Kids Questions & Answers

It is a dismissal in which a cricketer who is good at playing a particular stroke gets out on that stroke very early. V V S Laxman, for instance, is good at playing the leg stroke. He’s played it on several occasions. But if he gets out early while playing it, it’s called a soft dismissal.

It is a form of bowling. The ball is held between the thumb, forefinger and the middle finger, and the ball is squeezed out of the fingers. It could result in an off-break, a leg-break, or a googly. Like in carrom, one never knows where the ball will land.

In football, a banana kick causes the ball to curve or bend in flight. When hit, the ball curves away from the kicker and then bends back in. It is usually used in a dead ball situation, when the ball is stationary, to get around a “wall” of opposing players and then back in towards the goal. The banana kick …

It usually only matters in the amateur ranks. A fighter is judged on the scorecards as either red corner or blue corner. White corners are considered neutral corners where a fighter is sent in case of a knock down (furthest neutral corner) or a time out is called by the referee. Going back to Japan, the red was always the …

There are five ways that a franchise can acquire a player. In the annual auction, buying domestic players, signing uncapped players, through trading and buying replacements. In the trading window the player can only be traded with his consent. The franchise will have to pay the difference between the old contract price and the new contract price. If the new …

Sumo wrestling. In this sport, the two contestants, who follow a special diet for strength and weight, try to push each other out of a small ring.

898 Of the record 898 medals awarded at Manchester, there were 282 Gold, 280 Silver, and 336 Bronze medals.

In cricket, a player’s batting average is the total number of runs he has scored divided by the number of times he has been out. Since the number of runs a player scores and how often he gets out are primarily measures of his playing ability, and largely independent of his team mates, the batting average is a good statistic …

Taking cue from sports bodies around the world, the ICC and Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations launched the ‘Hall of Fame’ as part of the centenary year celebrations. Initially, 55 cricketers – from Richie Benaud to Sunil Gavaskar – were inducted. The inductees received a Fame cap. The elected members also get a chance to recommend other cricketers as inductees. …

There is no hard and fast rule about choosing cricket colours. In most cases, the country adopts colours from their national flags – as Pakistan, Bangladesh, England, West Indies, Zimbabwe do. In some cases, the country wears the national colours – Australia wears green and gold, Holland wears orange, South Africa wears dark green and New Zealand wears black (silver …