1.   But as he read his Irish history he concluded that cricket had somewhat divisive connotations in the province.

2.   Crickets have a very mild shrimplike flavor.

3.   Just as soccer has appealed to Hispanic immigrants, cricket has a following among the growing Indian, Pakistani and West Indian communities here.

4.   Rugby has its niche and cricket has its niche, but in England, everything is basically football.

5.   ECB chairman of selectors David Graveney said cricket had center stage for the first time this season.

6.   Unlike soccer, cricket has few laws to prosecute fans who misbehave.

7.   Both players were substantial failures and were always likely to be in an unforgiving Australian environment, where cricket has a diamond-tough edge unknown in England.

8.   The side has already proved, in any case, that its cricket has real identity.

9.   World cricket had a crisis of confidence when former South African skipper Hansie Cronje confessed to match-fixing last year.

10.   World cricket had a crisis of confidence when former South African skipper Cronje confessed to match-fixing last year.