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

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Scoring runs

Making the
batsman out
and the rest

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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

20-20 International
- 20 over match
- about 3 hours

Questions??