Cricket is a bat and ball game played between two teams comprising of eleven members on a field at center of which is 22 yard pitch with a wicket at each end on both the sides.

FORMS OF TOURNAMENT

There are various forms of the tournament such as One Day match , T20’s , Test Matches etc. In Cricket players also wear protective gears to prevent injuries from the ball which is hard and solid made of leather known as cork .

HISTORY OF CRICKET

It is generally believed that Cricket originated as a children’s game  in the south-eastern counties of England, sometime during the medieval period.  The game underwent major development in the 18th century to become England’s national sport.

CRICKET IN 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

 Its success was underwritten by the twin necessities of patronage and betting. Cricket was prominent in London as early as 1707 and, in the middle years of the century, large crowds flocked to matches on the Artillery Ground  in Finsbury.

The Hambledon Club  was founded in the 1760’s and for the next twenty years of the formation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the opening of Lord’s Cricket Club in 1787, Hambledon was both the game’s greatest club and its focal point. 

MCC quickly became the sport’s premier club and the custodian of the Laws Of Cricket. New Laws introduced in the latter part of the 18th century included the three stump wicket and leg before wicket(lbw).