Cricket

Cricket is one of the most popular games in India. The young and old alike are affected by this game. It is not a native game in India. The British who ruled our country introduced this game and now it has very famous in our country. This game is mostly played in the commonwealth country which was British colonies.

They are various formats ranging from Twenty20 played over a few hours with each team batting for a single inning of 20 overs to Test matches, played over five days with unlimited overs and the team each batting for two-inning of unlimited length.

The cricketing countries are England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, were Indies and Bangladesh, Netherlands, Ireland, and the United Arab Emirates U .A.E have also joined the band of cricketing countries.

Historically cricket origins are uncertain and the earliest definite references are in southeast England in the middle of the 16th century. It spread globally with the expansion of the British Empire leading to the first international matches in the second half of the 19th century.
Traditionally cricket they wear club or team colors. In addition to the basic kit. Some players wear protective gear to prevent injuries caused by the ball which is a hard solid spheroid made of enclosed a carle core which is layered with tightly wound string.
The game governing body is the International cricket council ICC, which has over 100, members, 12 of which are full members who playtest match. The game rules are held in a code called lows of cricket.

Although the main objective of the game has always been to score the must run.
The batsman misses the ball and ball hits the wicket.
The ball hits the batsman body when it would have hit the wicket otherwise called LBW. The way this rule is applied is complicated
The fielder catches the ball after the batsman hits it before it bounces or leaves the field

The early form of cricket differed from the modern game in certain key technical aspects. The ball was bowled underarm by the bowler and all along the ground towards.

The team is expected to show their talents in a day match, normally each team is given fifty over and the participants display their skill in these limited over match. These matches are played during the day as well as hight. The one-dish matches are more exciting and they are result-oriented matches and the spectators look forward to nail-biting finishes. You must have seen some of there matches on your television.

India has produced some great cricket who attained International celebrity status C K Naidu, Kapil Dev, and Sachin Tendulkar are some of the bright stars who brought laurels to India in international cricket

In India, besides test match and one day match at the national level we have cricket matches at different levels.

There are interstate matches and zonal matches. There are a number of trophies associated with Indian cricket.

In India's international field we have the Ashes. This is the symbolic Trophy won by the winning team after a series of cricket.