Cricket : The 2nd Most Popular Game in the Globe

Following to the Soccer, Cricket is so far the 2^nd most popular game in the world. Modern format of today’s Cricket is developed by several centuries and it has a very colorful history. In the 14^th century during the reign of King Edward a game was popular named “Creg” which had a much similarities with the modern Cricket and it is considered as the main root of the game Cricket. The word “Cricket” has come from the word “Cric” which stood for the hook carried by the English shepherds and this hook is considered as the ancient Cricket bats.

 

 

 

 

 

During those days Cricket was a child’s game and the adults couldn’t found any interests about this game in England. The first written recorded game was played in 1598 named “Crickett” and it got a huge popularity in England. After this match Cricket started to become popular among the adults. In 1611 two people were arrested for the reason of playing cricket rather than going to church. In 1648, after the end of the English civil war, Cricket was played only in Sunday mainly by the working class people. Cricket became the Gentleman’s game in the 1700s and the first Law of Cricket was written in 1788 by Marylebone Cricket Club.  

 

 

 

 

The first international match was held in 1877 between England and Australia where England was beaten by 45 runs in the match. The first one day international match was held in 1971 in Melbourne, Australia. Cricket is now very popular in most of the countries and the World Cup continues after every four years in different countries since 1975.