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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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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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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.