Definition of cricket in detailing.

1. Cricket

2. Origin Of Cricket
• 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

3. First International Matches
• 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

4. Some basic stats of Cricket
• 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.

5. The Cricket Field

6. 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

7. Batsman

8. Bowler

9. Spin bowling

10. Fielders

11. Umpires and Match Referee

12. Bats, balls and wickets

13. Other cricketing equipments

14. Putting all into practice…playing cricket
• Scoring runs
• Making the
batsman out
and the rest…

15. Putting all into practice…playing cricket

16. Very basic rules about cricket
• 6 balls in 1 over
• A bowler can bowl 1
over at a time
• Wides and no balls

17. 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

18. Questions??