ICC to hold first ever Book Cricket World Cup next year
The International Cricket Council is looking to add yet another format to the game of cricket; one that can be played indoors without a bat or ball. Book Cricket has been something that has been around for quite some time and many are familiar with the simple
yet addictive game.
Speaking at a press conference, ICC president, Sharad Pawar made the announcement. Pawar said, “As you all know we here at the International Cricket Council are always looking to add new dimensions to the game of cricket, while at the same time not straying
too far from the true essence of the game. In that pursuit we are constantly assessing the various paths we can take game of cricket, and are proud to reveal that Book Cricket is now an officially recognized version of the sport we know and love.”
The news was a bit of a surprise as although book cricket is popular among the sport’s fans, it had not received any official recognition from the ICC after years of seemingly unsuccessful lobbying from various professional association and cricket boards.
The recognition of Book Cricket by the ICC comes only four years after the introduction of the T20 version of the game, which held its inaugural World Cup in England.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 cricket would be released to the public soon, so that there would be a sense of uniformity among the Book Cricket playing masses.
According to some sources, the rules will be based around the 1950’s version of the game that was published in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DE-Bollinger-c1348 comic in England. Although slightly outdated, the version managed to replicate actual matches pretty well with simulating the amount
of runs scored and run rate around the same mark that ODIs are now played at. The ICC seemed to have tweaked things slightly and there are rumours that a T20 version of the game is also under consideration.
Growing in popularity across the globe especially in schools, colleges and even some libraries, the game caught the eye of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 on more than one occasion. However, there did not seem to be enough behind the version of the game for the ICC to give it any
significant thought. Yet, with the recent success of ICC World Cup, members of the cricket council are looking on ways to capitalise on and expand the popularity of cricket across the globe.
Book cricket is nothing new as there are professional leagues organised by both the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board and the BCCI, with the best players revered as local heroes by their fans. The press conference ended on a high note with the announcement of the first
Book Cricket World Cup.
“Plans are already in place and the preparations for the inaugural Book cricket World Cup are already underway in England,” Pawar continued, “We chose http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 to be the first hosts of the first World Cup because it is widely regarded as the spiritual home
of cricket, and only seemed fitting.”
The announcement was met with a hesitant round of applause, as few knew what to make of the press conference. Although book cricket was popular and had a huge fan base, there was a sense of skepticism as to whether the game would succeed or even gain acceptance
among cricketing purists, who will now see this as the latest threat to the Test cricket format.
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