HISTORY of CRICKET
Birth of CRICKET:
HOMECricket was
originated in South East England in the mid 16thcentury
Cricket was
generally considered as a game for children for many generations until it was taken
up by men professionally.
It was developed globally during the 19th and 20th centuries although international matches had been played since 1844.
Birth of Cricket in INDIA:
In India cricket
was brought in by the British in the early 1700s.
The first
match in India was played in 1721.
Seeing the
British play the game of cricket it went on to become very much popular among
the localites in India.
In 1848,
the Parsi community in Bombay formed the Oriental Cricket Club which was
India’s first Cricket club.
Today it is most preferred and popular game in India.
Who
INVENTED cricket?
It is very much shocking to know that the game of cricket was invented by a group of small children in the Weald (Weald is an area in South East England) during the Norman times.
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| A small group of boys who invented cricket in the Weald |
The FIRST LAW of cricket:
The First Law of cricket written in the “laws
of cricket” stated that the stumps must be 22 inches high and the bails across
them should be 6 inches.
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| A pictorial representation of the first law of cricket |
FATHER of cricket:
William Gilbert Grace (popularly known as WG Grace) is
regarded as the father of cricket.
He was born on 18th July 1848 near Bristol,
England.
Usually batting was considered as unidimensional (batsman always used to hit the ball straight no one ever thought of playing the ball in other parts of the ground), later on WG Grace started hitting the ball all around the ground which gave batsman more room and to play shots.
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| WG Grace |
Father of INDIAN cricket:
Sir Ranjit Singh ji Vibhaji Jadeja is regarded as the father of Indian cricket.
He was the first player to play
cricket in the international level in India for England (as there was no Indian
cricket team then) against Australia 1869.
He revolutionized the game by with
unorthodox techniques and invented shots like leg glance and late cut.
The Ranji trophy (a form of domestic cricket) played in India is also named after him.
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| Sir Ranjit Singh ji Vibhaji Jadeja |
The FIRST ever INTERNATIONAL cricket match played:
The first international cricket
match was played in 1844 between US and Canada.
This match was played at the grounds of St. George Cricket Club in New York.
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| The first International cricket match played between US and Canada |
ESTABLISHMENT of ICC:
The International Cricket Council
(ICC) was established on 15 June 1919.
It was formed as a governing body
of cricket.
It was founded by the imperial
cricket conference by representatives from South Africa, Australia and England.
It was renamed as international cricket conference in 1965, and got its current name (International Cricket Council) in 1989.
The first cricket WORLD CUP:
The first cricket world cup was
played in 1975 in England as a one - day series i.e., 60 overs per side.
It was then called as Prudential
World Cup.
The West Indians won the first ever cricket world cup.
The first world cup in INDIA:
The first world cup in India was
played in 1987, although it was only partly played in India because India and
Pakistan were the hosts of the 1987 world cup.
Australia went on to win that world
cup.
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ReplyDeleteThe sport of cricket has a known history, beginning in the 16th century. The game originated in England, among shepherds using their crooks as bats, and the earliest wickets may well have been narrow sheep pens. The earliest men’s games that were officially recorded (from law court records) were played in southeast England in the 1550s. Initially a single wicket was used, as it still is in ancient games like stoolball that continue to be played in southern England.
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