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 All through the English open country, every year in late April and early May, that natural sound of cowhide (ball) against willow (bat) can by and by be heard, meaning the beginning of another cricket season. For American perusers – this is the name of England's head summer sport and not some uproarious bug!  A game, which could maybe be depicted as a hybrid of baseball and chess. A game, which takes five days to play and usually finishes in a draw. A game which has discovered enthusiasts, supporters and darlings in the entirety of the remote of the old British Empire including Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.  The specific birthplaces of cricket are obscure, yet are accepted to go back to the sixteenth century, the name getting from the Anglo-Saxon word 'cricc', which means a shepherd's staff. It is felt that the primary players were English shepherds, who utilized their 'criccs' as bats and the wicket door of t