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	English national cricket captains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of all English national cricket captains, comprising all of the men, boys and women who have captained an English national cricket team at official international level.
		The amateur/professional distinction was abolished in 1962, and a new breed of captain in Brian Close and then Ray Illingworth was born.
		The desperation was most clear in the "summer of four captains" in 1988, during the West Indies tour of England, when the captaincy started with Mike Gatting, who was sacked after the first Test as a result of a dalliance with a barmaid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/English_national_cricket_captains (1346 words)

	CRICKET
		A standard cricket ground, showing the cricket pitch (brown), close-infield (light green) within 15 yards (13.7 m) of the striking batsman, infield (medium green) inside the white 30 yard (27.4 m) circle, and outfield (dark green), with sight screens beyond the boundary at either end.
		In other forms of cricket, if a player gets injured or becomes ill during a match, a substitute is allowed to field instead of him; though he cannot bowl, bat, or act as a captain or wicket-keeper.
		Cricket entered an epochal era in 1963, when English counties modified the rules to provide a variant match form that produced an expedited result: games with a restricted number of overs per side.
	www.solarnavigator.net /sport/cricket.htm (4711 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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.
		Cricket was prominent in London as early as 1707 and large crowds flocked to matches on the Artillery Ground in Finsbury.
		Kwik cricket is a form of the sport where the bowler does not have to wait for the batsman to be ready before a delivery, leading to a faster, more exhausting game which is often used in school PE lessons.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/cricket (6289 words)

	Cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cricket is a relatively leisurely game of great skill played outdoors--but not in the rain--in attractive surroundings.
		A cricket ground, or field, is larger than a baseball field and varies from an area of well-kept grass in a village to a ground surrounded by tiered seating and double-deck stands that can hold thousands of spectators in a metropolis.
		The best-kept area of a cricket field is the pitch, a stretch 10 feet (3.04 meters) wide between two wickets, which face each other 22 yards (20.12 meters) apart.
	members.aol.com /dtibbe2926/UKC/cricket.html (1089 words)

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		In the early days of Cricket, it was great English gentlemen all dressed properly for an important social occasion, ‘enjoyed themselves’ with a bat and a ball, making a point not to exert themselves too much.
		The father of English Cricket Sir W. Grace is said to have played active cricket till the ripe age of 66.
		Cricket was considered to be one of the greatest ‘exports’ of England.
	yehhaicricket.com /article/articlesarchive/gentlemen.html (792 words)

	What is Cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cricket is a major sport in places such as England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking Caribbean.
		Additionally, as in professional cricket it is not unusual for balls to be bowled at over 80mph, the game needs to be played in daylight that is good enough for a batsman to be able to see the ball.
		Cricket entered an epochal era in 1961, when English counties modified the rules to provide a variant match form that produced an expedited result: games with a restricted number of overs per side.
	www.whatis.tv /Cricket.html (3778 words)

	English county cricket under scanner
		According to former England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Lord MacLaurin, who initiated the debate, unless English cricket reforms and, perhaps, the number of counties are reduced from 18 to 12, it will go the way of croquet.
		Cricket receives £6 million a year from Sport England and cannot easily dismiss their proposals.
		Cricket is not the only game under Sport England scanner; similar audits are being carried out in many other sports.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2003/sep/25eng.htm (213 words)

	The Hindu : Magazine / Columns : Cricket's true spiritual home
		WRITING this in the midst of the English cricket team's tour of India, I am reminded yet again how often I have thought that cricket is really, in the sociologist Ashis Nandy's phrase, an Indian game accidentally discovered by the British.
		Everything about cricket seems to me ideally suited to the Indian national character: its rich complexity, the infinite possibilities and variations that could occur with each delivery, the dozen different ways of getting out, are all patterned for a society of infinite forms and varieties.
		Cricket first came to India with decorous English gentlemen idly pursuing their leisure; it took nearly a century for the "natives" to learn the sport, and then they played it in most un-English ways.
	www.hindu.com /mag/2006/03/26/stories/2006032600140300.htm (865 words)

	Cricket : English game says farewell to an eccentric bowler
		English cricket begins its domestic season Friday without one of its most distinctive figures, the spin bowler Phil Tufnell, 36, who retired last week to work as a radio and television analyst.
		While modern cricketers are required to excel in their specialty, in his case left-arm spin-bowling, they are also expected to be competent in the other disciplines.
		To have been the best English spinner of the past decade hardly ranks among the great sporting accolades, but he was that by some margin, a canny user of looping flight and drift who became the first English spinner since Derek Underwood in the 1970s to play a decisive role in test matches.
	www.iht.com /articles/2003/04/17/cricket_ed3_.php (775 words)

