1) Always keep your eye on your mark, 2) do not walk too fast on your approach, 3) keep your eye on your mark while releasing the ball and follow through towards your mark, 4) do not get upset if you throw a good ball in the pocket and leave a pin or two because you will eventually throw a bad ball that should leave a split but will get a strike, 5) make sure the ball you use fits comfortably and is not too heavy, 6 and most important) enjoy the game.

The most wickets taken in one match was done by Jim Laker from England, he took 10-53 in one innings and 9-37 in the other.

The leading test match wicket taker overall is Muttiah Muralitharan from Sri Lanka, he has taken 800 wickets

C Bannerman, H Graham, R Duff, M Hartigan, H Collins, W Ponsford, A Jackson, J Burke, K Walters, G Chappell, G Cosier, K Wessells, W Phillips, M Waugh, G Blewitt, M Clarke

If the ball is struck by the batsmen of a legal delivery and goes over the boundary rope with bounces, four runs are awarded.

If the ball is struck by the batsmen of a legal delivery and goes over the boundary rope without bounces, six runs are awarded.

If the ball is struck by the batsmen of an illegal delivery (i.e no ball) and goes over the boundary rope with bounces, four runs are awarded to the batsmen, and one extra to the team total.

If the ball is struck by the batsmen of an illegal delivery (i.e no ball) and goes over the boundary rope without bounces, six runs are awarded to the batsmen, and one extra to the team total.

If the ball is not struck by the batsmen of a legal delivery and goes over the boundary rope while bouncing, then four runs are awarded to the team total.

If the ball is not struck by the batsmen of an illegal delivery (wide or no ball) and goes over the boundary rope while bouncing, then five runs are added to the team total, and none to the batsmen.

Depends on whatever time the two teams have agreed on before the start of the series. Generally, it is somewhere between 9-10 AM local time (i.e.: 9 - 10 AM wherever the game is being played).

Since cricket is played all over the world (including Australia and the West Indies), this could mean pretty much any time of the day based on where you live.

In total there are 5 test matches in the ashes series.

But, in the 1997 Series 6 tests were played.

Australia beat American Samoa 31-0

The Ashes are played "at least once every four years" but recent contests have been either yearly or every other year, with matches alternating between England and Australia. There were matches in 2013 (England), 2013-2014 (Australia), and 2015 (England), to be followed by 2017-2018 (Australia).

(1). Shaun Pollock took 4 wickets in his first apperance for Warwickshire against Leichestershire in 1996. (2). Chaminda Vaas in the 2003 World Cup against Bangladesh took 4 wickets in the first over. (3). Lasith Malinga took 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls, but in two overs; last 2 balls of one over and first two balls of the next over. (4). Andrew Caddick in 2000, 4th Test against the West Indies, at Headingley, took 4 Wickets in a over. (5). Lasith malinga vs South Africa, 4 wickets on 4 consecutive Balls. (6). In 2010 World T20 Cricket Championship, Mohammed Aamer of Pakistan bowled the 20th and final over against Australia and reaped 5 wickets. However, 2 of the 5 wicket were not accredited to Aamer, as they were run outs. (7). Ken Cumming, Australian bowler in First Grade cricket in March 1944 took 5 wickets in consecutive balls. (8). South African born bowler Neil Wagner took 5 wickets in an over in a First Class match in New Zealand against Wellington on 6th April 2011.(9) Ansh bowled the over in 2011 in which he picked up 5 wickets

there were totally 84 sixes hit in the season 1

18 English counties play 1st Class Cricket: In no particular order they are : Kent Sussex Middlesex Hampshire Surrey Essex Somerset Glamorgan Gloucestershire Warwichshire Worcestershire Leicestershire Northamptonshire Derbyshire Nottinghamshire Yorkshire Lancashire & Durham. Many others play in the minor counties.

Ian Botham was briefly the world record holder on his way to with 383 Test Wickets. He has since been passed by 11 players, but none of them are English.

383 - IT Botham

325 - RGD Willis

307 - FS Trueman

297 - DL Underwood

252 - JB Statham

248 - MJ Hoggard

236 - AV Bedser

234 - AR Caddick

229 - D Gough

225 - A Flintoff

221 - SJ Harmison

202 - JA Snow

12 English bowlers who have all reached 200+ test wickets.

Children and Preteens need atleast 8 hours of sleep each night. That adds up to 56 hours of sleep a week!
10 or 11 is the ideal amount, adults should get at least 8 for a healthy body. sleep deprivation can harm you in many ways. (:

The current standings are Australia with 31 series wins to England's 30, with a total of 310 Ashes test matches played, Australia winning 123 of those, England 100, with 87 draws. The next Ashes series is to be held in England i the summer of 2013, two years from now.

According to law of cricket, Limit and size of the bat is not more than 38 in (965 mm) long and the blade may not be more than 4.25 in (108 mm) wide. Bats typically weigh from 2 lb 8 oz to 3 lb (1.1 to 1.4 kg) though there is no standard.

As of April 2011, ten cricketers born in South Africa have played cricket for the England Test cricket team.

Basil D'Oliveira

Tony Greig

Allan Lamb

Ian Greig

Kevin Pietersen

Matt Prior

Chris Smith

Robin Smith

Andrew Strauss

Jonathan Trott

The official website for English cricket estimates that the number of people in England who play cricket is around 500,000.

http://www.ecb.co.uk/twelfthman/interactive/q-and-a/2841,2841,QA.html

The first ODI match in India was played at Ahmedabad at Sardar Patel Stadium.

The first of two Centenary Tests between England and Australia took place in 1977, the hundredth anniversary year of the inaugural Test match. Amazingly, exactly the same result occurred in both matches - Australia won by 45 runs.

England's captain was Sussex's South African born batsman and off-break finger-spinner Tony Greig.

The highest 10th wicket partnership in ODI Cricket was an unbeaten 106 by Viv Richards and Michael Holding of the West Indies, vs England in 1984. Michael Holding only scored 12 of these runs, Viv Richards finished on 189 not out,

The First International Cricket Match in India was played in Bombay Gymkhana between India and England under the Captaincy of C.K.Nayadu .

And LALA AMARNATH became the first player to score Century on Indian soil.

The origin of the three lions goes something like this. King Henry I was known as the 'Lion of Justice', and kept a small zoo which included lions. He either used two lions on his shield (as Duke of Normandy, a state whose flag has two lions) to start with, or used one from his nickname then added the other upon his second marriage to Adeliza of Louvain (1121), whose symbol was also a lion. The two-lion shield was thus a personal one for the king, not the country as a whole. Henry's grandson later came to the throne as Henry II , and married the doughty Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose symbol was yet another lion. By the year 1195 their son, Richard I, had combined his parents' arms to form three lions.