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| | CRICKET : Encyclopedia Entry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Cricket is a bat and ball sport, played between two teams of eleven players each.A cricket match is played on a grass field (which is usually roughly oval), in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a pitch. |
 | | The concept of a "champion county" arose in the 1820s and then, starting with Sussex CCC in 1839, county clubs were founded and these ultimately formed a County Championship. |
 | | In Kwik cricket, the bowler does not have to wait for the batsman to be ready before a delivery, leading to a faster, more exhausting game designed to appeal to children, which is often used in English schools' PE lessons. |
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