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  2. Mallet - Wikipedia

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    A wooden mallet will not deform the striking end of a metal tool, as most metal hammers would. It is also used to reduce the force driving the cutting edge of a chisel, giving better control. Hardwood mallets are also used to knock in cricket bats.

  3. Cricket bat - Wikipedia

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    According to the Laws of Cricket, [24] a bat can have a maximum width of 4.25 inches (108 mm), so these bats cannot be used in an official game. As of November 2020 [update] , Guinness World Records state that the largest bat is 15.627 metres (51.27 ft) long and was made by Classic Mall Development Company in Chennai, India.

  4. Glossary of cricket terms - Wikipedia

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    a person who plays cricket. [40] Cross-bat shot a conventional shot played with the bat parallel with the ground, such as a cut or a pull. Also known as a horizontal-bat shot, it is generally considered a potentially risky option for batters. [1] Cross the rope To cross over the boundary rope.

  5. William Sykes (businessman) - Wikipedia

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    Donald Bradman with a Wm. Sykes cricket bat. William Sykes (1852–1910) was an English businessman. Sykes was just 23 when, against the advice of his father he married and then with his own and his new wife's savings purchased a saddler business in Horbury, England, in about 1874. He married Louisa Abstemia Crabtree (1850–1928) in 1874. [1]

  6. Croquet - Wikipedia

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    Some other early modern sources refer to pall-mall being played over a large distance (as in golf); however, an image in Strutt's 1801 book shows a croquet-like ground billiards game (balls on the ground, hoop, bats, and peg) being played over a short, garden-sized distance. The image's caption describes the game as "a curious ancient pastime ...

  7. Batting (cricket) - Wikipedia

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    The second class of cricket stroke comprises the horizontal-bat shots, also known as cross-bat shots: the cut, the square drive, the pull, the hook, and the sweep. Typically, horizontal bat shots have a greater probability of failing to make contact with the ball than vertical bat shots and therefore are restricted to deliveries that are not ...

  8. Bat-and-ball games - Wikipedia

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    Composite rules baseball–cricket – a hybrid bat-and-ball games combining elements of baseball and cricket, played by two teams of 12 players with the 9 inches (230 mm) diameter baseball on the oval-shaped field about 220 yards (200 m) long by 176 yards (161 m) wide, at the center of which is a baseball field about 92 feet (28 m) apart with ...

  9. Improvised weapon - Wikipedia

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    Rocks being thrown in 2005 Belize unrest. An improvised weapon is an object that was not designed to be used as a weapon but can be put to that use. They are generally used for self-defence or if the person is otherwise unarmed.