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About cricket A bowler delivers the ball to a batsman during a game of cricket. Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on an oval-shaped field, usually between 150 and 200 yards in diameter, at the centre of which lies a 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible, while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team. A run is scored by the striking batsman hitting the ball with his bat, running to the opposite end of the pitch and touching the crease there without being dismissed. The teams switch between batting and fielding at the end of an innings. In professional cricket, the length of a game ranges from 20 overs of six bowling deliveries per side to Test cricket played over five days. The Laws of Cricket are maintained by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) with additional Standard Playing Conditions for Test matches ("Tests") and One Day Internationals (ODIs). Cricket was first played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, it had developed into the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being played overseas and by the mid-19th century the first international matches were being held. The ICC, the game's governing body, has ten full members. The game is popular in Australasia, the Indian subcontinent, the West Indies, Southern Africa and England.

Featured article Don Tallon (1916–1984) was an Australian cricketer who played 21 Test matches as a wicket-keeper between 1946 and 1953. He was widely regarded by his contemporaries as Australia's finest ever wicket-keeper and one of the best in Test history, with an understated style, an ability to anticipate the flight, length and spin of the ball and an efficient stumping technique. Tallon toured England as part of Don Bradman's Invincibles of 1948 and was recognised as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1949 for his performances during that season. During his Test career, Tallon made 58 dismissals comprising 50 catches and 8 stumpings. His early cricket was played in Bundaberg where he was selected to represent Queensland Country against the England cricket team during the infamous Bodyline tour. Following the Second World War and the retirement or unavailability of other candidates, he was finally given an opportunity to play Test cricket, making his debut against New Zealand in 1946 aged 30. Following the Invincibles tour, poor health dogged Tallon, causing him to miss the 1949–50 tour of South Africa. He retired from first-class cricket in 1953 and returned to Bundaberg, assisting his brother in running a corner store. He died in Bundaberg aged 68. More featured articles · Read more... Featured list A triple century (an individual score of 300 or more) in Test cricket has been scored on 26 occasions by 22 different batsmen from seven of the ten Test-cricket playing nations. No player from Bangladesh, New Zealand or Zimbabwe has scored 300, although Martin Crowe of New Zealand was dismissed for 299 in a match against Sri Lanka in 1991. The first Test triple century was achieved by Andy Sandham of England against the West Indies in 1930 in the first Test series hosted in the West Indies. The quickest Test triple-century was scored in 4 hours 48 minutes, by Wally Hammond for England against New Zealand at Auckland in 1932–33. The fastest Test triple-century by number of balls faced, where that figure is recorded, is Virender Sehwag's 278-ball triple century for India against South Africa in the first Test of the Future Cup in Chennai in 2008. Brian Lara and Chris Gayle of the West Indies, Donald Bradman of Australia and Virender Sehwag of India are the only batsmen to reach 300 more than once. Lara's 400 not out against England in 2004, his second Test triple-century, is the highest score in Test cricket and the only instance of a Test quadruple century; Lara is also the only player to have surpassed 350 twice. Bradman also scored 299 not out against South Africa in 1932. Sehwag also reached 290 on one other occasion: he scored 293 off 254 balls in the third Test between Sri Lanka and India in December 2009. (Full list...) More featured lists

Selected picture A cricket ball bearing the name of Lord's Cricket Ground. Image credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen More pictures In the news For cricket news, see International cricket in 2014 and International cricket in 2014–15 Ongoing tours/series 2015 Cricket World Cup Anniversaries... On this day in cricket Pakistan 1970 - Test batsman Zaheer Abbas is given out for 0 for hitting the ball twice on the first day of the Ayub Trophy final between Pakistan International Airlines A and Karachi Blues. March 26 Archive... tomorrow Did you know... ... that Australian cricketer Richie Benaud took ten of his five-wicket hauls against India and South Africa? ... that Dennis Lillee was the first to take a five-wicket haul in Cricket World Cups? ... that South African cricketer Sunette Loubser began as an opening bowler, but switched to bowling off spin after breaking her ankle? ... that no One Day International cricket matches have been played at the Albion Sports Complex since 1985? More...

ICC Rankings The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket, and produces team rankings for the various forms of cricket played internationally. Test cricket is the longest form of cricket, played up to a maximum of five days with two innings per side. One Day International cricket is played over 50 overs, with one innings per side. Twenty20 International cricket is played over 20 overs, with one innings per side. ICC Test Championship Rank Change Team Matches Points Rating 1 South Africa 31 3839 124 2 Australia 40 4718 118 3 England 39 4063 104 4 Pakistan 30 3090 103 5 New Zealand 37 3660 99 6 Sri Lanka 34 3258 96 7 India 34 3228 95 8 West Indies 30 2272 76 9 Bangladesh 21 676 32 10 Zimbabwe 13 228 18 Reference: ICC Rankings, 10 January 2015 ICC ODI Championship Rank Change Team Matches Points Rating 1 Australia 56 6751 121 2 India 75 8713 116 3 South Africa 60 6710 112 4 Sri Lanka 88 9473 108 5 New Zealand 51 5473 107 6 England 62 6271 101 7 Pakistan 65 6193 95 8 West Indies 56 5189 93 9 Bangladesh 37 2823 76 10 Zimbabwe 41 2051 50 11 Ireland 16 705 44 12 Afghanistan 20 765 38 Reference: ICC Rankings, 15 March 2015 ICC T20I Championship Rank Change Team Matches Points Rating 1 Sri Lanka 23 3006 131 2 India 16 2009 126 3 Pakistan 29 3474 120 4 Australia 26 3041 117 5 South Africa 29 3362 116 6 West Indies 28 3140 112 7 New Zealand 24 2567 111 8 England 25 2481 99 9 Ireland 12 1046 87 10 Bangladesh 16 1147 72 11 Netherlands 14 951 68 12 Afghanistan 12 743 62 13 Zimbabwe 11 573 52 14 Scotland 10 512 51 Insufficient matches - Hong Kong 4 203 51 - Nepal 4 170 43 - United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 Reference: ICC Rankings, 14 January 2015

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