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    How many runs?

    New Zealand vs. Pakistan, ODI. Saw only highlights and did not get details. The batsman was trying to stretch a single into a double. The outfielder tried to hit the wicket from some distance away but missed and no one was backing up, and the ball ended up over the boundary. They cut too fast...
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    Question about bowling over a season

    I am new to cricket, and since I'm from the US, I am using baseball as a comparable going to the ultimate issue of injuries. I recently tracked the Australia team visit to England last summer, and in particular the performance of Mitchell Starc, whom I understand to be a star of the game. He...
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    Query about youth play

    How are cricketers developed from youth? Is there a well a reasonably well run large scale youth cricket machine comparable to Little League baseball? Do kids play for their schools at 18 and younger? Is there a looser structure such as town ball in which kids play against their friends and...
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    Basic questions

    I am a new follower in the US where there is zero cricket. I am starting to get the idea about some of the rules and terminology but much of it escapes me and I would like some clarification, especially about bowling. The issue is that my kid pitches baseball and I have discovered that bowlers...
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    Reading the scoring summary

    I'm a new follower, but I don't know how to read the scoring summary that appears on line and I am asking for a walk through. As a for instance, I looked at the summary of the Ashes first test at England v Australia - Cricket - BBC Sport but could not tell if the entire first innings for...

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