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cricket

[krik-it] / ˈkrɪk ɪt /


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Their next taste of international cricket will be in the format as they play three matches in Australia in mid-November, before they sample World Cup conditions with three fixtures in South Africa in mid-January.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Sobers' career came too early for much involvement in limited-overs cricket, at which he would have excelled; he was out for a duck in his only one-day international appearance in 1973.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Sobers, who also played county cricket for Nottinghamshire, was knighted for his services to cricket in 1975.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Since Stokes' retirement from international cricket, Brendon McCullum has been sacked as England Test coach.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Navid had started teaching me how to do the cricket, which was a level of difficulty slightly higher than that, and I was getting better every day.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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