By – Harshith.k

-IX ‘A’ V.P.S

The bats used presently are much

different from the bats used previously.

First bats of 1720, had a curving

outwards at the bottom. This shape

gave the batsmen the best chance of

making contact as the ball was thrown

underarm.

18TH CENTURY CRICKET

View of Geneva's Plaine de Plainpalais with cricketers, 1817

A cricket match at Darnall, Sheffield in

the 1820s.

The first ever international cricket game was between the USA and Canada in 1844. The match was played at the grounds of the St George's Cricket Club in New York.

In 1859, a team of leading English professionals set off to North America on the first-ever overseas tour and, in 1862, the first English team toured Australia.

Between May and October 1868, a team of Australian Aborigines toured England in what was the first Australian cricket team to travel overseas.

In 1877, an England touring team in Australia played two matches against full Australian XIs that are now regarded as the inaugural Test matches. The following year, the Australians toured England for the first time and were a spectacular success. No Tests were played on that tour but more soon followed and, at The Oval in 1882, arguably the most famous match of all time gave rise to The Ashes. South Africa became the third Test nation in 1889.

The English team 1859 on

their way to the USA

The first Australian touring

team (1878) pictured at

Niagara Falls

20TH CENTURY CRICKET

Sid Barnes, traps Lala Amarnath lbw in the first official Test between Australia and India at the MCG in 1948

When the Imperial Cricket Conference (as it was originally called) was founded in 1909, only England, Australia and South Africa were members. India, West Indies and New Zealand became Test nations before the Second World War and Pakistan soon afterwards. The international game grew with several "affiliate nations" getting involved and, in the closing years of the 20th century, three of those became Test nations also: Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.

Test cricket remained the sport's highest level of standard throughout the 20th century but it had its problems, notably in the infamous "Bodyline Series" of 1932–33 when Douglas Jardine's England used so-called "leg theory" to try and neutralise the run-scoring brilliance of Australia's Don Bradman

21ST CENTURY CRICKET

Cricket has developed from a game played only by English noblemen and aristocrats to a sport

played and watched by millions in India, Pakistan, Australia and the West Indies. The origins of

the game may be disputed, but the popularity of the game was created and promoted through

the British Empire in the early 20th century. Most of the other cricket-playing nations were

former colonies of the British Empire and, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation,

"The former colonies still take great pleasure in beating England at their own game."

1721

1744

1760s

1774

1780

1788

1780

1787

1792

First record of Cricket played

in IndiaFirst written ‘Laws Of Cricket’

drawnHambledon Cricket Club

formed

First leg-before law

publishedMajor matches of 3 days

length

Creation of the first six-seam

cricket ballMarylebone Cricket Club

(MCC) founded

MCC became the guardian of

cricket’s regulationsCalcutta Cricket Club

established

1848

1848

1877

1889

Introduction of pads and

protective glovesOriental Cricket Club founded

Origin of Test Cricket

Parsi Team beat the Bombay

Gymkhana

1971

1977

1970

1975

1930s

1932

1950

1960

Exclusion of South Africa

from International CricketFirst One-day International

played between England &

AustraliaFirst World Cup

Kerry Packer made remarkable

changes in the game

First English Team to be led

by a professionalIndia entered in the world of

Test MatchWest Indies won its first Test

series against England

First black captain of West

Indies team (Frank Worrell)

Modern cricket is dominated by Tests and One-day

internationals, played between national teams. The

players who become famous, who live on in the

memories of cricket’s public, are those who have

played for their country.

The players, Indian fans remember even now are those

who were fortunate enough to play Test cricket.

C.K. Nayudu, an outstanding Indian batsman of his time.

Palwankar Baloo, the greatest slow bowler of his time.

Sir Donald Bradman, the best ever batsman in the

history of cricket.

AMAZING CRICKET ……..

HAVE FUN

the ashes is a contest

between Australia and

England.

