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Rules for hat-trick while bowling
I define a hat-trick as "three successes of the same kind".
If a bowler bowls a wide ball/dead ball in between consecutive wickets
ie,
W W Wd W
Will it be a hat-trick wicket?
What about the ...
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Why is the word Love used as a score for Tennis?
I have never understood this form of scoring. What is the origin of this score "title".
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What does the 'B' (or bonus) mean on a basketball scoreboard?
I was looking at pictures of scoreboards today, and I noticed that some of them have 'B's on the boards:
The same thing appears on NBA games, often in the broadcast scoreboard as well:
I've never ...
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Why are left arm spinners called differently?
Right arm spinners are either off spinners or leg spinners. But left arm spinners are refered to as chinaman and orthodox. They are never refered to as off spinners or leg spinners. Why are left arm ...
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The difference between top goalscorer and golden boot winner
My bookmaker has prices for the golden boot winner and the top tournament goal scorer in the World Cup. What is the difference between the two awards?
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Is there any term used for multiple hat tricks?
If a bowler takes more than three sequential wickets (say six wickets) in one over, would this be called as two hat-tricks or does this feat, however unlikely, has a different name?
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What is the difference between "retired out" and "retired not out" in cricket?
I have seen the terms on scoreboard like: "retired out" or "retired not out". What does it mean and what is the different between there?
Reference:
Mohammad Hafeez was retired out in ICC Champions ...
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Does this count as an assist?
I passed the ball to the forward, who was then one on one with the goalkeeper.
The forward shoots on first touch and hits the post. The ball rebounds, and with no one else touching the ball, the ...
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What is Associate Member in Cricket?
I have heard there are some countries in Cricket which are called as Associate countries (or members) So what is Associate member in Cricket? What criteria do they have to maintain?
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How is the WASP calculated in cricket?
We know that in the first innings the predicted score and in the second innings the predicted winning percentage will be calculated in the WASP.
But there is only one formula for calculating both ...
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Who is the Third Umpire?
For an international cricket match, there should be a TV umpire, a Match referee, and a Reserve umpire along with two umpires on the field,
Who is the third umpire of the above?
What are the ...
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What is the difference between a strong safety and a free safety?
There are two distinct labels for a "safety" in football: strong (SS) and free (FS).
Ed Reed (FS) and Troy Polamalu (SS) were two of the premier players in the NFL "in the safety position" during ...
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What is the difference between a manager and a coach in case of a football team?
What is the difference between a manager and a coach in case of a football team?
These two terms are used frequently and interchangeably.
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Who are the "Olympic Athletes from Russia"?
Who are the "Olympic Athletes from Russia"?
I was watching the 2018 Winter Olympics and saw "Olympic Athletes from Russia." Why isn't this done for other countries such as "Olympic Athletes from the ...
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What is ball tampering in cricket?
What is "ball tampering" in cricket? How can we say ball is tampered? Any punishments for tampering? Can somebody list the name of players who were punished?
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Are the NBA champions called World champions? Why is that?
When an NBA team wins the championship, they are called world champions. How did that come about?
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What is a protected pick?
In a trade, one NBA team can give to the other a protected pick (I heard of this concept reading about the alleged details of the DeMarcus Cousins trade from Sacramento Kings to New Orleans Pelicans). ...
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What does waived/injured mean in the NFL?
I'm relatively new to the NFL and while I understand the concept of waiving players and the waiver wire, I've seen the term "waived/injured" and was wondering what is different about that process as ...
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In Ultimate Frisbee, what is 'universe point'?
I recently read a tourney report where they talked about a game that ended with 'universe point'. I don't exactly know what that is however.
So, what exactly is 'universe point', and when/how is it ...
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Left arm Leg Spinner - A term not used. Why?
Why is not a left arm bowler who turns the ball away from left-handed batsman not called a left arm leg spinner, just like the right arm leg spinner? A left arm bowler who turns the ball into the left ...
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What is "Carry the bat" in Cricket?
I have heard the terminology "Carry the bat" in Cricket. What does it mean? When it is used?
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What is meant by a natural hat trick in hockey?
While reading this article on NHL.com I noticed that they mentioned several times that Jori Lehtera recorded a natural hat trick.
I assume they say natural hat trick to contrast it to another type of ...
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What is "Joker card" to be used in IPL?
In IPL 2014, Team owners will be able to use there Joker card. Whatever I have read and searched I found that teams can use joker card at time of auction to retain there previous players playing for ...
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Difference between leg-spin & flipper
What is the difference between Leg spinner's leg-spin & Flipper?
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What is Affiliate Member in Cricket?
What is Affiliate Member in Cricket? What criteria do they have to maintain? How can they considered as a Associate Member?
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What is a Golden set? and what is the difference with Bagel set?
What is a Golden set on tennis?
Is there a tennis player who won a golden set?
What is the difference between Golden set and Bagel set?
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Does the maiden over includes extras?
Today, Malinga bowled an over with 4 leg-byes, but it was given a maiden over.
Then I searched about that and got the details as,
If a bowler delivers a complete over without a run being scored ...
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Is the WASP calculation in cricket logically correct?
During the first ODI of India's tour of New Zealand 2014, I could see a new term named WASP on the right side of the TV screen on Sony Six - the channel broadcasting the match.
When I was searching ...
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Meaning of shortcuts like "128S/96Q/64D/32X" for tennis tournaments
In several places, where you can find information about tennis tournaments (for example: 2014 WTA Tour or 2014 ATP World Tour at Wikipedia), there are often shortcuts like this: 28S/32Q/16D (Brisbane),...
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What constitutes a player as a rookie?
When is a player said to be a rookie in North American major league sports? My understanding is that a rookie is a player that is playing his first professional season. But for how long is that player ...
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Why is getting out for zero is called duck in cricket?
In cricket there are lot of terminologies used. One such thing is "duck". Why do they call it with that name? Is there any historical reasons for this? How did that name come?
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"Hit the ball twice" in cricket, so does that means that batsman can hit the ball twice?
As per the name its like Hit the ball twice, so does that means a batsman can hit the ball twice, I mean the same delivery can b played twice?
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What does Home Runs Allowed mean?
I am reading an article about data science which uses some baseball statistics as an example. In it, there is the following phrase:
we hypothesize that the number of wins can be predicted by the ...
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Is there any official animal name to describe "five under par"?
I know -4 is condor and -5 is very rare, is there any animal name to describe -5 if it really happened?
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