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A bowler delivers the ball to a batsman during a game of cricket.
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the bowler, "bowls" (propels) the ball from one end of the pitch towards the wicket at the other end. The batting side's players score runs by striking the bowled ball with a bat and running between the wickets, while the bowling side tries to prevent this by keeping the ball within the field and getting it to either wicket, and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side either catching a hit ball before it touches the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease line in front of the wicket to complete a run. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches.
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Bill O'Reilly.

William Joseph O'Reilly (20 December 1905 – 6 October 1992) was an Australian cricketer, rated as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. Following his retirement from playing, he became a well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster.

O'Reilly was one of the best spin bowlers ever to play cricket. He delivered the ball from a two-fingered grip at close to medium pace with great accuracy, and could produce leg breaks, googlies, and top spinners, with no discernible change in his action. A tall man for a spinner (around 188 cm, 6 ft 2 in), he whirled his arms to an unusual extent and had a low point of delivery that meant it was very difficult for the batsman to read the flight of the ball out of his hand. When O'Reilly died, Sir Donald Bradman said that he was the greatest bowler he had ever faced or watched. In 1935, Wisden wrote of him: "O'Reilly was one of the best examples in modern cricket of what could be described as a 'hostile' bowler." In 1939, Wisden reflected on Bill O'Reilly's successful 1938 Ashes tour of England: "He is emphatically one of the greatest bowlers of all time." (Full article...)

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Gavaskar has scored the third-highest number of centuries in Tests for India.

Sunil Gavaskar is a former international cricketer who represented and captained the Indian cricket team. In a career spanning over 16 years he made 35 centuries (100 or more runs) at the international level. Described as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, Gavaskar played 125 Test matches and scored 10,122 runs. He was the first batsman to score 10,000 Test runs and held the record for most runs until Allan Border surpassed it. Gavaskar's record of 34 Test centuries stood for almost two decades before Tendulkar surpassed it in December 2005. He was named the Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year in 1971 and as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1980. In February 2012, the International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted him into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. As of 2012, he is the third-highest run scorer for India in Test cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

Making his Test debut against the West Indies in March 1971, Gavaskar scored his first century in the third Test of the same series. In the final Test at Port of Spain he scored centuries in both innings of the match with scores of 124 and 220, becoming the second Indian player to perform the feat. He became the first player to score two centuries in a Test match for the third time, when he made 107 and 182 not out in a match against the West Indies in December 1978. Gavaskar's highest Test score of 236 not out came against the West Indies at Chennai in 1983, an Indian record at that time. He has scored 150 or more runs in a Test match innings on twelve occasions. Gavaskar was most successful against the West Indies and Australia scoring 13 and 8 centuries respectively. (Full article...)


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The captains of the sixteen countries of the 2007 Cricket World Cup assemble together.
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ICC Rankings

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket, and produces team rankings for the various forms of cricket played internationally.

Test cricket is the longest form of cricket, played up to a maximum of five days with two innings per side.

One Day International cricket is played over 50 overs, with one inning per side.

Twenty20 International cricket is played over 20 overs, with one inning per side.

