History of Cricket 🏏

Cricket is second only to football in terms of popularity around the world. However, cricket is not popular in all countries like football, but at present many football players are leaning towards cricket. Although we all know the pulse of all types of cricket like Test, ODI or T20, many of us do not know how this game of bat-ball came about. Let us know some information about that.

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About the beginning:

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Like football, there are different opinions about who is the father of cricket. But most people say cricket was born in England. But according to various sources, the introduction of cricket started in the Doab area of ​​the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. In the 7th century, a type of game called bat and ball was played in this area. Through them, the game spread to Persia sometime later in the 7th century. It is known that the game was introduced in Europe, before the 10th century, the ‘Normadic Gypsies’ living in the ancient Indian desert traveled to Europe via Turkey, where they played the game among themselves. Seeing them, the game became popular among Europeans. Different types of ball games were prevalent in different countries of the world. However, the bat with the ball originated in South India. There the bat was called 'Danda'.

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History of playing cricket 1

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After the conquest of England in 106 AD, the Normans adopted the idea of ​​playing bat and ball for recreation. The game called creagh / cricke was started by their hands. At that time this game was played only on Sundays of the week. The style of play was like this - a ball would be thrown at a batsman and killed. Just behind the batsman was a kind of structure like today's stamp. The batsman hit the ball home with a wooden plank in his hand to protect the structure from hitting the ball. The batsman's house also had a few fielders scattered around him to catch the dead ball. This is known from the writings of Joseph of Exeter in 1163 AD.

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The Dark Ages of Cricket:

The race to conquer the kingdom began in 1400 AD. This competition lasted till 1500 AD. At this time the ban on cricket came down. Because of playing cricket, the necessary soldiers were not available to fight. So King Richard II banned cricket in England at that time. If anyone violated the ban and played cricket, he would be punished.

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Going forward with cricket again:

After 1500, the race to conquer kingdoms in Europe almost ceased. Towards the end of that century, European art and culture began to change under the influence of the Italian Renaissance. The scattering of which also takes place in sports. The game, which was called creagh or cricke before 1500 AD, came to be known as cricket or crickette in 1800 AD. Though the punishment for playing cricket has been lifted, cricket is slowly gaining popularity with a kind of unwritten ban. Priests in particular have strongly objected to the game. According to them, cricket is a game of laziness, idleness and gambling. The clergy also punished him. But there was no obstacle in the way of cricket.

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History of cricket

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The path of modern cricket:

The path of modern cricket began with county matches. Through the match between the England national team and the Kent team in 1819. In 1821, modern cricket was introduced in India through the East India Company. However, cricket did not become completely modern before 1844. Because even then cricket was not played according to the rules and regulations. In 1844, various rules and regulations of modern cricket were made and cricket was started according to those rules.

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Birth of Test cricket:

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Test cricket was born in 18. England and Australia participate in the first Test match in the history of cricket. The match was held on March 15, 18. These two teams also took part in the first ODI match. Australia won both matches. The Imperial Cricket Conference was established in 1909 as the highest body in world cricket. Later, in 1958, the word 'Imperial' was changed to 'International' and the word 'International' was changed to 'International Cricket Council'. ICC in short. The dignified Ashes battle began in 182-63. Since then, other countries have entered Test cricket one by one. South Africa 18-69, West Indies 1926, New Zealand 1929-30, India 1932, Pakistan 1952-53, Sri Lanka 1981-82, Zimbabwe 1992 and Bangladesh 13 November, 2000.

Bangladesh made its full debut in international cricket in the 1986 Asia Cup

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Birth of ODI cricket:

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In the beginning, Test matches lasted for a long time. Because there was no fixed day like now. There were a lot of spectators to watch the match then. It was at this time that the practice of buying tickets and watching the game began. But due to various natural calamities, this game which was going on indefinitely was often stopped. There is a commotion between the organizers and the spectators about this. At the same time, the number of cricket spectators is decreasing. Rathman's co-sponsored by Raghunel Harve aims to bring back spectators to the cricket field and benefit financially. Organizes a tournament of 40 overs. The game was played on Sunday. It was played against county teams by the International Carveliers, a combination of current and former star players. These matches were shown live on BBC Channel 2. The result is unprecedented success. The spectators who had left the field not to watch the unfinished match for three days without a result, started coming to the field in a hurry to witness the victory and defeat in the morning-afternoon match.

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Later, in 1973, he organized a 60-over tournament called Gillette Cup in England. This tournament became known as the NatWest Trophy in 1981. Earlier, a 40-over tournament was introduced in 1989. The game was played every Sunday. The name of the tournament was 'People's Player Special League'. With the advent of England, the practice of playing limited overs in other Test playing nations also began. The one-day internationals began with England vs Australia in early 1981. Australia won the first international match.

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Cricket World Cup:

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The ICC, the highest governing body of world cricket, is thinking of a new tournament that will bring together all the cricketing nations. It was from that thought that the first Cricket World Cup took place on June 6, 1985. The first World Cup was hosted by England and the hosts were England, East Africa, Sri Lanka, Australia, the West Indies, India, Pakistan and New Zealand. The West Indies play Australia in the final. The West Indies won their first World Cup by defeating Australia by 18 runs in that match. The man of the match was Clive Lloyd.

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Bangladesh Cricket:

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Three Asian countries participated in the first Cricket World Cup held in 1985. Bangladesh got ODI status much later than the neighboring countries. In 1996, Bangladesh got ODI status. Later in 2000, Bangladesh got Test status. In 2005, Bangladesh got the taste of winning the first Test match. However, Bangladesh did not have to wait long to get the taste of winning the ODI match. In 1996, Bangladesh won the first ODI. Bangladesh first participated in the World Cup held in England in 1999. In that World Cup, Bangladesh created a surprise by defeating Pakistan and Scotland.

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