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What is a ‘Dot Ball’
What is ‘Dot Ball’…? The answer is not that simple because ‘Dot Ball’ is not any penalty
it is rather a commendation tag attached to the bowler’s statistics. A delivery from a bowler to a batsman out of which the batsman fails to score any run is called a ‘Dot Ball’. This terminology has been adapted by the ICC in 2003 and was first introduced at Newlands Stadium
in the opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003
that was eventually won by West Indies. 
The introduction of ‘Dot Ball’ in the cricket statistical data will encourage effective bowling. The aim of bowling is to ball-out the batsman
and at the same time the bowler has to restrict the batsman from scoring runs. As such, the balls bowled by the bowlers that do not let the batsman score any run, are definitely worth recognizing and now such balls have been designated as ‘Dot Balls’, to be further added to their achievement statistics. Two South African cricket fans
Scholtz and Bramley displayed placards in a cricket match on 3 April 2002 at Durban, depicting ‘Dot Balls’ as big black dots on yellow posters. They raised these placards on each ball bowled that did not yield any runs. These placards received an unprecedented recognition from the crowd in the stadium inclusive of the ICC authorities. Subsequently the entire stadium 
started applauding and cheering each ‘Dot Balls’ played in the match. -----------------------------------------------
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of other main players was Sehwag 35, Gambhir 51, Yuvraj 58, Dhoni 31, Pathan 14. 
. The other main scorers were Bell 69, Pitersen 31 and Trott 16. Nevertheless, Bell was given a new life out of a controversial decision by the umpires declaring him ‘not out’ even after counter checking by the 
. Indians appealed aloud for giving Bell LBW but were demoralized when their appeal was overruled by the umpires. 
as the players had gloomy faces and not so very quick reflexes in their movements on the field. The bowling was also ineffective that resulted in a draw in spite of a huge total of 338. 
. Following a declaration by the 
, the first National Woman's Day (NWD) was observed across the United States on 28 February in the year 1909. 
, International Women's Day (IWD) was celebrated for the first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and 
on 19 March1911. One million plus women and men attended IWD rallies and campaigned for women's rights to work, to vote, to be trained, to hold public offices and to eradicate discrimination and exploitation of women in public life.
for the selfless service, love, care and compassion rendered by the mothers, sisters, daughters and the family-prides on the rest of the human beings on this earth. 
is a set of positions of fielding players on the ground with respect to the 30yard circle, as to how many players should be fielded within the 30yard circle and how many will be placed outside the same. Such 
arrangements are enforced in the limited-over cricket matches to maintain high speed athletic activities like making more runs by the batsmen and fast movement of the fielders. 
letting the batsmen score huge run accounts and the fielders display electrifying fielding movements. Eventually, the powerplay has made the 
more interesting and exciting for the spectators on the venue and for the 
. 
for a set number of overs. 
may elect to position 3 fielders outside the 30 yard circle in one of the two 5-over Powerplays. The other powerplay is chosen by the 
. Currently both 2nd and 3rd powerplay will have 3 fielders outside 30 yard circle.
should be applied on the field. 
might end in a draw. On the other hand in case of ODIs and T20 matches they are played between two or more teams like tournaments. The currently ongoing 
match is also a tournament where the ICC cannot afford to declare matches inconclusive and are bound to declare the winner of the world cup for awarding the same to the team who plays its best in all departments and 
declared the winner. 
lost, and matches with no results. They evaluate the teams by giving points for the winners (1) the runners (0) and for no results (0). These points are then summed up for taking the final decision to declare the final 
. 
of evaluating the teams’ performance as the final winner cannot be decided if there is a 
scoring equal points in a match or a 
. 
’ abbreviated as 
has been evolved out of mathematical calculation to the 3rd point of decimals for calculating the performance of the teams of any tournament. By calculating the net run rate NRR of the teams, the better team can be selected even if there is a tie based on the points they score. 
of the term ‘Net Run Rate’ NRR. 
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without any mathematical terminologies and hope that would be useful for the readers:
= Net Run Rate of your team 
= Your team’s run rate
= Opponent’s run rate
by your team ÷ Overs bowled by opponent team
by your team