Cricket game.

Cricket

Sports:

Sports are physical education for early development. Activity needing physical effort and skill done as a competition according to rules are called sports. The skills learned from sports contribute to the entire development of young people. Through participation in sports, people learn about honesty, teamwork, respect, etc. There are many sports played in worldwide. The top five sports in the world are football, cricket, basketball, hockey, and tennis.

What is Cricket?

As we all know cricket is a national sport of many countries like England, Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Barbados, etc. It was started playing in late 16^th century. International matches started playing in 1844. Test cricket begins in 1877. First cricket was started playing in England.

Records:

First world cup of cricket (in 1975) was won by West Indies. The Second world cup (in 1979) was also won by West Indies. The third world cup (in 1983) was won by India. The top five world cups are:

1.   The world cup of 1987 Australia vs England (won by Australia).

2.   The world cup of 1992 Pakistan vs England (won by Pakistan).

3.   The world cup of 2011 India vs Sri Lanka (won by India).

4.   The world cup of 1983 India vs West Indies (won by India).

5.   The world cup of 1996 Sri Lanka vs Australia (won by Sri Lanka).

The current world cup winner played in 2015 was won by Australia.

How to play cricket?

Cricket is a bat and ball game played between two teams. Players take different positions in a cricket stadium. They are ballers, batsmen, all-rounders, fielders and wicket keeper. Each team consists of 11 players. One team bat and another ball. It is decided by doing the toss. The team that balls, it’s all players are present in the ground. One ball, others do wicket keeping and the rest ones do fielding. There are two players present in the ground from another team. When baller balls, the batsman hit it and score a number by running or making six or four. If his hit is high then he can be caught out or if he misses a ball, he can be bold out. If he makes a run and could not reach his position, he can be run out by baller or fielder. The team who bats give a target to another team for beating it. If the other team beats the target, they will be won. In the case of a tie, there will be given a super over. 

Champions trophy:

The first champions trophy of cricket (in 1998) was won by South Africa. The second champions trophy of cricket (in 2000) won by New Zeeland. The third champions trophy (in 2002) the trophy was shared between India and Sri Lanka. The current champion of Champions trophy is Pakistan national cricket team.