Imagine a conversation between Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School, and Mahatma Gandhi on the value of cricket in education. What would each say? Write out a conversation in the form of a dialogue.
Test cricket is a unique game in many ways. Discuss some of the ways in which it is different from other team games. How are the peculiarities of test cricket shaped by its historical beginnings as a village game?
Describe one way in which in the 19th century, technology brought about a change in equipment and give one example where no change in equipment took place.
Find out the history of any one local sport. Ask your parents and grandparents how this game was played in their childhood. See whether it is played in the same way now. Try and think of the historical forces that might account for the changes.
Give brief explanations for the following. (a) The Parsis were the first Indian community to set up a cricket club in India.(b) Mahatma Gandhi condemned the Pentangular tournament.(c) The name of ICC was changed from the Imperial Cricket Conference to the International Cricket Conference.(d) The shift of the ICC headquarters from London to Dubai.
