KIEV CRICKET CLUB

KyivPost Cricket League 2010 to be held from July 24-July25 2010. KCC,BUCC,Kagaril,Seniors XI, Friends XI contesting for the cup.

ASMC 2010 Cup shared between Ranbaxy and Ananta due to no result(match abandoned due to bad weather).Final was held on July 5 2010. Khalid (ISTILL) was declared Player of the Tournament(108 runs & 6 wkts).

Amit Sisodia Memorial Cup 2010 starts on June 25 2010.

KCC(Kyiv Cricket Club) beats the BUCC(British-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce) team to win the Ambassador's Trophy held on JUNE 19 2010 as a part of the opening of KyivPost Cricket League 2010.

Cricinfo News

19 травня 2012

Ajmal not keen on developing new variations

On Pakistan's upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, Saeed Ajmal said, he will look to keep things 'simple'

19 травня 2012

Klinger signs off securing draw

A farewell half-century by Michael Klinger helped Worcestershire to a draw after rain on the final morning spoiled a hard-fought match with Sussex at New Road.

19 травня 2012

Taylor added to Performance Squad

James Taylor, the Nottinghamshire batsman, has been added to England's Performance Squad after being left out of the initial 26-man selection

A Brief Introduction to Cricket

Much has been written about the game of cricket - its origins, how it's played, where it's played, the nature of the game. Yet to those not initiated into the game - 'looking in' from outside - cricket is an enigma at the best of times, it is seemingly boring and hence lacking in excitement, stretching pointlessly over time and occasionally without a purpose.

On the contrary for most of those who are 'in' and 'looking out' - cricket is in fact a 'wonder sport' - which encompasses a multitude of attributes and characteristics seldom found so conveniently compressed into one single sporting activity. Above all cricket is fun!

Broadly, apart from the sporting skills that cricket develops in the players, as importantly it also develops the intangible attributes of:

A sense of sportsmanship and fair play
Building the characters of the players
Mental thinking by the players at strategic and tactical levels
Ability to read the opponent's mind
A sense of discipline - to accept without question the decisions of the umpire

The other aspect about cricket is that it is probably one of the fastest evolving sports in the world, constantly adapting itself to the ‘demands’ of a changing global audience. However through this process of evolution that is constantly taking place, the beauty of cricket is that it retains the essence of the game – which is the issue of ‘fair play’. This process of ‘fair play’ has become a cliché, in that the English language has adopted the phrase “it’s not cricket” when any matter presented, is seen to have an unacceptable bias.

Given this process of evolution Cricket has become hugely complex in its structure and form. It is driven by a set of Laws (and not rules) which are possessively guarded by its custodians – International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) of England. There are rules that then spell out the regulatory changes depending on the form of the game that is being played - that stretch from a 3 hour match (Twenty20) to one that is played over 5 days (Test). There is even a form for the brand new starter to the game – Kwik cricket – devoid of the complexities but established purely for someone experiencing it for the first time to enjoy themselves and have fun!

Incidentally, in case you didn’t know, Cricket is the second most popular game in the world with a base of close to 3 billion fans!

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