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a sport so polite it stops for tea and may end in a draw after five days
means A bat-and-ball game between two teams of eleven, played on a grass pitch, in which one side bowls and fields while the other bats to score runs.
from Likely from Old French 'criquet', a kind of stick or goalpost, or possibly from Middle Dutch 'cricke', a staff or crook — fitting for a game built around a wielded bat. The insect named cricket is unrelated, coming separately from Old French 'criquet' in the sense of the creature's chirp, an echoic word imitating its sound.
- longest match
- A 1939 Test lasted ten days, still ended drawn
- chirp math
- Insect crickets count temperature by chirp rate
- global reach
- Second most popular sport on Earth
- the ashes
- Trophy holds a burnt cricket bail in an urn
- speed
- Fast bowlers hurl deliveries past 95 mph
the ashes — test series between england and australia since 1882, played biennially
indian premier league — t20 franchise league founded in 2008, most watched cricket tournament globally
icc cricket world cup — international tournament held every 4 years since 1975
sussex county cricket club — english first-class team founded in 1839, one of 18 county teams