What is cricket? A short story on cricke.

    Cricket is a very popular sport . It is secend most popular sport in this planet.cricket is played by bat and ball. This game is given a lot of love in places like south Asia, UAE, Australia, south Africa, Caribbean country ect.

     The question must have come in your mind that when did cricket start. Actually cricket started in England in the 16th  century. Cricket world's first international test match was played on 15th March 1877. This match was played between Australia and England at Melbourne cricket ground in Australia. This match was played from 15 March 1877 to 19 March 1877 . Australia won that match by 45 run.

      cricket is played on cricket ground. There is no fixed size of the cricket ground. Every cricket ground has a different boundary line. For example, at the Motera and Melbourn cricket ground it takes a lot of  effort to hit six, but on the slightest effort of the batsman at Delhi's Feroz shah kotla s stadium, the ball goes acrosses the boundary line.

        There is a pitch in the middle of the cricket ground where bowling and batting are done. The length of cricket pich is 20.12 meters. It has a stump on both sides. The length of stump is 28 inches. It is a flat surface. There is very little grass on the pitch which affect the strategy of the game.

         There is a sight screen in front of the  pitch. The site screen is placed outside the boundary line in front of the batsman so that the batsman can see the ball well. In red ball cricket the colour of sight screen is white. In white ball cricket, the sight screen is black in colour.

      In cricket, 11 players can play in a team. There are batsman, bowler wicketkeeper and oll-rounder in cricket.All-rounder is called one who is a good batsmanas well as a capable bowler.

       The pitch at which cricket is building its fan following, This clearly shows that this game will progress a lot in the coming time.