The Story of Cricket
About 500 years ago, varieties of
stick-and-ball games were played in England
The word ‘bat’ is an
old English word which means stick or club Bats were more or less similar to
hockey sticks in shape. In those days, the ball was bowled underarm, and a bent
end of the bat provided the best chance
to hit the ball
Unique Nature of Cricket
1.
. Most Lenthy Game:, a typical game of cricket takes a longer time to finish. A Test
Match is played for five days and it still ends in a draw. A one-day match
takes a whole day to finish.
2. The bat is made of willow which was plenty
in England
3. While the length of the pitch is specified
(22 yards), the size or shape of the ground is not specified. Cricket grounds
can be of different shapes and sizes in its early years, cricket was pl played on
the commons. The size of the commons land was variable and no boundary was
present
Evolution of Laws of Cricket:
1. first written ‘Laws of Cricket’ were
drawn up in 1744. The height of the stumps, length of the bails, weight of the
ball and the length of the pitch were mentioned in those laws
2.
( MCC)
was founded in 1787. The MCC published its first revision of the laws in 1788
3. underarm bowling were started, also opened the
possibilities for spin and swing bowling. Curved bat bat was replaced with the
straight bats.
4. The first six-seam ball was also created
in 1780.
5. The weight of the ball was limited to
between 5.5 to 5.75 ounces.
Many important changes in cricket occurred during the
nineteenth century
- The rule about wide balls was applied.
- Exact circumference of the ball was specified.
- Protective gears; like pad and helmets became available.
- Boundaries (fours and sixes) were introduced.
- Over-arm bowling became legal.
Cricket
and Victorian
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Amateurs
1.They played for the pleasure of playing and not for money and it was
considered as their an aristocratic
values.
2. There were separate entrances to the ground for the Gentlemen.
3.The captain of the team used to be a batsman, i.e. an amateur.
4.It is the batsman who is given the benefit of doubt by the umpire.
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Professional
1.The poor
people played cricket for a living and were called the professionals or
players.
2. Bowling and
fielding were done by the Players.
3.The
professionals were paid by patronage or subscription or gate money.
4.In the 1930s
that a professional became the captain of the English team for the first
time; when Len Hutton became the captain.
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CRICKET IN INDIA
Cricket, Race and Religion
1. The first recorded instance of cricket being played in India
2. Calc calutta Cricket Club was the first Indian club which was
established in 1792.
3. The Parsis were the first Indian community to ape the
western lifestyle and they were the first to establish an Indian cricket club.
They founded the Oriental Cricket Club in Bombay
4. T he Hindus and the Muslims also made their own gymkhanas
in the 1890s.
Quadrangular Tournament
It was played by
four teams, viz. the Europeans, the Parsis, the Hindus and the Muslims and
hence was given then name Quadrangular.
Pentagular
Tournament.
The fifth team
“The Rest”( the Christians, british) included and Pentangular tournaments started.
Mahatma Gandhi was critical of such a division
on communal lines. To counter this division, a rival tournament called National Cricket Championship was started. This Championship had teams
made along regional divisions. This Championship is now known as the Ranji Trophy.
De-colonisation and Sport
The ICC was
called the Imperial Cricket Council even many years after the end of the colonial
period.
It was renamed as the International Cricket
Conference in 1965. It was still dominated by England
and Australia
The name was
changed to International Cricket Council in 1989.
The non-white cricket playing nations could
finally force the English cricket authorities to cancel a South African tour in
1970.
The HQ of the ICC was
shifted from 
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