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  Substitute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Substitute character, the hexadecimal code number is 0x1A in the ASCII character set.
Substitution property of equality, an operation used in mathematics.
Substitution (law), a legal right to change a judge that may be biased.
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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.
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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 Cricketer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A cricketer is a term used to refer to a person who plays cricket.
A cricket match is played between two sides, each consisting of eleven cricketers or players, though by agreement that sides may allow fewer or more than eleven cricketers to play as long as no more than eleven players are fielding at any one time.
Cricketers can be classified by what area of the game they are best at.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Cricket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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 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.
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.hallencyclopedia.com /Cricket   (6100 words)

  
 Laws of cricket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The laws of cricket are a set of rules framed by the Marylebone Cricket Club which serve to standardise the format of cricket matches across the world to ensure uniformity and fairness.
Cricket started out as a game played by children, but expanded to become a betting game, and where rich aristocrats were involved, the wagers could be quite large.
In cricket, a substitute may be brought on for an injured fielder.
www.mywikipedia.us /Laws_of_cricket   (2992 words)

  
 Cricket - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
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.
Additionally, as in professional cricket it is common for balls to be bowled at over 90 mph (144 km/h), the game needs to be played in daylight that is good enough for a batsman to be able to see the ball.
A significant feature of first-class cricket is that games must have two innings per side, in contrast with games where the teams have one innings each (including limited overs matches played by teams that are normally recognised as first-class).
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/c/r/i/Cricket.html   (5622 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Sport | Cricket | Cricket: County outings no substitute for top level
Cricket: Vaughan says his career may be over
In part this is because of the stigma that goes with being a one-day cricketer, the implication being that such players are a step down from Test cricketers.
County cricket does not provide the intensity of competition or quality for promising players to step up and succeed at international level.
sport.guardian.co.uk /cricket/story/0,,1803183,00.html   (751 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner - Something good for cricket - Sunday | May 22, 2005
According to the recommendation, the substitution, as it is in soccer, could take place at any time during a match, the player substituted would be ruled out for the remainder of the match, and both the substituted player and the substitute would receive a cap as a player during the match.
As great a game as cricket is, it has always been strange that a bit of bad luck ­ an injury to a top batsman or a top bowler during a match ­ could have been allowed, for so long, to decide the fate of a match.
According to Gavaskar and company, a substitute player will make the game more interesting because a team in trouble will then have a chance to bring in someone who can change things, and that, as it is in soccer, is good for the game as a contest.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20050522/sports/sports4.html   (399 words)

  
 Articles - Cricket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly elliptical grass field, in the centre of which is a hard, flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called the pitch.
Families and teenagers may play backyard cricket in suburban yards or driveways, typically with an improvised set of rules and often, improvised equipment.
Indoor cricket is a variant of the game that can be played in a netted, indoor arena.
www.bowling-balls.net /articles/Cricket   (5734 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Sport | Cricket | New rules add spice to Ashes appetiser
The perennial dilemma of balancing a side of 11 cricketers to ensure that there is enough batting and bowling available has now been diluted and that has always provided the most delicate, yet delicious of problems for selectors and captains.
Occasionally if a side is reduced to 30 for four the substitute might be employed earlier as the batting team chooses to sacrifice a bowler in a desperate pursuit of some runs down the order to create a competitive target.
Selecting an all-rounder as a substitute allows the captain to hedge his bets; if a specialist batsman or bowler were chosen then his usefulness would be dependent upon what happens at the toss.
sport.guardian.co.uk /cricket/theobserver/story/0,10541,1520090,00.html   (968 words)

  
 DM's Explanation of Cricket - Injuries and Substitutions
Substituted players must return to the game as soon as they are capable.
A player in the nominated 11 of a side may not be substituted for any reason other than injury or illness sustained during the match.
A substituted fielder must return to the field as soon as he is capable of playing without danger.
www.dangermouse.net /cricket/substitutions.html   (650 words)

