Course Supervisor:Ms. Haleema

Ghafar.

Presented by: Muhammad Qasim

Evidence suggests it was played in England in the 12th-13th century.

In 1744 the London Cricket Club produced what are recognizably the rules of modern cricket.

First official international match: Canada v United States, at New York, September 24-25, 1844.

The first ever test match was held between England and Australia, at Melbourne, from the 15th to the 19th of March, 1877.

There are currently 96 cricket playing nations in the world.

In the U.S., there are 29 established leagues, 500 clubs and over 10,000 players.

11 player per side

2 batsmen are in action at a time

1 bowler bowls 1 wicket keeper 9 fielders 2 umpires 2 sets of

wickets on each side

6 balls in 1 over

A bowler can bowl 1 over at a time

Wides and no balls

Decision Maker.

Scoring runs

Making the batsman out and the rest…

Test Match Cricket - can go up to 5 days

One day International

- about 7 hours - 50 over match

T-20 International - 20 over match

- about 3 hours

The history of field hockey dates back to the Egyptians, Greeks, Persians, Romans, and Arabs, where stick and ball games were first invented to play a game similar to hockey.

A similar sport called Hurling started during the 1st millennium BC in Ireland.

Men’s field hockey was first played as an Olympic Game in 1908.

Women started playing field hockey in the Olympic Games in1980’s.

Field Hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. It is the oldest known stick and ball game. It is a game in which players pass the ball down the field and attempt to score by putting the ball in a goal. Each team consists of eleven players: five forwards, three halfbacks, two fullbacks, and a goalkeeper. Each player uses a curved stick to advance a ball towards the opponent’s goal.

The objective of the game is to score more goals than the other team.

Field hockey is usually played indoors in the winter.

Field Hockey can be played both indoor or outdoor.

Hockey Stick Goal Cage

Hockey BallGoalie Equipment

Shin Guards Mouth piece

Shoes

Terminology For Field Hockey

Center pass- Technique used to start a game at the beginning or at halftime and to restart play after a goal.

Covering- A back-up defensive position used to support a teammate who is beaten or to pick up a free player moving into attack position.

Defense hit- Term used to denote how play is resumed when the attacking team hits the ball over the end line or commits a foul within the attacking 16 yard area.

Penalty corner- The play awarded to the attack team for a foul by the defense inside the circle when the defense intentionally hits the ball the end line.

Penalty stroke- A shot awarded to the attacking team when a defensive player commits a foul to protect a sure goal or flagrantly fouls the opponent in a circle.

Foul- Infringement of rules. Penalty may be a free hit, penalty corner, or penalty stroke.

Free Hit- A method used to restart play following certain infringement of rules. It is taken by a player on the team fouled against.

World cup: Four gold and two silver medals

Olympics: Three gold, three silver and two bronze medals

 

Asian games: Eight gold, two silver and three bronze medals.

In addition, we also hold the world record for the highest number of goals scored in international hockey with Sohail Abbas’s shining 348 goal tally.

On the other hand, cricket has brought home the World Cup just once in 1992, the Asia Cup in 2000 and the International Cricket Council (ICC) T-20 in 2009, and that is about it.

Unfortunately, Hockey being an amateur sport does not have much of a marketing appeal for the sponsors to enable it to sustain media coverage.

Of course, cricket is where the money is. Banks, mobile companies and all other major sponsors are into cricket.

The current generation grows up, they are bombarded through media with cricket.

Unfortunately, Hockey is neither in the memory of our youth nor is its artistry and excitement displayed on TV. There is simply no way that hockey – our national sport – can have a future with trends like this.