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Cricket is a Classic SportThere is something about the mixture of craftsmanship and power that makes cricket suitable for every audience. If you have great patience and like the classic variant, Test Matches are for you. If you have been a fan for a decade or so, you probably like One Day Internationals. If you're a new fan, you might have discovered the sport through Twenty20 matches, probably through the Indian Premier League or another league similar to the IPL.From Don Bradman to Sachin Tendulkar, and from Dennis Lillee to Muttiah Muralitharan, great batsmen and bowlers have taken the sport of cricket to new heights over the decades. With the game expanding to dozens of new countries, and with women's cricket going from strength to strength, it is surely only a matter of time before the world's Commonwealth Game makes its appearance in the Olympics.This book contains a large number of trivia puzzles and clues that will lead you to the names of some of the best cricket batsmen, bowlers, and fielders of all time. I have tried to include as many different players as possible - from those who played mostly Tests to those who only played ODIs, from obscure players to household names, and from all-rounders to specialists in their field. There are famous names, controversial names, popular names - a great mix of people who will help you relive the glory days of cricket in your mind.The book can be read in many different ways. If you want, you can go through the questions and puzzles by yourself, and test your skill against the clock - the answers are all provided, and multiple hints to the identity of each player are given. In addition, you can also play with one or more friends - the structure of the book is ideally suited to cooperative attempts. Just like in the sport of cricket itself, teamwork makes everything better and easier! You can also use it as the basis for a cricket based trivia competition, since a contest makes everything a little more interestin