The first ashes

England lost and the

coach burnt the

wickets and said “this

is the end of English

cricket.”

He is a devastating batter in test yet is

not so good in 20 20

Dennis Lillee

was the most terrifying bowler

to batsmen

Shane Warne is

the best spin bowler ever

he got the bowl of the century

against Gatting

in his first Ashes.

he was a fast and furious

bowler

his bowls were as quick as the

top of a average car(130 mph)

He is an amazing

20 20

batsman but yet he struggles in tests

and one day because of his big

hitting style.

beefy was an

amazing all rounder

in the fifties and now

commentates test

cricket

HE m@de cricket as his life .,,,,, but coz

of som circumstances ,,, cricket was soo

fond his soul that made him no more ,,RIP

HUGES

TOP 10 GREATEST CRICKET PLAYERS OF ALL TIME

widely acknowledged as the greatest Test batsman of all

time. Bradman’s career Test batting average of 99.94 is

often cited as statistically the greatest achievement by any

sportsman in any major sport. During a 20-year playing

career, Bradman consistently scored at a level that made

him, in the words of former Australia captain Bill Woodfull,

“worth three batsmen to Australia”.

In 2002, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack ranked him the

second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don

Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international

(ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards. Tendulkar

was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian

team in the later part of his career. Almost Every Batting

Record Belong To Sechi Tendulkar.

Widely considered one of cricket’s greatest all-rounders.

Originally playing mainly as a bowler, he was soon promoted

up the batting order. Against Pakistan in 1958, Sobers scored

his maiden Test century, progressing to 365 not out and

establishing a new record for the highest individual score in

an innings, which was not broken until Brian Lara scored 375

in 1994. he is surly one of the finest Crickete of all time.

He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time,

especially in the ODI format of the game. Richards was voted one of

the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel

of experts, along with Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir

Jack Hobbs and Shane Warne. In December 2002, he was chosen by

Wisden as the greatest ODI batsman of all time, as well as the third

greatest Test batsman of all time, after Sir Don Bradman and Sachin

Tendulkar. Well deserved Best Cricketer in ODI history.

He was Pakistan’s most successful cricket captain, leading his

country to victory at the 1992 Cricket World Cup, playing for

the Pakistani cricket team from 1971 to 1992, and serving as its

captain intermittently throughout 1982–1992. With 3807 runs

and 362 wickets in Test cricket, he is one of eight world

cricketers to have achieved an ‘All-rounder’s Triple’ in Test

matches. On 14 July 2010, Khan was inducted into the ICC

Cricket Hall of Fame.

Kallis is regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders ever. As of 2013 he was the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 11,000 runs and 250 wickets in both one-day and Test match cricket. From October to December 2007 he scored five centuries in four Test Matches; with his century in the second innings of the third test against India in January 2011, his 40th in all, he moved past Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest scorer of Test centuries, behind only SachinTendulkar with 51.

Murali rated as the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers’

Almanack in 2002. He retired from Test cricket in 2010, registering his

800th and final wicket on 22 July 2010 from his final ball in his last Test

match. Muralitharan took the wicket of Gautam Gambhir on 5 February

2009 in Colombo to surpass Wasim Akram’s ODI record of 501 wickets. He became

the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket when he overtook the previous

record-holder Shane Warne on 3 December 2007.

He is widely acknowledged as one of the supreme batsman of his era, and one of the

finest ever to have graced the game. He holds several cricketing records, including the

record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out. Lara also

holds the record for the highest individual score in a test innings after scoring 400 not

out against England at Antigua in 2004. He is the only batsman to have ever scored a

hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in

first class games over the course of a senior career.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by

a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist

bowler selected in the quintet and the only one still playing at the time. Warne played his first Test

match in 1992, and took over 1000 international wickets (in Tests and One-Day Internationals), second

to this milestone after Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan.

