Where is cricket from

There is also the thought that cricket may have derived from bowls, by the intervention of a batsman trying to stop the ball from reaching its target by hitting it away. The first known game in which the teams use county names is in In the first half of the 18th Century cricket established itself as a leading sport in London and the south-eastern counties of England. In , the first Laws of Cricket were written and subsequently amended in , when innovations such as lbw, a 3rd stump, - the middle stump and a maximum bat width were added.

In order to assist your enjoyment and appreciation of the game, particularly when you are sharing those magical video moments with others back home, we have attempted to simply and condense the complex rules of the game, as formalised by the MCC, as follows: You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. The England Cricket Team in Related articles.

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