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The History of Cricket CREATED BY-UTKARSH SINGH IX-B 47

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History of cricket +information of 5 cricket players

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The History of Cricket

CREATED BY-UTKARSH SINGHIX-B47

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No one knows when or where cricket began but there is a body of evidence, that strongly suggests the game was devised during Saxon or Norman times by children living in the Weald, an area of dense woodlands and clearings in south-east England that lies across Kent and Sussex. In medieval times, the Weald was populated by small farming and metal-working communities. It is generally believed that cricket survived as a children's game for many centuries before it was increasingly taken up by adults around the beginning of the 17th century.

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The first definite reference to the game is found in a 1598 court case concerning dispute over a school's ownership of a plot of land. A 59-year old coroner, John Derrick, testified that he and his school friends had played creckett on the site fifty years earlier. The school was the Royal Grammar school Guildford, and Mr. Derrick's account proves beyond reasonable doubt that the game was being played in Surrey c.1550

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A number of words are thought to be possible sources for the term "cricket". In the earliest known reference to the sport in 1598 it is called creckett. The name may have been derived from the Middle Dutch rick meaning a stick; or the Old English cricc or cryce meaning a crutch or staff.

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Cricket was introduced to North America via the English colonies in the 17th century, probably before it had even reached the north of England. In the 18th century it arrived in other parts of the globe. It was introduced to the West Indies by colonists and to India by British East India Company mariners in the first half of the century. It arrived in Australia almost as soon as colonization began in 1788. New Zealand and South Africa followed in the early years of the 19th century.

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The basic rules of cricket such as bat and ball, the wicket, pitch dimensions, over's, how out, etc. have existed since time immemorial. In 1728, the Duke of Richmond and Alan Brodick drew up "Articles of Agreement" to determine the code of practice in a particular game and this became a common feature, especially around payment of stake money and distributing the winnings given the importance of gambling.

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The game continued to spread throughout England and, in 1751, Yorkshire is first mentioned as a venue. The original form of bowling (i.e., rolling the ball along the ground as in bowls) was superseded sometime after 1760 when bowlers began to pitch the ball and study variations in line, length and pace. Scorecards began to be kept on a regular basis from 1772 and since then an increasingly clear picture has emerged of the sport's development

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Cricket faced its first real crisis during the 18th century when major matches virtually ceased during the Seven Years war. This was largely due to shortage of players and lack of investment. But the game survived and the "Hambledon Era" proper began in the mid-1760s.Cricket faced another major crisis at the beginning of the 19th century when a cessation of major matches occurred during the culminating period of the Napoleonic wars. Again, the causes were shortage of players and lack of investment. But, as in the 1760s, the game survived and a slow recovery began in 1815.

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The game also underwent a fundamental change of organisation with the formation for the first time of county clubs. All the modern county clubs, starting with Sussex in 1839, were founded during the 19th century.

No sooner had the first county clubs established themselves than they faced what amounted to "player action" as William Clarke created the travelling All-England Eleven in 1846. Though a commercial venture, this team did much to popularise the game in districts which had never previously been visited by high-class cricketers. Other similar teams were created and this vogue lasted for about thirty years

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The First ever International cricket game was between the USA and Canada in 1844. The match was played at the grounds of the St George’s Cricket club in New York

In 1859, a team of leading English professionals set off to North America on the first-ever overseas tour and, in 1862, the first English team toured Australia.

Image of the 1878 Australian cricket team from the State Library of NSW

Between May and October 1868, a team of Australian Aborigines toured England in what was the first Australian cricket team to travel overseas.

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A major watershed occurred in 1890 when the official County Championships was constituted in England. This organisational initiative has been repeated in other countries. Australia established the Sheffield Shield in 1892–93. Other national competitions to be established were the Currie Cup in South Africa, the Plunkett Shield in New Zealand and the Ranji Trophy in India.

The period from 1890 to the outbreak of the First World War has become an object of nostalgia, ostensibly because the teams played cricket according to "the spirit of the game", but more realistically because it was a peacetime period that was shattered by the First World War. The era has been called The Golden Age of cricket and it featured numerous great names such as Grace, Wilfred Rhodes, C B Fry, K S RanjitsinhiiK and victor Trumper.

W.G.GRACE

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In 1889 the immemorial four ball over was replaced by a five ball over and then this was changed to the current six balls an over in 1900. Subsequently, some countries experimented with eight balls an over. In 1922, the number of balls per over was changed from six to eight in Australia only. In 1924 the eight ball over was extended to New Zealand and in 1937 to South Africa. In England, the eight ball over was adopted experimentally for the 1939 season; the intention was to continue the experiment in 1940, but first-class cricket was suspended for the Second World War and when it resumed, English cricket reverted to the six ball over. The 1947 Laws of Cricket allowed six or eight balls depending on the conditions of play. Since the 1979/80 Australian and New Zealand seasons, the six ball over has been used worldwide and the most recent version of the Laws in 2000 only permits six ball overs.

