Amit's ... Did You Know ........... (1)

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The first laws of cricket were written in 1774. Since then they have been modified on numerous occasions. Pretty much everything has changed. The early versions of the cricket bat were long curved pieces of wood, resembling a thick hockey stick. The stumps consisted of two wickets and one bail in between. The only law of the game that has remained constant is the length of the pitch at twenty two yards.

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Sachin Tendulkar, Waqar Younis, and Salil Ankola all made their Test Match debut at Karachi in 1989.

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Sri Lankan ex-skipper Marvan Atapattu's first six Test innings scores were 0,0,1,0,0,0.

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There are ten ways in which a batsman can dismissed or get out: Caught, Bowled, LBW, Run-Out, Stumped, Handling The Ball, Obstructing The Field, Hit The Ball Twice, Hit-Wicket, Timed Out

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In the 1997-98 Test Match at Faisalabad, Mushtaq Ahmed was bowling to Pat Symcox. Symcox missed the ball, which went between the stumps , knocking back the middle stump. However the heat had fused together the bails, which did not fall. The middle stump bounced back into place, and Symcox continued on his way to 81 - his second highest Test score.

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