International Cricket Council

weights and pin dimensions depended on where you were. This lasted up intil Joe Thum pulled the leaders of the bowling clubs together for a meating, on September 9, 1891 the American bowling congress was formed. Twenty-two years later the Womens International bowling congress was established in St. Louis. Bowling Balls used to be mainly composed of lignum vitae, a very hard wood. But in 1905, the first rubber ball, the "Evertrue" was introduced; and in 1914 the Brunswick Corporation promoted…

Baseball and cricket are two similar and well known ball games in the world. While the basic principle is similar, they differ in their equipment, scoring system and rules. Both are team sports where they take turns between offenses and defense. Baseball and cricket are famous in two different parts of the world. Cricket is mostly famous in the eastern part of the world like, England India Pakistan and more), whereas baseball is in the Western part of the world like in America. Just as people…

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 history of softball, and eventually defined by the International Softball Federation, there are 9 players on the field at a time. The players take the positions of pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman,…

the ball during a football match and started running forwards with it. In the mid 1800’s, the rules of rugby were established and by the 1860’s, the popularity of the sport had spread through England and on to other countries. The first ever international rugby match occurred between England and Scotland on 27 March 1871. By the late 1860’s, the game had…

the chirping of hundreds of crickets. From mole crickets to a cricket literally called the cooloola monster, every male cricket can chirp. Now, what if I told you that crickets don’t chirp at random, but the speed of the chirps depends on the temperature outside. If I have a male house cricket and put it in a temperature controlled room and turn up the heat. Since crickets like all other insects, cold-blooded, they take on the temperature of their surroundings. Cricket chirping falls under an…

favorite game and past time has always been considered the game of baseball. Across the ocean and around the world the game of cricket is played in various different countries and it serves to them as baseball serves to us. Most people just look at the big picture of these two games and just assume that baseball and cricket are the same. Reasons of believing these would be cricket and baseball both are two well-known sports that involve a bat and a ball. However, when you dig deeper into the…

Joseph O’Neill’s, “Netherland,” teaches us about the character of the competitive sport, cricket, and how people specifically behave at the games. O’Neill uses an exciting tone to arouse his audience to be as mentally involved with the sort as the spectators were at the time. The audience of this excerpt is sports fans; O’Neill uses the diction he does to reach out to these audience members and, in turn, they are the ones that are the most intrigued by the excerpt. This also shows that O’Neill’s…

Million Dollar Arm by J.B. Bernstein is that it is hard to adapt Indian cricket players, like Rinku and Dinesh, into American baseball players, especially while simultaneously having to deal with the culture shock of moving to America. Cricket uses a different arm motion than baseball. As newcomers to the sport, they have to adapt, and get the many years of training their competitors have in a short amount of time. First, cricket players use a different arm motion compared to baseball, and they…

A student may be having a bad day or it could be a result of something. In special education, some small aspects can create big problems. If a student’s medication is off or their routine has been messed up, can cause a student to have an off day. If a teacher is close with his or her students, the teacher is better able to see what is causing issues and adjust lesson plans. It may be extra gym or just talking to the student that allows the bad day to cease. However, the teacher needs to know…

Injury When I was at my sister’s softball game, I was playing football during my baseball season, but it was an off day, so I didn’t have to do any baseball that day. I was playing with some 7th graders as their sisters were playing and they were throwing it high and far. While I was playing 500 with a wet NERF football and when I caught the football my wrist had a strange feeling. So, I kept playing on (not the smartest idea). It would hurt when I tried to catch it but I didn’t realize that…