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Did you know?

The Pitch is 20 metres in length and 3metres wide

Record for men’s fastest 100 in Twenty20 is off 50 balls, made by both Chris Gale (West Indies) and Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)

At the Twenty20 World Cup If the score is tied at the end of a match, both teams play a ‘Super Over’. The side with the higher score from their Super Over wins

There are different forms of cricket – Test matches, One Day games and Twenty20 games

A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs

The record for the fastest Twenty20 100 by a batsman, is held by a women, Deandra Dottin from the West Indies. She made 100 runs off 38 balls, including 9 sixes and 7 fours

Twenty20 matches last, on average, for approximately 3½ hours

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Cricket Program

The competition will be held from Sunday 8 May to Friday 13 May.

A final program of events can be obtained by clicking here.

In the meanwhile, please do not hesitate to contact the Sport Coordinator with any questions you may have.