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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the center of which is a 20-meter (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.Cricket has close historical ties with Australian rules football and many players have competed at top levels in both sports.[1] The sport is also played in parts of South America, the Caribbean, and Africa. Women's cricket, which is organised and played separately, has also achieved international standard. The most successful side playing international cricket is Australia, having won seven One Day International trophies, including five World Cups, more than any other country and having been the top-rated Test side more than any other country.Cricket is one of many games in the "club ball" sphere that basically involve hitting a ball with a hand-held implement; others include baseball, golf, hockey, tennis, squash, badminton and table tennis.[2] It is believed that cricket originated as a children's game in the south-eastern counties of England, sometime during the medieval period.[3]According to the social historian Derek Birley, there was a "great upsurge of sport after the Restoration" in 1660.[4] Gambling on sport became a problem significant enough for Parliament to pass the 1664 Gambling Act, limiting stakes to £100 which was, in any case, a colossal sum exceeding the annual income of 99% of the population.[5] Along with prizefighting, horse racing and blood sports, cricket was perceived to be a gambling sport.[5] Rich patrons made matches for high stakes, forming teams in which they engaged the first professional players.[6]The game underwent major development in the 18th century to become England's national sport.[citation needed] Its success was underwritten by the twin necessities of patronage and betting.[7] Cricket was prominent in London as early as 1707 and, in the middle years of the century, large crowds flocked to matches on the Artillery Ground in Finsbury.[citation needed] The single wicket form of the sport attracted huge crowds and wagers to match, its popularity peaking in the 1748 season.[citation needed] Bowling underwent an evolution around 1760 when bowlers began to pitch the ball instead of rolling or skimming it towards the batsman. This caused a revolution in bat design because, to deal with the bouncing ball, it was necessary to introduce the modern straight bat in place of the old "hockey stick" shape.[8][9]The Hambledon Club was founded in the 1760s and, for the next 20 years until the formation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1787, Hambledon was both the game's greatest club and its focal point.[citation needed] MCC quickly became the sport's premier club and the custodian of the Laws of Cricket. New Laws introduced in the latter part of the 18th century included the three stump wicket and leg before wicket (lbw).[10]Between 1787 and 1837, cricket of varying types was played among the rural population. It is possible that an earlier form of the game was brought to Canada by English immigrants. The earliest definite reference to cricket in North America (and the earliest outside England) occurs in the town records of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1658. In 1709, a player called John Austin was tried and convicted at Charlestown of accidentally killing a cat while aiming at a bird with a stick. This is the earliest reference to cricket outside England and the first reference to the sport in North America.[11]The earliest known match in North America was played in 1751 between teams from Philadelphia and New York. In 1754, the first recorded cricket match took place in South Carolina.[12] By the end of the century, cricket had reached many of the American colonies.The popularity of cricket declined after the American Revolution, although there are records of cricket being played in New York in 1785.[13] The game did not re-emerge in North America until the 19th century.The first reference to cricket in Australia is in 1803. In 1838, the game was introduced to New Zealand by Charles Darwin. The game began to spread throughout England in the 1850s.Cricket is mentioned in a 1797 newspaper report as being played by boys in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[14] The first recorded cricket match in Halifax took place in 1829.[15]The game gradually gained popularity in Canada, with the first club being formed in 1844 at Toronto. The first recorded match took place in 1846 between the Toronto Cricket Club and the Hamilton Cricket Club.[16]Cricket remained a low-key activity in Canada until the 1850s. The game began to spread throughout the colonies, and by 1870 there were cricket clubs in every colony.The first intercolonial match was between Victoria and New South Wales in 1851. The first international match was between Canada and the United States in 1844.Cricket was introduced to India by the British in the early 1700s, and the first recorded match was in 1721.[17] The game gradually gained popularity in the country, with the first Indian cricket club being formed in 1792.The first Indian cricket team to tour overseas was in 1859, when a group of Indian cricketers traveled to England to play a series of matches.The game began to spread throughout the world in the late 19th century. The first international match was between England and Australia in 1877.The first World Cup was held in England in 1975.Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played on a cricket field (see image, right) between two teams of eleven players each.[2][3] The field is usually circular or oval in shape and the edge of the playing area is marked by a boundary, which may be a fence, part of the stands, a rope, a painted line or a combination of these; the boundary must if possible be marked along its entire length.[4]There are three main types of cricket: Test cricket, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20. Test matches are played over five days and first-class over three to four days; in all of these matches, the teams are allotted two innings each and the draw is a possibility. Limited overs cricket, including Twenty20, is an intensified form of the game which is restricted in terms of the number of overs that may be bowled by each side.The cricket pitch is a flat surface 10 feet (3.05 m) wide and 4 feet (1.22 m) to 6 feet (1.83 m) long, with very short grass that tends to be worn away as the game progresses. The pitch is marked at each end by creases (lines) which are used by the umpires to adjudicate the game.[5] The pitch is usually a flat strip of ground between 22 yards (20 m) and 30 yards (27.4 m) wide.bet 365 live cricket