Cricket is nicknamed as Gentlemen’s Game: If it was a gentlemen’s game, was it ever a players’ game? For years, probably till the Second World War brought a bit more egality into the world, the English (United Kingdom) divided its cricketers into gentlemen and players. The former were the amateurs, men generally from a privileged background who had gone to …

Cricket Quotes in English For Students: Cricket is one of the most popular games worldwide. No other game has seen as much craze and fan following as this one. Playing cricket requires a lot of physical stamina and good presence of mind. Numerous aspiring cricketers enroll at various cricket academies each year. However, only few among them are able to …

The boys were going to play cricket. There were the twins, Sandeep and Mandeep, Sanjay, Alok, Tanmay, Amitabh, Firoz, Vipin, Munna, Jasbir, Sudhir and Suresh. What fun it would be! “We will play on that nice flat stretch of land!” Said Sandeep. “You put the stumps in, Suresh!” Little Tanmay came running up. “Alok, Alok!” He cried. “Can I play …

Cricket Coloring Pages For Students: Cricket is an outdoor game mostly liked by the children and they dream to become a good cricketer in their young age. It is played using a bat and a ball in the big open field. It is the played in between the two competitor teams having 11 players. It is played in the field having …

Nanik Amarnath Bhardwaj (Lala Amarnath: 11 September 1911 – 5 August 2000) was an Indian Test cricketer. He was the first cricketer to score a Test century for the Indian cricket team, which he achieved on debut. He was also independent India’s first Test captain, leading the team on a tour of Australia in 1947-1948. Amarnath was born in Kapurthala, …

Glenn Turner scored 171* against East Africa. Amiss scored 137 against India. Fletcher’s 131 was scored against New Zealand and Lloyd scored his century in the final. Glenn Maitland Turner (born May 26, 1947) played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country’s best and most prolific batsmen. He is the current head of the New Zealand Cricket …

The first radio commentary was broadcast in 1922 in Australia covering a testimonial match for Charles Bannerman, at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The commentator was Lionell Watt. In 1927, BBC attempted its first radio broadcast of a cricket test, for a match between Essex and New Zealand, and the commentator was Plum Warner. However, BBC did not pursue the idea …

Ricky Ponting of Australia has hit most number of sixes in world cups while Sachin Tendulkar of India holds the record of most fours in cricket’s biggest tournament. These two legends will be playing in world cup 2011 which means they both can add onto their tally, here’s the list upto the begining of 2011 edition. Most 6s in world …

The first cricket game to be covered on radio between two teams from New South Wales was a charity game in Australia in 1922. Len Watt was the man behind the mike. Regular commentary started during the 1924-25 Ashes series, where a summary of the day’s play would be given at regular intervals on a Sydney radio station. The first …

The Umpire Decision Review System (abbreviated as UDRS or DRS) is a new technology based system currently being used on an experimental basis in the sport of cricket. The system is being used only in Test Cricket for the sole purpose of reviewing the controversial decisions made by the on field umpires in the case of a batsman being dismissed …