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	Test cricket - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket.
		Test matches are played between national representative teams which have Test status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and, from 2005, between a Rest of World XI and the top team in the LG ICC cricket ratings.
		Test matches are a subset of first-class cricket, the form of cricket played over several days and officially sanctioned by the ICC.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Test_cricket (1312 words)

	Test cricket -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Test cricket is the longest form of the (An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition) sport of (A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs) cricket.
		Test matches are a subset of (Click link for more info and facts about first-class cricket) first-class cricket, the form of cricket played over several days and officially sanctioned by the ICC.
		Test cricket's competition structure has evolved somewhat idiosyncratically due to the long match duration, cricket's status as one of the earliest professional spectator sports, and the wide geographical distribution of the teams.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Te/Test_cricket.htm (1517 words)

	Signed Books
		Cricketers from the West Indies: the official souvenir of the 1957 tour of England.
		The History of Cricket at the Saffrons Eastbourne.
		Bothamstall Cricket and Cricketers: a brief essay to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the present village cricket club in 1926.
	www.williamroberts-cricket.com /bbookw.htm (912 words)

	Cricket (sport)
		Cricket is a team sport that originated in the United Kingdom and is popular mainly in the countries of the Commonwealth.
		The laws of cricket are a set of rules framed by the Marylebone Cricket Club which serve to standardise the format of matches across the world to ensure uniformity and fairness.
		The Test (that is major international match) teams are, in order of receiving such status, Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.
	news-server.org /c/cr/cricket__sport_.html (5319 words)

	English cricket team -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cricket developed as a (An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition) sport in England, so unsurprisingly England is both a founding (Click link for more info and facts about Test cricket) Test cricket and (Click link for more info and facts about one-day international) one-day international nation.
		Moreover, his greatest triumphs were achieved when only the very best cricket grounds received serious attention; when, as some consider, bowling was maintained at a higher standard and when all hits had to be run out.
		According to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Test rankings, he was only out of the top 4 Test batsman ratings for two years in the period from 1880 and 1899.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/En/English_cricket_team.htm (2708 words)

	Australian cricket team - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		They have an outstanding recent Test record and in the one day form of the game were World Champions in 1987, 1999 and 2003.
		Australian Test captains were Hassett, Johnson and the popular Richie Benaud who had an exceptional record during this period.
		He scored 4717 Test runs at an average of 49.65 runs per innings while McKenzie was the leading Test wicket taker with 238 test wickets.
	www.iridis.com /Australian_cricket_team (1168 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - History of Cricket
		A second Test was played beginning on 31 March, but this time the Australians could not match their performance of that first game.
		The traditional story is that the contents of the urn were the ashes of a bail used in the Third Test, and that the urn was presented by a group of Melbourne women when England won the 3-Test series 2-1.
		Cricket was scheduled to be played at the first Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, but the competition was cancelled due to lack of a sufficient number of teams entering.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/history/tests.html (1540 words)

	History of cricket - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Cricket, if it was played at all, was not of sufficient popularity or disruptive enough to be subject to a specific prohibition, although some club and ball games were banned in England.
		Cricket remains a major world sport and is the most popular spectator sport in the Indian subcontinent, which gives the Asian cricketing nations a lot of political clout in the ICC.
		It remains to be seen if the time away from Test cricket has allowed the side to settle and improve: in the first match after the suspension, Bangladesh (generally considered the worst side in Test cricket by a distance) beat Zimbabwe to record their first ever Test victory.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/History_of_cricket (4078 words)

	Grenada content of Wikipedia free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This series is also known for one of the most poignant moments in cricket history, as Bradman batted for Australia in the fifth Test at The Oval â“ his last â“ needing to score only 4 runs to maintain a career batting average of 100.
		One Test was held at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground in 1928-29.
		Robots steal the urn because it contains the ashes of the Wooden Bail, one of the components necessary to unlock the device imprisoning the inhabitants of the planet Krikkit whose ambition is to unleash death and destruction on the galaxy.
	grenada.paellaman.com /grenadabrowse.php?title=The_Ashes (3227 words)

	Signed Books
		Arrowsmith, R.L. A History of County Cricket - Kent.
		Cricket Grounds of Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, Worcestershire,& Yorkshire.
		Cricketers From Australia: the official souvenir of the 1953 tour of England.
	www.williamroberts-cricket.com /bbooka.htm (755 words)

