Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as “true crickets”), are insects related to grasshoppers and katydids (order Orthoptera). They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae. Crickets are known for their chirp (which only male crickets can do; male wings have ridges that act like a “comb and file” instrument). IsRead More →
Lords is home to Middlesex County Cricket Club (CCC) and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). This summer it will be a host venue for the Cricket World Cup, which is taking place across England and Wales for the first time since 1999. Why is Lords Cricket Ground Square? Thomas Lord originallyRead More →
Cricket would make a formal push to be a part of the LA 2028 Olympic programme with ICC chair Greg Barclay stating that, “we see the Olympics as a part of cricket’s long-term future.” Is cricket in the 2021 Olympics? In October 2020, USA Cricket stated that it saw aRead More →
In the modern game, the Sri Lankan pace bowler Lasith Malinga has a very distinctive action which is authentic roundarm. This has earned him the name “Slinga Malinga”. There are some who question the legality of this action, but it is legal, because his arm does not straighten from aRead More →
Steel-blue cricket hunters are bluish black, slender wasps with transparent dark blue wings. Their legs and antennae are black. They move with quick, nervous actions in sandy and bare soil areas, flying readily when approached. They are smaller wasps, about 5/8 inch long. Adult cricket hunters feed on flower nectar.Read More →
One of the forerunners of death bowling, Lasith Malinga practically invented the slow Yorker – A kind of silly, a mazy delivery that reaches later than anticipated and leaves batsmen on the floor. Why is it called Ayorker? The term may derive from the 18th and 19th century slang termRead More →
Be it on the off-side or leg-side, umpires don’t rule a delivery as a “wide” until and unless the ball’s trajectory moves outside the pitch. It is due to the same reason that there is no “inner wide” line on the pitch in Test cricket as compared to white-ball cricket.Read More →
There are 10 different ways a bowler can bowl a no ball. When umpire calls for a no ball? Five occasions when the umpire calls or signals for no ball are : i Uses an inappropriate arm action. ii Has a foot outside the return crease at the time ofRead More →