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Adam Goodes Sports have been a part of the Australian culture for as long as we can remember. Adam Goodes is one major example of our success in Sports. A member of Indigenous Team of the Century and Sydney Swans, he professionally plays in The Australian Football League. Holding a dual Brownlow Medal, dual premiership player and four-time All-Australian, he represents Australia in the International Rules Series. Adam Goodes, born 8th of January of year 1980, age 35, is one of the most revered AFL

The history of Australian cricket first began in Australia in December 1803. It was in Sydney where the first ever test match occurred. Then just two months later in January 1804 the Sydney Gazette suggested that cricket was already well established around the Sydney state. By 1826, there were numerous cricket clubs that were established including Currency cricket club, the Military cricket club and the Australian cricket club. The venues for the matches were at Hyde Park and the Racecourse. Then

------------------------------------------------- Topic: Spot fixing in cricket matches. 1. Introduction Spot fixing in sports is the practice of fixing a specific segment within a match. It usually involves a player agreeing, prior to the game that he will perform in a particular way. In cricket this might involve a batsman agreeing to only get a certain number of runs, or a bowler bowling a consecutive number of wide balls in a particular over, etc. Spot fixing stands in contrast to match fixing

developing Indian cricket? The Imperial Officers of the British East End Trading Company introduced cricket to India through colonisation in the 18th century. The British considered cricket to be more than just a sport. They regarded it as a ‘gentlemen’s game’ that embodied key values of English Victorian Society, such as, sportsmanship, strength, good temperament and polite conversation. The British, therefore, had ulterior motives for introducing cricket into India. That is, cricket became a symbol

“The Cricket Match” Samuel Selvon’s short story, “The Cricket Match” explores the subtle racial tensions amongst West Indian immigrants living in England whilst working with English counterparts. Selvon sets his narrative in a tyre factory in Chiswick, England. Most likely, the timeline in which this story occurs is somewhere in the mid 1950’s when England were still colonists of most of the English speaking Caribbean islands. The main idea behind Selvon’s tale lies with Algernon the protagonist

games, both women were in their own world, gossiping mainly on household matters, price rise etc. After 30 min, Hemant asks, when we will watch the cricket match, I looked into my wife’s eyes, she knew what was expected of me, and rolled her eyes, indicating me to take Hemant to another room and give him a brief explanation. As we went into another room, my wife took, Hemant’s wife, in the kitchen, to discuss a new recipe, a kind of diversion we planned before they came. In the room I, disclosed

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What lies ahead for cricket across the Irish Sea? By Sandipan Banerjee Ireland may be one of the two newest Test playing nations the cricketing world right now but the sport has a deep-rooted association with the island across the Irish Sea. The first ever formal cricket match was played in this country back in 1792, when the Military of Ireland and the Gentlemen of Ireland took each other at the Phoenix Park in Dublin –– a match, considered to be one of the oldest by the cricket historians. By the

Cricket news: Aussie ‘Invincible’ Arthur Robert Morris died at 93 Arthur Morris former Australian opener, who was the leading run-scorer in the notable 1948 Ashes series in England, died at the age of 93. Arthur Morris was the most aged living test cricketer of Australia and one of the members of Don Bradman’s ‘Invincibles’ team. Arthur Morris a legend batsman One of the finest batsman of all time of Australia, Arthur Morris was a left hand opening batsman who made his test debut in 1946 at the

What is the purpose of a batsmen in cricket? In cricket batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball. Batsmen are one of the most important players on the field because batsmen are the ones who have to score all the runs for their side. Batsmen have to have good coordination and have to be strong and fast so that they can hit the ball for four or six and speed to be able to run fast between the wickets. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler. A bowler who is also a good at batting