Project Twelve- Sri Lanka's Sports

SRI LANKA’S SPORTS: Hi, my project is on the sports of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s national sport is volley ball. The most popular sports’ are Cricket and Rugby, and in my mind the weirdest sport is elephant polo.

VOLLEYBALL: Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by getting the ball on the ground of on the other team's half of the court.

Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation is the main governing body of Volleyball in Sri Lanka….. The game of volleyball was introduced to Sri Lanka in 1916 by Robert Walker Camack.

FACTS:

1.) The game of volleyball, originally called Mintonette, was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan four years after the invention of basketball. Morgan, designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball.

2.) In 1991, Sri Lanka officially declared Volleyball as its National Sport.

3.) A Rally is the number of hits to the ball before a foul or score.

 

A Volleyball

A Volleyball Dig

CRICKET:

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players each on a field at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. Each team takes its turn to bat, attempting to score runs, while the other team fields. (Fielding in cricket is the action of the fielders collecting the ball after it was hit by the batsman, and the fielders try to get the batter out by catching the ball in flight or tagging the batter with the retrieved ball).

FACTS:

1.) Cricket is a 165 years old sport in India, it was first played in India in 1848

2.) Cricket was first played in southern England in the 16th century.

3.) The only difference between Cricket and Baseball other than the clothing and equipment is that the Cricketers run in straight lines instead of a circle.

4.) The longest Cricket game ever was played from March 5, 1939 to March 14, nine days’ in total. South Africa vs. England. On the ninth day the match was called a draw because the England team were going to miss the boat back to England.



5 Animals That Have Disrupted a Cricket Match

1. 1889- A Pig stops play when it runs across the pitch

2. 1936- A Sparrow stops play when a ball hit it in midflight, and killed it. The Sparrow is currently on display at Lord's Cricket Ground in London.

3. 1957- A Hedgehog stops play when it runs onto the field. The fielding wicketkeeper carries it off the pitch.

4. 1957- A Mouse stops play. And the owner runs onto the field to retrieve it with his hat.

5. 1962- Bees stop play. Players evacuate the pitch and flee to the pavilion.

A Cricket ball

                                                             A Cricket Batter

RUGBY: 

The game is played with two teams, each consisting of fifteen players. Each team can carry, pass or kick the ball to the end zone to score as many points as possible. You can score by running with the ball or passing the ball to the opposite end.

ELEPHANT POLO:

The game is played by four players on each team, with a standard sized polo ball.

RULES

The Elephants may not step on the ball

There is no restrictions to the height, weight, or size of the Elephants

No Elephants are allowed to lie in the goal mouth if they do it is called a foul and the other team gets a free shot 20 meters away

An elephant is not allowed to pick up the ball with its trunk. If it does the other team gets a free shot from where the ball was picked up.