blog.. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.oneplace.in/blog_details.php?id=ODA=
2. Cricket Facts. (n.d.). Facts About India, Indian Facts, Everything About India. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.facts-about-india.com/cricket-facts.php

Winner of the world Cup Cricket Since 1975

Winner of the world Cup Cricket Since 1975.
Year	Place	Winner	Runner Up
1975	England	West Indies	Australia
1979	England	West Indies	England
1983	England	India	West Indies
1987	India and Pakistan	Australia	England
1991	Australia and New Zealand	Pakistan	England
1996	India,Pakistan,Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Australia
1999	England	Australia	Pakistan
2003	South Africa	Australia	India
2007	West Indies	Australia	Sri Lanka
2011	India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangaldesh	India	Sri Lanka

Source: Winners of World Cup Cricket since 1975 | onlineGKguide.com. (n.d.). General Knowledge 2012/2011 Current Affairs 2012 Questions Answers 2011 General Knowledge India Online GK Awareness. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.onlinegkguide.com/2009/02/27/winners-of-world-cup-cricket-since-1975