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Western cultures have generally regarded bats with superstition and fear; but in China, expressed in art and handicrafts, the bat has achieved respectability as a symbol of happiness and good luck.

In the Kroger parking lot over the weekend a young man weaves his way between cars, a cricket bat under his arm. He has parked a little piece from the entrance and I sit in my car and watch him move ...

In the wake of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifiers, Uganda is set to take on Papua New Guinea (PNG) in a four-match bilateral series, renewing a rivalry forged on the world stage.

This is the most common way of getting out. A batter is out caught when a fielder catches the ball directly off the bat, before it has hit the ground. The ball doesn't have to come directly off the ...

Both underdogs and coming off opening defeats, PNG showed a hearteningly hard-fought ... but they've seen plenty of one another in 50-over cricket up and down the Divisions of the old World ...

The Indian town where cricket bats are made That was the principal aim of the first all-India cricket tour of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The timing was not a coincidence: it was the year ...

The Cricket Discipline Commission vehemently defended themselves against Essex’s complaints. “Essex’s position in relation to the alleged issues over bat gauges is misconceived,” the CDC ...

Marnus Labuschagne, the Australian batsman, announced his decision to retire the cricket bat he used during the ICC Cricket World Cup final against India in Ahmedabad last November. The match ...

Essex have described English cricket chiefs as “absolutely stupid” for docking the county 12 points because one of their players used a bat ruled too wide. The club’s slim hopes of winning ...

NZ vs PNG Pitch Report The surface at Brian Lara stadium is one that gives balanced support to both batters and bowlers. It ...