Wednesday, March 7, 2007

The Moon

The moon is like a white ball
Floating in the space.
It has very big craters
Which look like holes.
It is made of silver
And is very far away.
It gives us light in the night
While the sun takes a nap.
It looks very small
But it is very big.
Everyone likes the moon
So do I.
by
Abhishek.

Friday, March 2, 2007

Cricket - a brief history

The game cricket originated from the country England. It is England’s national game. The first cricket game was played in the year 1700, in London. In the year 1744, this game’s rules were made. In the starting there were only two stumps. In the year 1776, the third stump was used. In 1787 Marylebone cricket club started. It became very famous. In the year 1889 up to 20,000 people could sit in this club. In 1983 India won the cricket world cup. That time Kapil Dev was the captain of the Indian cricket team. The distance between the non-striker’s end and the striker’s end is 20.12 meter. The cricket world cup started in 1975. There are many famous cricket players like Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Border, Sir Richards, Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar.

Now let’s see who wins this year’s cricket world cup.