The Ashes cricket tournament is held between two teams Australia & England. These games are held either in Australia or in England. Some of the great venues that have hosted Ashes tournament matches are: Sydney, Melbourne, Lords etc.
no offense that is a stupid question because nobody knows how many people play cricket because people play in the street, on fields and playing proper cricket. so i would say at least a billion play for fun in the street and about 75 million play for cubs
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is one of Australia's most significant sporting stadiums, and is a place that Australians associate with some of the greatest moments in Australian sporting history. Dating back to September 1853, when the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) was granted a new site for a ground in the Government Paddock, the MCG has been the scene of many important events, as well as many 'firsts' in Australian sporting history. Millions of fans pass through the gates every year to attend sporting and entertainment events. The MCG was included in the National Heritage List on 26 December 2005.
Games in which various kinds of balls are hit by various kinds of sticks or bats have existed for a thousand years or more
England was the pioneer of cricket and spread it around during colonization. All the Commonwealth nations play it.
Cricket began in southeast England and the first clear references to it date from the late 16th century. It may have begun as a children's game but records from around 1610 show that it was being played by adults. Not long after that we have references to matches between neighboring parishes and villages.
There is, however, no record of a specific date or place where cricket, as distinct from other ball and bat games, began.
The Ashes is a cricket trophy contested between England and Australia every two years. The name comes from the fact that the trophy itself is a small urn which contains the ashes of the stumps used in the first ever match between England and Australia.
There is a lot of rivalry between the two countries over the Ashes and the competition between the players can often get quite fierce.
twenty-20 cricket (T20 is the official name) is a format of cricket with a 20-over a side match. The format has gained soaring popularity in the modern era due to the fact that it lasts only 3 hours as compared to a 8 - 10 hour ODI (One Day International) and 5 day Test match.
if one of the team with the ball player is inside the ring there attackings key for longer than 3 secs from when the ball croses half way and the player inside the key dosent have the ball or the ball has been shot its a turnover.
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First One-day cricket World cup was held in England in 1975.
Yes 100% No not really. Australia is more likely to win it, or it will be a draw.
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The captain of the English cricket was Michael Vaughan but in 2008 it is Kevin Peterson.Now Paul Collingwood is the new captain.
Now ANDREW STRAUSS.
Now Alistair Cook.Women's team:Charlotte Edwards
Kevin Pieterson was recently appointed as captain of the England test (and one-day) team, taking over from Michael Vaughan. KP captained England to victory over South Africa (his country of birth) in his first game as skipper, but the South Africans already had an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Pieterson is considered a bold choice by many due to his maverick batting style Kevin Pieterson was recently appointed as captain of the England test (and one-day) team, taking over from Michael Vaughan. KP captained England to victory over South Africa (his country of birth) in his first game as skipper, but the South Africans already had an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Pieterson is considered a bold choice by many due to his maverick batting style
In 2007 Australia thrashed England 5-0 in the Ashes series.
There have been nineteen:
Robert W Barber
Brian C Broad
Mark A Butcher
Alastair N Cook
John H Edrich
Graeme Fowler
David I Gower
Nicholas V Knight
David Lloyd
Peter H Parfitt
Geoffrey Pullar
Peter E Richardson
Robert C Russell
Andrew J Strauss
Raman Subba Row
Graham P Thorpe
Marcus E Trescothick
Allan J Watkins
William Watson
I extracted these from the list of English century-makers on www.howstat.com.au; the years are shown, so I just had to check each post-war player's page for handedness.
Not on this website. However, go to the FIH site and search under Rules, or go to <http://www.fihockey.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,1181-177698-194916-110316-0-file,00.pdf>; a diagram should be somewhere in there.