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cricket

[krik-it] / ˈkrɪk ɪt /


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It led former England captain Michael Vaughan to muse this week whether Sooryavanshi could become the "greatest striker of a cricket ball of all time".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Events: Women’s cricket, equestrian mixed, women’s water polo, badminton mixed and women’s golf.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Despite those struggles, both Dasgupta and Yardy are convinced Sooryavanshi has the talent to successfully play red-ball cricket in the future.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The discovery, reported this week in the journal Ecology, centers on arota festae, a leaf-mimicking katydid also known as a "bush cricket."

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

All the while, one cricket after another walked in under our hickory shirts on bobwire legs and made life a misery.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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