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Question

cricket the sport

Answer 1

THE ENGLISH BROUGHT CRICKET IN INDIA WHEN THEY RULED US.
AT THAT TIME MANY 'MAHA RAJAH'S ADMINISTRATING THEIR PROVINCES WITH COURTESY OF ENGLISH RULERS.
THEY TOO PLAYED WITH ENGLISH MEN.
MAHARAJAH 'RANJIT SINGH' WAS A FAMILIAR FRIEND OF BRITISH RULERS.
RANJI TROPHY IS NAMED AFTER HIS LOVE ON CRICKET.

Answer 2

The precise origins of cricket are unknown, though there are a few different theories. Even the origin of the name "cricket" is obscure. The game is most commonly thought to have begun as a diversion played by shepherds on sheep-grazing fields. One shepherd would defend one of the wicket-gates in a paddock fence (the reference to a "wicket" being suggestive here) from being hit by stones thrown by another shepherd, using his crook to try to hit the stones away.
Some theories place its origins as early as the 8th century with bat and ball games played in the Punjab region of southern Asia. Like the other great recreational import of the time, chess, these sports are believed to have migrated via Persia and through Constantinople into Europe. There are 8th and 9th century accounts of bat and ball games being played in the Mediterranean region, sometimes as church-sponsored events to promote community. The speculations that these activities are direct precursors of cricket then rely on the Normans bringing them into England during or after the 1066 conquest of the Saxons.

There are references in writing and pictures of several stick and stone games with some resemblance to cricket being played as early as 1183.

The first conclusive records for a game recognisable as cricket describe a match played in Kent in 1646.

The first match between English counties was played between Surrey and Kent at Dartford Brent on 29 June, 1709.

At this time there were no rules governing the width of a cricket bat. On 23 September, 1741, Shock White of Ryegate used a bat fully as wide as a wicket against the Hambledon Club. This prompted the Hambledon Club to record a minute to the effect that the maximum breadth of a cricket bat be set at four and a quarter inches. Other clubs quickly adopted this standard, using metal gauges to check the size of bats before allowing their use.

The first recorded codification of the rules of cricket is the "Code of 1744". This specified that:

the pitch be 22 yards long,
the distance between the bowling crease and popping crease be 46 inches,
the wicket be 22 inches tall and 6 inches wide,
and the ball weigh between 5 and 6 ounces.

Cricket, like field hockey, was first introduced to India by the British. The earliest recorded match was played in 1721[1] by British sailors on shore leave. With the expansion of British rule throughout the subcontinent, the British took the game with them wherever they went. However, the early history of the game was focused largely on the large cities, particularly Bombay (now Mumbai).

The first Indians to play the game at a high level were the Parsi minority in Bombay. Beginning in 1892, an annual match was played between the Parsis and the Europeans. In 1907, this became a triangular tournament with the Hindus fielding a team, and in 1912 a Muslim team entered what was for twenty years the biggest tournament in India—the Bombay Quadrangular.

The formation of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 1929 led to a first Test match with England three years later. In 1935, the Ranji Trophy began; it continues to the present as the leading regional tournament in India, with each state fielding a team.