Snow Cricket.mpg
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An English team called the "Libyan Snow Falcons" won the the unofficial Ice Cricket World Cup 2011 on a Harku Lake in Tallinn, Estonia on Saturday (March 12) An international cast of 45 players slid and batted with great care on a frozen lake in the Estonian capital, where the thickness of the ice cover reached ten centimetres. "The main challenge is just being able not to fall over," said Gary Adkins of the Libyan Snow Falcons. "If you can get that bit right than you can probably do the rest is fine. As long as you can stand up straight, you're ok." The rules for the ice cricket are generally the same as for the traditional cricket, however, some game details still differ due to the unusual weather conditions. For instance, the wicket is painstakingly carved out of the ice and a yellow tennis ball is used instead of the traditional hard red leather ball. "One of the dangers is that sometimes you never know the next ball might be a snowball, not a real ball. That's a challenge," said another player Dave Rendell. Each team consist of six players with rolling substitutes so the normal squad number is around ten. Although the tournament is part of a holiday weekend organised by a travel company, some participants take the game quite seriously. "You need the spikes in the shoes, more than on ice and more than on grass even. And sliding is good. It's easy to slide for the ball even if you don't want to," said Erling Lindoc from Flecknoe, a village in the English Midlands <b>...</b>
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