1) Twenty20 cricket was first introduced in England in 2003.
2) An average Twenty20 match is completed in less than three hours, compared to five days for Test cricket and one day for, er, one-day cricket.
3) The first Twenty20 game held at Lord’s attracted a crowd of 26,500, the largest attendance for any county cricket game, other than a one-day final, since 1953.
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4) Teams are penalised six runs if they fail to bowl the full 20 overs in their allocation of 75 minutes.
5) Only two fielders are allowed outside an inner circle for the first six overs of an innings.
6) Umpires may award five-run penalty runs at their discretion if they believe either team is wasting time.
7) West Indies’ Chris Gayle is the only cricketer to score a century in a Twenty20 International. He struck 117 against South Africa during the inaugural Twenty 20 World Cup in September 2007.
8) The record for the lowest domestic T20 innings total is held by Sussex who managed only 67 against Hampshire in 2004.
9) In the event of a tie in T20 cricket a bowl out takes place. To see how it works take a look at the clip below from the Twenty20 World Cup
10) Mark Ealham struck a record nine sixes in an innings for Notts against Yorkshire in 2004.
11) Surrey’s Nayan Doshi has taken more T20 wickets than any other bowler in all domestic and international competitions. He has 53 scalps at an average of 14.66.
12) The Kent Spitfire is the current holder of the Twenty20 Finals Day Mascot Race crown.
13) During last year’s Twenty20 World Cup England’s Dimitri Mascarenhas struck four sixes in a row against New Zealand
14) During the same tournament England’s Stuart Broad was taken for 36 off an over by Pakistan’s Yuvraj Singh.
15) Veteran England all-rounder Chris Lewis, who retired from cricket in 2000, has come out of retirement this season to play Twenty20 cricket for Surrey.
16) England captain Michael Vaughan has never represented his county Yorkshire in Twenty20 cricket.
17) In the 2006 Twenty20 Cup Somerset’s Craig White and Justin Langer put on a record 186 run partnership for the second wicket.
18) The fastest T20 hundred was struck by Andrew Symonds in 2004. Playing for Kent against Middlesex it took him just 34 balls to reach three figures.
19) Our friends over at Betfred tell us that Sussex and Lancashire are joint favourites for this year’s cup
20) There is a campaign afoot to have Twenty20 cricket included in the Olympic Games, possibly at London 2012.
Facts on T20 Cup
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vodka, spray the caulking, let set five minutes and wash clean. The alcohol in the vodka kills mould and mildew.
dampened with vodka. The alcohol in the vodka cleans the glass and kills germs.
razor blade soak in the alcohol after shaving. The vodka disinfects the blade and prevents rusting.
the skin and tighten pores.
The alcohol cleanses the scalp, removes toxins from hair, and stimulates the growth of healthy hair.
or wasps to kill them.
freeze for a slushy, refreshing ice pack for aches, pain or black eyes.
the jar with vodka, seal the lid tightly and set in the sun for three days.
a liniment.
oil from your skin.
some of the alcohol to numb the pain.
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Many married couples are signing up for a program that offers them big rewards to stay married. The program called uTango is an online rewards program that urges couples to stay together through financial perks. As they spend money online at one of 300 companies, they earn points. These points add up to cash back bonuses at the end of the year and even larger bonuses when couples reach marriage milestones. These bonuses can add up to a million dollars. All they have to do is stay married.
The company is headed by CEO Jim Miller who believes that couples who stay married deserve extra perks for their accomplishments. Single and engaged couples are also permitted to join as well as newlyweds. If and when these couples do decide to marry, they can use their cash back bonuses to pay for their wedding expenses. Married couples who join must be married less than three years.
Different plans require different online spending requirements each year, promoting online spending as often as possible. There are three types of plans that users can choose from. These include the $250,000, $500,000, and $1,000,000 rewards plan. Each plan names the amount that couples receive when they hit their 30th anniversary. Each has a different yearly online spending requirement with $5,000 being the minimum on the lowest plan and $20,000 with the highest plan. Once married, couples get $10,000 on their 10th anniversary, $100,000 on their 20th anniversary, and those who sign up for the most expensive plan can get up to $1 million on their 30th anniversary. If they get divorced, the cash stops coming.
There are 15 shopping categories to choose from on the site to help couples reach their spending requirements. These categories range from clothing to travel and include toys, jewelry, electronics, and lawn and garden. Such a service is likely to be a success in this country which has growing numbers of online buying practices. According to a recent online shopping survey conducted by Pew Internet & American Life Project last year, online buying increased from 22 percent to 49 percent since June 2000 to September 2007. In fact, about 66 percent of Americans who have internet access have purchased at least one item online. The uTango service may be one of the services that help increase the number of online spenders as well as promote long term marriages, blending modern technology with traditional values.
Strange Things You Probably Never Knew !!!
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".
During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen
in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!
(That explains a few mysteries....)
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per
side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange,
purple and silver.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space
because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will
instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who
discovered this??)
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down
so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in
the USA."
The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player
for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot
sink into quicksand.
Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a
piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin
look-alike contest.
