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No events. 1983. 6 January – The Channel 9 broadcast of the fifth cricket Test from Sydney is shown on the BBC. This is the first time cricket from abroad is shown live in England. [ 13] 9–25 June – The BBC shows extensive live coverage of the 1983 Cricket World Cup. [ 14][ 15] 1984. No events. 1985.
The Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method ( DLS) is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score (number of runs needed to win) for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances. The method was devised by two English statisticians, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis, and was ...
A day/night match, between Australia and South Africa at The Gabba in 2006 Day/night cricket a cricket match scheduled to begin during day time and end after sunset, using floodlights. Used in some one day internationals since 1979, and Test matches since 2015. DB see dot ball Dead ball 1.
The world's earliest known cricket match was a village cricket meeting in Kent which has been deduced from a 1640 court case recording a "cricketing" of "the Weald and the Upland" versus "the Chalk Hill" at Chevening "about thirty years since" (i.e., c. 1611). Inter-parish contests became popular in the first half of the 17th century and ...
Dolbear's law states the relationship between the air temperature and the rate at which crickets chirp. [ 1][ 2] It was formulated by physicist Amos Dolbear and published in 1897 in an article called "The Cricket as a Thermometer". [ 3] Dolbear's observations on the relation between chirp rate and temperature were preceded by an 1881 report by ...
Snickometer, commonly known as Snicko, is a system used in cricket to determine whether the ball edged [ a] the bat, for a potential dismissal such as a catch or leg before wicket. It does this by showing a frame-by-frame replay of the footage of the ball passing the bat alongside a waveform displaying the soundwave of an oscilloscope connected ...
The moment came as Monfils consolidated a break in the third set shortly before he completed a 4-6 7-6 (5) 6-4 victory over the 21-year-old on Friday. Alcaraz apologized for smashing his racket in ...
Cricket season. Top-class cricket is almost always played outdoors, on uncovered pitches, and rain prevents play, so the seasons in each country are geared to coincide with the driest months of the year. The hours of daylight and the temperature are also factors in some countries. For example, in England the winter days are too short and often ...