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...ever wondered why most of the sporting public is blissfully unconcerned about the eighth World Cricket Cup tournament, which just began in Cape Town, dip into the rule book. Each match lasts up to seven hours, with each side at bat for three and a half. Even if a batsman gets out, his side may still be in. If he gets a bouncer from the bowler, he ducks. If he gets out before scoring any runs, he gets a duck. If no runs are scored from a six-ball session, that's called "bowling a maiden over." With a lexicon...
...centuries in test-match cricket places Australian captain Steve Warre on a par with Sir Donald Bradman as the most successful batsman in his country's history...
After a bunt single, a hit batsman and a sacrifice put runners on second and third with one out, Harvard starter Barry Wahlberg intentionally walked the Bears’ top hitter, Matt Kutler, in hopes of a double play...
Crockett had an up-and-down afternoon. In between his strikeouts, he surrendered 12 hits, two walks and a hit batsman. Brown touched him up for one run in the second and two more in the third, but the most exhausting stretch for Crockett came in the sixth...
...Wicket Ways An icon to fans in his native India, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to reach 10,000 one-day runs. The only record the modest 28-year-old is in no danger of grabbing is the 99.94 Test average of Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, who died this year...