History Of Cricket

Where and when cricket started no body knows, A group of people  are thought to be possible sources for the term "cricket". In the earliest known reference to the sport in 1598, but one evidence was there most of it circumstances that widely suggests that the game was started during Saxons or Norman times by children living the southeast England. Early 18th century  Cricket has played as a recognized sports. In 1697 the first recorded mach was played in Sussex, England .The first country  match was played between Londoners vs the Kentish .At that time in Hampshire  The Hambledon Club is a small Club. But brought attention to the sports of Cricket, as they challenged with the larger club with a run for their money. A prose literature on the subject of cricket  wrote by john Nyren.

This team played final record match at Lords in London in 1793.Lords started in Doest Square as a private cricket field by Thomas Lords. In 1813  York shire  man who bowled fir the club.The club shifted from its second location at St John’s Wood to its present location .

Cricket administration underwent  dramatic change in 1969. The cricket council was build upt this point, including the MCC, the Test Country Cricket Board (TCCB), and the National Cricket Association. The country  matches and the international test  both  controls by the TCCB.

Now no distinction between amateur  and professional club. The country cricket  matches are widely attractions among the people of England. The major event of Lords  Cricket Oxford vs Cambridge match  played  is truly England national summer sport.

The game step by step  to spread throughout  England  in 1951. In Melbourne Cricket Ground held the first limited overs international match in 1971.