	Lohana Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cricket has been an organized adult game since the seventeenth century when it first took the fancy of English gentlemen lying low in their country estates at the time of the Civil War.
		In England, the emerging public schools, believing that cricket fostered qualities of manliness and leadership, proclaimed it to be more than a game, in fact an institution.
		An Indian prince declared it to be the finest flower of Empire, and in Australia cricket captains played a leading part in welding together the separate colonies into a nation.
	www.lohanaonline.com /cricket/cricket11.asp (639 words)

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		Now cricket is is the 21 st century, a popular sport that is a religion for people in Asia.
		He is the most popular cricketer of modern era and almost a god in India.
		His swashbuckling batting in the era of pre-partition era popularised cricket.
	www.geocities.com /cricketromance (1184 words)

	'Denness warned both captains before the match' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		His four-year stint as the Chairman of Selectors of the English cricket team was a difficult and controversial one, and it ended in 1993 after indifferent performances by the English team.
		And they have been very supportive because they believe, as we do, that cricket has a special place in the sporting family and to degrade it by being rough and rude on the field is not a development that we like.
		As I understand it, he (Denness) warned both captains prior to the game that the behaviour of the two teams had been unacceptable in the first Test and that unless there was an improvement he was going to do something about it.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1901/19010940.htm (3105 words)

	Are the English Boring?
		As a captain of the team, there are many things to consider for a player.
		But one must not forget that it was also because the Aussies had a captain who would never miss a chance to win.
		To say that the English are boring would be wrong, and coming from a man who scored 36 not out in a 60 over match.......
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/batsmen_cricket/87534 (373 words)

	Cricket Club
		To foster cricket in Uplyme and Lyme Regis
		The club moved to the glebe field, near the Talbot Arms in Uplyme, now the King George V Field, at the end of the nineteenth century.
		Meet at the cricket ground in Uplyme on Tuesday 18.00-19.30 from the 1st week in May onwards.
	www.uplyme.com /cricketclub.htm (272 words)

	\|\| uaecricket.com \|\| Cricket with no Boundries.
		Cricketers and coaches often get so caught up with the technical side of batting and forget about the most important skill.
		Dubai Cricket Council XI nosed ahead of Abu Dhabi Cricket Council XI by 0.02 points as the third game in the National Bank of Dubai Trophy finished in a winning draw for Dubai Cricket Council.
		Abu Dhabi Cricket Council (ADCC) were 25 for one by the close of the opening day's play in the two-day inter-council cricket tournament between ADCC and Sharjah Cricket Council (SCC) at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
	www.uaecricket.com /homepage.asp (1791 words)

	Cricket Players Quizzes and Cricket Players Trivia -- FunTrivia
		Cricket is a game played and enjoyed by members of many famous cricketing families.
		This quiz is a tribute to ten of them, all of whom represented their country at the highest level at some point in their illustrious career.
		Some of cricket's stars have travelled a long and winding road in their careers.
	www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/sports/cricket/cricket_players.html (1003 words)

	:: VivaCricket :: News: Hussain still rated amongst the best Captains
		The Chennai-born cricketer is placed at a creditable fourth on the overall list among the post-war captains behind Peter May, Ray Illingworth and Brearley, the magazine said in a release.
		In stark contradiction to the claims of the games authorities, seven out of 10 English cricket fans believed that corrupt practices were still a part of cricket world but fewer than one third said that it (corrupt practices) spoilt their enjoyment of the game.
		The English fans seemed to have no objection to sledging at the international level with half the respondents putting their weight behind the practice.
	www.vivacricket.co.za /html/news1547.shtml (386 words)

	BBC News \| Cricket \| England cricket: roll of honour
		The schoolboy dream of captaining England at cricket is one which has again come true for Alec Stewart.
		The expectations of cricket fans as well as the pressure from the media will add to the weight on Stewart's shoulders - as will his current record of having captained two tests and lost them both.
		As the list of post-World War II captains below shows, Stewart will be following some of the great names of cricket history at the crease.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sport/cricket/87748.stm (139 words)

	australian cricket team, australian cricket board, australian cricket news, western australian cricket
		The Australian cricket team (together with the English cricket team) is the oldest team in Test cricket having played its first Test match in 1877.
		In 1865, a match was arranged between a team of Aboriginal cricketers and European settlers from various pastoral stations; the indigenous team won.
		The much anticipated 2005 Ashes tour to England became a watershed event in Australian cricket when, for the first time since 1986-87 a Test series was lost to the old enemy England, and the The Ashes were thus surrendered.
	www.nettechnowebdesign.com /australian_cricket_team.htm (2965 words)