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When the Imperial Cricket Conference (as it was originally called) was founded in 1909, only England, Australia and South Africa were members. India, West indies and New Zealand became Test nations before the Second World War and Pakistan soon afterwards. The international game grew with several "affiliate nations" getting involved and, in the closing years of the 20th century, three of those became Test nations also: Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.

Test cricket remained the sport's highest level of standard throughout the 20th century but it had its problems, notably in the infamous “Bodyline Series" of 1932–33 when Douglas Jardine’s England used so-called "leg theory" to try and neutralise the run-scoring brilliance of Australia's Donald Bradman.

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The greatest crisis to hit international cricket was brought about by apartheid, the South African policy of racial segregation. The situation began to crystallise after 1961 when South Africa left the Commonwealth of Nations and so, under the rules of the day, its cricket board had to leave the International Cricket Conference (ICC). Cricket's opposition to apartheid intensified in 1968 with the cancellation of England's tour to South Africa by the South African authorities, due to the inclusion of "coloured" cricketer Basil D’Oliveira in the England team. In 1970, the ICC members voted to suspend South Africa indefinitely from international cricket competition. Ironically, the South African team at that time was probably the strongest in the world.

Basil D’Oliveira

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The money problems of top cricketers were also the root cause of another cricketing crisis that arose in 1977 when the Australian media magnate Kerry Packer fell out with the Australian Cricket Board over TV rights. Taking advantage of the low remuneration paid to players, Packer retaliated by signing several of the best players in the world to a privately run cricket league outside the structure of international cricket. World Series Cricket hired some of the banned South African players and allowed them to show off their skills in an international arena against other world-class players. The schism lasted only until 1979 and the "rebel" players were allowed back into established international cricket, though many found that their national teams had moved on without them. Long-term results of World Series Cricket have included the introduction of significantly higher player salaries and innovations such as coloured kit and night games.

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In the 1960s, English county teams began playing a version of cricket with games of only one innings each and a maximum number of overs per innings. Starting in 1963 as a knockout competition only, limited overs grew in popularity and in 1969 a national league was created which consequently caused a reduction in the number of matches in the County Championship.

Although many "traditional" cricket fans objected to the shorter form of the game, limited overs cricket did have the advantage of delivering a result to spectators within a single day; it did improve cricket's appeal to younger or busier people; and it did prove commercially successful.

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Limited overs cricket increased television ratings for cricket coverage. Innovative techniques that were originally introduced for coverage of LOI matches was soon adopted for Test coverage. The innovations included presentation of in-depth statistics and graphical analysis, placing miniature cameras in the stumps, multiple usage of cameras to provide shots from several locations around the ground, high speed photography and computer graphics technology enabling television viewers to study the course of a delivery and help them understand an umpire's decision.

In 1992, the use of a third umpire to adjudicate run out appeals with television replays was introduced in the Test series between South Africa and India. The third umpire's duties have subsequently expanded to include decisions on other aspects of play such as stumpings, catches and boundaries. As yet, the third umpire is not called upon to adjudicate lbw appeals, although there is a virtual reality tracking technology (i.e., Hawk-eye) that is approaching perfection in predicting the course of a delivery.

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Cricket remains a major world sport in terms of participants, spectators and media interest.

The ICC has expanded its development program with the goal of producing more national teams capable of competing at Test level. Development efforts are focused on African and Asian nations; and on the United States. In 2004, the ICC Intercontinental Cup brought first-class cricket to 12 nations, mostly for the first time

In June 2001, the ICC introduced a "Test Championship Table" and, in October 2002, a "One-day International Championship Table". Australia has consistently topped both these tables in the 2000s.

Cricket's newest innovation is Twenty20, essentially an evening entertainment. It has so far enjoyed enormous popularity and has attracted large attendances at matches as well as good TV audience ratings. The inaugural ICC Twenty 20 World Cup tournament was held in 2007 with a follow-up event in 2009. The formation of Twenty20 leagues in India – the unofficial Indian Cricket League, which started in 2007, and the official Indian Premier League, starting in 2008 – raised much speculation in the cricketing press about their effect on the future of cricket.

