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Explain the following term in cricket:

Sight screen

State the following:

Sight screen.

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Solution

It is a large screen positioned beyond the boundary so that it forms a backdrop behind the bowler, so that the striker can see the ball dearly. Sightscreens are white when a red ball is used and black for a white ball.

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