Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Hand Cricket is a team sport played mainly by school pupils and university students in the United Kingdom and India. Unlike cricket, it is played without a bat and a tennis ball is used instead of a traditional leather cricket ball. The aim of the game is to score more runs than the other team in a format identical to cricket. The batsmen (or more correctly handsmen) play shots using the back of their left hand as a bat, with the hands clasped together. Formerly the game was played with bare hands but recently the use of a traditional cricket batting glove has become popular as it gives the batsman greater power to his shots and removes the discomfort of playing against fast bowling.As we know, Cricket was invented by the English, but it has a greater following in Indians, so in the same fashion Hand Cricket is also one of the popular school games in India. The game gains its popularity from the fact that it is less time consuming than cricket and can be played during, for example, lunch break etc. Unlike the English version of Hand Cricket, a fast ball is considered to be a "No Ball" in India and the game is played with bare hands only.. }
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- Hand_cricket abstract "Hand Cricket is a team sport played mainly by school pupils and university students in the United Kingdom and India. Unlike cricket, it is played without a bat and a tennis ball is used instead of a traditional leather cricket ball. The aim of the game is to score more runs than the other team in a format identical to cricket. The batsmen (or more correctly handsmen) play shots using the back of their left hand as a bat, with the hands clasped together. Formerly the game was played with bare hands but recently the use of a traditional cricket batting glove has become popular as it gives the batsman greater power to his shots and removes the discomfort of playing against fast bowling.As we know, Cricket was invented by the English, but it has a greater following in Indians, so in the same fashion Hand Cricket is also one of the popular school games in India. The game gains its popularity from the fact that it is less time consuming than cricket and can be played during, for example, lunch break etc. Unlike the English version of Hand Cricket, a fast ball is considered to be a "No Ball" in India and the game is played with bare hands only.".