Cricket

the smack of quarter pound cricket ball, starts to diminish. Perhaps ice is the only elixir that can alleviate me from the anticipation of the flight to U.S.A. tomorrow. The sun starts to creep down as the blanket of shadow encompasses the sky. The game is over, I say to myself as the drops of moisture slithers on the surface of my skin. I observe the dried up portion of the soil around the rich field of grass. It must’ve been caused by repetitive contact of the cricket bat with the–. I suddenly…

Personality traits of Indians • Indians treat Cricket as a culture. Indians are crazy about cricket and follow it religiously, they refer to cricket as a ‘religion’. • They are also very Socializing. Indians are hardly spotted alone, they are very talkative and don’t mind making conversation with strangers. • Indians are full of Empathy. They are caring and always ready to help those in need. Eg: due to their social nature, Indians make friends easily and they won’t back off if they see a…

The sun beat down on us as we drew squares on the crumbled street and numbered them with the chalk we had stolen. We played lagoori with a pile of stones and a dirt-covered ball. Each day, our bodies grew, our minds expanded, the streets crumbled some more, but the chalk was always stolen and the stones were always free. My mother’s cold palm gently woke me. A sea of bored, excited and curious faces moved in an unseen current. There were plasma screens of arrival and departure times and people…

Before the start of a cricket match, the captains of the two teams under the supervision of the umpire, along with the two team caption tosses a coin to decide which team will bat first. who gets to bat first. The winner of thise toss decides whether to bat or ball first. Can we What are thecalculate chancesthe chances of each captain of winning the toss? Yes. Can we calculate the chances? The chance of each captain winning the toss is his or her probability. Probability is the chance of an…

man” brought, and they wanted to make it into something of their own. The game has heavily strayed from the original British version of cricket, with the only real remaining similarities being very surface; There’s still a bat and ball, and players still score runs, fields and make outs, but that is about where the similarities end. The Trobriand style of cricket had become more of a cultural dance and ceremony compared to the traditional idea of a game or sport, with the Trobriand incorporating…

With over 70 bowling centers operated by Army Morale, Welfare, and Recreation worldwide, you can hardly throw a rock on an Army post without hitting one. Bowling is a “lifetime sport that anyone can do,” according to Jim Einhorn of the Galaxy Bowling and Entertainment Center on Panzer Kaserne—which goes some way to explaining its popularity. Einhorn knows something or two about the enduring appeal of the game. The former Army Europe Men’s Bowling Champion previously managed a facility in…

The history of bowling goes way back to the 3200BC in egypt. In the 1930’s Sir Flinders Petrie found a colection of objects that represented bowlig in a egyptions childs grave. There are documents that show a form of bowling in England in 1366, when King Edward III banned it inorder to make the troops focused on archery practice. It also seems that bowling during King Henry VIII time at throne was much alive. At this time there were still many variations of “pin games”, such as lawn bowling…

In 1991, women’s fast pitch softball was added to the roster of the 1996 Summer Olympics – a landmark many people recognize as the ultimate success of a sport. Although softball was later dropped from the 2012 Summer Olympics line-up, the game is still one of the most popular participant sports in the United States and 113 countries have officially joined the International Softball Federation since the organization’s formation in 1952. According to the official rules developed early in the…

Scientists have claimed that mutation and evolution has saved the lives of many Hawaii crickets. Let's be honest, Evolution is a very controversial subject. Many people believe it, and many people do not believe it. However, let us take a look at how some scientist say the lives of Hawaii crickets were saved because of it. WHAT MUTATION IS Basically, a mutation is a natural process that changed the sequence of DNA. They can effect several aspects in genes. They can alter the products of the…

What is the effect of temperature on the chirping rate of a cricket (Teleogryllus, commudus)? Research: /3 Male crickets make chirps/song in the attempt to attract a female so they can reproduce. The crickets create the chirp noises by rubbing their wings closest to their head (forewings). The song mentioned above (calling song) is the song the crickets use to attempt to attract a female. A cricket varies the number of chirps in a certain amount of time. Using the chirps you can…