“There is a historical reason behind both these oddities.”

In the preceding two paragraphs, find two words/phrase that mean the same as ‘oddities’.

Cricket is originally a/an

How is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick?

Write True or False against each of the following sentences.

(i) Indian joined the world of Test Cricket before independence.

(ii) The colonisers did nothing to encourage the Parsis in playing cricket.

(iii) Palwankar Baloo was India’s first Test captain.

(iv) Australia played its first Test against England as a sovereign nation.

A ‘professional’ cricket player is one who makes a living by playing cricket. Find the opposite of professional in the last paragraph.