History of Cricket

An early form of cricket, by shepherds and farmers was played up the 13th Be traced back centuries. There is written evidence of a game called creag from the year 1300 in Kent, which of Prince Edward has been played.

1598 reported a court case about a sport called Kreckett who attended a school in Guildford was exercised. This is also according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first valid proof of the word cricket in the English language.

During the 17th Creckett century, especially in the South East becoming more popular. Towards the end of this century, it became an organized sport (which presumably also the first professionals in the area of demographic aging), as demonstrated in the year 1697 a Great cricket match with 11 players per team was held in Sussex.

Organization and development of cricket

In the 18th Century were essential elements of the game developed and cricket was the national sport in England. Nobles and rich merchants started their own teams (select XIS) approach. Venues in London were already 1707 in the Artillery Ground in Finsbury provided, ultimately, to 1787 by the legendary Lord's Cricket Ground was opened. The same year, founded Marylebone Cricket Club quickly became the first address in this sport and still is also the guardian of the Laws of Cricket (Cricket rules).

In the 19th Century was then applied to the underarm throw from the first round throw (a throw in the amount of the pelvis), and finally by the 1864 replace the upper arm throw, which is still a typical characteristic of cricket is. In 1877 the first test cricket match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and England place.

Cricket was - as well as croquet and pelota - a sport at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900. The duration of the Olympic cricket match was only two days, was winners Britain, which until now can bear this title.

From the side of the International Cricket Council, there are intensive efforts, Cricket olympic again or to have at least as an Olympic demonstration sport introduced. In the context of the organizational timing, however, this will no longer be the Olympic Games in London 2012 to realize.