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Every Australian player in international and domestic cricket will be required to wear neck protectors while batting or face sanctions under new rules set to be imposed from Oct. 1. Changes to ...
Cricket is the most popular sport in Australia at international, domestic and local levels. It is important culturally and regarded as a national sport (along with Australian rules football), [2] and is widely played across the country, especially from the months of September to April. [3]
The Laws of Cricket is a code that specifies the rules of the game of cricket worldwide. The earliest known code was drafted in 1744. Since 1788, the code has been owned and maintained by the private Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in Lord's Cricket Ground, London. There are currently 42 Laws (always written with a capital "L"), which describe ...
Tom Wills, cricketer and co-founder of Australian football. Cricket has close historical ties with Australian rules football and many players have competed at top levels in both sports. [166] In 1858, prominent Australian cricketer Tom Wills called for the formation of a "foot-ball club" with "a code of laws" to keep cricketers fit during the ...
Cricket Australia is an administrative organisation responsible for cricket in Australia. Cricket Australia has six member organisations that represent each of the Australian states. These organisations are: New South Wales – Cricket NSW; Queensland – Queensland Cricket; South Australia – South Australian Cricket Association; Tasmania ...
The fundamental rules of the sport of cricket are codified in the Laws of Cricket. Other regulations are introduced by the International Cricket Council or the governing body of each cricketing nation as and when they are needed, for example to specify the playing conditions for particular cricket competitions. The articles below discuss ...
Traditionally, cricket requires "gentlemanly" conduct from all players. The Code of Conduct is written and enforced by the International Cricket Council. Under the ICC regulations, players may be fined a percentage of their salary, banned for a number of matches, or even banned for a number of years or life.
Australia were even more extreme, declaring at 32/7. [6] "...the ball proceeded to perform capers all against the laws of gravitation, and there came the craziest day's cricket imaginable, with twenty wickets falling for 130 runs and two declarations that must surely be unique in the annals of Test cricket." [7]