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Cricket
is a bat and ball sport played between two teams, usually
of eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass
field, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22
yards (20.12 m) long, called a pitch. At each end of the pitch
is a set of three parallel wooden stakes (known as stumps)
driven into the ground, with two small crosspieces (known
as bails) laid on top of them.
This wooden structure is called a wicket. A player from the
fielding team bowls a hard, fist-sized cork-centred leather
ball from one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces
once before reaching a player from the opposing team (the
batsman), who defends the wicket from the ball with a wooden
cricket bat. The batsman, if he or she does not get out, may
then run between the wickets, exchanging ends with the other
batsman , who has been standing in an inactive role near the
bowler's wicket, to score runs. The other members of the bowler's
team stand in various positions around the field as fielders.
The match is won by the team that scores more runs. |
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Cricket has
been an established team sport for hundreds of years. It originated
in its modern form in England and is popular mainly in the
present and former members of the Commonwealth. In the countries
of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and
Sri Lanka, cricket is the most popular sport. It is also a
major sport in places such as England and Wales, Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Bermuda, and the English-speaking
countries of the Caribbean, which are collectively known in
cricketing parlance as the West Indies. There are also well
established amateur club competitions in countries as diverse
as the Netherlands, Kenya, Nepal and Argentina, among others;
there are over one hundred cricket-playing nations recognised
by the International Cricket Council. Cricket is arguably
the second most popular sport in the world.
The sport is followed with passion in many different parts
of the world. It has even occasionally given rise to diplomatic
outrage, the most notorious being the Basil D'Oliveira affair
which led to the banning of South Africa from sporting events.
Other examples include the Bodyline series, played between
England and Australia in the early 1930s, and the 1981 underarm
bowling incident involving Australia and New Zealand.
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The Hague
The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Image:Ltspkr.pngDen Haag,
officially also Image:Ltspkr.png's-Gravenhage (literally "The
Count's Hedge")) is the third-largest city in the Netherlands
after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,580
(as of January 1, 2006) (population of agglomeration: 600,000)
and an area of approximately 100 km². It is located in
the west of the country, in the province of South Holland,
of which it is also the provincial capital.
The Hague is the actual seat
of government, but, somewhat anomalously, not the official
capital of the Netherlands, a role set aside by the Dutch
constitution for Amsterdam. The Hague is the home of the Eerste
Kamer (first chamber) and the Tweede Kamer (second chamber),
respectively the upper and lower houses forming the "Staten
Generaal" (literally the "Estates-General").
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands lives and works in The Hague.
All foreign embassies and government ministries are located
in the city, as well as the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (The
Supreme Court), the Raad van State (Council of State) and
many lobbying organisations, including the Association of
Netherlands Municipalities.
Zuid-Holland
Zuid-Holland ( uitspraak (info•uitleg)) is een provincie
in West-Nederland aan de Noordzeekust. Het is een van de dichtstbevolkte
en meest geïndustrialiseerde gebieden in Nederland. De
provincie meet 3403 km². Het aantal inwoners is 3,46
miljoen (2006), waarmee Zuid-Holland de bevolkingsrijkste
provincie van Nederland is. Aangrenzende provincies zijn Zeeland
in het zuiden, Noord-Brabant in het zuidoosten en Gelderland
en Utrecht in het oosten. De noordgrens wordt gevormd door
de provincie Noord-Holland waarmee Zuid-Holland tot 1840 één
provincie Holland vormde. In het westen grenst de provincie
aan de Noordzee.
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