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Weekend cricket games are a normal sight in India. Swati Kamdar, a product manager at ESPNcricinfo, clicked this picture on a Sunday morning while driving up a hill in Wayanad, Kerala. The game in progress is a pretty serious affair as can be seen from the presence of a leg umpire, and the number of spectators.
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Ananthasubramanian Narayanan and his friends were on their way towards the Indus Zanskar Confluence at Ladakh, when they saw a bunch of boys playing cricket at 11,000 feet above sea level. Anantha was stunned, since he was sick and tiring quickly because of the early-morning trek in those conditions. But the boys playing the game didn't seem to have any problem.
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David Goodwin is the Secretary of the Mid Year Cricket Association. They play in the off-season during Australia's winter. The people who play winter cricket are all the best kind of cricket tragics who hate the break between summer seasons. Last month they almost had to call the round off due to the weather, but went ahead and got in a full day's play. As you can see from the photo, there were some ominous clouds, but in the end blue skies prevailed.
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[عمراعظم]

واہ ۔۔ شمشاد بھائی ۔ تمام تصاویر لاجواب ہیں۔شراکت کے لیئے شکریہ۔

 

[عمر سیف]

زبردست ۔۔

 

[آصف اثر]

لاجواب۔
پہلی تصویر میں پس منظر کے عظیم پہاڑ کی سحرانگیزی سونے پہ سہاگہ ہے۔

 

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Ali Asgar Babuji: A bunch of kids somewhere in India get around a paucity of stumps quite ingeniously. Lack of equipment is never a constraint for a game of street cricket in the subcontinent.
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Jijin Raveendran: Evidence of a childhood spent well in Kannur, Kerala. The pitch is a naturally barren patch in the village. The game ends only when the last rays of sunlight have faded.
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Sachin Bamare: I clicked this photo on my recent visit to Kumbhalgarh fort near Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Players in the photo are children of caretakers and employees at the fort who live on the premises. Lots of passion, but one hopes it doesn't destroy structures at the monument.
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Naveen Gupta: Earlier in July I was visiting a congested part of the old city in Calcutta - the famous Burrabazar. Hidden between dilapidated buildings was this playground where local kids - most of them living in the tenements around - were enthusiastically playing a game of cricket. Irrespective of the age and size of the players, almost every ball was being dispatched towards the windows in front. (PS - Can you spot the ball?)
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Sadananda Aithal: "We started our trip from Manali [a hill-station in north India], incessant rain and bad roads notwithstanding. Extreme cold and mini-land slides greeted us at Rohtang Pass. We were forced to halt at Koksar for a day and a half, with no sign of the sun. On the second evening, the sun, pretty streams and the mountains greeted us with rainbows. We couldn't have asked for a better setting for a game between us and the locals. The batsman in the picture is me, flicking into the legside."
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Aadya Sharma: Don't we all want to have a picture of going airborne and fully horizontal when diving for a catch. Aadya is no different. Being a big fan of Jonty Rhodes, he's always yearned for the perfect catch. The moment came in the beaches of Maple, close to Manipal in south India. As Aadya took off for a catch, his friend Rohan Sreekumar had the presence of mind to click at just the right moment.
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Joanna Konczak: One does not expect to see much cricket in Poland. However, there is a small but loyal group that plays the game here. This shot was taken during the Piotrowice Nyskie Cricket Festival, in the picturesque countryside surroundings near the Czech border. The players experienced some confusion caused by an uncommon group of extra fielders in traditional whites that invaded the pitch to stealthily join the game.
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Venki Umamaheswaran: Chennai is arguably the capital of the beach cricket scene in India. The sheer length of the Marina beach is perfect for hit-and-giggle games that feature lots of robust slogging across the line. This picture was shot at sunrise. The bowler is a fan of Dale Steyn, and his action does have some resemblance to Steyn's.
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Romel Bishop: This photo was taken at Bath, St.John, Barbados during a picnic in March 2013. Amateur cricketers are known to be quite innovative in finding substitutes for cricketing gear. Here, the group placed a barrel behind the batsman since they didn't have stumps. A pretty huge barrel at that, tilting the scales in the bowler's favour.
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Siddhartha Ray: It's a hot summer day in Ahmedabad in India, and it's business as usual at the bat market. Have you ever seen so many bats bunched together?
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Razzaq Siddiqui: The Bidar Fort on the northern plateau of Karnataka in India dates back to the 15th century AD. The place is known for its salubrious climate, but on this day the sun was out in full force at midday. Not that it had any impact on the players - the game progressed, oblivious to the weather and the rich history of the surroundings.
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Vibhash Awasthi: This picture was taken during the final of a corporate cricket tournament in Pune. There are fewer things more glamorous than a fast bowler bouncing out a batsman. The sharp bounce from the good length forces the batsman to arch back in a C-shape in order to save his head. Sometimes such scenes are more satisfying for a pace bowler than getting a batsman out - more of an ego boost to the bowler. As it often happens, the next ball was a perfect yorker and the batsman missed it completely. Vibhash describes himself as a cricket fan caught up in corporate life.
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Bappaditya Gole: The Kudle beach near Gokarna in Karnataka is known for scenic sunsets, especially when the sun is sheltered by clouds. On this particular evening, a cricket game on the sands presented an interesting photo-op: the sunlight reflecting off the wet sand makes it look like the silhouetted batsman is playing on a shiny pitch. And he's playing a rather photo-perfect flick shot, invoking some of Azharuddin's insouciance.
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Mariappan Subramanian: The Mararikulam beach on the south-western coast of India is known for its breath-taking scenery. Mariappan Subramanian was taking the sun and the sands in when he chanced upon a game of beach cricket. There was a lot of joy and bonhomie in the game, which isn't hard to imagine considering it was being played in such a lovely setting. The sun rays piercing through the clouds give the picture a rare other-worldly charm.
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