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.

“-------the men for wohom the world is a stage.”

(i) It refers to the famous cricket fields in the world.

(ii) It means that there are many cricket playing countries in the world.

(iii) It implies that cricketers are like actors and every cricket ground is like the stage on which drama of a cricket match is enacted the world over.

In ‘the’ triumph of the one-day ‘game’, ‘triumph’ means :

(i) superiority of test cricket

(ii) inferiority of test cricket

(iii) achievement and success over test cricket

(iv) popularity among viewers.

Why has cricket a large viewership in India, not in China or Russia?

How is cricket different from other team games?

The rivalry between the Parsis and the Bombay Gymkhana had happy ending for the former. What does ‘a happy ending’ refer to?

Complete each of the following words using gh, ff, or f Then say each word clearly after your teacher.

(i) e_ort (ii) _act

(iii) con_ess (iv) lau_ing

(v) enou_ (vi) Hal_

(vii)scru_ (viii)rou_

(ix) sti_ly (x) di_erence

(xi) sa_ety (xii) _lush

Name some stick-and-ball games that you have witnessed or heard of.

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

How have advance in technology affected the game of cricket?

How is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick?