Bails Cricket Links
The smell of freshly mown turf, the crack of leather on willow and cucumber sandwiches with a pint of ale. There is no sport more appropriate for a spectator in summer than cricket. Cricket can be a confusing game to some people so below I have included cricket links that give an overview of the sport.
http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/ - Lords in London is the “home of cricket” and the custodian of the rules of cricket.
http://www.bradman.org.au/ - The Bradman Museum celebrates the life of one of the worlds greatest cricketers Sir Donald Bradman and cricket more generally in Australia.
http://www.localhistories.org/hambledon.html - The village of Hambledon in Hampshire in the UK is the first ground where cricket was played. Learn about the first home of cricket.
http://www20.sbs.com.au/theashes/ - SBS Television site for the 2005 Ashes series.
http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/home.asp - Great site with plenty of cricket statistics.
http://www.cricket.com.au/?s=home - Official web page of Australian Cricket. Has the latest propaganda on the Australian team.
http://aus.cricinfo.com - An excellent site with information on cricket around the world. The site is run by the Wisden Group which are responsible for the cricket stat bible that has been published for generations.
http://www.mcg.org.au/ - Home of the largest cricket ground in Australia, the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
http://www.sydneycricketground.com.au/ - The historic Sydney Cricket Ground. This link has information on upcoming matches as well as information about the small but excellent museum that the trust operates.
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/6174/jokes/how2cricket.htm - An oldie but a goody.