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CRICKET.
CHAPTER II.
BATTING.
(By the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton.)
HE great and supreme art of batting constitutes to the large majority of cricketers the most enjoyable part of the game. There are three especially delightful moments in life connected with games, and only those who have experienced all three can realise what these moments are. They are (1) the cut stroke at tennis, when the striker wins chase
Fig. 1.—The champion.