History of Cricket

                                                              History of Cricket

Today, Cricket is the most famous game of the country everyone leaves everything and watches Cricket on television. This game has inspired many people but what makes Cricket so unique what makes Cricket so popular in the country.

The whole story starts from the 18^th century when the game of cricket was formed in England. That time this game was played as a stick and ball game. The bat was in the shape of an ice hockey stick and the ball was bowled underarm. The match was of 3 days and still ended in a draw. It is a unique game as it has no time limit the match was of 3 days and still ended in draw.

Finally in 1744 the first written law of cricket was made. In these rules there were two stumps, the length of game was three days and the field was specified to 22 yards. The game was played in public places of London. The first Cricket club was formed in Hambledon

Then in late 18^th century the rules of cricket were revised there were:-

1.       The first leg-before law was published

2.       Third stump became common and its length and the bails length was specified

3.       Running between wickets become legal

4.       The bat was changed to a straight

5.       The ball was thrown overarm

These rules changed the whole game of cricket.

Cricket on caste and religion:-

The most shocking fact of this game was that the cricket was played on the basis of caste and religion. In England there were two teams. One team who was rich and played the game for pleasure not for earning money was called amateurs (gentleman). That team who played it for earning money was called professionals. Only white people could play the game no black people were allowed to play the game.

Spread of Cricket:-

At that time Cricket was a colonial game so I could spread to the British colonies like West Indies and India. The other countries didn’t accept the game as it was a British colonial game and those countries were not the colonies of British.

Spread of cricket in India:-

When India was a colony of British, the British spread its games to India. The people of India were not allowed to play the game. The Cricket clubs in India were called Gymkhanas. The first club of India lead by the British was the Bombay Gymkhana.