Cricket

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English: Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players each. It is the second most popular sport in the world. Cricket (animal) also is an insect in the order orthoptera that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

Galego: O críquet é un xogo de equipo que se xoga entre dous grupos de once xogadores cada un.

Français : Le cricket est un sport d'équipe où s'affrontent deux équipes de onze personnes. Note : le criquet est un insecte de l'ordre des orthoptera qui produit une stridulation en frottant ses ailes avec une partie spécifique de ses pattes arrières.

[edit] Basics

The Overview	Batting basics	Scoring basics	Bowling basics
Fielding basics	Catching basics	Wicket-keeping Basics	The review
Cricket positions	Cricket shots	Cricket pitch	Wicket

[edit] Cricket equipments

[edit] Cricket Bat

cricket bat

Oldest cricket bat from 1729

[edit] Cricket ball

Cricket ball
Cricketball with transparent background	Typical bowling action.	Typical bowling action.

[edit] Persons

Brian Lara, during his lap of honor.	Former England cricket captain, Nasser Hussain	Darren Gough bowling	John Blackham
Shaun Pollock batting	Billy Caffyn		Pollock bowling to Hussey.
Andrew Flintoff bowling.	Mitchell Johnson bowling.	Muttiah Muralitharan bowls to Adam Gilchrist.	Andrew Symonds batting.
Pollock bowling to Hussey.	Kapil Dev hitting six in 1990 Oval test match.	Monty Panesar during Ashes Test match	Flintoff during practice session
Glenn McGrath in his final test series

[edit] Matches

Cricket match at Sydney Cricket Ground	Bradford/Leeds UCCE celebrate after beating Surrey at the Oval on 22 April 2005	Sussex field against Derbyshire at Hove on 24 April 2005	The Arthur Gilligan stand at Hove
The Pavilion at Hove	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	England set a very attacking field against Bangladesh on the third day. Only the bowler and silly point are in front of the stumps.	England celebrate winning the First Test against Bangladesh at Lord's in 2005
Australia vs New Zealand, Chappell-Hadlee Series 2005.	MCG Stadium host of the '92 Cricket World Cup Final.	Australia vs India at the MCG, Jan 2004	South Africa vs England, Jan 2005, Test Day 3.
England vs Sri Lanka, Twenty20 International.	Australia v South Africa,VB Series. The sun set, and the lights came on.	Famous Weathervane at Lord's Cricket Ground.	Wellington Friebirds verse Central Stags at the Basin Reserve.

[edit] Misc

Cricket World Cup 2007 captains with the world cup trophy	Opening Ceremony - 2007 Cricket World Cup	Mello, 2007 cwc mascot	Sri Lanka 5 rupie Cricket World Cup
The first mention of the Ashes		ICC members	Cricket World Cup best results
shadow figure of bowling	shadow figure of batting	Crowd leaves the County Ground at Hove	Women's cricket