Earlier cricket used to thrive greatly as a gambling game. People used to place huge amounts of bets in matches and thus the game started to get recognition. Cricket was in fact a major gambling sport towards the end of the 17th century .

By the 17th century the game was quite popular as a rough rural pastime, but in the following century the leisure classes took up the sport, particularly in Sussex, Kent, and London.

In the year 1787, the Marylebone Cricket Club also known MCC was created. The MCC has since then gone on to become one of the most prominent bodies in world cricket .

Late18th century was a very crucial phase for the development of the game, both within and outside Britain. The game was spread far and wide mainly due to England’s imperialism .

About the Spirit

Preamble on the Spirit of cricket:

Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not only within its laws but also within the spirit of the game. Any action which is seen to abuse the Spirit causes injury to the Game itself.

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by the late 1600s, it was noted that fines were handed out for those missing church to play.

Cricket was popular and widely documented in England during the 1700s.

The first recorded match took place in Kent

1646

1706William Goldwyn published

the first description of the game.

1760s

1787

The world's first cricket club was formed in Hambledon

the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was founded

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Pitch:

a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long

Umpire: referee

Innings: a fixed-length segment during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. (击球局）Out: an act of putting a player out.

Wicket: a set of wooden stumps at each end of the pitch

Runs: points scored primarily by running between wickets after hitting the ball

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Test Cricket

the longest form of the sport of cricket .

the highest-regarded form of the game.

The name "Test" is thought to arise from the idea that the matches are a "test of strength" between the sides involved. It seems to have been used first to describe an English team that toured Australia in 1861-62.

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One-day cricket is a version of the sport of cricket that is completed in one day,

The World Cup

International Cricket Council Champions Trophy

One-day International Series

Triangular Tournament

One-day international tournaments occur in various forms:

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a form of cricket, originally introduced in the United Kingdom for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003. a type of single innings cricket in which each team bats for a maximum of only 20 overs .It is popular in English amateur cricket since at least the 1960s

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Now it is played worldwide, and despite occasional successes, it is fair to say that the real power in the game has shifted from England to nations such as South Africa, Australia, India, Pakistan, and the West Indies.

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