No one is really sure when cricket started, some believe it started in Saxon or Norman times but this hasn't been proven. It is believed that cricket survived as a children's game for many generations before it was taken up by adults around the beginning of the 17th century. Some believe it started from bowls, but with the invention of the batsman attempting to stop the ball reaching its target it turned into the game as we know it now. The first time cricket was definitely mentioned was in 1598 in a court case. The first ever international game was held in 1844 between the USA and Canada in New York. Now days over 50 countries world wide play cricket. But only 10 of them are full members of the international cricket council and they are India, Australia, England, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Zimbabwe, West Indies and Sri Lanka. They are the only nations that play test cricket. The rest of the nations who play cricket play T20's and 50/50 matches. I think this is slightly unfair as all the countries deserve the chance to play Test cricket matches if they want to.
Those are my overall views on the current system.
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| Credit to: Cricistan |
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