Cricket

Origin Of Cricket Evidence suggests it was played in England in the 12th-13th century In 1744 the London Cricket Club produced what are recognizably the rules of modern cricket

First International Matches First official international match: Canada v United States, at New York, September 24-25, 1844 The first ever test match was held between England and Australia, at Melbourne, from the 15th to the 19th of March, 1877

Some basic stats of Cricket There are currently 96 cricket playing nations in the world In the U.S., there are 29 established leagues, 500 clubs and over 10,000 players.

The Cricket Field

Some more basics 11 player per side 2 batsmen are in action at a time 1 bowler bowls 1 wicket keeper 9 fielders 2 umpires 2 sets of wickets on each side

Batsman

Bowler

Spin bowling

Fielders

Umpires and Match Referee

Bats, balls and wickets

Other cricketing equipments

Putting all into practice…playing cricket Scoring runs Making the batsman out and the rest…

Putting all into practice…playing cricket

Very basic rules about cricket 6 balls in 1 over A bowler can bowl 1 over at a time Wides and no balls

Forms of Cricket Test Match Cricket - can go up to 5 days One day International - about 7 hours - 50 over match International - 20 over match - about 3 hours

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