Cricket

About

• About Cricket World wide coverage from Cricinfo, including history, equipment, umpiring, preparing pitches, playing conditions etc.; Cricketing Organisations
• About the Cricket Game From the BBC Sport Academy ; Rules, pitch dimensions, pitch and weather conditions, scoring guide, how to get 'out'...
• Analyst From Channel 4 The Analyst is a popular feature of Channel 4's Test Match Cricket coverage in which we look at how cricket 'works' and explain the sport's many technical and historical nuances.
• Cricket for beginners A short introduction , with origin of cricket terms
• Explanation of Cricket The full deal from, basics to equipment, field placing, pitch dimensions etc
• The fielding positions From Wikipedia, including a useful diagram to understand positional play.
• Blind Cricket
• Irazoo Learn more about cricket from iRazoo

History

• Origin and History of Cricket Including a possible explanation for the name from Wikipedia
• ABC of Cricket History links
• History links From Crickinfo, including 18th Century literature, dimensions, development of the laws of cricket, balls per over, development of cricket around the world, origin of tournaments, today in cricket history
• Lords and Cricket History
• Today in Cricket History People and events
• Early Roman aspects Of ball games; how balls were constructed for early ball games or exercise.
• Cricket Museum trail From 24 hour Museum; where to go t find out more about cricket history
• Cricket Bats From Laver and Wood NZ learn something about how they are made

Rules

• General Guidelines for Junior cricket For all ages
• Laws of Cricket 2000 CodeMCC has revised and re-written the Laws for the new Millennium. In this Code, the major innovation is the introduction of the Spirit of Cricket as a preface to the Laws. Read online or download as pdf file
• Amendments 2003 "The Laws of Cricket (2000 Code 2nd Edition - 2003)"
• Introduction and detail
• Duckworth-Lewis Method? Do you understand the method of setting adjusted targets in rain affected cricket matches? Check this out.
• Rachid Latif Cricket Includes a useful section on the Laws of Cricket

Equipment

• Cricket equipment reviews and price comparisons on Ciao.co.uk
• Cricket Supplies Forum Opportunities to ask questions or give advice on all cricket equipment, from boxes to boots
• About Cricket Bats From Owzat-Cricket; choosing and maintaining your bat
• Cricket Pitch conditions - an umpires view of ground reparation.
• Assessing pitch performance
• Making the Pitch And looking after it
• Pitch and weather conditions Brief summary from BBC Sports Academy
• Research On how cricket balls respond to a wearing pitch - uses high tech camera
• Dimensions
• ICC Law 7 and The Pitch And Covering the Pitch ( Law 11)

Coaching

• Play Better Cricket -Harrowdrive.com Your guide to playing better cricket through tips, tricks and practical advice.Get tips, tricks and practical advice from ECB cricket coaches, sports scientists and first class cricketers.
• The Chappell Way Greg Chappell presents various approaches to improving your cricket technique, from coaching to batting and bowling
• Coaching Cricket Provides some free coaching tips on line and a useful newsletter and also has more detailed packages on sale.
• The Mental Game of Cricket Useful tips on the approach to the game focussing on the mental side of the game.
• Coaching tips From Ryan Maron's School of Excellence; batting, bowling, fielding and Umpire talk
• Cricket Coach On-line coaching and training, drills; dictionary, quizImprove your cricket with help from Channel 4 Cricket Analysts; all aspects of the game discussed:
• Batting Bowling, Fieldingfrom Channel 4 cricket analyst
• Cricket Skills * from BBC Sports Academy; all aspects of the game,
• Tips from Shane Warne's spin doctor Or tips on bowling leg spin
• Cricket Tips and Techniques From LiveIndia; photos, diagrams and explanations; Bowling, Batting Fielding, Wicketkeeper, equipment, types of pitches.
• Cricket Training Program From Netfit; batting, fielding, bowling and general fitness.
• Email a Coach Or look up existing advice online - BBC resource "any tips to stop me bowling wides?"
• Rachid Lati f Cricket Academy * a very helpful site with lost of online information;
• ask the expert fielding positions,
• Ryon Maron's Cricket School of Excellence Western Cape; has useful online tips for both bowling and batting eg Spin Bowling - the basic grips and actions.
• Batting tips online From ABC of cricket
• Channel 4 Analyst Provides explanations and guidance on each shot by Simon Hughes
• The Stance The Sweep
• Channel 4 Analyst Simon Hughes shows how top-class bowlers ply their trade
• Wikepdia Covers spin bowling styles and the ace bowlers at each technique
• The Doosra
• Leg Spin v Off spin From Yahoo answers
• Spin Bowling Success tips
• Tips for Spin Bowling
• Bowling Tips and techniqu E from Live India, covering spin to pace
• Science behind swing bowling From CrickInfo
• Wicketkeeping Lowdowm: Basic WicketKeeping Keeping tips from Geraint Jones
• Common Nutritional issues From Wanderers Cricket Queensland
• Howzat Cricket Nutrition
• A Diet you can be proud of From Play Better Cricket
• Healthopedia A medical and health consumer information resource with useful information on Nutition,

