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The first reference to cricket being played as an adult sport was in 1611, when two men in Sussex were prosecuted for playing cricket on Sunday instead of going to church. [7] In the same year, a dictionary defined cricket as a boys' game, and this suggests that adult participation was a recent development. [ 5 ]
The nobility adopted cricket as one of their main sports along with horse racing and prizefighting. [55] Under their patronage, the first teams representing several parishes and even whole counties were formed in the 1660s and the period saw the first "great matches" as cricket evolved into a major sport. [59]
Teams in Test cricket, first-class cricket and club cricket wear traditional white uniforms and use red cricket balls. Cricket is a multifaceted sport with multiple formats that can effectively be divided into first-class cricket , limited overs cricket , and historically, single wicket cricket .
The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. ISBN 0-87972-769-1. Wister, Jones. A 'Bawl' for American Cricket. Contains some information on American cricket written in 1893, at a time when the sport was dying out.
History of Canadian cricket; History of cricket to 1725 (for early English cricket) History of cricket in India to 1918; History of cricket in Kenya; History of cricket in New Zealand to 1890; History of cricket in Pakistan from 1947 to 1970; History of cricket in South Africa to 1918; History of cricket in Sri Lanka; History of United States ...
The history of sports extends back to the Ancient world in 7000 BC. ... indeed of professional team sport, for cricket is the oldest professional team sport) from the ...
The sport of cricket was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by sailors and traders of the English East India Company in the 17th and 18th centuries. [1] The earliest known record of cricket in India dates from 1721 and the first club had been founded by 1792. In the 1886 and 1888 summer seasons, the Parsees cricket team toured England. In ...
At the highest level of English cricket, two clubs pre-dominated – Hambledon from the early 1770s until the late 1780s and then Marylebone Cricket Club, known as MCC, from its foundation in 1787. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] County cricket thrived during the Hambledon period.