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Lesson Six and Out
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Physical Activities and Sports

Warm Up

• Which games do you like to play?

• Where do you usually play? Have you seen children playing in the streets? What
games do they play?

About the Poet

G.D. Martineau (1897–1976) was a famous English cricket writer. Martineau’s notable
works on cricket include Bat, Ball, Wicket and All, They Made Cricket, which is about
the equipment needed for playing cricket, and The Valiant Stumper, which is about
the history of wicket-keeping.

Let us read a poem about players who are too busy enjoying their game. They are not
bothered about all the difficulties of playing in the street.

I Read

The pitch was only smooth in parts,
It sank at either crease,

And motor vans and baker’s carts,
At times disturbed the peace. pitch
crease

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