	Thatscricket: Columnists - Bishen Singh Bedi
		He was a brave bowler with no hesitation to challenge the batsmen to hit over the top by giving the ball plenty of air and was a consistent wicket-taker for most of his career.
		Bedi, who born on 25th September 1946 in Punjab, is considered as one of the best spinners cricket ever had.
		His test debut was in 1966, and ODI debut in 1974.
	thatscricket.oneindia.in /columnists/bedi/index.html (169 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| cricket \| news Captains left stunned
		A weekend of rugby is hardly a heart-warming proposition at the moment, but solace lies in the form of a cricket team who could use this weekend as an important psychological stepping stone ahead of the Test series.
		The South African and Australian cricket captains struggled to find words on Sunday to describe the fifth and final one-day international, which South Africa won by one wicket, with a ball to spare.
		He suggested that the advent of 20/20 cricket, as well as a relatively small ground, meant that huge scores were possible.
	sport.iafrica.com /cricket/news/969576.htm (798 words)

	Causes of Death of English Test Match Captains - Uncyclopedia
		As of March 2006, 77 men have captained England in at least one Test match.
		Could not cope with the sheer pressure of attempting to score a run whilst at the same time captaining England.
		Killed with Handgun when a spectator mistakenly believed he was attending a Bloodbath match.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Causes_of_Death_of_English_Test_Match_Captains (1007 words)

	Family - W. G. Grace
		W. Grace was born at Downend, near Bristol.
		He found himself in an atmosphere charged with cricket, his father (Henry Mills Grace) and his uncle (Alfred Pocock) being as enthusiastic over the game as his elder brothers, Henry, Alfred and Edward Mills, indeed, in E. Grace the family name first became famous.
		A younger brother, George Frederick, also added to the cricket reputation of the family.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Aberdonia3436/w-g-grace-family.html (157 words)

	Cricinfo - Blogs - The Surfer
		International cricket brings in millions of pounds and there is no way the game's administrators will stop their money-grabbing ways.
		As the cricket world’s attention heads back to The Oval – and not even with the badly-scheduled 2004 Champions Trophy was the old ground in the headlines so late in the year – the speculation and rumour surrounding events five weeks ago continues to keep the media busy.
		A strong, imposing captain is essential in Australia, which is why the selectors chose Flintoff, writes Derek Pringle in The Daily Telegraph.
	blogs.cricinfo.com /surfer/archives/english_cricket/index.php (8322 words)

	Cricket History and Don bradman
		By the later eighteenth century control of this fashionable and profitable new leisure activity was in the hands of a number of gentlemen’s clubs.
		By the nineteenth century these had evolved into county organisations which, led by Marylebone Criket Club, subsequently dominated English cricket.
		The Test and County cricket Board introduced the Gillete Cup (65 overs a side, later curtailed to 60) and the Sunday League (40 overs a side) for enthusiasts who wanted both drama and excitement packed in a day’s game.
	yehhaicricket.com /history/history.html (645 words)

	That's not cricket, or is it? - Pravda.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although Pakistan appeared at 17.24, it was deemed too late, they had broken the rules by not appearing for play and the match was declared a victory to England, who took the series 3-0 with one draw.
		With Pakistan's captain Inzamam-ul-Haq now accused of two counts - changing the condition of the ball and bringing the game into disrepute - tempers run high in the Pakistan camp, which does not accept the charges, and the one-day series is in danger of being called off.
		In this case, the British media, and former cricket captains of great prestige in the game, such as Geoffrey Boycott and Ian Botham, have all come out in favour of Pakistan, since no evidence has been produced that the ball was tampered with at all.
	english.pravda.ru /society/showbiz/22-08-2006/84032-cricket-0 (661 words)

	Career Overview - W. G. Grace
		His style as a batsman was more commanding than graceful, but as to its soundness and efficacy there were never two opinions, the severest criticism ever passed upon his powers was to the effect that he did not play slow bowling quite as well as fast.
		He played Test cricket against Australia in the 1880s, but he was already past his peak at that stage.
		He played his last Test at the age of 50.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Aberdonia3436/w-g-grace-career-overview.html (137 words)

	Cricket Secrets: Cricket News and Scores Blog
		Sania Mirza on Thursday said she was not competing to match the popularity levels of cricket and that she was a âlife fanâ of batting star Sachin Tendulkar.
		FT were a powerhouse in cricket from the 70s until the late 90s but have dipped in form over the last few years
		This is unlikely to be English cricket fans' last chance to enjoy Warne in action.
	www.cricketsecrets.com /cricketblog/2005_09_04_archive.html (3552 words)

	Karen's Cricket Pages: David Gower
		during the course of his cricketing career, and one made pleasant by the fact that he writes, as he played, with more grace than the average sportsman.
		I enjoyed reading his take on his own game and on the playing of other top cricketers of his day, as well as on the ins and outs of touring and the ups and downs (mostly downs, alas) of captaincy.
		In 1989, the superstar batsman had accepted a second stint as England captain, with frankly disastrous results; this 1990 volume is a forthright account of that difficult year.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /cricket/DIGower.html (1260 words)

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