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Cricket was actually derived from English word crick which means stick or stick pastor. The first match is played between Australia and England in the year 1877 at Melbourne, a famous place in Australia. Cricket is played in various formats generally called international series and domestic series. Most people believe that cricket game was first played between England and Canada in the st George ’s cricket club in the year 1844.

Generally it is played with the help of bat and ball. In present days the cricket bat is paddle shaped and finished of wooden willow. It measures 96 cm long and 10.8 cm wide, it has a handle to hold. A cording to cricket regulations the size of fields in different directions should be of 132 x 152 or 160 x 168. The cricket ball is made of a core of cork with a rope coiled on it and the basic dimensions are 156 and 163 g. cricket is national game of England and Australia.

During 17 Th century the game moved from England and reached North America. The game was actually introduced by America and it has huge popularity today. The oldest stadium is old Trafford in Manchester and it has seating capacity of 22,000. But the world’s largest seating capacity ground is located in Kolkata, the capital city of west Bengal with a capacity of 1, 20,000. The top 10 countries that play international cricket are India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies and the inventor of game, England. International teams play the game to achieve world cup that is played after four years.