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	Cricket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cricket (6150 words)

	Slip (cricket) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the sport of cricket, a slip fielder (collectively, a slip cordon) is placed fairly close in on the off side of a batsman.
		Slips are usually placed with the aim of catching an edged ball which is beyond the wicket-keeper's reach.
		The slip cordon's distance from the batsman increases with the pace of the bowler; generally they will be marginally further away from the batsman than the wicketkeeper is. Because of the resulting geometry, spin bowlers generally have fewer slips in the cordon than a fast bowler would in an equivalent game situation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slip_(cricket) (648 words)

	Rashid Latif Cricket Academy :: Cricket Glossary
		In the early days of cricket it is reported that the fielder constantly looked down (to see what he was treading in) as often as he looked up to see the ball in mid air.
		Cricket fielders do not protect their hands with gloves, any hard hit ball is likely to result in injury to hands or body.
		Slips are field positions directly behind the wickets adjacent to the stumper, can be occupied by up to five players.
	www.rlca.com.pk /cricketglossary.asp (1308 words)

	Cricket - Uncyclopedia
		Cricket is also a contest between numerous obscure former colonies of the British Empire to determine which of them is the greatest nation on Earth.
		Cricket is divided into two houses, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
		In the case of a deep wide short fine leg being run out by the slip's backwards point boundaryman, the batting team (usually The House of Lords, as said earlier) are forced to subsititute their 12th man for a golden duck and a cup of Dilmah Tea.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Cricket (2912 words)

	BBC SPORT \| CRICKET \| The art of slip catching
		And that from a man who was no mug at slip himself and who spent much of his Test career alongside Ian Botham, England's leading catcher and a legend at second slip.
		But a word of warning: if it is a masterclass of slip catching that you are after, Mark Waugh might not be the best cricketer to follow.
		Slip fielders talk to each other between balls, sometimes about the match situation but often about something they might have seen on the telly the night before.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/1684674.stm (861 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There is someone who has moved away to a space on the cricket stage that appears to be close to the wing rather than the centre.
		Cricket in India at the turn of the century had seen the dominance of Sachin Tendulkar on the field and Pepsi off it.
		In every cricket series there are some advertisers who hog the limelight and others who fill up the rest of the space.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1060205/asp/calcutta/story_5773070.asp (497 words)

	Greater Kansas Cricket Club - Cricket 101 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The word ‘cricket’ may well have been derived from a curved staff used by a shepherd that was known as a ‘cric’.
		Cricket was a game played mainly by young peasants and interest is believed to have already spread abroad before it gained in popularity in England late in the 17th Century.
		With three slips, a gully and a short leg all up in catching positions this is an attacking field that you are likely to see at the start of a Test match.
	www.kansascricketclub.org /clubpages/id_405 (8556 words)

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		A cricket field is a roughly elliptical field of flat grass, ranging in size from about 90 to 150 metres (100-160 yards) across, bounded by an obvious fence or other marker.
		The most serious misconduct in a cricket match is of the order of a rude gesture to an opponent or throwing the ball into the ground in disgust.
		The Ashes trophy is a small urn containing ``the ashes of English cricket'' (in reality the ashes of a set of bails), which ``died'' in a match in 1882 when Australia beat England for the first time.
	www.cs.purdue.edu /homes/hosking/cricket/explanation.htm (9560 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| Cricket \| Surrey let their slip show
		In a season when Surrey are bent on winning the championship and the rest of the First Division would be relieved just to avoid relegation, it does not do to carp too loudly about their weaknesses.
		One stray glove yesterday demanded a reflex catch at slip from Hollioake, who was so taken by the rise in standards that he appealed to the umpire.
		Surrey's preferred slips are Graham Thorpe and Mark Butcher - although their absence with England is hardly new - and Ally Brown was missing yesterday with a stomach bug.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /cricket/story/0,10069,750332,00.html (463 words)

