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Cricket, which originated in the 16th century, is a sport played by many countries around the world. The most loved cricket games are the 50 over World Cup games. An over has 6 balls. The most recent team to win the World Cup was India, as they defeated Sri Lanka. The most famous cricket grounds is Lord's stadium in London, England. The main type of cricket games there are, are 20-over, 1 day international (50 overs), and Test matches (4 or 5 days). Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka is the highest wicket-taker in Cricket history with 800 wickets. Muralitharan is an off-spin bowler. Types of bowling include off-spin, leg-spin, off-break, fast-medium, fast, and slow. Each side has 11 batters, and there goal is to score as many runs as they can, before getting 10 wickets. A batsman can be out by having the ball hit is leg in front of the wicket (lbw), being run out, being stumped out of the crease, caught, or bowled. Great hitters from the 1990's, and 2000's include Sachin Tendulkar (India), VVS Laxman (India), Rahul Dravid (India), Sanath Jayasuria (Sri Lanka), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka),
