The Kolkata Knight Riders' Andre Russell plays a shot during Indian Premier League cricket match in Kolkata on April 29. Russell is a player on Major League Cricket's Los Angeles Knight Riders. Bikas Das/AP hide caption
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The humble cricket joins lab mice, fruit flies and zebrafish in the curious pantheon of model organisms. HOANG DINH NAM/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The 1983 Cricket World Cup final match between India and West Indies on June 25, 1983, in London. Getty Images/Hulton Archive hide caption
Afghan girls play cricket on school grounds in Kabul in 2010. At the time, Afghanistan was set to select its first national women's cricket team. But a Taliban official now reportedly says women won't be allowed to play it and other sports. Shah Marai/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Cyclists cycle past the main entrance of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, a venue where cricket matches were taking place during the 2021 Indian Premier League — until it was suspended. Sam Panthaky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
India's Major Cricket Tournament Got Suspended. Should It Have Even Happened?
India teammates celebrate after winning the Cricket World Cup match between India and Australia at the Oval in London on June 9. The team will face Pakistan this Sunday. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption
In India And Pakistan, Cricket Fans Are Gearing Up For Their Favorite World Cup Match
Pakistan's captain, Sarfraz Ahmed, gives a teammate a leaping hug defeating India in the ICC Champions Trophy final in London on Sunday. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
Stuart Broad of Nottinghamshire bowls at Nick Gubbins of Middlesex during a match at Lords Cricket Ground in London. Mitchell Gunn/Getty Images hide caption
A new documentary shows how the young Maasai men in Il Polei fell in love with cricket — and use the sport to send a message to their village elders. Warriors Film hide caption
Ken Griffiths of Merion Cricket Club bowls to Richard O'Brien of Philadelphia Cricket Club, as Andrew Owens umpires. P. Clarke Thomas/P. Clarke Thomas hide caption
Male treehoppers make their abdomens thrum like tuning forks to transmit very particular vibrating signals that travel down their legs and along leaf stems to other bugs — male and female. Courtesy of Robert Oelman hide caption
Afghanistan's Shapoor Zadran celebrates as he leaves the field after guiding his team to victory against Scotland in the Pool A game of the Cricket World Cup in Dunedin, New Zealand, on Thursday. Dianne Manson/AP hide caption
Cricketer Phillip Hughes celebrates a score in 2011. Hughes was wearing a helmet this week when a ball struck him on the neck and killed him. Eranga Jayawardena/AP hide caption
Students in Ahmadabad, India, honored cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar in their own way earlier this week. Siddharaj Solanki/AP hide caption
A poster in Mumbai this week of Sachin Tendulkar, India's cricket superstar. Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A player from the Vatican's new cricket team of priests and seminarians returns a ball during a training session at the Mater Ecclesiae Catholic college in Rome last month. The Vatican officially declared its intention to defeat the Church of England — not in a theological re-match nearly 500 years after they split, but on the cricket pitch. Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters /Landov hide caption
Sachin Tendulkar celebrates scoring his 100th century during the Asia Cup cricket match against Bangladesh in Dhaka on March 16, 2012. He said Thursday that he will retire from test cricket after his 200th test in November. Aijaz Rahi/AP hide caption
Former England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott listens to Barmy Army trumpeter Billy Cooper during the second test between New Zealand and England at Basin Reserve on March 15 in Wellington, New Zealand. Cooper's trumpet will be silent at Trent Bridge, in Nottingham, England, because the ground doesn't allow musical instruments. Gareth Copley/Getty Images hide caption
The Kolkata Knight Riders celebrate their win against the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League final in Chennai, India, on May 27, 2012. Citing security concerns, the IPL announced Tuesday that it won't feature Sri Lankan players in the city. Aijaz Rahi/AP hide caption
Sachin Tendulkar kisses his helmet after scoring his 100th century (100 runs) in a March match against Bangladesh. Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar kisses his helmet after scoring his 100th century (100 runs) today in a match against Bangladesh. Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
India's captain Virender Sehwag celebrates his "double century." Aijaz Rahi/AP hide caption