Johns Wood, London, remains the spiritual home of the game.Rohit Sharma could be on the brink of becoming India’s captain across all formats. The MCC became the supreme authority on the complex rules of the game and its base, Lords (named after a founder member of the club, Thomas Lord) in St. The game’s rules were formalised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1797. It is thought that the first players were English shepherds, who used their ‘criccs’ as bats and the wicket gate of the sheep pens as a target for the bowlers or pitchers. The exact origins of cricket are unknown, but are believed to date back to the 16th century, the name deriving from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘cricc’, meaning a shepherd’s staff. A game which has found devotees, followers and lovers in all of the far-flung reaches of the old British Empire including Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. A game, which takes five days to play and more often than not ends in a draw. For American readers – this is the name of England’s premier summer sport and not some noisy bug!Ī game, which could perhaps be described as a cross between baseball and chess. Throughout the English countryside, each year in late April and early May, that familiar sound of leather (ball) against willow (bat) can once again be heard, signifying the start of a new cricket season. A bowler delivers six balls at one wicket (thus completing an “over”), then a different player from his side bowls six balls to the opposite wicket. This is one of several ways that the batsman is dismissed, or put out. The bowlers, delivering the ball with a straight arm, try to break (hit) the wicket with the ball so that the bails fall. Sides have one or two innings each, depending on the prearranged duration of the match, the object being to score the most runs. The sides take turns at batting and bowling (pitching) each turn is called an “innings” (always plural). Across the top of each wicket lie horizontal pieces called bails. Two sets of three sticks, called wickets, are set in the ground at each end of the pitch.
The field is oval with a rectangular area in the middle, known as the pitch, that is 22 yards (20.12 metres) by 10 feet (3.04 metres) wide. Cricket, England’s national summer sport, which is now played throughout the world, particularly in Australia, India, Pakistan, the West Indies, and the British Isles.Ĭricket is played with a bat and ball and involves two competing sides (teams) of 11 players.
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