Cricket

UK Governing Body

International Governing Body

Cricket Overview

Whilst bat and ball games can be traced back to 8th century Asia most historians believe that the likely birthplace of Cricket is the south east of England sometime before 1066. There is definitive proof that the game of kreckett was being played in England circa 1550. It began as a game played on a sheep-grazed clearing by the children of farmers and metal workers who used farming tools as bats and matted sheep wool as a ball. By the beginning of the 17th century more adults were playing the game. In 1787, the MCC was formed and Lord's was opened, quickly becoming the game's premier club and the custodian of the Laws. The first international match was held between the unlikely opponents of the USA and Canada in 1844. The England team, consisting mainly of players from Surrey, toured Australia for the first time in 1861 with the first Ashes test contested in 1882 at the Oval.

Cricket is currently played in one of 3 formats; the traditional 5-day Test Match, one-day cricket (a limited overs game first played in the 1960's) and the most recent version Twenty-Twenty.

A regular schedule of international (Test and One Day) matches are arranged for the major cricketing nations (Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the West Indies and Zimbabwe). The ICC also run the World Cup every four years which pits the major Test nations against each other in the one-day game.

Home

Login

Athlete Pages

Sponsor Pages

Reference

Contact Us

Guidance For Use

Cricket

Cricket Overview