Prelims High-Yield Explanations & Traps

• the curved end, similar to a hockey
• changes occurred during the nineteenth
• that norms of betting were also
• tools are all made
• that along with the traditional cricket flannels, they wear Parsi caps
• sign that the centre of gravity in cricket has shifted
• stick or club
• that Britainís military success was based on the values taught to schoolboys in its public schools
• one which bends itself to the spirit and is always a ready instrument at its service

Essential Definitions & Formulas

English word that simply

stick or club.

How that early version of cricket played in village England grew into the modern game played in giant stadiums in great cities is a proper subject for history because one of the uses of history

to understand how the present was made.

And sport

a large part of contemporary life: it is one way in which we amuse ourselves, compete with each other, stay fit, and express our social loyalties.

T his

particularly so, since the game was linked to the wider history of colonialism and nationalism and was in part shaped by the politics of religion and caste.

Test cricket

that a match can go on for five days and still end in a draw.

A football match

generally over in an hour-and-a-half of playing time.

Another curious characteristic of cricket is that the length of the pitch

specified ñ 22 yards ñ but the size or shape of the ground is not.

The bat

made of wood as are the stumps and the bails.

The ball

made with leather, twine and cork.

In this book Tom Brown

transformed from a nervous, homesick, timid boy into a robust, manly student.

This transformation

brought about by the discipline of the public school and the culture of sports.

The discipline and reliance on one another which it teaches

so valuable, I think,í went on the master, ëit ought to be such an unselfish game.

That

partly why the laws of the game always give the benefit of the doubt to the batsman.

Cricket

a batsmanís game because its rules were made to favour ëGentlemení, who did most of the batting.

This

that Britainís military success was based on the values taught to schoolboys in its public schools.

While the game itself would look similar wherever it

played, the crowd does not.

I think it

better for girls to learn to take an interest in botany, geology etc.

West Indian team that represents the Caribbean region in international Test cricket

the only exception to a series of unsuccessful efforts to bring about West Indian unification.

The first record we have of cricket being played in India

from 1721, an account of recreational cricket played by English sailors New words Dominion ñ Self-governing areas under the control of the British crown Fig.

It

obvious from this letter that colonial officials regarded religious communities as separate nationalities.

NCERT Thought Questions

• Source B Sport for girls?
• the history of any one local sport. Ask your parents and grandparents how this game was played in their childhood. See whether it is played in the

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