	Articles - Test cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		See main articles: History of cricket ; History of Test cricket (to 1883) ; History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889) ; History of Test cricket (1890 to 1900)
		However, sometimes the conditions at the very beginning of the match particularly suit fast bowling, so if either team has particularly strong set of pace bowlers, the winning team may choose to bowl first (either to take advantage of their own attack or to disallow the opposition the use of the "green" wicket).
		However, with the entry of more countries into Test cricket competition and the desire to maintain public interest in Tests (which was flagging in many countries with the introduction of one-day cricket), a new system was added to Test match competition.
	www.kamero.net /articles/Test_cricket (1141 words)

	Travel Guide - Online Reservation - Warsaw Accommodation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cricket developed as a sport in England, so unsurprisingly England is both a founding Test cricket and one-day international nation.
		After the first Test of the 5 Test series against South Africa was drawn, Nasser Hussain resigned the Test captaincy, with Michael Vaughan being appointed in his stead.
		On December 21 2004 England completed their eighth successive Test victory with a win in the opening Test against South Africa at Port Elizabeth This is the best sequence of Test match wins by England.
	www.warsaw-hotel.info /poland-guide/English_cricket_team (2650 words)

	Cricket History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nor is there any evidence as to when points were awarded dependent upon how far the hitter was able to despatch the missile; nor when helpers joined the two-player contest, thus beginning the evolution into a team game; nor when the defining concept of placing wickets at either end of the pitch was adopted.
		Bradman concludes Test career with a second-ball duck at The Oval and a batting average of 99.94 — four runs short of 100.
		The measurements of cricket - the origin of the dimensions of cricket by AR Littlewood.
	www.cricinfo.com /db/ABOUT_CRICKET/HISTORY (1597 words)

	The Oval [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cricket is a major sport in places such as England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking Caribbean (called the West Indies)....
		SCCC won the county cricket championship title eight times from 1887 to 1895 (including the first officially constituted Championship in 1890) and seven consecutive outright titles from 1952 to 1958, with a joint title (with Lancashire) in 1950.
		Test matches are played only between national representative teams which have Test status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
	www.wikimirror.com /The_Oval (4241 words)

	Wikinfo \| Cricket (sport)
		The teams are usually comprised of players with a mixture of abilities, some who specialise in batting, some in bowling, occasionally some who excel in both capacities, and one highly specialist player who acts as ' wicket-keeper '.
		The categorization of "List A" is not one endorsed by the ICC; the Association of Cricket Historians and Statisticians created it for the purpose of providing a parallel to first-class cricket in their record books.
		Additionally, the various cricket events include teams from Argentina, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Israel, Namibia, The Netherlands, Scotland, Singapore, and United States, although the game does not have a high profile in most of those countries.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Cricket_(sport) (5432 words)

	The Oval - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		The Oval is a cricket ground in Kennington, London.
		The first Test match in England was played at the Oval in 1880 between England and Australia.
		The first Test double-century was scored at the Oval in 1884 by Australia's Billy Murdoch.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/The_Oval (553 words)

	English County Cricket Championship, Fixtures, History and Club Information
		The Secretaries of the major cricket-playing counties met at Lord's on December 16th 1889 to agree the fixtures for the following season.
		This latter meeting agreed upon a method of deciding the order of merit between these first-class counties for the 1890 season.
		Prior to 1890, there were 'unofficial' county champions given the title by 'popular' or newspaper acclaim.
	www.napit.co.uk /viewus/infobank/cricket/countychampionship.php (248 words)

	Cricket - The Great Web Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cricket is played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players...
		Cricket gear from Stuart Sports in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Stuart Sports in Philadelphia for all your cricket gear.
		Cricket Sports is proud to be the Preferred Apparel Provider of the...
	www.thegreatwebdirectory.com /Sports/Cricket/History (990 words)

	Cricket History
		1877 First Test match: Australia beat England by 45 runs in Melbourne.
		Declarations first authorised, but only on the third day, or in a one-day match.
		Selectors choose England team for home Tests, instead of host club issuing invitations.
	aus.cricinfo.com /link_to_database/ABOUT_CRICKET/HISTORY (1597 words)

	Australian cricket team - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		1.1 Important dates in history of Australian cricket
		1.2.4 List of top Australian Test wicket takers in the 1880s
		1.4.3 List of top Australian Test run scorers of the period
	www.free-definition.com /Australian-cricket-team.html (1238 words)

	1958 in History
		February 5 Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI vs. Pakistan, Port-of-Spain
		July 24 Test Cricket debuts against NZ for Dexter, Illingworth and Subba Row
		November 28 Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall, vs. India at Bombay
	www.brainyhistory.com /years/1958.html (5870 words)

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