Similar sport, different culture
By Raj Patel
Published May 15, 2018
Cricket is a national sport played between two teams of 11 players each. It is similar in some ways to baseball because players it a ball with a bat. However, players score points by running between two sets of three small, wooden posts called wickets. Each of the wickets is at one end of a rectangle of flattened grass called the pitch. Around the pitch is a much larger oval of grass called the cricket ground. There is a 30 yard circle between the ground.
The game started in England in the 16th century. The earliest definite reference to the sport is in a court case in 1598.
There are three forms of cricket:
Top leagues:
Top five cricketers of all time:
Published May 15, 2018
Cricket is a national sport played between two teams of 11 players each. It is similar in some ways to baseball because players it a ball with a bat. However, players score points by running between two sets of three small, wooden posts called wickets. Each of the wickets is at one end of a rectangle of flattened grass called the pitch. Around the pitch is a much larger oval of grass called the cricket ground. There is a 30 yard circle between the ground.
The game started in England in the 16th century. The earliest definite reference to the sport is in a court case in 1598.
There are three forms of cricket:
- Test matches, which are unlimited overs match where everyone gets to bat.
- One day internationals, which are 50 overs match where the fielders throw 300 balls.
- Twenty cricket are 20 overs match where the fielders throw 120 balls.
Top leagues:
- Indian Premier League (India)
- Champions League (India and South Africa)
- Big Bash League (Australia)
- Caribbean Premier League (West Indies)
- Friends Life (England)
Top five cricketers of all time:
- Sir Don Bradman (AUS)
- Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
- Gary Sobers (WI)
- Muralitharan (SL)
- Jacque Kallis (SA)