  
 The Hindu : Magazine / Sport : ODI: Much longer innings?
CRICKET is blessed because at the international level it has two versions (with a third already padded up).
Americans call cricket "baseball on valium" while any change to cricket is immediately condemned by its fans as "Americanisation" of a noble sport.
Coloured clothing, night cricket, white balls, fielding restrictions — all that is accepted as bright and contemporary in one-day cricket today were once condemned thus.
www.hindu.com /mag/2005/07/10/stories/2005071000160200.htm   (1043 words)

  
 Striker Melville Indoor Sports Center - Indoor Cricket Rules
This player may not bat or bowl and is regarded as a late player, not a substitute, and may keep wickets if their team is fielding.
A substitute player is one who joins the game, after it has officially commenced, to replace an existing player who is incapable of completing the game due to injury or illness suffered during the game.
Batters who are unable to complete their allocated overs due to injury or illness are not substituted, but merely replaced by a nominated team member.
users.bigpond.net.au /howzat94/rules/cricket.html   (9955 words)

  
 Vibha Cricket 2005: Rules and Regulations
The games will be played as per the MCC Laws of Cricket with some exceptions.
Substitute fielders shall be permitted, for injured players - if they cannot return to the game.
The teams should submit the playing 8 and the name of the substitute fielder at the beginning of the match.
atlanta.vibha.org /cricket/rules.html   (768 words)

  
 All You Need To Know About Cricket : The Laws
A substitute shall not be allowed to bat or bowl not to act as wicket-keeper or as captain on the field of play.
The governing body for cricket in the country concerned shall decide the number of overs applicable in that country, which shall not be less than 75 overs.
If, during play, the ball cannot be found or recovered or the umpires agree that it has become unfit for play through normal use, the umpires shall replace it with a ball which has had wear comparable with that which the previous ball had received before the need for its replacement.
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 Indoor Cricket World - Newsdesk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The player is regarded as a late player, not a substitute, and may keep wickets if their team is fielding.
A substitute is a player who joins the game, after it has commenced, to replace an existing player who is incapable of continuing to play the game due to injury or illness suffered during the game.
The inclusion of a substitute is on the approval of the umpire and/or centre manager or tournament organiser.
www.indoorcricketworld.com /What/rules/rules4   (1304 words)

  
 Cayman Net News: A gentleman’s game
Substitute fielders are generally allowed to replace fielders who are injured or ill, but the decision to allow a substitute rests with the umpires and the opposing captain has no right of appeal.
The issue of substitute fielders is nothing new in international cricket and the laws have been addressed in the past to deal with loopholes in the system.
Cricket does not need to be associated with the ugly scenes that have become familiar in other sports around the globe.
www.caymannetnews.com /2005/09/916/pitch.shtml   (919 words)

  
 Laws Of Cricket
In normal circumstances, a Substitute shall be allowed to field only for a player who satisfies the Umpires that he has become injured or become ill during the match.
In the event of a ball during play being lost or, in the opinion of the Umpires, becoming unfit for play, the Umpires shall allow it to be replaced by one that in their opinion has had a similar amount of wear.
Whilst the conduct of the game on these surfaces should always be in accordance with the Laws of Cricket, it is recognised that it may sometimes be necessary for Governing Bodies to lay down special playing conditions to suit the type of non-turf pitch used in their country.
www.nationwidecricket.com /laws_of_cricket.htm   (11643 words)

  
 Jazzing Up ODI Cricket
Cricket is the big loser here until October, and as the rugby season unfolds and formula one continues every second weekend there'll be little time for cricket anyway.
They made some mild, stuffy resolutions about cricket bats having to remain as they are without proposed enhancements to striking power, but by far their most important proposals were made about the ODI game.
Once a player has been substituted he may not take any further part in the game, and the player who replaced him must see the game to its conclusion.
www.tashitagg.com /12man/00506.asp   (1071 words)

  
 Statisticians stumped by new rules
ICC's latest ruling that allows a player to be replaced with a substitute during the course of a match has made statisticians wonder if there is any end to this nuisance.
The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, England (ACS) recently approached the ICC seeking clarifications on certain situations likely to be faced by the scorers and statisticians after the imposition of the new ruling.
In the Wisden Laws of Cricket 2000 by Don Oslear (one of the people on the committee who drafted the 2000 version), on page 75, the author states: "Under the 2000 code, the start of a match is the moment that the umpire at the bowler's end calls 'play'.
www.rediff.com /cricket/2005/jul/07stats.htm   (1849 words)

