Add -ly to the italicised word in each sentence. Rewrite the sentence using the new word. See the examples first.

• He runs between wickets as if his legs were 

     He runs between wickets stiffly.

• Why did the batsman swing the bat in such a violent manner?

     Why did the batsman swing the bat so violently?

(i) It is obvious that the work has not been done in a proper way.

(ii) He made the statement in a firm manner.

(iii) The job can be completed within a week in an easy way.

(iv) You did not play in a serious manner, or else you would have won the match.

(v) She recited the poem in a cheerful manner.

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.

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

What do you understand by the game’s (cricket) ‘equipment’?