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Nationality groups athletes by the country each one represented. Wikipedia describes Pele as "a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward," a nationality he represented on the pitch to win three World Cups. This dimension shows which countries produced the athletes behind a given sport's history.

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Typically, action starts when the fielding or defending team delivers a ball toward a dedicated player of the batting or attacking team, who tries to hit it with a bat and then run between various safe areas in the field to score runs (points). 1
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Antigua and Barbuda

Nationality
1 entry

Australia

Nationality
8 entries

Bangladesh

Nationality
1 entry

Barbados

Nationality
1 entry

Dominican Republic

Nationality
5 entries

England

Nationality
1 entry

India

Nationality
6 entries

Japan

Nationality
2 entries

New Zealand

Nationality
2 entries

Pakistan

Nationality
3 entries

Poland

Nationality
1 entry

South Africa

Nationality
1 entry

South Korea

Nationality
2 entries

Sri Lanka

Nationality
1 entry

Taiwan

Nationality
1 entry

Trinidad and Tobago

Nationality
1 entry

United Kingdom

Nationality
2 entries

United States

Nationality
56 entries

Venezuela

Nationality
1 entry
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Which athletes are grouped under Bat-and-Ball Sports?

Batters, pitchers, bowlers and all-rounders of baseball or cricket.

This subcategory groups athletes who competed in baseball or cricket, the team sports built on a bowler or pitcher delivering to a batter who scores runs, including batters, pitchers, bowlers and all-rounders of either sport. Stick-and-ball or goal-scoring team sport athletes are grouped instead under Hockey Codes or Football Codes.
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1. Wikipedia: Bat-and-ball game
WikipediaBat-and-ball game, lead section
Quote, Bat-and-ball game, lead section
Typically, action starts when the fielding or defending team delivers a ball toward a dedicated player of the batting or attacking team, who tries to hit it with a bat and then run between various safe areas in the field to score runs (points).
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