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=Cricket=

Super Sixes, Hazardous Hat Tricks, Cricket, it's a truely remarkable but misunderstood game. From it's humble beginnings to the present, Cricket has always been a true Australian sport. Contrary to popular belief the rules of Cricket are much more simple than they seem to be. The aim of te game differs between various forms of it. The three main international forms are Test Cricket, ODI and T20. Each of these games share the same rules, but have different time limits and require different players for a team to be succsessful.

Test Cricket

 * Longest type of game
 * Is played over a span of up to 5 days
 * To win a team must bowl out their opponent for twice for less than their total score.
 * There is no standardised field size but the wicket (strip of grass that is batted and bowled on) must be 22 yards long.
 * Is drawn if both teams have nobeen bowled out twice over the five days.
 * Is tied if after both innings the scores are exactly equal
 * There have only ever been two tied tests. Australia was involved in both of them.

One Day International (ODI)

 * Is played in one day
 * Each team recieves 50 overs to score as many runs as possible
 * If a team is bowled out before the 50 overs are complete than the innings changes ( or if it is the second innings then the match is won by the other team.
 * To win a team must have scored more runs than the other team in their innings.

T20

 * Each team receives 20 overs in which to score as many runs as possible
 * The winner is the team with the most runs at the end.
 * Is regarded as the batsmans' game.

Cross Format Rules
A batsman is out if:
 * The bales are dislodged from the stumps
 * He is caught out on the full
 * He is given out LBW (Leg before Wicket)
 * Run out
 * Stumped

Sir Donald Bradman

 * Batting average of 99.94
 * Made 2 test triple centuries and a 299 Not Out
 * Widely considered to be the greates batsman and greates good sportsman of all times (apart for Indians).



Shane Warne

 * In his career he took over 700 wickets
 * Greates spin bowler of all time
 * Was a leg spinner