Early forms of cricket in the 16th century England involved striking balls with clubs. Written evidence from 1301 references a game called 'creag' played by Prince Edward, which may have been an early form of cricket. Cricket evolved into a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players each. One team bats while the other bowls and fields, trying to get the batsmen out to limit runs and win the match. The wicket-keeper stands behind the wickets, wears protective gear, and tries to catch balls not hit by the batsman to get players out.

2.  Early cricket was at some time or another
described as a club striking a ball the ancient
games of club-ball, stool-ball, trap-ball, stob-
ball. Cricket can definitely be traced back to
tudor times in early 16th-century England.
Written evidence exists of a game known as
creag being played by prince Edward, the son
of Edward at newenden, Kent in 1301 and there
has been speculation, but no evidence, that this
was a form of cricket. A number of other words
have been suggested as a sources for the term
‘cricket’

4.  SUMMRAY……..
 Cricket is a bat and ball game, played between
two teams of eleven players each. One team
bats, attempting to score runs, while the other
bowls and fields the ball, attempting to restrict
the scoring and dismiss the batsmen, the
objective of the game is for a team to score
more runs than its opponent. In some forms of
cricket. It may also be necessary to dismiss the
opposition in order to win the match, which
would otherwise be drawn.

9.  All eleven player on the fielding side take the field
together. Once of them is the wicket-keeper aka
‘keeper’ who operates behind the wicket being
defended by the batsman on strike. Wicket-keeping is
normally a specialist occupation and his primary job is
to gather deliveries that the batsman does not hit, so
that the batsmen cannot run byes. He wears a special
gloves, a box over the groin, and pads to cover a lower
legs. Owing to his position directly behind the striker, the
wicket keeper has a good chance of getting a batsman
out caught of a fine edge from the bat. He is the only
player who can get a batsman out stumped.