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Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

There were revision of laws by MCC between 1770s and 1780s. They were:

  1. The weight of the ball and the width of the bat were specified

  2. The first leg-before law was published in 1774

  3. The third stump became common, and the first six seam cricket ball was created

  4. All the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The weight of the ball was limited to between 5½  to 5¾ ounces, and the width of the bat to four inches. In 1774, the first leg-before law was published. Also around this time, a third stump became common. By 1780, three days had become the length of a major match, and this year also saw the creation of the first six-seam cricket ball.

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

The West Indies win in Test Series England in 1950, had two ironical features. They were :

  1. The victory was considered a national achievement, a way of demonstrating that West Indians were equals of white Englishmen.

  2. The captain of the winning West Indies team was a white Englishman.

  3. West Indies cricket team represented not one nation but several dominions which became independent countries later.

  4. Both (b) and (c)
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Explanation

Success at cricket became a measure of racial equality and political progress.  At the time of their independence many of the political leaders of Caribbean countries like Forbes Burnham and Eric Williams saw in the game a chance for self-respect and international standing. 

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

How did cricket boards become rich?

  1. By selling television rights to television companies

  2. By organising large number of matches

  3. Through patronage from rich industrialists

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Cricket boards significantly increased their revenue by selling exclusive television broadcasting rights to media companies, which allowed the sport to reach a massive global audience.

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

What were the rich who played cricket for pleasure called?

  1. Amateurs

  2. Professionals

  3. Commons

  4. Both (a) and (b)
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Explanation

The rich were amateurs for two reasons. One, they considered sport a kind of leisure. To play for the pleasure of playing and not for money was an aristocratic value. Two, there was not enough money in the game for the rich to be interested.

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

The reason that cricket has originated from the villages is/are:

  1. Cricket matches had no time limit

  2. Vagueness of the size of the cricket ground

  3. Cricket's most important tools are all made of pre-industrial materials

  4. All the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Originally, cricket matches had no time limit. The game went on for as long as it took to bowl out a side twice. Cricket was originally played on country commons, unfenced land that was public property. Cricket’s most important tools are all made of natural, pre-industrial materials. The bat is made of wood as are the stumps and the bails. The ball is made with leather, twine and cork. Even today both bat and ball are handmade, not industrially manufactured. 


Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

The poor who played cricket for a living were called __________.

  1. needy

  2. entertainers

  3. professionals

  4. commons
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The organisation of cricket in England reflected the nature of English society. The rich who could afford to play it for pleasure were called amateurs and the poor who played it for a living were called professionals.  The game was seasonal and did not offer employment the year round. Most professionals worked as miners or in other forms of working class employment in winter, the off-season.