Facts and stories of ancient cricket discovery and also broadcasting of Cricket.

1. Done by:
Adarsh.N.J

2. Introduction
 The game of cricket has a known history
spanning from the 16th century to the
present day, with international matches
played since 1844, although the official
history of international Test Cricket began in
1877.
 During this time, the game developed from
its origins in England into a game which is
now played professionally in most of the
Commonwealth Nations.

3. A cricket match at Darnall, Sheffield in
the 1820s.

4. Cricket’s Origin
 Actually no one knows where cricket came
from, but there is piece of evidence that
cricket came from the early children living in
a place called Weald.
 Up to the 17th century the cricket was
children’s game, then at the beginning of the
century the game was taken over by the
adults.

5. The history of cricket bats.

6. 18th Century
 Cricket was introduced to North America via
the English colonies in the 17th century.
 In the 18th century it arrived in other parts of
the globe. It was introduced to West Indies
by colonists and to India by British East
India Company mariners in the first half of
the century.
 It arrived in Australia almost as soon as
colonization began in 1788. New Zealand and
South Africa followed in the early years of
the 19th century.

7. The first Australian touring team(1878),
pictured at Niagara Falls.

8. Development of the Laws
 In 1744, the Laws of Cricket were codified for
the first time and then amended in 1774, when
innovations such as lbw, middle stump and
maximum bat width were added.
 These laws stated that the principals shall
choose from amongst the gentlemen present
two umpires who shall absolutely decide all
disputes.
 MCC who created these laws immediately
became the custodian of the Laws and has
made periodic revisions and recodifications
subsequently.

9. View of Geneva's Plaine de Plainpalais
with cricketers, 1817.

10. 19th Century
 At the 19th century many International
crickets and National championships began
to rise.
 The first ever International cricket game was
between USA and Canada in 1844. The first
National championship was at England.
 In 1889 the immemorial four ball over was
replaced by a five ball over and then this
was changed to the current six balls an over
in 1900. Some countries also experimented
with eight balls an over.

11. This is a modern cork ball.

12. 20th Century
 When the ICC (Imperial Cricket Conference)
was founded in 1909 the Test Cricket was
established, only England, Australia and
South Africa were members.
 India, West Indies and New Zealand became
Test nations before the Second World War
and Pakistan soon afterwards.

13. LBW out in the first official Test cricket
between Australia and India in 1948.

14. Increased Use of Technology
 The cricket can be seen in television by
sitting at homes.
 Cameras are now placed on the stumps, high
speed cameras and computer graphics for
understanding the delivery and the umpire's
decision.
 There is also a virtual reality tracking
system also known as Hawk eye for
understanding LBW decisions.
 Then the modern cricket evolved in 21st
century.

15. Use of Hawk eye in cricket.