It is believed that cricket appeared in England at the end of the Middle Ages.
In 1299-1300, the financial report “Royal Wardrobe Accounts” mentions the name of the game “creaget”, which was played by the then Prince Edward II. In 1369, the prince’s descendant, King Edward III of England, banned the then-popular game of club ball, which was similar in its rules to modern cricket-cup.com. The writer Derek Birley mentions this in his book The Social History of English Cricket.
The author suggests that the game has French roots and originated in England during the Norman invasion (1066).
The French word “cricket” was a dialect name for a variation of the game club ball, which King Edward III tried to eradicate.
The Spread of Cricket Outside of England
Because of the imperialistic desires of the Unified Realm, cricket spread to North America as soon as the 1700s.
Afterward, the game was acquainted with the West Indies and India by colonizers and mariners of the East India Organization. Toward the finish of the eighteenth 100 years, cricket became known in Australia, and toward the start of the nineteenth hundred years – in New Zealand and Africa.
The main worldwide match occurred in New York in 1844 between groups from Canada and the US.
Rules of the Game
In 1744, the Star and Supporter Club fostered the main Laws of Cricket, whose individuals later established the well known Marylebone Cricket Club. The club promptly turned into the “attendant of the regulations” regardless holds this job.
As per the guidelines of the game, a cricket crew headed by a skipper comprises of 11 players. One of them is the bowler. His principal capability is to toss the ball so the batsman (the player with the bat) can’t hit it.
Assuming the batsman raises a ruckus around town, he gets focuses for his group. Wicket-attendants (cricket goalkeepers) likewise partake in the game. Their principal objective is to safeguard the wicket (objective) of their group.
At the point when the batsman raises a ruckus around town, the place of the players on the field changes. One group pursues the ball to contact one of the wickets. Two players of the other group procure focuses by moving from one wicket to the next on the earth track.
During a game, there are two teams on the field. However, the kicking team has only two players on the field, while the serving team has all 11 players
There are two officials who screen consistence with the principles, pursue every one of the important choices and report them to the markers, who keep the score.
The primary gear of the players is a cowhide ball and a wooden bat formed like a digging tool. The field for playing cricket is known as a pitch. It is a rectangular region 20 meters in length and 3 meters wide. There are likewise wickets on the pitch – three posts 71 centimeters high. They act as wickets.