A Short Guide To Understand Cricket Game

Robert. Kovac
A Short Guide To Cricket Game
4 min readAug 11, 2019

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There are different types of sports in the world. Among them, Cricket is one of the most popular games in the world. According to Wikipedia, Cricket is the world’s second most popular sport in terms of audience.

What exactly cricket is?

Cricket is a game between two different teams with a bat and ball on a big field. Each team consists of 11 players and there can only be one winner though sometimes it can be a draw.

What Country Is Cricket From?

The origin of Cricket game began in England presumably during the Anglo Saxon or Norman period by children. Later on, the game continued to dominate in other countries. Cricket is especially popular in South Asia including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan. Besides, the game is also popular in Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies and a few countries in Europe. At present, the audience of the cricket game is about 2.5 billion and the popularity is increasing day by day.

What are the 8 basic rules of cricket?

  1. A cricket team will have eleven players, including the captain. Out of the formal competition, more than eleven players will be able to participate but for the rules, only eleven players will be on the field.

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