While some believe France (Flanders at the time) could possibly have been the first place cricket was played, it is widely accepted that England is the founding country of cricket. Cricket was then brought to British colonies throughout imperial expansion in the 17th and 18th centuries, where it became a global sport.
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Various historians have
offered different opinions regarding the actual inventor. Some believe the game
was created by shepherds in England
to pass the time as they guarded their sheep. Others believe children
created the game during the Saxon or Norman times.
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that occurred during that
era. The Laws of Cricket were then more formally written in 1744, which
included more detailed information about how the game should be played,
including adding a third stump.
Cricket, however, was
officially established as an international sport in 1909 when the International
Cricket Board (ICB) was founded at the Imperial Cricket Conference at Lord's
Cricket Ground in England
. The board was
created to regulate matches between the three countries playing the sport at
the time: England, Australia, and South Africa. The International Cricket Board
still operates today under the name of the International Cricket Council and
now includes 12 countries, which are referred to as Test Nations in cricket
terminology.
How Have The Rules Of
Cricket Changed?
A contemporary cricket
match consists of two teams playing against one another over the course of two innings
Each side consists of 11 players per side. Both teams field and bat twice over
the course of a match and have several different positions that are responsible
for fielding, batting, bowling , and wicket keeping.
. In a Test Match, there
is no time limit for the innings, so matches tend to go on for several days.
With this format, you must get every batter out on the other team twice and
score more runs than them in order to win the match.
In 2003, a modern version
arose called Twenty20 cricket. In this format, there are time limits on
innings. If a team hasn't gotten all of the other team's batters out, but time
is up for the inning, they just move on and play the next inning, and the team
with the most runs at the conclusion of the two innings is the winner.
Thanks largely to the much
shorter length, Twenty20 cricket brought a new era of cricket in the 21st
century.
In the near two decades
since Twenty20 cricket revitalized cricket’s global popularity, the rules of
the sport have continued to adapt as well. For example, similar to the rules of
American football, a cricket
player may be substituted if he suffers a concussion. Also, after the 2019
ICC World Cup, the Super Over rule was changed so that teams must play Super
Overs repeatedly instead of relying on the number of boundaries won to break a
tie.
As cricket fan demographics
shift, calls for rule changes naturally come into play as well.
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The new form of the game
was a much shorter three-hour version compared to Test Cricket matches which
last around five days. Fans immediately became attracted to the shorter
version, especially the younger generation. Due to the time limits per inning,
players were changing the way they played to a more fast-paced and flashy
style. The sport was seeing a lot more Six's, which is the equivalent of a home
run in baseba , attracting more and more fans who previously considered the
game to be boring and too lengthy.
Most Popular Countries
That Play Cricket
Each country has an
international team that competes in Test Matches as well as a separate Twenty20
league
. The Indian Premier
League (IPL) has been extremely popular and is considered the best league in
the world by many, followed by the Australian Big Bash League and the England
NatWest T20 Blast League. The three countries have devoted fan bases
that regularly attend matches selling out the majority of them.
Over the years, they
developed intense rivalries with one another, especially England and South
Africa. In 1882, South Africa dominated England in a match, and the next day an
English Newspaper, The Sporting Times, published a fake obituary stating that
English cricket had perished and that "the body will be cremated and the
ashes will be taken to Australia."
The winner is awarded a
tiny urn that has been used for centuries now. The small urn is considered to
be one of the most coveted trophies in all of cricket.
cricket-timeline
1598 : First recording of
cricket being played mentioned in a court case
1728 : First recording of
set rules for cricket was published as the Articles of Agreement written by The
Duke of Richmond and Alan Brodick
1744 : The Laws of Cricket
are established in England, which expanded on the original set of rules
1844 : First ever
international cricket game between the USA and Canada in New York
1900 : Cricket was played at the Paris Olympics
1973 : The first Women's
Cricket World Cup was played in England
1975 : The first Men's
Cricket World Cup was played in England
2003 : T20 (Twenty20)
cricket was invented
cricket-facts
A cricket ball weight
around 51/2 Ounces
Cricket balls have a
center of layered cork that is wrapped with string and covered with leather
Cricket was formally
established 200 years after its after its first rules book was written
Twenty20 cricket matches
often last up to 5 days
Cricket is most popular in India England and Pakistan, Australia
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