“…the men for whom 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 a stage on which the drama of cricket is enacted the world over.

“There is a historical reason behind both these oddities.” In the preceding two paragraphs, find two words/phrases that mean the same as ‘oddities’.

How is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick?

Write True or False against each of the following sentences.

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

In “the triumph of the one-day game”, ‘triumph’ means the one-day games

(i) Superiority to Test cricket.

(ii) Inferiority to Test cricket.

(iii) Achievement and success over Test cricket.

(iv) Popularity among viewers.

“…the men for whom 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 a stage on which the drama of cricket is enacted the world over.

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

The Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket. Why?

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

Do you think cricket owes its present popularity to television? Justify your answer.