History Of Cricket

 

Cricket 

The Game of cricket has a known history beginigin the late16th century having orginated in south-east England, it become the century's national sport in the 18th century and has developed globally in the 19th and 20th centuries,
International Matches have been played since 1844 although Internation Test cricket began,
retrospectively recognised in 1877.
Cricket is the world's second most popular spectator sport after association football.
Governance is by the International Cricket Councel (ICC) which has over one hundred members although only ten play test cricket
DATES IN CRICKET
1550 (Approx) Evidence of cricket being played in Guildford, Surrey.
1598 Cricket mentioned in Florio's Italian- English Dictionary.
1610 Reference to cricketing b/w weald and upland near Chevening, Kent.
1611 Randle Cotgrave's French-English dictionary translate the French word "cross" as a cricket staff. Two youths fined for playing cricket at Sidlesham, Sussex.
1624 Jasper Vinall becomes first man known to killed palying cricket: Hit by a bat while trying to catch the ball- at Horsted Green, Sussex.
1676 First reference to cricket being pllayed abroad, by British residents in Aleppo, Syria.
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1971 First One-Day International
Australia vs England at Melbournw.
1975 First World cup West Indies beat Australia in Final at Lord's
1976 Centenary Test at Melbourne, with identical result to the first match Australia beat England by 45 runs.
1982 Srilanka's first Test match
The Laws of cricket revised and rewritten.
2001 Sir Donalad Bradman Dies, Aged 92.
2003 Twenty20 cup a 20 overs per side evining tournament inaugurated in England
2004 Lara becomes the first man to score 400 in a test ining against England
2005 The ICC introdueces Powerplys and Supersubs In Odis and hostes the inaugural Superseries
2006 Pakistan Forfeit a aTest at the Oval after being accused of ball tempering.