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Player Team Score Against Venue Date

Brian Lara West Indies 400 England St John's Apr 10, 2004

M.Hayden Australia 380 Zimbabwe Perts Oct 09, 2003

Brian Lara West Indies 375 England St John's Apr 16, 1994

Jayawardene Sri Lanka 374 South Africa Colombo 27 Jul 2006

Gary Sobers West Indies 365 Pakistan Kingston Feb 26, 1958

Len Hutton England 364 Australia The Oval Aug 20, 1938

Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 340 India Khettarama Aug 02, 1997

Hanif Mohammad Pakistan 337 West Indies Bridgetown Jan 17, 1958

Wally Hammond England 336 New Zealand Auckland Mar 31, 1933

MA Taylor Australia 334* Pakistan Peshawar 15 Oct 1998

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Full Name: Brian Charles LaraBorn: 2 May 1969, Cantaro, Santa Cruz, TrinidadMajor Teams: Trinidad & Tobago, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal, ICC World XI, West IndiesBatting Style: Left Hand BatBowling Style: Leg Break Test Debut: Pakistan Vs West Indies at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, 3rd Test, 1990/91ODI Debut: Pakistan Vs West Indies at National Stadium, Karachi, 1st ODI, 1990/91Twenty20 Intl Debut: Hasn't played any T20Is

Competition Test ODI FC LA

Matches 131 299 261 429

Runs Scored 11,953 10,405 22,156 14,602

Batting Averages 52.88 40.48 51.88 39.67

100s/50s 34/48 19/63 65/88 27/86

Top Score 400* 169 501* 169

Balls bowled 60 49 514 130

Wickets - 4 4 5

Bowling averages - 15.25 104.00 29.80

5 wickets in innings0 0 0 0 0

10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a

Best bowling - 2/5 1/1 2/5

Catches/stumpings 164/- 120/- 320/- 177/-

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Full name Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Born 7 July 1981 (age 31)Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Nickname Mahi, MS, MSDHeight 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Batting style Right-hand batsmanBowling style Right-hand mediumRole Wicket-keeper, India captain

International informationNational side India

Test debut (cap 251) 2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka

Last Test 13 December 2012 v England

ODI debut (cap 158) 23 December 2004 v Bangladesh

Last ODI 27 January 2013 v EnglandODI shirt no. 7

T20I debut (cap 2) 1 December 2006 v South Afric

Last T20I 28 December 2012 v Pakistan

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Competition Test ODI FC T20Is

Matches 73 219 114 42

Runs scored 3,883 7,259 6,045 748

Batting average 38.06 51.85 36.63 31.16

100s/50s 5/28 8/48 8/42 0/0Top score 148 183* 148 48*

Balls bowled 78 12 108 –

Wickets 0 1 0 –

Bowling average – 14.00 – –

5 wickets in innings – – – –

10 wickets in match – – – –

Best bowling – 1/14 – –

Catches/stumping 203/31 206/68 311/50 21/8

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Full name Virat Kohli

Born 5 November 1988 (age 24)Delhi, India

Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Batting style Right-handedBowling style Right arm medium paceRole Batsman

International informationNational side India

Test debut (cap 268) 20 June 2011 v West Indies

ODI debut (cap 175) 18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka

ODI shirt no. 18

T20I debut (cap 31) 12 June 2010 v ZimbabweDomestic team information

Years Team

2006–present Delh

2008–present Royal Challengers Bangalore

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Competition Test ODI FC LA

Matches 14 98 45 129

Runs scored 891 4,054 3,079 5,405

Batting average 38.73 49.43 49.66 49.58

100s/50s 3/5 13/22 10/13 17/29

Top score 116 183 197 183

Balls bowled 66 315 534 373

Wickets 0 2 3 2

Bowling average – 153.00 96.33 179

5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0

10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a

Best bowling n/a 1/20 1/19 1/20

Catches/stumpings 18/– 50/– 43/– 66/–

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Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born 24 April 1973 (age 39)Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra , India

Nickname Tendlya, Little Master,

Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Batting style Right-handed

Bowling style Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace

Role BatsmanInternational information

National side India

Test debut (cap 187) 15 November 1989 v PakistanODI debut (cap 74) 18 December 1989 v PakistanODI shirt no. 10

Only T20I (cap 11) 1 December 2006 v South Africa

Domestic team information

Years Team

1988 Cricket Club of India

1988–present Mumbai

2008–present Mumbai Indians

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Competition Test ODI FC LA

Matches 194 463 302 551

Runs scored 15,645 18,426 24,896 21,999

Batting average 54.32 44.83 57.89 45.54

100s/50s 51/66 49/96 80/113 60/114Top score 248* 200* 248* 200*

Balls bowled 4,174 8,032 7,551 10,230

Wickets 45 154 70 201

Bowling average 54.64 44.32 62.15 42.17

5 wickets in innings 0 2 0 2

10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a

Best bowling 3/10 5/32 3/10 5/32

Catches/stumpings 114/– 140/– 184/– 175/–

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Born 7 October 1978 (age 34)Shrirampur, Maharashtra, India

Nickname Zak, Zippy Zakky[1]

Batting style Right-handedBowling style Left-arm fast mediumRole Bowler

International informationNational side India

Test debut (cap 231) 10 November 2000 v Bangladesh

ODI debut (cap 133) 3 October 2000 v Kenya

ODI shirt no. 34

T20I debut (cap 5) 1 December 2006 v South Africa

Domestic team informationYears Team

1999/00–2005/06 Baroda

2006/07 Mumbai2011-present Bangalore Royal Challengers2008–2010 Mumbai Indians