Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field that has a wicket at each end made up of two bails balanced on three stumps. The pitch measures 22 yards (20 meters) in length. The bowling and fielding side tries to stop this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field and getting it to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). The batting side scores a run by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets. Being bowled, having the ball strike the stumps and knock the bails off, and having the fielding side either catch the ball after it is struck are always to be dismissed.
Cricket is played in a variety of formats, from Twenty20, in which each side bats for a single innings of 20 overs (each "over" being a set of six fair possibilities for the batting team to score), to Test matches, which are played over five days. In limited overs cricket, players don club or team colors instead of the customary all-white uniform. The ball, which is a hard, solid spheroid made of compressed leather with a slightly raised sewed seam enclosing a cork core coated with tightly coiled string, can injure players, hence some wear protection equipment in addition to the standard equipment.
Cricket was first mentioned in South East England in the middle of the 16th century. With the first international matches played in the latter half of the 19th century, it moved across the globe along with the British Empire's growth. The International Cricket Council (ICC), which has over 100 members and 12 full members who participate in Test matches, is the authority that oversees the sport. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in London is responsible for upholding the Laws of Cricket, which govern the game. South Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Southern Africa, and the West Indies are the main regions where the sport is practiced.[1]
Cricket for women, which is organized and played independently, has likewise attained a high level on the international stage. Australia is the most successful international cricket team, having won more One Day International titles than any other nation, including five World Cups, and more Test series victories than any other nation.
Baseball, which has many similarities to cricket and both of which fall under the more specific category of bat-and-ball games[2], is one of many "club ball" games that essentially involve hitting a ball with a hand-held implement. Other games in this category include golf, hockey, tennis, squash, badminton, and table tennis.[3] The wicket, which the batter must defend, is a solid target structure in cricket. It is believed that the wicket was originally a "wicket gate" through which sheep were herded.[4] Harry Alt ham, a cricket historian, categorized "club ball" games into three "groups": "golf group," in which the ball is driven towards an undefended target (the hole); "hockey group," in which the ball is driven to and from between two targets (the goals); and
Cricket is usually accepted to have started as a kid's game in the south-eastern counties of England at some point during the Middle Ages.[4] Despite assertions to the contrary, the oldest conclusive evidence of cricket play dates back to a court case in Guildford in January 1597 (Old Style, which corresponds to January 1598 in the contemporary calendar). A 59-year-old coroner named John Derrick testified in court regarding the ownership of a certain piece of land in the case.
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