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3. Cricket was introduced to
North America via the
English colonies in the 17th
century, probably before it
had even reached the north
of England. In the 18th
century it arrived in other
parts of the globe. It was
introduced to the West
Indies by colonists and to
India by British East India
Company mariners in the
first half of the century. It
arrived in Australia almost
as soon as colonization
began in 1788. New
Zealand and South Africa
followed in the early years
of the 19th century.

4. The game continued to spread throughout
England and, in 1751, Yorkshire is first
mentioned as a venue. The original form
of bowling (i.e., rolling the ball along the
ground as in bowls) was superseded
sometime after 1760 when bowlers began
to pitch the ball and study variations in
line, length and pace. Scorecards began to
be kept on a regular basis from 1772 and
since then an increasingly clear picture
has emerged of the sport's development

5. Cricket faced its first real crisis during the
18th century when major matches
virtually ceased during the Seven Years
war. This was largely due to shortage of
players and lack of investment. But the
game survived and the "Hambledon Era"
proper began in the mid-1760s.
Cricket faced another major crisis at the
beginning of the 19th century when a
cessation of major matches occurred
during the culminating period of the
Napoleonic wars. Again, the causes were
shortage of players and lack of
investment. But, as in the 1760s, the
game survived and a slow recovery began
in 1815.

6. Forms of Cricket
• Test Match Cricket
- can go up to 5 days
• One day International
- about 7 hours
- 50 over match
• 20-20 International
- 20 over match
- about 3 hours

7. The Cricket Field

8. Some more basics
• 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

9. Batsman

10. Bowler

11. Spin bowling

12. Fielders

13. Umpires and Match Referee

14. Bats, balls and wickets

15. Other cricketing equipments

16. Putting all into practice…playing cricket

17. Player Team Score Against Venue Date
Brian Lara West Indies 400 England St John's Apr 10, 2004
M.Hayden Australia 380 Zimbabwe Perts Oct 09, 2003
Brian Lara West Indies 375 England St John's Apr 16, 1994
Jayawardene Sri Lanka 374 South Africa Colombo 27 Jul 2006
Gary Sobers West Indies 365 Pakistan Kingston Feb 26, 1958
Len Hutton England 364 Australia The Oval Aug 20, 1938
Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 340 India Khettarama Aug 02, 1997
Hanif Mohammad Pakistan 337 West Indies Bridgetown Jan 17, 1958
Wally Hammond England 336 New Zealand Auckland Mar 31,
1933
MA Taylor Australia 334* Pakistan Peshawar 15 Oct 1998