Maurice Green (cricketer)
Maurice Green (19 March 1900 – 11 September 1952) was a Guyanese cricketer. He played in sixteen first-class matches for British Guiana from 1923 to 1938. See also * List of Guyanese representative cricketers The Guyana cricket team represents, originally, the British colony of British Guiana and later the independent state of Guyana. Guyana's inaugural first-class match (as British Guiana) commenced on 29 August 1895 against Trinidad at Bourda in Ge ... References External links * 1900 births 1952 deaths Guyanese cricketers Guyana cricketers {{Guyana-cricket-bio-stub ...
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side either catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee ...
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