Drills

• del.icio.us And Squidoo Lens
• Various From 8Dulkars - a group of die-hard cricket fanatics from the sub-continent that compete in Australian Indoor Cricket; fielding, bowling and batting drills, with useful diagrams
• Fielding Catching from Cricketweb
• Fielding Drills From Canada Cricket - 7 exercises with diagrams.
• Animated Drills Some sample drills from TackleSport that require a plugin.
• Injuries at cricket Be prepared!
• Cricket coaching drills The site requires you to register for free before displaying the coaching drills

Competitions

• Slam! - Cricket A news service from Canada covering the international cricket sceneNational Tea
• Irish Cricket Union governs the sport of cricket in both the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland
• Test Cricket Background from Wikipedia
• L ive matches Summary
• Live Scores
• Rankings
• The ICC Champions Trophy Official site; news, schedule, match coverage, teams, ....
• Trophy detail from Cric-info News, features, video highlights scorecards
• BBC Sport Cricket, 123 India Cricket, Sport iAfrica, CricketWeb
• Australia West Indies What you need to know about the Champions Trophy from Rediff.com; background and stats of previous competitions
• Mini-World Cup 2002 Sri-Lanka from Rediff Cricket; teams, stats, match reports.
• A legend is born The Ashes: A 5 match, bi-annual trophy between Australia and England. The name was conjured from this epitaph in the Sporting Times, following a bad defeat by England on 1882. See also The Ashes Background from Wikipedia and Beginners guide to the Ashes In Affectionate Remembrance of English Cricket Which Died At The Oval on 29th August 1882 Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances R.I.P. NB: The body will be cremated, and the ashes taken to Australia.
• Radio Coverage 5 Live Sports Extra
• Test Match Special Audio articles and UK Radio; Have your say
• ABC2 Australian coverage Scorecard
• The Ashes Series From Cric Info
• 334 Not Out The history of the Ashes matches between England and Australia and much more-check it out! 2006 Schedule and travel
• The Ashes Series History and background from Wikipedia
• Cricket Australia The Official site of Australian Cricket; news, audio and scorecards
• Australia By Crickinfo ABC Sport, The Age, The Australian, Adelaide Advertiser,
• Sydney Morning Herald The West Australian,
• England and Wales Cricket Board Covers the series
• BBC Sport, Sporting Life, The Big Project, Guardian Sport, Times Online
• Daily mail The Independent, Telegraph Sport
• Cricket Woman BBC Sport, Australian Southern Stars, Cric Info,
• Crickinfo Has the widest coverage with Live Scores, bulletins, squads, stats, history
• Cricbd International cricket site includes articles, player profiles and statistics, Test and ODI scorecards, message board, and news about cricket, Bangladesh and beyond. Also provides a collection of essays and short stories and a book written by Omar Chowdhury.
• ICC presentation fixtures, previous winners
• Cricket Woman Presents the latest news, background, the teams and discussion - get involved!
• South Africa Cricket Board English Cricket Board
• BBC Sport With UK bias, That's Cricket,# World Wide Cricket

