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Roma Cricket Ground
The Italy national cricket team is the men's team that represents the country of Italy in international cricket. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council ( ICC) since 1995, having previously been an affiliate member since 1984.Italy at CricketArchive The Italy national cricket team is administered by the Italian Cricket Federation. History Early history The earliest mention of cricket in Italy is of a match played by 's sailors in 1793 during a stop in |
Blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB color model, RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB color model, RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between Violet (color), violet and cyan on the optical spectrum, spectrum of visible light. The term ''blue'' generally describes colours perceived by humans observing light with a dominant wavelength that's between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; Azure (color), azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering#Cause of the blue colour of the sky, Rayleigh scattering. An optical effect called the Tyndall effect explains Eye color#Blue, blue eyes. Distant objects appear more blue because of another optical effect called aerial perspective. Blue has been an important colour in art and decoration since ancient t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Cricket
International cricket matches are played between the teams representing their nations, administrated by the International Cricket Council. The main forms are Test matches, ODI matches and T20I matches. Most games are played as part of "tours" when one nation travels to another for a number of weeks or months and plays a number of matches of various sorts against the host nation. World Cups featuring several countries at once, are organized by the ICC. The ICC is also responsible for cricket games played at multi-sport events such as Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, African Games, Asian Games, South Asian Games and Pacific Games. In addition to ICC's administration, there are also five regional bodies, Asian Cricket Council, Africa Cricket Association, ICC Europe, ICC Americas and ICC East Asia-Pacific which aim to promote the sport of cricket in their respective continents. History There was no formal structure for international cricket until the early 20th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibraltar
Gibraltar ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory and British overseas cities, city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar). It has an area of and is Gibraltar–Spain border, bordered to the north by Spain (Campo de Gibraltar). The landscape is dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar, at the foot of which is a densely populated town area. Gibraltar is home to some 34,003 people, primarily Gibraltarians. Gibraltar was founded as a permanent watchtower by the Almohad Caliphate, Almohads in 1160. It switched control between the Nasrids, Crown of Castile, Castilians and Marinids in the Late Middle Ages, acquiring larger strategic clout upon the destruction of nearby Algeciras . It became again part of the Crown of Castile in 1462. In 1704, Anglo-Dutch forces Capture of Gibraltar, captured Gibraltar from Spain during the War of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricinfo
ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a Sports journalism, sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including Liveblogging, liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a database of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present. , Sambit Bal was the editor. The site, originally conceived in a pre-World Wide Web form in 1993 by Simon King, was acquired in 2002 by the Wisden Grouppublishers of several notable cricket magazines and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As part of an eventual break-up of the Wisden Group, it was sold to ESPN Inc., ESPN, jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications, in 2007. History CricInfo was launched on 15 March 1993 by Simon King, a British researcher at the University of Minnesota. It grew with help from students and researchers at universities around the world. Contrary to some reports, Badri Seshadri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ICC Trophy
The Cricket World Cup Qualifier (previously called the ICC Trophy and officially known as the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier) is a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that serves as the culmination of the qualification process for the Cricket World Cup. It is usually played in the year before the World Cup. Although the tournament has used a variety of different formats, a final qualification event has been a feature of every World Cup since 1979. From 1979 to 2001, all associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) were eligible to participate in the ICC Trophy. Regional qualification was introduced for the 2005 ICC Trophy – the final tournament to bear that name – with the World Cricket League (WCL) introduced in 2007. Until 2015, automatic qualification was granted to all full members of the ICC. However, for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, only the top eight teams in the ICC ODI Championship were given automatic qualification, meanin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel National Cricket Team
The Israel national cricket team is the team that represents Israel in international cricket. Despite being geographically part of the Middle East, they are members of the European Cricket Council. They regularly take part in the European Championship, and are currently ranked the 12th best non-Test team in Europe by the International Cricket Council (ICC), having been an associate member of that organisation since 1974.Israel at CricketArchive In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all matches pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federazione Cricket Italiana
The Italian Cricket Federation () is the governing body for the sport of cricket within Italy. It is responsible, with assistance from the ICC Europe (earlier the European Cricket Council), for the development and administration of the game within Italy, and the selection of the Italian national cricket team. The Italian Cricket Federation also runs an academy for youth development located 180 km north of Rome, at Grosseto Cricket Club. History The history of Italian cricket is largely unknown to the rest of the world. The sport was first introduced to Italy in the early 1800s by British expatriates who were living in the country. The game quickly caught on among the Italian elite, and soon there were cricket clubs popping up all over the country. One of the earliest and most influential cricket clubs was the Rome Cricket Club, which was founded in 1820 by a group of wealthy English and Italian cricket enthusiasts. The club quickly became the hub of Italian cricket and att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Da Costa
Twenty-two teams participated in the 1997 ICC Trophy, the sixth edition of the tournament. Two teams, Italy and Scotland, were making their debuts. Argentina ''Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger ''(†)'' and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger ''(‡)''.'' Coach: J. G. Ferguson * Gastón Arizaga * Sergio Ciaburri * Donald Forrester * Bernardo Irigoyen ‡ * Martin Juarez * Guillermo Kirschbaum * Diego Lord * Miguel Morris * Matias Paterlini † * Hernan Pereyra * Andres Perez Rivero * Maximiliano Riveros * Brian Roberts * Miguel Rowe * Christian Tuñon * Malcolm van Steeden ---- SourceESPNcricinfo/small> Bangladesh ''Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger ''(†)'' and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger ''(‡)''.'' Coach: Gordon Greenidge * Akram Khan * Aminu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Alphonsus Jayarajah
Francis Alphonsus Jayarajah (born 18 June 1947) is a Sri Lankan-born Italian cricketer. Alfonso, as he is known by most, is a left-arm bowler and a right-handed batsman. He was born in Vavuniya, studied at St. Patricks College in Jaffna, and educated at the Sapienza University of Rome. For over 40 years, Alfonso Jayarajah, a Sri Lankan émigré, has been fostering cricket in Italy. Jayarajah was the first Cricket Captain for Italy in the nation's first cricket match, touring the UK in 1984. He was captain of the National Team until 1994, and was last selected in the Italy national cricket team at the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia. He was the first person of colour to Captain Italy in any sport. Having arrived in Rome in 1968, on a scholarship from Opus Dei for university studies he was a member of the Rome Sports Association and played in the Rome Ashes during the 60's and 70's in the Villa Doria Pamphili grounds. He currently is the President of Roma Capannelle Cricket Club, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genoa C
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria, and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its Metropolitan City of Genoa, metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitants, more than 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. On the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean: it is the busiest city in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union. Genoa was the capital of Republic of Genoa, one of the most powerful maritime republics for over seven centuries, from the 11th century to 1797. Particularly from the 12th century to the 15th century, the city played a leading role in the history of commerce and trade in Europe, becoming one of the largest naval powers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
