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Women's Cricket14 September 2005
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Tracing its history

Over-arm bowling was invented by Christine Willis in 1805 to overcome the probelms of hooped skirts blocking delivery and in 1973 the first ever Cricket World cup was invented in England and played by women.

Earlier this year, Eleanor Oldroyd traced the roots of the tournament.


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