WORLD CIVILIZATION: HISTORY OF CRICKET

Cricket is a bat and ball game and played between two teams of 11 player in each and the game is said to have originated in the 16^th century

There is no definite proof about the origion of cricket .majority of persons say that the cricket was orginated in england. According to he 'wisdon',which is called the bible of god ,the cricket is mentioned first time in 1300A.D it is verified from bat and ball,which were found in almirah of 'king edward'.the cricket word used in dictionary of florida. Possibly cricket was derived from bowls.the some source say that in 1598 cricket is called creckett.in 1706, william gold metioned a cricket match in his poem.In 1709,the first cricket match was played between the teams of londan and kent.in 1710 cambridge university and in 1729 oxford university start playing cricket.

The imortant lession of cricket start from 1760 A.D .In 1760, the first cricket club was formed in england and club name was hambuldon club .this club produced the famous player likke jhon nyren.the second golden chapter of cricket history start from the establishment of marylebone cricket club(MCC) .the club was formed in london in 1787, It is the world's biggest cricket brand. the first cricket match was played at lord's the famous cricket ground on june 27,1788.the first official test match was played in 15 march,1877 between england and australia.this match won by australia, after that imperial cricket conference was formed in england in 1909and along cricket got its international recognisation in same year.besides england,australia and south africa became a members of imperial cricket conference.In 1926,india,west indies and newzealand alo became its members.pakistan also became its member in 1952.In 1971 south africa was debarred from its membership due to racial policy.

The name of this conference this conference changed to "international cricket conference ".with passage of time other countries (besides commonwealth countries)also got it membership. Now india, england, australia, sri lanka, westindies, new zealand,pakistan,america,argentina,canada,denmark,kenya,zimbabwe,bangladesh,holland,bermuda,fiji,singapore,hong kong,israel and malaysia,etc.are its member of associate members.

the first one day match in cricket history was played on 5th january ,1971.this one-day match was played between england and australia 40 over per innings were fixed for this match. Australia won the game by 5 wickets.the credit of organisation and development of one day international cricket matches also goes to england as result the england organised first world cup in June 1975. The teams of eight countries took part in this world cup. west indies defeated australia by 17 runs during the final match of this world cup.

The first ICC Twenty-20 world cup cricket was started in 2007, which contested in south africa from 11 to 24 September 2007. Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament. India won the tournament, beating Pakistan in the final.

The brief cricket history of india

the cricket was introduced in india after arrival of britishers.the history of indian cricket begins from 1721

The first cricket club of india was formed in calcutta in 1792. Inthe beginning,cricket was played by kings and princes but now it has become a popular game in india. The first team from india toured england in 1866. In the beginning, the indian cricket players showed their capabilities by participating in foreign teams .first time ,maharaja ranjit singh, the member of english made a century in world cup cricket. india played its first test match against england at lord,s ground in 1932.the ranji trophy was started in 1934. in 1928, under the chairmanship of R.E Grant,the indian cricket control board was formed. IN 1983 and 2011 india won the world cricket.

the first ICC Twenty-20 world cup cricket was started in 2007 and india won the tournament beating the pakistan.

famous cricket player in indian history: kapil dev, Sachin Tendulkar, sunil gavasker, anil kumble, Rahul dravid, sourav ganguly, mohammed azharuddin, vijay hazare ,v.v.s laxman

India one famous cricket player who got a bharat ratna in 2014 was Sachin Tendulkar