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CBSE - History - History and Sport: The Story of Cricket

History and Sport: The Story of Cricket

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Mention the different ways by which we can say that Test cricket is a unique game. 

Following are the different by which we can say that Test cricket is a unique game.

1. A test match could go on for five days and still end in draw.

2. The length of the pitch was specified 22 yards but the size of or shape of the ground was not specified.

3. There were no limits on the shape or size of the bat.

4. Cricket was the earliest modern team sport to be codified.

5. Cricket gave itself rules and regulations so that it could be played in a uniform and standardized way well before team games like Soccer and Hockey. 

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