	Cricket
		Slip End have joined the North Herts League at a time of major expansion, having increased the number of clubs partricipating from 10 to 18.
		Slip End will play each club once and the outcome will decide the composition of a division 1 and 2 League in 2003.
		Slip End's winter nets are being held until the end of April on Sundays at Redbourn Cricket School between 6 and 7 pm.
	www.slipend.co.uk /Groups/Cricket.htm (295 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - Glossary
		the area of grass on which a cricket match is played, consisting of the entire area within the boundary; a cricket ground.
		a game of cricket of three to five days duration, with two innings per side, played under a specified set of conditions and officially recognised by an official governing body of cricket.
		the slip fielding position three-removed from the wicket-keeper, just to the off side of third slip.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/glossary/f.html (1257 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - Glossary
		the result of a cricket match in which both sides complete all their innings and they have both scored the same number of runs.
		the edge of a cricket bat on the top as the bat is held horizontally.
		a group of more than eleven cricket players selected to go on a tour as a pool from which to choose the eleven players and a twelfth man in particular matches.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/glossary/t.html (1026 words)

	cricketthefinalhistory
		Some of the early cricket writers actually referred to the near side when describing the leg side however this term did not last.
		The origin of the slips is hinted at in an early description of the long stop, who ‘is required to cover many slips from the bat’.
		The origin of this term stems from early cricket when the position was called ‘point of the bat’.
	www.cwu.edu /~jefferis/unitplans/cricket/cricketthefinalhistory.html (476 words)

	Fielding Positions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		FIRST SLIP: The fielder at First slip normally stands a few paces behind the wicketkeeper as the ball tends to travel quickly if a batsman gets a faint edge on the ball.
		SECOND SLIP: The fielder at Second slip stands next to the player at the first slip position.
		The second slip is only likely to be used in the first couple of overs of a match or if a team is employing an attacking field in an attempt to finish an innings off.
	www.worcestershirewomen.co.uk /Playing/Cricket_Fielding_Positions.html (1288 words)

	Welcome - Cricket Hall Of Fame
		Roberts, one of this year’s Cricket Hall of Fame’s inductees said during his acceptance speech that he does not see the commitment, gut feeling and love for the game that can be attributed to past players among our present team.
		Commending the members of the Cricket Hall of Fame for including women in their organization, Holding took a poke at the male chauvinism that is evident in game throughout the world.
		Before his introduction which was done by P. Guha, a good friend and cricket enthusiast who resides in Michigan and who accepted his plaque on his behalf, a citation from the Australian Consul General in New York, which outlined the glowing accomplishment of the star cricketer was read to the audience.
	www.crickethalloffame.org (2291 words)

	Action Packed Cricket Video Tapes: Action Packed Cricket
		Cricket is a team sport for two teams of eleven players each.
		All of the rules of cricket have been described above, as well as some other information which is not ``rules'', such as names of fielding positions.
		After the tour was over, cricket officials introduced the rules against dangerous bowling, and the restriction of no more than two fielders backward of square leg.
	www.cricketvideo.com /cricket_exp.html (9613 words)

	Fielding rules in Cricket
		The second slip is likely to be used in the first couple of over's of a match or if a team is employing an attacking field in an attempt to finish an innings off.
		This position usually given to the youngest member of the fielding side and employed against players who are especially strong off their hips.
		This position is similar to first slip on the leg side and is very often referred to as leg slip.
	www.webindia123.com /Sports/cricket/fielding.htm (799 words)

	Backyard cricket.
		The rules of backyard and beach cricket are as fluid as the waves on an ocean shore which will snatch the ball from off the very pitch itself; so what follows are the myths and legends by which we play.
		When the bat follows the ball over the fence, then it is time to slip quietly inside and set up a board game, and maintain you have been playing it for hours and it must have been the kids over the road who sneaked in to have a game...they're always doing that...
		By the same token, backyard cricket is equally good for the dog, giving it some excitement, exercise, and a feeling of oneness with the family.
	www.freelance.primetap.com /backyard.htm (2087 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Cricket : Clarke stepping into Ponting's shoes
		Probably the young Clarke was reminded of the occasion when he drifted into a sort of a cricketing slumber at second slip during the second Test, grassing the simplest of opportunities and reprieving Yuvraj Singh.
		At the Vidarbha Cricket Association ground, Clarke was alive and alert in the slip cordon, brushing his palms in anticipation as the pacemen began their run-up, then bending his knees and settling down, his eyes on the ball.
		The Chappell brothers, Ian and Greg, were formidable barriers in the first and second slips, pouching them aplenty as the snicks flew thick and fast off the menacing Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee; at gully was the redoubtable Ashley Mallet.
	www.hindu.com /2004/10/29/stories/2004102909171800.htm (700 words)

	Abc of Cricket Forum
		I would like to pay a tribute to Waqar Younis, he is one of the greats to have played test match cricket and to only have played 87 tests is pretty sad.
		A small example would be what I just witnessed a few hours ago: putting a third slip at fourth slip's position to his two fastest bowlers, leaving a huge gap at third slip where many regulation chances fall for fast bowlers.
		Two easy third slip catches drop in the middle of no man's land, as the first two slips and the new third slip and gully look on.
	www.abcofcricket.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=39 (1381 words)

