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The stick and ball games played in England some 500 years ago was _______.

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hockey
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baseball
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cricket
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polo
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Solution

The correct option is A cricket
Nearly 500 years ago, cricket developed in rural England out of several stick and ball games. Till the 18th century, cricket bats were curved like hockey sticks. The game was originally played on unfenced land in English villages with no defined boundaries.

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