Akram is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of cricket. He holds the

world record for most wickets in List A cricket with 881 and is second only to Sri

Lankan off-spin bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan in terms of ODI wickets with 502. He is

considered to be one of the founders and perhaps the finest exponent of reverse swing

bowling. Akram had a very special talent to move the ball both ways in one delivery

which is called “double swing of Wasim Akram”. No one in cricket history has done it so

far.

FURIOUS INDIANS

Known as the god of cricket,…. With his

name in all of the records ,… GOD never

retires

Karnataka player ,,…. Who was commonly

known as the ‘great wall of INDIA’.

One of the best captian ,,, who was also

the part of the 2007- T20 wolrd cup

winning team

Also born in Karnataka who now holds the

record of getting a 10-wicket haul in test

cricket

"Sunny" Gavaskar About this sound

pronunciation (help·info) (born 10

July 1949) is a former cricketer

who played during the 1970s and

1980s for ..

Kapil Dev was born as Kapil

Dev Ramlal Nikhanj to Ram

Lal Nikhanj, a building and

timber contractor and his

wife Raj Kumari in

Chandigarh on 6 January

1959

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian

cricketer and the current captain of the

Indian national cricket team. He is an

attacking right-handed middle-order

batsman and wicket-keeper.

Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer. A

middle-order batsman, who can also

bowl right-arm medium pace, Kohli

captained the victorious Indian team at

the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held

in Malaysia, and

Yuvraj Singh is an Indian international

cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bats

left-handed in the middle-order and bowls

slow left-arm orthodox. He is the son of

former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi actor

Yograj Singh.

Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman

commonly known as V.V.S. Laxman, is a

former Indian cricketer. He is the great

grand nephew of India's second President

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

HERE ARE SOME OF THE ASHES CRICKET GROUNDS

Lords is the home of cricketEngland has won and lost many games

here

This is the main stadium England use

This is the home of Australian

cricket and a big ashes stadium

SCG is a famous cricket ground

and is known all over the world.

Few of the INDIAN STADIUM’S

Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in

Kolkata, India. It is the home of the

Bengal cricket team and the Indian

Premier League's Kolkata Knight Riders, as

well as being a venue for Test, One Day

International and Twenty20 International

matches.

The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, located in

Bengaluru, Karnataka, is one of the

cricket stadiums of India.

The Wankhede Stadium is a cricket

stadium in the Indian city of Mumbai. The

stadium now has capacity of 33,482,

following renovations for the 2011 Cricket

World Cup. Before the upgrade, the

capacity was approximately 45,000.

ACA-VDCA Cricket

Stadium formerly Andhra Cricket

Association-Vishakapatnam District

Cricket Association Cricket

Stadium or ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium is

a .

The Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh

International Cricket Stadium or Raipur

International Cricket Stadium is a cricket

field in the city of Naya Raipur,

Chhattisgarh, India.

The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium is a

cricket stadium in Chennai, India, named

after M. A. Chidambaram, the former

President of BCCI and the Tamil Nadu

Cricket Association.

