The winner was Pakistan, with India as the runner-up.

The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was hosted in England and Wales.

Users play as crickets in a game of cricket against a team of snails as they try to score as many runs as possible, while a crowd of bugs cheers. According to the American Journal of Play's ' Gangsters, Pranksters, and the Invention of Trick-or-Treating,' many adults raised 'stern objections' to trick-or-treating over the decades, as it was often viewed as a form of extortion.The second in the ongoing Google Doodle Games series is a throwback to a celebration of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, with an interactive cricket Doodle. The practice was pretty controversial into the 1950s, though. But modern day trick-or-treating didn't catch on in the US until the 1920s. TIME reported Irish and Scottish immigrants brought 'souling' to the States in the 1800s. Throughout medieval Europe, mummering - dressing in disguises and visiting neighborhoods while dancing, playing music, and doing tricks - was popular on major feast days. Instead of threatening to play tricks, however, they'd pray for peoples' souls in return for the cake, according to ' The Compleat Teacher's Almanack.' In medieval England, 'soulers' would go around begging rich folk for 'soul cakes' on Halloween. Modern day trick-or-treating is a confluence of various traditions.Īncient Celts dressed up as evil spirits in order to confuse demons, according to Smithsonian Magazine. The dead man then set out, doomed to wander until he can find an eternal resting place.

Left without anywhere to go, Jack placed the blazing coal in a turnip to use as a lantern. But Satan upheld his end of the deal, hurling a piece of coal from hell at the dead man for good measure. So he tried to return to his old pal, the Devil. When he died, he was not allowed in heaven. Jack proceeded to act like a jerk his whole life. In exchange for letting Satan climb down, Jack had him vow to never claim his soul. One night, a conniving local drunkard named Jack trapped the Prince of Darkness in a tree by hacking a sign of the cross into the bark. But back in the day, folks in Ireland dubbed their carved, fiery turnips 'jack-o'-lanterns' thanks in part to an ominous legend. Modern day, intricately designed pumpkin creations certainly make for impressive decorations. Otherwise, you might end up like Irish folk figure Jack O'Lantern. If you ever meet the Devil on a darkened road, don't try to trick him into climbing a tree. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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