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CRICKET


  

Introduction 

● Cricket is a Bat and Ball game played between two teams of 11 
players on a field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-
yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as 
possible while the other team bows and fields, trying to dismiss 
the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team. 

                                          A run is scored by the striking 
batsman hitting the ball with his bat, running to the opposite end 
of the pitch and touching the crease there without being 
dismissed. The teams switch between batting and fielding at the 
end of an innings.


  

● Cricket was first played in southern England in the 16th of 
England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket 
being played overseas and by the mid-19th century the first 
international matches were being held. The ICC, the game's 
governing body, has ten full members. 

                                 The game is played particularly in 
Australasia, the Indian subcontinent, the West Indies, Southern 
Africa and England. The objective of each team is to score 
more runs than the other team. In Test cricket, it is necessary to 
score the most runs and dismiss the opposition twice in order to 
win the match, which would otherwise be drawn.


  

History

● Originated in southern England in the 16 th Century
● 18th Century: Cricket becomes England’s national sport

●  Mid-19th Century: International matches begin being played
● World’s 2nd most popular sport today


  

Interesting Facts (Batting) in
Cricket

● Charles Bannerman Scored 165* the first test Century in the match 
played between Australia and England at Melbourne Cricket Ground in 
15-19 March 1887

● First test century partnership was put on by W.G.Grace and A.P.Lucas 
batting for England against Australia , played at the Kennington Oval in 
1880

●  W.G.Grace was the first batsman to Score 100 first class centuries in 
1895

● The First ODI Century was Scored by Denis Amiss (103) against 
Australia at Old Trafford in 1972

● The First ODI Double Century was Scored by Sachin Tendulkar 
against South Africa at Gwalior in 2010


  

Interesting Facts(Bowling) in
Cricket

● Billy Midwinter was the first Bowler to take a five wicket haul in 
test cricket against Australia in 1877

● Billy Voce was the first Bowler to take a five wicket haul in ODI 
Cricket

● Courtney Walsh holds the best(economy rate) five wicket haul 
5/1 against Sri Lanka in ODI Cricket in 1986

● Jim Laker with a 10 wicket haul against Australia at Old Trafford 
in 1956

● Courtney Walsh became the first bowler to take 500 wickets in 
the history test Cricket


  

Cricket Formats

● Test Cricket:- Matches last up to five days
● Day International (50 over's):- One inning for each team w/ 

limited over's
● Twenty20:- Limited over's to complete match in around 3 hrs.