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Explore the scientific principles that influence cricket, including aerodynamics, friction, and momentum, and see how they affect player performance in matches.

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Drexel University’s Science in Motion (SIM) program is an innovative, basic education/higher education partnership, funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 2000, that provides equipment and ...

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