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It has already been a gripping cricketing summer in England.
A fiercely fought series of five Test matches with India — global cricket’s financial powerhouse — came to an end earlier this week in what will likely go down as one of the greatest set of games ever played.
A quick aside. Cricket has many forms. The longest is known as Test Match and can last up to five days — and still potentially end in a tie. Then there is the One Day International. Each side gets to bowl up to 50 “overs,” with one over equaling six balls. Next, there’s Twenty 20 or T20, with each side getting 20 overs, or 120 balls.
