Posted on 14th November 2007 by admin in Uncategorized
Laws of Cricket
Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not only within its Laws but also within the Spirit of the Game. Any action which is seen to abuse this spirit causes injury to the game itself. The major responsibility for ensuring the spirit of fair play rests with the captains.
The laws of cricket are a set of rules framed by the Marylebone Cricket Club, which outline all aspects of how the game is played from how a team wins a game, how a batsman is dismissed, through to specifications on how the pitch is to be prepared and maintained. Although the MCC is a private club based in London and no longer the game’s governing body, the MCC retains copyright in the laws and only the MCC may change the laws, although nowadays this would usually only be done after discussions with the game’s global governing body the International Cricket Council.
The Laws are intended to apply to all two innings matches; the International Cricket Council has implemented “Standard Playing Conditions for Test Matches” and “Standard Playing Conditions for One Day Internationals” to augment the Laws of Cricket. Similarly, each cricketing country has implemented Playing Conditions to govern domestic cricket. Note that the Laws do not provide for One Day or Limited Overs cricket; these modifications have been made by the Playing Conditions for One Day Internationals. Teams may agree to alter some of the rules for particular games. Other rules supplement the main laws and change them to deal with different circumstances. In particular, there are a number of modifications to the playing structure and fielding position rules that apply to one innings games that are restricted to a set number of fair deliveries.
Posted on 9th November 2007 by admin in Group A Match Reports |Group B Match Reports
Matches
Day matches will be held from 9:30 to 17:15 West Indies time. The first innings will run from 9:30 – 13:00 and the 2nd innings will run from 13:45 to 17:15.
The matches will be One Day Internationals. They will be operating through normal ODI rules. All matches are 50 overs a side unless stated otherwise by the umpires or match referee. A bowler can only bowl a maximum of 10 overs per match. In the occurence of bad weather, each side must have batted and bowled a minimum of 20 overs each otherwise the match will be declared a no-result. If each side has batting and bowled over twenty overs, the Duckworth-Lewis Method will apply in order to gain a result or modify a target.
Venues for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in West Indies
The 9th ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 would be held in the West Indies, at 9 host venues with 11 world-class stadia, spread across the beautiful
Caribbean
Islands. A total of 67 matches (including 16 warm-up matches) will be played in the picture perfect backdrops of the picturesque
Caribbean venues.
The nine host venues for the
ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in West Indies include Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. Two venues – Trinidad & Tobago and
Jamaica have two stadia each, while rest of venues have one stadium each. All 9 host venues have established a Local Organizing Committee (LOC) to look after the progress and maintenance of stadiums, and to manage all business related to the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Feel the heat, thrill and excitement that is ready to welcome Cricket World Cup 2007. Be a part of the different cricket matches to be held in this world cup. For more information on venues and match schedule click on the links below:
Posted on 7th November 2007 by admin in Group A Match Reports
ICC World Cup Cricket Rating
The LG ICC cricket ratings are a widely followed system of rankings for international cricketers based on their recent performances. Until 19 January 2005 they were known as the
PwC cricket ratings, when LG Electronics took over the sponsorship of the ratings system. The International Cricket Council has joined forces with LG to produce and promote the LG ICC Test Championship, the LG ICC One-Day International Championship and the LG ICC
Player Rankings. The ICC Player Rankings are the official player rankings for international cricket.
The ratings were developed at the suggestion of Ted Dexter in 1987. The intention was to produce a better indication of players’ current standing in the sport than is provided by comparing their averages. Career averages are based on a player’s entire career and do not make any allowance for match conditions or the strength of the opposition, whereas the ratings are based towards recent form and account for match conditions and the quality of the opponent using statistical measures. Initially the rankings were for Test cricket only, but separate one day international rankings were introduced in 1998.