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  Cricket - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
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.
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 About Cricket - UMKC Cricket Club
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 collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies.
Under new cricketing law, after consultation with health experts, the bowler is allowed to straighten his arm 15 degrees or less, if the bowler straightens his or her arm more than 15 degrees it is called a "no ball".
The Test Cricket Series between England and Australia is called The Ashes, with the trophy being a tiny fragile urn, reputed to hold the ashes of a bail or cricket ball used during the second Test series between the two countries.
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 Cricket, History of - Search View - MSN Encarta
A county championship system was established in 1864 (the year in which overarm bowling was legalized) but it was not until 1890 that the County Championship was officially recognized and a points system introduced.
As part of a restructuring of the county game, points awarded for a draw in the County Championship were increased to encourage teams to play to the finish of matches rather than conceding defeat before their conclusion.
In 1993 it ceased to be administered by MCC.
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 Kent County Cricket Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Kent.
Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of cricket.
Kent CCC has enjoyed two periods of prolonged success: the first in the years before World War I, when in the space of eight seasons they were county champions four times; and the second in the 1970s, when they won 10 trophies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kent_County_Cricket_Club   (743 words)

  
 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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 Kent County Cricket Club in 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kent Spitfires had their run of three successive victories broken by Durham Dynamos, never recovering from a woeful start caused by ducks from James Tredwell, Joe Denly and Darren Stevens, as their three first wickets fell for two runs.
Kent Spitfires' innings started with losing Neil Dexter for a five-ball duck, bowled by James Kirtley, and Robin Martin-Jenkins had three men caught as Kent lost their first five wickets for 48.
Kent trailed by 89, and in the second innings Robert Key hit eleven fours in a two-hour 84, but he was dismissed by Robin Martin-Jenkins just before the close of the scond day's play to leave Kent with a lead of 53 with seven wickets in hand.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kent_County_Cricket_Club_in_2005   (8255 words)

  
 Welcome to Kent Online
FORMER Kent wicketkeeper Paul Nixon is to replace Geraint Jones in the England squad — but has backed him to return to the international scene....
A TEENAGE cricket star is targeting a return to the international sports scene with some first-class help from the University of Kent.
KENT have strengthened their squad ahead of the 2007 campaign by signing a second Kolpak player from South Africa.
www.kentonline.co.uk /cricket   (119 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Cricket | Counties | Kent | Former SA boss takes over at Kent
Kent have not had a director of cricket since Australian Ian Brayshaw left following the 2003 season.
Kent finished second in the County Championship last year but were well behind winners Warwickshire.
Kent have also confirmed they will plant another lime tree to replace the famous old one which was blown down in the January storms.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/cricket/counties/kent/4164115.stm   (268 words)

  
 ECB COUNTY CRICKET
Since ECB was invented it has given these clubs some ten times as much cash as it has given in the same period to the Cricket Foundation some to sustain the County Boards with their development of the grass roots game.
Minor Counties of which there are 19 plus Wales play a championship split in two divisions East and West with a grand final to decide the Champion County.
The 38 County Competition was born out of the former MCC KO Trophy for Minor County Clubs and the old NCA County KO Competition which included Scottish Regions.
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 News archive 2001 - News and press releases - University of Kent
Kent County cricket fans are set for a rare treat when three top players from the '70s get together for an evening of reminiscences and 'Tales from the Middle'.
It was during his time as captain that the club was joint county champion, winners of the Benson & Hedges Cup and runners-up in the Sunday League.
Since then he has been cricket professional and coach at Eastbourne College, Cricket Development Officer to 'the Americas' and is now putting his knowledge of cricket in England and the Caribbean to good use with Titan Groups, which runs sports tours and events.
www.kent.ac.uk /news/stories/article2001.php?id=cricketol.txt   (731 words)

  
 Min Patel - Kent - Players - Stats - ECB
Has contributed many valuable runs to Kent's cause throughout his lengthy career and was awarded a benefit by the county in 2004 when he underwent spinal surgery.
Was an ever-present in the side which challenged for the County Championship in 2005 and was Kent's leading wicket-taker 59 at 27.55 apiece.
Was given an extension to his contract at the end of 2005 and was named as vice-captain to Robert Key for the 2006 season.
www.ecb.co.uk /stats/players/kent/min-patel,175,PP.html   (237 words)

  
 Rahul Dravid signs for Scotland
Dravid had earlier played for the Kent County, contributing 1,039 runs in County Championship Division One, including one century and eight fifties, and averaged 43.70 in the one-day National League.
Kent, however, lacked the knockout punch to make headway up the Division One table finishing sixth, just one place above the relegation zone.
I think it is godd to see professional players playing for small county for the sake of cricket and for development of cricket.
www.rediff.com /cricket/2003/may/02drav.htm   (325 words)