ICC Men's Test Team Rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  New Zealand 22 2,764 126
2  India 25 2,987 119
3  Australia 17 1,844 108
4  England 35 3,753 107
5  Pakistan 27 2,481 92
6  South Africa 19 1,675 88
7  West Indies 30 2,936 80
8  Sri Lanka 27 2,095 78
9  Bangladesh 16 779 49
10  Zimbabwe 11 342 31
Reference: ICC Test Rankings, 25 August 2021
"Matches" is no. matches + no. series played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.
ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  New Zealand 17 2,054 121
2  England 32 3,793 119
3  Australia 28 3,244 116
4  India 32 3,624 113
5  South Africa 25 2,549 98
6  Pakistan 27 2,524 93
7  Bangladesh 30 2,740 91
8  West Indies 30 2,523 84
9  Sri Lanka 32 2,657 83
10  Afghanistan 17 1,054 62
11  Netherlands 7 336 48
12  Ireland 25 1,145 46
13  Oman 11 435 40
14  Scotland 8 308 39
15  Zimbabwe 20 764 38
16    Nepal 11 330 30
17  United Arab Emirates 9 190 21
18  United States 14 232 17
19  Namibia 6 97 16
20  Papua New Guinea 10 0 0
Reference: ICC ODI rankings, Updated on 25 September 2021
Matches is the number of matches played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that. See points calculations for more details.
ICC Women's ODI Rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  Australia 21 3,379 161
2  England 25 2,983 119
3  South Africa 29 3,390 117
4  India 26 2,934 113
5  New Zealand 26 2,392 92
6  West Indies 22 1,872 85
7  Pakistan 20 1,496 75
8  Bangladesh 5 306 61
9  Sri Lanka 11 519 47
10  Ireland 2 25 13
Reference: ICC Women's ODI rankings, Updated on 27 September 2021
ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  England 28 7,786 278
2  India 28 7,456 266
3  Pakistan 34 8,883 261
4  New Zealand 28 7,192 257
5  South Africa 30 7,489 250
6  Bangladesh 26 6,259 241
7  Australia 33 7,923 240
8  Afghanistan 12 2,826 236
9  West Indies 29 6,792 234
10  Sri Lanka 22 5,048 229
11  Zimbabwe 30 5,751 192
12    Nepal 19 3,556 187
13  Ireland 29 5,412 187
14  United Arab Emirates 15 2,750 183
15  Scotland 16 2,895 181
16  Netherlands 20 3,504 175
17  Oman 10 1,732 173
18  Papua New Guinea 16 2,750 172
19  Namibia 17 2,899 171
20  Singapore 12 1,678 140
21  Qatar 11 1,422 129
22  Canada 10 1,263 126
23  Hong Kong 13 1,572 121
24  Jersey 13 1,481 114
25  Italy 6 663 111
26  Kuwait 8 866 108
27  Saudi Arabia 4 428 107
28  Kenya 14 1,379 99
29  Uganda 15 1,467 98
30  Bermuda 6 568 95
31  Denmark 9 849 94
32  Malaysia 20 1,723 86
33  United States 8 644 81
34  Germany 17 1,357 80
35  Botswana 10 786 79
36  Nigeria 10 724 72
37  Guernsey 9 645 72
38  Spain 11 768 70
39  Romania 17 1,163 68
40  Norway 10 667 67
41  Austria 13 756 58
42  Bahrain 4 227 57
43  Belgium 17 955 56
44  Tanzania 3 167 56
45  Sweden 10 536 54
46  Philippines 5 241 48
47  France 7 333 48
48  Mexico 7 313 45
49  Cayman Islands 3 132 44
50  Vanuatu 10 435 44
51  Portugal 9 387 43
52  Belize 5 209 42
53  Argentina 5 206 41
54  Isle of Man 8 329 41
55  Luxembourg 16 613 38
56  Peru 5 179 36
57  Fiji 3 105 35
58  Finland 9 313 35
59  Malawi 9 312 35
60  Hungary 5 165 33
61  Panama 5 162 32
62  Samoa 5 159 32
63  Japan 4 126 32
63  Costa Rica 4 126 32
65  Ghana 7 209 30
66  Malta 20 531 27
67  Thailand 7 175 25
68  Cyprus 9 210 23
69  Czech Republic 19 396 21
70  South Korea 4 78 20
71  Mozambique 9 175 19
72  Greece 5 94 19
73  Bulgaria 16 239 15
74  Bhutan 4 47 12
75  Maldives 7 65 9
76  Saint Helena 6 55 9
77  Rwanda 8 70 9
78  Brazil 5 39 8
79  Chile 5 19 4
80  Myanmar 3 1 0
81  Indonesia 3 0 0
82  Eswatini 3 0 0
83  Gibraltar 9 0 0
84  Lesotho 3 0 0
85  Estonia 6 0 0
86  Serbia 5 0 0
87  Turkey 4 0 0
88  China 4 0 0
References: ESPNcricinfo, ICC T20I rankings, Updated on 10 October 2021
"Matches" is the number of matches played in the 12-24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.
ICC Women's T20I Rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  Australia 31 8,967 289
2  England 39 11,060 284
3  India 38 10,146 267
4  New Zealand 31 8,275 267
5  South Africa 32 8,048 252
6  West Indies 31 7,468 241
7  Pakistan 30 6,778 226
8  Sri Lanka 18 3,631 202
9  Bangladesh 26 5,001 192
10  Ireland 24 3,948 170
11  Thailand 29 4,667 161
12  Zimbabwe 21 3,287 157
13  Scotland 18 2,754 153
14    Nepal 11 1,457 132
15  Papua New Guinea 11 1,423 129
16  Samoa 6 749 125
17  United Arab Emirates 11 1,330 121
18  Uganda 19 2,127 112
19  Tanzania 18 1,956 109
20  Netherlands 17 1,527 90
21  Indonesia 13 1,129 87
22  Kenya 14 1,179 84
23  Namibia 28 2,270 81
24  Germany 20 1,410 71
25  Hong Kong 13 875 67
26  China 11 698 63
27  Brazil 11 599 54
28  Vanuatu 6 324 54
29  Japan 5 260 52
30  Rwanda 21 1,025 49
31  United States 4 186 47
32  Belize 6 269 45
33  Argentina 9 398 44
34  Myanmar 5 212 42
35  Kuwait 8 337 42
36  Malaysia 17 687 40
37  Jersey 4 160 40
38  Nigeria 19 602 32
39  Sierra Leone 10 316 32
40  Botswana 20 594 30
41  France 12 315 26
42  Oman 9 233 26
43  Bhutan 4 91 23
44  South Korea 4 73 18
45  Malawi 10 158 16
46  Chile 10 124 12
47  Austria 13 146 11
48  Singapore 6 61 10
49  Costa Rica 7 68 10
50  Mozambique 17 97 6
51  Mexico 7 33 5
52  Norway 4 0 0
53  Lesotho 3 0 0
54  Fiji 6 0 0
55  Mali 3 0 0
56  Peru 8 0 0
References: ICC Women's T20I Rankings, ESPNcricinfo, Updated on 25 September 2021

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