Top 10 Test Batsmen

Rank

a

n

g

e

Name Rating

1 K Sangakkara 915

2 AB De Villiers 888

3 S Chanderpaul 887

4 Angelo Mathews 873

5 David Warner 871

6 Hashim Amla 863

7 Michael Clarke 818

8 Ross Taylor 795

9 Joe Root 789

10 Misbah-ul-Haq 762

Reference: ICC Rankings, 13 September 2014

ICC Top 10 Test Bowlers

V

T

E

Rank

C

h

a

n

g

e

Name Rating

1 Dale Steyn 907

2 Ryan Harris 870

3 Rangana Herath 851

4 Mitchell Johnson 844

5 James Anderson 806

6 Vernon Philander 785

7 Tim Southee 783

8 Stuart Broad 774

9 Kemar Roach 768

10 Saeed Ajmal 762

Reference: ICC Rankings, 13 September 2014

ICC Top 10 Test All-rounders

V

T

E

Rank

C

h

a

n

g

e

Name Rating

1 Shakib Al Hasan 419

2 R Ashwin 357

3 Vernon Philander 348

4 Stuart Broad 296

5 Mitchell Johnson 281

6 Shane Watson 236

7 Ryan Harris 226

8 Tim Southee 214

9 Dale Steyn 210

10 JP Duminy 175

Reference: ICC Rankings, 8 November 2014

Top 10 ODI BatsmenICC Top 10 ODI Batsmen

V

T

E

Rank

C

h

a

n

g

e

Name Rating

1 AB de Villiers 869

2 Virat Kohli 862

3 Hashim Amla 834

4 George Bailey 810

5 Shikhar Dhawan 777

6 K Sangakkara 776

7 MS Dhoni 738

8 Tillekeratne Dilshan 731

9 Quinton de Kock 718

10 Angelo Mathews 706

Reference: ICC Rankings, 19 November 2014

ICC Top 10 ODI Bowlers

Rank

C

h

a

n

g

e

Name Rating

1 Saeed Ajmal 770

2 Sunil Narine 753

3 Dale Steyn 712

4 James Anderson 690

5 Mitchell Johnson 690

6 Morne Morkel 651

7 Mohammad Hafeez 647

8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 641

9 Steven Finn 640

10 Ravindra Jadeja 638

Reference: ICC Rankings, 19 November 2014

ICC Top 10 ODI All-rounders

Rank Change Name Rating

1 Mohammad Hafeez 424

2 Angelo Mathews 387

3 Ravindra Jadeja 372

4 Shakib Al Hasan 361

5 Shane Watson 320

6 Tillakaratne Dilshan 316

7 Shahid Afridi 284

8 Mohammad Nabi 280

9 James Faulkner 277

10 Dwayne Bravo 266

Reference: ICC Rankings, 6 September 2014

ICC Top 10 T20 Batsmen

Rank

C

h

a

n

g

e

Name Rating

1 Virat Kohli 897

2 Aaron Finch 876

3 Alex Hales 866

4 Brendon McCullum 782

5 Faf du Plessis 714

6 Kusal Perera 707

7 David Warner 703

8 JP Duminy 698

9 Suresh Raina 677

10 Ahmed Shehzad 660

Reference: ICC Rankings, 5 October 2014

Top 10 T20 Batsmen

ICC Top 10 T20I Bowlers

Rank

C

h

a

n

g

e

Name Rating

1 Samuel Badree 831

2 Sunil Narine 808

3 S Senanayake 712

4 Mitchell Starc 699

5 Saeed Ajmal 697

6 R Ashwin 697

7 Shahid Afridi 665

8 Lasith Malinga 661

9 Nuwan Kulasekara 655

10 Nathan McCullum 650

Reference: ICC Rankings, 5 October 2014

ICC Top 10 T20I All-rounders

Rank

C

h

a

n

g

e

Name Rating

1 Mohammad Hafeez 384

2 Shakib Al Hasan 378

3 Shane Watson 329

4 Shahid Afridi 325

5 Yuvraj Singh 310

6 Angelo Mathews 286

7 Marlon Samuels 285

8 JP Duminy 245

9 Paul Stirling 222

10 Dwayne Bravo 221

Reference: ICC Rankings, 5 October 2014

In which place was cricket born? CLUE:-A Western Country

What do you mean by term ‘bat’?

CLUE:-People who know english properly, can think & speak out.

Where is the Chepauk cricket

ground situated?

Where is the Melbourne cricket

ground situated?

CLUE 4 BOTH:-nOt In My hOuSe

Which is the world’s first cricket club?

CLUE:-Named after a place

Which was the first Indian community to play

cricket?

CLUE:-Thers a huge bomb in this place’s name

Which was the first Indian Cricket Club????.

CLUE:-Orient Fans…… hawa badlegi.

What is the length of a Cricket Pitch?

What do u think of playing Cricket with a

Hockey Stick???

The weight of ball is limited between____ &

____ ounces.