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From: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer)
Newsgroups: net.sport,net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: Rules of Cricket (Short Summary)
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Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 10:34:20 EST
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Summary: 

I do not pretend to understand the rules of cricket, but I know what the
wicket looks like.  It consists of three vertical posts (top view like this:

        o
      o   o

        |  toward bowler and other wicket
        V

On top of the posts are set two short sticks bridging the center post to
each of the others.  The bowler is trying to hit the wicket so the sticks
fall off, while the man with the bat tries to prevent it.

According to my pocket enclopedia, the prefered size of the field is 525
ft by 550 ft, wickets 66 ft apart in the middle.  The first authoritative
set of rules were drawn up in 1774 by the London Cricket Club.
The governing body of the game, Marylebone Cricket Club, founded 1787.

-- 
Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD
System Development Corp.
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