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What is cricket?

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The cricket is played on the grassy surface. Worth of every team in psl  The shape of the common field does not matter much, usually the radius of the entire area is about 130-150 meters. The main action of the game takes place on a ground in the middle of the field, the length of which is 22 yards or 20.12 meters, and the width is about 3 meters. From both edges of the site there are wickets - similarity of gates - consisting of three rows of rails with two bars. The height of the wicket is 67.5 cm, and the width is 20 cm. Cricket is played by two teams in each of which have 11 players, of which 4-5 bowlers and 5-6 batters. Another important participant is the wicket-keeper. The game is as follows. The server throws the ball into the gate, trying to break it. In turn, the defender from the opposing team should not allow this and in time to repel the ball with a bat. If the serve is repulsed, the batsman must run to the other end of the playing field, while the other batsman o...

The history of the game

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The game of English gentlemen and noble gentlemen, was born in the 13th century. Initially, cricket was considered only a child's play, but eventually became a pastime, which is an integral part of English traditions. True popularity came to cricket in the 18th century, when the rules of the game were officially established and fixed. Then clubs of professional cricketers began to appear. In 1990, cricket was included in the Olympic Register. However, not too well-known at the time the game, did not win the hearts of spectators and cricket very soon expelled from the Olympic program. Since the beginning of the 20th century, cricket has become popular not only in England, but also in other countries of Europe, Africa and even Australia.

CRICKET - ELITE SELECTION

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Cricket is a game of high society in England. There is it for a long time and preserves its traditions, not changing them even after many years Cricket  WHAT`S NEW IN PSL 2018 AND NEW PLAYERS IN PESHAWAR ZALMI 2018 became the symbol of England, the same as fog or monarchy. The game in which gentlemen from the upper world prefer to play, has always been popular among the common people. But the official cricket clubs always consisted only of the most notable persons. That is why membership in the cricket club served as a distinctive feature of an aristocrat. To this day, the turn to membership in the best cricket clubs in the world, can last for more than one year.

The "cricket diplomacy"

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Historically, whenever India and Pakistan have gone through a period of tension, cricket has come to the rescue. For example from 1961 to 1978, there were no diplomatic relations between the two countries and the contact was reconnected with the "Cricket Series" of 1978, a series of matches which introduced, in the vocabulary of chancelleries, the "Cricket Diplomacy".             The most famous episode of this sporting peace occurred in 1987. General Zial Ul Haq, President of the Republic of Pakistan, unexpectedly invited himself to a match in India in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, while tension between Islamabad and New Delhi was at its height, always about Kashmir. At that time, India had just launched large maneuvers, while Pakistan had alerted its troops. There was fear of a return to open conflict, as in 1965 and 1971, but the gesture of Zia Ul Haq prevented the worst.

Cricket, more than a sport

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In March 2003, as renewed tension threatened an Indian team's tour of Pakistan, the move to Lahore of an Indian team prevented another incident after another uprising. Psl schedule and teams 2018   A month after this tour, the Indian prime minister of the day was reaching out "a hand of friendship," a formula that had introduced a period of rather serene relations between the two powers of the Indian subcontinent. For which cricket is more than a sport: a form of political affirmation already used against the English occupier, of the time of the colonization. The diplomatic legs of February 2015, during the World Cup, produced more formal effects in May 2015. Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, officially supported the idea of ​​a former president (of Indian nationality) the International Cricket Federation to relaunch play series. "We made the decision to launch series between our two countries to improve our relationship," Narendra Modi said. The ba...

India and Pakistan gather around a cricket ground

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SPORT FOR PEACE (2/3) India and Pakistan, two countries in open or latent warfare for nearly seventy years, met in February 2015 at the Cricket World Cup. On February 15, 2015, one billion viewers watched the India-Pakistan match, one hundred million more than for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics or the final of the last World Cup. Indifferent to most sports that thrill the rest of humanity, India and Pakistan have indeed a common passion for cricket, sport imported by the British colonizer, the time when the two peoples were united in the same State, until the partition of 1947. The main issue of this game was not on the field but in the stands In this February match counting for the World Cup, the sporting logic was respected, because India dominated its neighbor, which was the case during the six meetings between the two teams between 1992 and 2015. Lean consolation, Pakistan was avenged in the semi-finals by Australia, future winner of the competition. Sti...

Behind the football World Cup and the summer Olympics, it's the open scrum to get on the podium.v

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This summer was the Tour de France. In a few months, it will be the Euro of football. In the meantime, the Super Bowl will have shown its muscles. But right now, it's the Rugby World Cup that's going well New players in PSL 2018 . In globalized sport, nothing is bigger than the Football World Cup and the Summer Olympics. All that counts is in billions. Behind, the hierarchy is more blurred and feeds all fantasies. To be in the wheel of the World Cup and the Olympics is to have the best place in the sun. Of the 7.3 billion people in the world, nearly half (3.6 billion) watched "at least one minute" of the 2012 London Olympics. For the penultimate World Cup in football, in 2010 they were 3.2 billion. Both events have been broadcast in 220 and 219 countries around the world, that is, almost all. There were 21,000 journalists present in London, against 16,000 in Brazil. 3 billion interactions on Facebook during the World Cup and 150 million tweets during the Olympics...