Monday, October 15, 2007

History of cricket

Cricket has been a standard team sport for hundreds of years. It originated in its modern form in England and is most well-liked in the present and earlier members of the Commonwealth. Cricket is the second the majority popular sport in the world. More than a hundred cricket-playing nations are familiar by the International Cricket Council. In the countries of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, cricket is the most well-liked sport. It is also a main sport in England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are together known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies. There are also well-established part-time club competitions in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Kenya, Nepal and Argentina, among others.

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