	Many a Slip: A Diary of a Club Cricket Season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For that alone Many a Slip is worth reading because you'll identify moreso with a shared bond that spans a far greater distance than some of the more parochial and therefore recognisable events in Rain Men and similar diaries.
		If you're not a cricketer then this is worth reading to see what all the fuss is about: ultimately, it isn't even about the cricket; it's about the shared interest and the mateship.
		This is the diary of the South Yarra cricket club's 2001-02 sesson in Melbourne, Australia.
	www.armchairfans.co.uk /books/1854108719 (341 words)

	Pigeon expects a slip down pecking order - Cricket - Sport - smh.com.au
		TEST cricket's most prolific paceman, Glenn McGrath, is expecting a pay cut after taking time off to support his wife during her battle with cancer.
		After Cricket Australia yesterday named its 25 contracted players for the all-important 2006-07 season, which includes an Ashes series and a World Cup, McGrath's management team was certain the 36-year-old would slide down the rankings list, having missed Australia's tours of South Africa and Bangladesh to remain with his family.
		We will meet with Cricket Australia and find out officially where he is in the next couple of weeks.
	www.smh.com.au /news/cricket/pigeon-down-pecking-order/2006/05/01/1146335670431.html (859 words)

	Origins and Derivation of Common Cricket Terms and Expressions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This rule was introduced in 1809 when a lot of cricket was played in sheep meadows and lost balls were a regular occurrence.
		They were introduced into cricket only with the advent of roundarm and overarm bowling, which was sufficiently fast to injure the legs of batsman.
		Early cricketers did not consider it sporting to defend their wickets with their legs, so there was no need for pads - or indeed for an L.B.W. law.
	www.notout.com.au /terms.htm (1610 words)

	CNNSI.com - Cricket - West Indies slip to fresh low in India - Monday October 21, 2002 09:44 AM
		"We are not playing cricket at all," a dejected Hooper said after the eight-wicket rout in the second Madras test Sunday with nearly a day and a half to spare.
		The latest failure for the side, which dominated world cricket in the 1980s, has shocked Indian fans used to the heroics of Gary Sobers, Clive Lloyd and Vivian Richards.
		Former players have said this is the worst West Indies side ever while some fans have gone to the extent of comparing their performance with Bangladesh, who routinely suffer big losses since making their test debut two years ago.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2002/10/21/windies_reax (571 words)

	The RSC/UKSC Cricket FAQ
		Cricket is only available on a PPV basis.
		The Olympic mob saw a great way of expanding their appeal by declaring that all the sports being played in Paris that year were part of the Olympics and awarding medals to the winners.
		So there were several events which are recorded as having taken place at the 1900 Olympics which have never recurred, the cricket match featuring a touring club side from Devon and some local ex-pat Englishmen opposition, as "England" and "France" respectively, being one of them.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/sports/cricket/cricket-faq (6721 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| Cricket \| Saggers turns mugger as Surrey's title hopes slip away
		Saggers, whose brisk, straight bowling has now brought him 52 first-class wickets for Kent this season, was on the attack immediately.
		Now 31, his hopes of higher honours may have faded but he is one of those intelligent, penetrative operators who give the lie to the sneer that county cricket is full of Dave Podmores, trundling towards a benefit and a new sponsored car.
		Within five overs he had shot away any hopes Surrey might have had of making amends for their ineffective bowling.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /cricket/story/0,10069,1036708,00.html (541 words)

	Cricket Ump Online
		The ball was snatched acrobatically almost from behind first slip, and was simply brilliant.
		Farhat held on for 65 runs from 109 balls with 11 fours, before Jayawardene snapped up a catch at first slip from the bowling of the steady Kulasekera.
		Mohammed Yousuf resumed a discussion with Murali when he joined Younis but it was Khan who looked the most competent batsman in the game when he finished unbeaten with 73 runs from only 98 balls with 12 boundaries.
	www.cricketump.com (538 words)

	The Ashes Cricket Series Since 1877 - 334 Not Out
		In his book, Gideon takes us through the highs and lows of amateur cricket, combining high amusement with serious commentary to produce a well-rounded snapshot of life at the grassroots end of the game.
		What we have with the Yarras Cricket Club is a group of cricketers who certainly know how to enjoy themselves on and off the field.
		The emphasis is directed toward a pure enjoyment of cricket and the social aspect of the game it affords.
	www.334notout.com /ashes/books/review1.htm (404 words)

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