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  2. Test cricket - Wikipedia

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    The list begins with the MCG match played 15–17 March 1877 and ends with the recent match at the Association Ground, Sydney played 14–20 December 1894. [7] All 39 were retrospectively recognised as Test matches, as was the unlisted 1890 Old Trafford match that was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

  3. Match - Wikipedia

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    The original meaning of the word still persists in some pyrotechnics terms, such as black match (a black-powder-impregnated fuse) and Bengal match (a firework akin to sparklers producing a relatively long-burning, colored flame). However, when friction matches became commonplace, the term match came to refer mainly to these.

  4. Glossary of cricket terms - Wikipedia

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    A match played in a series after one side has gained an unassailable lead, e.g. has already won 3 matches in a 5-match series, or in a tournament if both teams have already qualified (or failed to qualify) for the subsequent rounds. The term is used disparagingly to imply that the match is of lesser importance, but some regard the concept as ...

  5. Follow-on - Wikipedia

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    In a match of three or four days, a lead of at least 150 runs. In a match of two days, a lead of at least 100 runs. In a one-day match, a lead of at least 75 runs. When the start of a match is delayed by one or more full days, e.g., due to bad weather, the score lead required to enforce the follow-on is reduced accordingly.

  6. Umpire (cricket) - Wikipedia

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    The match referee makes no decisions relevant to the outcome of the game, but instead enforces the ICC Cricket Code of Conduct, ensuring the game is played in a reputable manner. The ICC appoints a match referee from its Elite Panel of Referees to adjudicate Test matches and ODIs. Minor cricket matches will often have trained umpires.

  7. Toss (cricket) - Wikipedia

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    Australian captain Don Bradman (left) and England captain Gubby Allen toss at the start of the 1936–37 Ashes series. Scoreboard stating the toss is delayed. In cricket, the toss is the flipping of a coin to determine which captain will have the right to choose whether their team will bat or field at the start of the match.

  8. Forms of cricket - Wikipedia

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    A match between a leading ICC associate member and another team adjudged first-class would be granted first-class status, but domestic matches in the associate member country are minor. The origin of the term "first-class cricket" is unknown but, along with other terms, it was used loosely for top-class eleven-a-side matches before it acquired ...

  9. India–Pakistan cricket rivalry - Wikipedia

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    [D] India and Pakistan qualified for the first semi-final of the tournament and the Indian government invited the Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to watch the match along with his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh. [21] The second match of the series, Kolkata, January 2013. India and Pakistan during the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.