Servers-Blogs-Forums

• Have Your Say From BBC Sport with search to find relevant content and sortable by title, date etc
• abc of Cricket
• Cricket Forum from Cricket 4 Get talking and sorting out those questions
• Cricket-Forum.net Promoting active cricket discussion, well documented
• Cricket Forums Quality International Cricket Discussion Forums, Fantasy and Simulation Competition, Live Score, News, Articles, Schedule, Games.
• International Cricket
• Sport iAfrica
• CricketWeb Forum
• The Cricket Forum From Fans Focus; A great place to talk about the game of cricket - from local, through county to international cricket
• Tea Break Forms From US Cricket with a wide range of topics
• Crickety.com Covers all the international countries playing cricket- air your views.
• Cricket Secrets Cricket Forum with tips, advice, sharing videos, photos and chat
• England Cricket Forum Covers all countries and the England County scenario. Nutley to Nagpur Thoughts on World Cricket from Rod Gilmour. A sports journalist gives his views on the world of cricket, travel and beyond.
• Different Strokes A group blog written by selected Cricinfo readers.
• On the Circuit Covering the English County Scene
• The Surfer Cricinfo's cricket news blog
• Corridor of uncertainty
• West Indies Cricket Blog
• Mostly Indian Cricket
• The Corridor (a cricket Blog) - follow comments on recent events. CricInfo includes live match coverage from around the globe, statistics, player profiles, history, and rules CricketLine - For the latest stats, live international match coverage and breaking news from around the world.
• CricLive Live coverage of major matches, especially the World Cup; expert says.., the game, stats, ask a question * broken when tested 12/4/04
• 123india.com Cricket International Cricket Portal with strong emphasis on India;,live cricket scores, news updates, huge database of player profiles and lots more!
• CBEL Cricket Directory
• Cricket Fundas An upcoming cricket portal on the web with correspondents from different countries like India, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Bangladesh, United Kingdom and Barbados.News, articles, online Cricket Coaching, Profiles, Statistics, Related Articles on International and Domestic Players ....
• Cricketer International Magazine
• Cricket Web Focuses on International Cricket, with news, top players, National information, grounds for the top 10 nations. It also runs a usefulforum, fantasy cricket, coaching advice with basic technical analysis of the four major aspects of cricket - batting, bowling, fielding and tactics, 'ask the coaches', test ratings, history of cricket, laws ........
• Cric Mania Statistically based coverage of international cricket with regularly updated scoreboards
• Cricket Online Aim to provide their Internet viewers with an alternative cricket portal where they can receive their cricket news and read unbiased articles written by fans of cricket, not professional journalists.
• Cricket Web Focuses on International Cricket, with news, top players, National information, grounds for the top 10 nations
• Dmoz Open Directory - Cricket:
• Daily news Around the world from Moreover
• Khel.com Indian Cricket site with good International coverage
• That's Cricket Schedules, stats, archives, women's cricket, special presentations
• West Indies Cricket Souvenirs Offers articles and news on ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in the West Indies; team and player stats; information and links covering cricket world-wide.
• Women's Cricket A Salute, with news on the international cricket scene, photographs and player profiles.
• World Wide Cricket Latest International and Domestic scores and news from around the world
• Yahoo Sports -Cricket
• Cricket 360 A Cricket portal - news, scores, forum, videos, social network.

Players

• Cricket Heroes Photographic encyclopedia; search by player, country, decade, or view by country Sir Donald Bradman Bradman Museum, Cric-info,CNN special with good links to other resources Steve Waugh Mark Waugh - Chris Lees site Kris Srikkanth Rahul Dravid
• Pakistan
• Singapore
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• Sri Lanka Web Server
• Sri Lanka Cricket Board #
• Swiss Cricket Association History, calendar, news, National teams, competitions, clubs, links
• Swiss Federation of Cricket Umpires and Scorers

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