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Game	Single-Wicket Cricket
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
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Regions	Britain
Eras	1700s, 1800s, Post-1900
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Description	Single-wicket cricket uses teams smaller than the usual 11-player teams. All bowling is to a single wicket. There is, in effect, a foul ground behind the wicket, so unlike full-team cricket, only balls hit forward are deemed to be in play. As late at 1969 there were annual single-wicket championships at Lord’s in London. In the very early years, most cricket is believed to use a single wicket, and each references to cricket in the US usually reported very small numbers of players. Early cricket rules called for single-wicket play when team sizes were five or fewer.
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 |Term=Single-Wicket Cricket
 |Game Family=Baseball
-|Game Tags=1700s, 1800s, Britain, post-1900,
+|Game Regions=Britain
-|Description=<p>Single-wicket cricket uses teams&nbsp;smaller than the usual 11-player teams. All bowling is to a single wicket.</p>
+|Game Eras=1700s,1800s,Post-1900
-<p>There is, in effect, a foul ground behind the wicket, so unlike full-team cricket, only balls hit forward are deemed to&nbsp; be in play.</p>
+|Description=<p>Single-wicket cricket uses teams smaller than the usual 11-player teams. All bowling is to a single wicket.</p>
-<p>As late at 1969 there were annual single-wicket championships at Lord&rsquo;s in London.&nbsp; In the very early years, most cricket is believed to use a single wicket, and each references to cricket in the US usually reported very small numbers of players.&nbsp; Early cricket rules called for single-wicket play when team sizes were five or fewer.</p>
+<p>There is, in effect, a foul ground behind the wicket, so unlike full-team cricket, only balls hit forward are deemed to  be in play.</p>
+<p>As late at 1969 there were annual single-wicket championships at Lord’s in London.  In the very early years, most cricket is believed to use a single wicket, and each references to cricket in the US usually reported very small numbers of players.  Early cricket rules called for single-wicket play when team sizes were five or fewer.</p>
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