  
 Your guide to following Australian Cricket tours - wavingtheflag.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It is thought the real reason for this is that cricketers have traditionally been prepared to play in the Spirit of the Game as well as in accordance with the Laws.
In other cases, enquiries should be initiated by a representative officer of a club, or of an umpires’ association on behalf of his or her committee, or by a master or mistress in charge of school cricket.
Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not only within its Laws but also within the Spirit of the Game.
www.wavingtheflag.com /page.asp?ID=9&Sub=1   (1276 words)

  
 TDI Guidelines
In 301 singles, if a team is short, the captain may elect to use a substitute (encouraged), or may, by agreement of the opposing captain, blind-draw a player from his or her existing player base.
The same guidelines apply for Cricket although a player drawn for 301 may not be drawn for Cricket.
If opposing captains come to terms regarding issues of substitution, number of players, starting times, or reducing the number of legs in a game to adjust the length of a match which substantially affect ONLY their own match, this sheet need not be consulted.
personal.boo.net /~tdi/guide.htm   (2172 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Too much thinking is no substitute for good sense
Judging by the nonsensical recommendations, announced this week, to sex up one-day cricket it is difficult not to come to the conclusion that the good men on the International Cricket Council's cricket committee have got a little too much thinking time on their hands.
It is like the difference between the rigid formula of a short story and a novel, which is allowed to unfold at its own pace, with unpredictable sub-plots along the way.
Cricket is played between the 11 best men from each side.
telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/05/22/scath322.xml   (422 words)

  
 PakPassion - Pakistan Cricket Forum - Loophole in the substitution rule
Otherwise the substitute is just a means of enhancing your bowling/batting lineup and to marginalize the allrounders to a very big extent.
The team management should decide before the toss which 12 players will be playing but they should be allowed to wait until the outcome of the toss before naming their final XI as I thought the team was disclosed at/after the toss anyway.
But if you have to announce the team before the toss, then it makes so much sense and the substitution would be based on the match situation where the captain/coach would have to think the pros and cons of doing the substitution.
www.pakpassion.net /ppforum/printthread.php?t=6899   (1083 words)

  
 cricket - GIDForums
Cricket has these same concepts just with different names and slightly different roles.
I'm guessing that Cricket was created long before baseball, hence there's a good chance that baseball borrowed it's gameplay from cricket.
In all cases where a substitute shall be allowed, the consent of the opposite party shall also be obtained as to the person to act as substitute, and the place in the field which he shall take.
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 Indiatimes - Cricket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced a substitute system in May this year which allows sides to replace a player at any stage of a One-day international.
The replaced player is ruled out of the rest of the match, while the replacement is entitled to assume any remaining batting or bowling duties.
But the rule has come under criticism as a substitute has to be named before the toss, making it more favourable for the team winning the toss.
cricket.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1332447.cms   (292 words)

  
 Rashid Latif Cricket Academy :: Cricket Laws :: Law 2 (Substitutes and runners)
(i) a substitute acting instead of him in the field.
Any injury or illness that occurs at any time after the nomination of the players until the conclusion of the match shall be allowable, irrespective of whether play is in progress or not.
A substitute shall not be allowed to bat or bowl nor to act as wicket-keeper or as captain on the field of play.
www.rlca.com.pk /law2.asp   (448 words)

  
 Abc of Cricket Forum > Odi Structure
The CC also recommended the introduction of soccer-style substitutes for international cricket wherein a player could be replaced at any stage of a match but would then be ruled out for the remainder of the match.
Both the substitute and the substituted player would receive a cap and the replacement could happen at any stage of the match, including during a batting innings.
May 20 2005, 02:58 PM The CC also recommended the introduction of soccer-style substitutes for international cricket wherein a player could be replaced at any stage of a match but would then be ruled out for the remainder of the match.
www.abcofcricket.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t904.html   (2940 words)

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