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He had always taken for granted he was utterly incapable of any athletic achievement, but, with the steady practice now entailed upon him, it began to dawn, not only upon himself, but other people, that as a fielder at slip or cover-slip he was decidedly useful, while as a batsman he exhibited a certain style of his own that usually brought together a few runs for his side.
The eleven positions on a cricket team are called bowler, wicket-keeper, long stop, slip, point cover-slip, cover-point, mid-off, long-leg, square-leg, mid-on. The one at bat is, as in baseball, called the batsman. The two lines between which the batsmen stand while batting are called "popping creases" and "bowling creases." A game played with wooden balls and mallets, on a flat piece of ground.
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