History of Cricket, rules, tournaments, num,ber of players, balls bat.

Updated on January 27, 2022
by Tiwari Academy

Cricket is one of the most popular and exciting sports in the modern world. The game of Cricket originated in England. According to Wizdon (Bible of Cricket), Cricket was described for the first time in 1300 AD. Cricket was played among England cowboys. It is proved by the diary of Edward First of England. According to him, Cricket was played in Navendon of Kent during 1300 A.D. During that time, a hole dug in the ground was used instead of wickets, and bowlers used to make the ball enter in that hole.

What are the Rules for Playing Cricket

History of Cricket

The first cricket match was played in 1709 between the teams of London and Kent. The golden era of Cricket emerged in 1760, when the first England Cricket Club, namely Hembuldon club, was formed. In 1787 MCC (Melbourne Cricket Club) was constituted. The first test match was played in 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne. Australia won it. The imperial cricket conference was formed in 1909. It was changed to ICC in 1965. First, a day match was played on January 5, 1971. Britishers are credited with introducing Cricket in India. In 1792 (Now Kolkata) Calcutta cricket club was formed. India played its first test match in 1932 against England. Cricket World Cup was introduced in the year 1975 in England.

Measurments and specifications of equipments

Specifications	Measurments
Number of players in Cricket team 11 + 5 (extra)	16
Number of umpires in a Cricket match	2 + 1 (Third umpire)
Weight of the Cricket ball	5 1/2 to 5 3/4 ounces (156 gm)
Circumference of Cricket ball	8 inch to 9 inch (22.4 cm to 22.9 cm)
Length of the Cricket bat	38 inch (96.5 cm)
The widest part of Cricket bat	4 1/4 inches (10.8 cm)
The breadth of pitch on both side	from 4 feet 4 inch central wicket
Distance of stumps from one side to other	22 yards
Breadth of wickets	9 inches
Colour of ball	White for night and red for day time
Number of scorers	2
Time to change the batsman	2 minutes
Time for changing every innings	10 minutes
Types of matches	20-20, one day, three days, five days
Height of wicket from ground	28 inches
Radius of small circle	27.4 m
Radius of boundary	68.58 m

General Rules

1. Players:
(i) Cricket is played among two teams and each team has 11 players.
(ii)Match is always started by toss and captain of each team announces the names of players before the toss.
2. Extra players:
An extra player can replace the nominated player in a game if the player gets ill or for some other reasons, but with prior permission of umpire. Umpire may permit extra player to :
(i) Field if nominated gets injured,
(ii) Run if the batsman gets injured If a player leaves the ground to change his shoes or clothing, extra player would not replace that player. Extra player can’t do batting, bowling or wicket keeping.

Other Rules

1. Captain of batting team may declare the inning closed at any time during the match.
2. 6 balls are bowled in an over. “No ball” and wide balls are not counted in an over.
3. If a fielder catches the ball, before it hits the ground after a stroke, then the batsman will be out provided that the fielder is inside the boundary line.
4. Rule of three power play has been introduced to replace the field restrictions for 15 overs.
5. If a player takes more than 2 minutes to reach the crease after a batsman is declared out, he will be declared as out.
6. A player who is found handling the ball will be declared out.
7. Inner edge of the boundary line is considered as the end of boundary line.

Terminology

Column- 1	Column- 2	Column- 3
Bails	rubber	ashes
dead ball	extra (sundries)	wicket
fine leg	square leg	gully
mid-off	mid-on	mid-wicket
batsman	bowler	short leg
slip	cover	extra cover
third man	googly	off spin
leg spin	flight	in swing