• Cricket is a multi-faceted sport with different formats, depending on the standard of play, the desired level of formality, and the time available. One...
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    Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre; 66-foot) pitch with...
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  • Short form cricket is a collective term for several modified forms of the sport of cricket, with playing times significantly shorter than more traditional...
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  • List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes...
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  • First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or...
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    Cricket is a format of the sport of cricket, considered the game’s most prestigious and traditional form. Often referred to as the "ultimate test" of...
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  • Twenty20 is one of the three forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as being played at the highest level, both internationally...
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    Twenty20 (redirect from Twenty20 cricket)
    of twenty overs. Together with first-class and List A cricket, Twenty20 is one of the three forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council...
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    from all forms of cricket in January 2023. In a career spanning more than 20 years, he scored more than 13,000 runs in all forms of cricket. Vijay was...
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  • T10 cricket is a short form of cricket. Two teams play a single innings, which is restricted to a maximum of ten overs (60 legal balls) per side, with...
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    in all forms of international cricket (Test, ODI, and Twenty20). He is the 16th player and the first Indian to score 50,000 runs in all forms of domestic...
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    he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. In June 2020, Jaffer was announced as the head coach of Uttarakhand for 2020–21 season. Citing...
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    International (ODI) is a format of Cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs, with the...
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  • 100-ball cricket is a short form of cricket designed to attract new audiences to the game with simplified rules, which was originally created by the England...
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    combining all forms of cricket. In 2011 he was named one of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack's four Cricketers of the Year, and Wisden's Test Player of the Year...
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    greatest ODI batsman of all time. He announced his retirement from international cricket in 2008 and from all forms of cricket in 2012. Ganguly was awarded...
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    Inter-county cricket matches have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and...
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  • A cricket bat is a specialised piece of equipment used by batters in the sport of cricket to hit the ball, typically consisting of a cane handle attached...
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    retirement from all forms of cricket. He retired from international duty on 24 February 2016 and from all forms of cricket in August 2019. On 3 March 2008...
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  • overs form of women's cricket. Matches are scheduled for 50 overs, equivalent to the men's game. The first women's ODIs were played in 1973, as part of the...
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  • maximum number of overs (sets of 6 legal balls), usually between 20 and 50, although shorter and longer forms of limited overs cricket have been played...
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    Lucia on a tour of the Caribbean. He attained man of the match in the 3rd series. He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket prior to the 2024–25...
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    Yuvraj Singh (category Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup)
    Inspiring Sportsperson of the Year Award" by FICCI. On 10 June 2019, Yuvraj announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. He last represented...
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    in all forms of cricket. He played as an attacking slow left arm orthodox bowler and left-handed tail-ender batsman for Hyderabad. He is one of the very...
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    aspects of cricket terminology are explained in more detail in cricket statistics and the naming of fielding positions is explained at fielding (cricket). Cricket...
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    (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former international cricketer, who played all forms of the game. Hussey is also widely...
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    three players out. In cricket, they "dismiss" all players but one, though in some forms of cricket, there is a limit on the number of deliveries (scoring...
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    Robin Uthappa (category Cricketers at the 2007 Cricket World Cup)
    run-scorer that year in the IPL. He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 14 September 2022. Uthappa was born in Kodagu in Karnataka, India...
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    In September 2018, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He was a member of the Indian team that won the 2007 T20 World Cup. He first...
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  • Kwik cricket (known as Kanga cricket in Australia, and Kiwi cricket in New Zealand) is a high-speed version of cricket aimed mainly at encouraging children...
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