Post by | S. Saad Ali | VC
There are many popular outdoor sports like Football, Baseball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, etc. Among these games, cricket is the second most followed game in the world with the number of 2.5 BILLION people following this game including kids, adults, teenagers, and even me too!
If you haven’t watched this game or you are a fan of another game, I would recommend you to watch this game, and trust me, you’ll love it!
Do you know where Cricket was born? England is considered the place where cricket was unleashed, In 1598 during a case due to a disagreement over a plot of land. A man named John Derrick made a fuss in the court that he and his friend both were playing as they referred to at that time named “CRECKETT”.
These are the major rules of cricket:
CURRENT RULES OF CRICKET
- There are six balls in one over
- The bowler has to stay in the white line (crease) if he steps out of the line the ball will be a no-ball
- if the ball is far from the batsman so the ball will be a wide ball
- there are eleven players in one team
- if the ball crosses the boundary without touching the ground so it will be a six and if it crosses the boundary touching the ground so it will be a four
- there are two teams competing with each other the team has to ball and bat once
- in order to win the game a team has to chase the target or get the whole team out within the limit of time and overs
These are the formats of cricket:
FORMATS OF CRICKET
- ODI
- T20 WORLD CUP
- ASIA CUP
- TEST CRICKET
- PREMIER LEAGUES
WHEN WERE THE RULES OF CRICKET ESTABLISHED?
Today if you watch cricket you might know the rules, don’t you? So do you actually know when was the cricket rules established? So let’s go back to 1728 the first-ever cricket rules were written by the Duke of Richmond and Alan Brodick in the Articles of Agreement. In 1744 the rules were better and formally written adding more detail of how the game should be played as well as adding a new third stump.
Today’s young generation is fond of this T20 cricket this game has twenty overs in this game there are two teams competing with each other both of the team’s bat and bowl so do you want to know when was first T20 cricket invented?
THE HISTORY OF THE T20 ICC MEN’S WORLD CUP
Do you know first when was cricket invented there were a total of 50 overs due to time in 2003 T20 ICC men’s world cup was invented and made space in our hearts, and T20 ICC MEN’S WORLD CUP soon became popular? In India massive crowds attend matches in IPL which is the biggest league in the whole world, the first tournament was played in England.
Do you know the first ever recorded match was played on March 15, 1877, between England and Australia it was a test match and it was played in Melbourne?
THE BENEFITS OF PLAYING CRICKET
Cricket is good for our body and mind it increases our stamina. These days cricket is not only popular among men, women are also taking part in it there are women’s teams that are competing with one another and the gates are also open for kids as well and this is also called the gentlemen’s game.
