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TIL Blind Cricket was invented in 1922 by two blind factory workers in Melbourne using a tin can filled with rocks as a ball. Now a larger ball filled with ball bearings is used so players can hear it. Wicket stumps are also steel and fluorescent for partially sighted players.

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