  
 Sports and Recreation Service - University of Kent - Homepage
Kent 2012 aims to promote the county of Kent as a venue and support Kent's sports people in their preparations for the 2012 Games.
Although the club has no committee it runs very amicably and a few of the older members are in their eighties.
By just one point, South Kent College won a place in the Grand Final against Volleyball A. Whilst the Cheerleaders, however, managed to save their faces in the penultimate round of league games, by getting their first points of the day on the brainteaser that was human scrabble.
www.kent.ac.uk /sports   (1361 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Cricket | Counties | Kent | Kent ambition keeps Patel at club
Kent spin bowler Min Patel has admitted he came close to leaving the club after an approach from Warwickshire.
Patel has been with Kent for 17 years and taken more than 650 wickets in all competitions, earning a solitary England test cap against India in 1996.
He was the club's leading bowler in this summer's 2005 County Championship with 59 wickets at a cost of 27.5 each but did not play in the one-day Totesport League.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/cricket/counties/kent/4360732.stm   (219 words)

  
 kent cricket, kent cricket directory, cricket in kent, mens kent cricket league directory UK mens kent cricket league ...
kent cricket, kent cricket directory, cricket in kent, mens kent cricket league directory UK mens kent cricket league directory an index of clubs in the UK.
DVD - The Ashes 2005 Highlights from all five test matches, including previously unseen footage, from the Ashes, 2005.
Kent Cricket is a directory of Cricket Clubs in Kent, if you are a member of a Cricket Club in Kent please add your Club.
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 Odds on Kent Spitfires CCC with Totesport
Prospects: Kent have a mid-table look about them in an important season for their new captain Robert Key.
He has a settled team at his disposal and enough resources to remain competitive in the championship and hope for better in the limited-overs leagues.
It doesn't matter whether it's a Test match, one-day international or the county competitions there are numerous markets to get stuck into, from top batsman to how many sixes will be scored.
www.play-to-win.co.uk /cricket/kent.htm   (325 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Nigel Llong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Nigel Llong was a left-hand batsman and offspinner who never quite cemented a regular place in the Kent side during the 1990s, only twice playing more than 10 Championship matches in a season - his best was in 1993 when he made 943 runs at 42.86 in 18 appearances.
From 1993 to 1997 he was a regular part of the county's one-day side, and he retired at the end of 1999 which he had played on a one-day-only contract.
By 2004 he was officiating as the third official in internationals, and in 2005 he stood in the first Twenty20 international in England.
www.icc-cricket.com /kent/content/player/16314.html   (302 words)

  
 200705_U14sKent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Kent were somewhat fortunate to have their openers still together after a couple of run out attempts in that period.
The openers were eventually parted by the run out of Marsh for 56 with the score on 123, then Ravenscroft had both local boys Stickles(75) and the 12 year old Bell-Drummond(16) caught, to leave the hosts on 172 for 3 in the 39th over.
Kent closed on 271 for 4, Ravenscroft returning figures of 2 for 57 from 11 overs.
www.hampshirecricket.com /development/200705_U14sKent.htm   (474 words)

  
 Commercial Cricket Games - Cricket 97
Kent, Glamorgan and Lancashire squads by Peter Richardson.
Unzip the three files into 'Team' folder in the Cricket '97 directory and rename Team#.tm where # is a number between 1 and 16.
Another way is to run out the computer, try keeping the ball with one of your fielders in the outfield but not too far away from the middle and throw the ball at any of the stumps, often the batsmen go for a silly run and you can get them run-out, easy as that.
www.cricketgames.com /games/commercial/c97   (406 words)

  
 Meesch @ Kent County Cricket Club
A diary of Kent’s 2005 season as seen through the eyes of a Kent fan.
These may or may not be cricket related and you may or may not agree.
These CANNOT be reproduced or copied in any way, shape or form unless you have prior permission of myself, or else I will come after you.
uk.geocities.com /kentcountycricketclub   (244 words)

  
 £70,000 cash boost for sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Kent County Council has allocated more than £71,000 to 10 sports organisations as part of its Small Capital Grant Scheme for Sport to help in the development of sports facilities in the county.
The money will be used by the groups based countywide to help residents and schools by providing sports grounds, multi-use games areas, horses for disabled riding, equipment, changing facilities and improvements to disability access.
KCC Cabinet Member for Communities Mike Hill said: "The grants will go a great deal towards helping the local community enjoy a range of sports with improved facilities and equipment.
www.kent.gov.uk /news/aug-06-cash-boost-for-sport.htm   (144 words)

  
 Kent Cricket Board - Play-Cricket -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The aim of the Kent Cricket Board is to promote the game of cricket at all levels through partnership of professional and recreational cricketing bodies and other appropriate agenices within the cricketing County of Kent.
KENT CRICKET BOARD   COACHES DEVELOPMENT DAY    ; In excess of 100 cricket coaches are being given the opportunity to develop their coaching skills at The Kent Cricket Academy on Sunday
Kent Cricket Board - Under 14 : 2005 : 12 wins.
kcb.play-cricket.com /home/home.asp   (232 words)

  
 Hampshire v Kent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In a dramatic finish, Kent squeezed to their target of 259 after needing 18 runs off the last seven deliveries and a single off the last ball.
Kent's reply was launched by a first-wicket stand of 80 before Dimi Mascarenhas struck with two wickets in successive overs.
But with the crowd on the edge of their seats Matt Walker kept his nerve to bring the scores level with a straight-driven four off the penultimate ball.
www.hampshirecricket.com /results/2006/140506_Kent.htm   (454 words)

  
 BBC - Kent Have Your Say - Fan zone - Kent County Cricket Club
I like the appointment of Rob key as captain and i hope he can produce an exciting team foremost and then to win a trophy will be most welcome.
The current champions were lucky to leave canterbury with the draw earlier in the season.
A Kent MP claims large stores which opened early on Christmas Eve flouted Sunday trading laws.
www.bbc.co.uk /kent/have_your_say/sport/kccc.shtml   (330 words)

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