An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman
to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book
most often stolen from public libraries.
The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
Thanks to Deborah for submitting this!!
And another via email --this comes by Suzie T....
In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb"
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Men can read smaller print then women can; women can hear better.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the "honeymoon".
Car fun Facts
The car is one of the most recognizeable inventions of the modern era. Without cars there would be no suburbs, car trips, endless drop-offs and pick-ups most parents are all to familiar with. Here are some fun facts about cars and their colorful past.
* The first cars did not have steering wheels. Drivers steered with a lever.
* The New York City Police Department used bicycles to pursue speeding motorists in 1898.
* The first speeding ticket was issued in 1902.
* In 1916, 55 percent of the cars in the world were Model T Fords, a record that has never been beaten.
* The first gas gauge appeared in cars in 1922.
* In 1923, 173 new inventions by women for cars had been reported. Among these inventions were a carburetor and an electric engine starter.
* The first car radio was invented in 1929.
* Buick introduced the first electric turn signals in 1938.
* The Peanuts characters were first animated in 1957 for a Ford Fairlaine automobile commercial.
* Most American car horns beep in the key of F.
* The automobile is the most recycled consumer product in the world today
Rolls-Royce facts
The first 10 hp Rolls-Royce was sold for £395...Today it is worth over £250,000
More than six out of ten of all Rolls-Royce Motor cars built are still roadworthy
At the Rolls-Royce factories in Crewe and London the cars are always referred to as Royces.
They are never called Rollers
The Rolls-Royce radiator grille is made entirely by hand and eye - no measuring instruments are used
It takes one man one day to make a Rolls-Royce radiator, and then five hours are spent polishing it
The Rolls -Royce radiator was not registered as a trademark until 1974
It takes over 800 man-hours to make the body of a Phantom VI
During the First World War Rolls-Royce made rifles
You will never open an ashtray in a modern Rolls-Royce and find a cigarette end.
It empties automatically
A Rolls-Royce does not break down. It 'fails to proceed.'
Notices have been hung around the factory bearing the legend: 'Beware silent cars.'
Even today every Rolls-Royce engine is completely hand built
The cooling capacity of the air-conditioning system in the Silver Spirit is equivalent to that of
30 domestic refrigerators
No one is certain who designed the Rolls-Royce radiator grille or the interlinked RR badge
The hydraulic tappets on Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars are given a natural finish
of a 16-millionth of an inch
The oldest known Rolls-Royce still on the road is the 1904 10hp owned by Mr Thomas Love Jr of
Scotland
Rolls-Royce did not make a complete car until after the Second World War. Before that they made only
chassis, the bodies being added by outside coachbuilders
Sir Henry Royce's first job was a newspaper delivery boy for W H Smith & Son Ltd
Sir Henry Royce was always known as 'R' at the factory. The practice of addressing people by their initials,
especially on written memorandums, is still continued at the factory
In 1949 an Italian owner, seeking permission to modify his Rolls-Royce, commissioned a seance to
call up Henry Royce's spirit. Rolls-Royce legend has it that the advice from beyond the veil was:
"Consult your authorised distributor"
Examine the coachline that extends the full length of the Silver Spirit, you may be surprised to learn that it is
applied by hand. This unerring line is 15' 6" long.
At one time, Rolls-Royce engines held World Speed Records in the Air, on Land and on Water,
simultaneously.
It is possible that Rolls-Royce Motors is the best known British company name in the World. Letters have
been received from remote corners of the globe addressed to the Royal Family, care of Rolls-Royce, England.
There are 27 Electric Motors in every Silver Spirit.
The Vicar of St Marys, Nantwich, took a Rolls-Royce into his church and blessed it, along with fruit &
vegetables at the Harvest Festival service. A member of the congregation remarked "It's going in for it's first service".
The badge on the Rolls-Royce was changed from Red to Black not, as popularly
believed to commemorate Henry Royce's death, but because Royce himself decided
Black was aesthetically more appropriate. Some customers complained that the red badge often clashed with the
colour of the car. The Prince of Wales was particularly outspoken on the subject.
Every piece of glass in a Silver Spirit is given a final polish with powdered pumice of a fineness normally used for polishing optical lenses
Just inside the main entrance to the offices at the Roll-Royce factory in Crewe, there is a bust of Henry Royce facing one of Charles Rolls. For many years the bust of Royce stood in No 1 shop at the Derby factory and contained his ashes, until they were sent to Alwalton church were Royce had been christened.
The 4 final polishings on some gearbox components was not done with jewellers rouge (which is too coarse) but fine ground oat husks
Although he designed some of the great aero engines of all time, Royce never travelled in an aircraft.
'I have only one regret' said Royce as he lay dying, 'that I have not worked harder.'
After singing the praises of Rolls-Royce Cars over tea with Henry Royce, an aristocratic lady asked,
as an afterthought, 'but Sir Henry, what would happen if the factory at Derby produced a bad car?'
Sir Henry answered,
"Madam. the man on the gate would not let it out of the works."
Royce left £112,000 in his will, mostly to his faithful nurse, Ethel Aubin.
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