1998 Commonwealth Games - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  Wira (Orangutan) the Games Mascot playing Cricket on officially released postcard from Malaysia 

 Australia Post 1998 Envelope*

Australia Post's Letter Link, a Commonwealth Games initiative that urges primary and secondary school students from around Australia to write personal letters of encouragement to their favourite athletes.

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1919 Allied Games in Paris

France 1919 postcard

                                                            Poster of the Games 

One off multi – sport game held from 22nd June to 6th July in 1919, in Paris France which featured nineteen sports including cricket. The event was only open to participation by armed forces or veterans that served during the war

Pershing Stadium was built by US military with the YMCA after the World War I. Following the conclusion of the Games, Pershing stadium was presented as a gift to France from USA. Around 1500 athletes from 18 nations participated

Cricket was included as a courtesy to expect entries from Britain & the British Empire nations. It was supposed to be governed by the rules of Marylebone Cricket Club of England .

Dominions of Australia, Canada, New Zealand decided not to enter teams against each other, so Cricket did not make it to the final program.

Brazilian Street Game "Bete - Taco" and its derivation from Cricket

Brazil 2003

The "Bete-Alta" (also known as shoulder kick, bete, bets, loin bets, betcha, becha, tacobol, house, or lesca) is a street game that descends from the British "cricket", gaining a popularized version in Brazil as a game or street game.

The main aim of the game is to race greatly with the ball thrown by the opponent , and during the time that the opponent runs after the ball, the duo who batted must cross the betes , called stick or paddles , the middle , thus two points every time they cross the tacos.

Some say it was created by Brazilian fishermen during the 18th century; another is that it was practiced by Englishmen from the West India Company, who played cricket in the holds of the ship during the voyage of slamming across the oceans. Others suggest that "bete" derived from the English word "bet", meaning bet, a term widely used in cricket matches in England or tribute to Queen Elizabeth I.

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