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Phrases with Cricket origins.

PHRASE	MEANING	HISTORY
Hat Trick	3 in a row	A bowler was once challenged if he could take 3 wickets consecutively. He succeeded and a hat was passed around for a collection.
Bowled Over	Knock over
Stumped	Bewildered
That's not Cricket!	Unfair	Cricket is the Gentleman's game, fair play is a part of the game.
At sixes and sevens	Is lost
Batting on a Sticky Wicket	In a tight Spot

Origin of Cricket Words

WORDS	ORIGIN
Wicket	Small door or gate, which served as stumps in the old days of Cricket.
Bails	The part of a gate used as stumps.
Stumps	In old cricket, wickets were tree stumps.
Chinaman	The left arm finger spin. A Chinese immigrant to the West Indies was the first to bowl this variation in the 1940's.
Duck	A player once used to bring his pet duck. Now his fate was such, that each time he brought the duck to the ground he got out for zero. Hence the name.
Popping Crease	In the old days there was no stumps, instead there was a small pit, and the fielders had to 'pop' the ball into it to run a batsman out.
Third Man (fielding Position)	In the early days of cricket, a bowler used to have 3 slips, and the area between gully and slips used to be vacant. When shots were played in that area, the 3rd slip used to be transferred there, and hence became "Third Man"
Doosra	Urdu word for "the other"

Did you Know

Cricket had its origins in AD 700

It was widely played in the 1300's

It was banned in the 15th century.

Baseball is derived from cricket and rounders.

Appeared in the 1900 Olympics. Britain won, France got silver.

USA vs. Canada test match (1846) was the first International Sport ever played in any sport.

Cricket comes form the French "Criquet".

The most famous international series, is the "Ashes", between England and Australia.

The official cricket magazine is the Wisden.

The Marylebone Cricket Club (M.C.C.) first published its rules in 1788.

There were only two stumps in old cricket.

Underarm bowling was allowed in old cricket

Sir Don Bradman (1908-2001) Aus, is still considered the best batsman ever.

He has a impassable average of 99.94.

In the old days 5 runs were scored in place of today's 6.

One Day cricket made its appearance in in 1961

All countries in the world have a cricket presence.

It is watched by almost a billion people.

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