Cricket! We all boost up after hearing this word. Right? Cricket is not just a sport for us, it's like an emotion. We spend quality time with our family and friends while watching cricket. Let's get familiar about cricket.

• It is believed that cricket was started in England in 1300 A.D. It started as a game of shepherds and became popular among other classes in 18th century A.D.
• After sometime a club known as “Marylebone Cricket Club” M.C.C.) was formed at lords in London.
• Cricket became popular in Australia due to British influence there.
• The first official cricket test match was played in the year 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
• When some other countries are started playing cricket Imperial Cricket Conference was formed in 1909 which gave birth to International Cricket Conference in 1956.
• The first one day international cricket match was played in the year 1971 between England and Australia in Melbourne.
• The first world cup of one day matches was played in 1975 in London. West Indies won the World Cup beating Australia by 17 runs.
• The apex institution of world cricket is the ‘International Cricket council’ (ICC) and its headquarter is now in Dubai from August 1, 2005. Earlier it was in Lords, England.
• In India cricket was introduced by British royalty. Parsee community of India was the first to take part in cricket in 1848.
• Later on Parsee team visited England in 1886. Matches between European and Parsee teams called presidency matches were started in Pune and Bombay.
• Raja Bhupindra Singh of Patiala donated the Ranji Trophy in 1934 for the national championship of cricket.
• The board of control for cricket in India was formed in 1927.

 Measurements in cricket 

• Length of the pitch - 22 yards
• Length of the crease - 4 ft.
• Weight of the ball - 155 to 163 gram 
• Circumference of the ball - 9 inches.
• Length of the bat - 38 inches
• Width of the bat - 4.25 inches
• Length of the stumps - 28 inches.

Winners of World Cup Cricket since 1975

1. 1975 : West Indies 
2. 1979 : West Indies 
3. 1983 : India 
4. 1987 : Australia 
5. 1991 : Pakistan 
6. 1996 : Sri Lanka 
7. 1999 : Australia
8. 2003 : Australia
9. 2007 : Australia
10. 2011 : India 
11. 2015 : Australia
12. 2019 : England 

India will be the host  for the Cricket World Cup 2023 in October or November. We all are eagerly waiting for Cricket World Cup 2023. Right? Do let me know in the comments.

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