The sport of cricket has a known history beginning in the late 16th century England. It became an established sport in the country in the 18th century...

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre; 66-foot) pitch...

The earliest definite reference to the sport of cricket is dated Monday, 17 January 1597 (i.e., an "Old Style" Julian date which is 27 January 1598 by...

history of women's cricket can be traced back to a report in The Reading Mercury on 26 July 1745 and a match that took place between the villages of Bramley...

Indian cricket team made its Test cricket debut in 1932 and has since advanced to be among the top four test teams in the (ICC rankings) in each of 2005...

Test Cricket is the longest format of the sport of cricket, considered the game’s most prestigious and traditional form. Often referred to as the "ultimate...

The history of United States cricket begins in the 18th century. The first game was between the USA and Canada and held in 1844 in front of an audience...

T10 cricket or Ten10 cricket is a short form of cricket. Two teams play a single innings, which is restricted to a maximum of ten overs (60 legal balls)...

100-ball cricket is a short form of cricket designed to attract new audiences to the game with simplified rules, which was originally created by the England...

The History of Australian cricket began over 210 years ago. The first recorded cricket match in Australia took place in Sydney in December 1803 and a report...

Cricket is a multi-faceted sport with different formats, depending on the standard of play, the desired level of formality, and the time available. One...

Cricket is the most popular dry season sport in Bangladesh. It is played nationwide through the months of November to May. Governance of the sport is the...

The history of cricket in Bangladesh predates the foundation of the Bangladeshi state in 1971 by nearly two centuries. Cricket was introduced to Bengal...

and Madras. By the end of 1918, first-class cricket was established in India. The entire history of cricket in the subcontinent (including modern-day India...

The Pakistan cricket team made its Test cricket debut in 1952 and has since become one of the most successful teams in modern cricket. The team reached...

First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or...

List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes...

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the principal national governing body of cricket in India. Its headquarters is situated at the Cricket Centre...

Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. As the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first...

The Cricket World Cup, the top-level and the most important [citation needed] competition in One Day International cricket, was first played in 1975. This...

In the years from 1726 to 1750, cricket became an established sport in London and the south-eastern counties of England. In 1726, it was already a thriving...

national cricket team, also known as the Proteas, RSA, represents South Africa in men's international cricket and is administered by Cricket South Africa...

Cricket was introduced to Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) in the first quarter of the 19th century, following colonisation of the island by the British...

Limited overs cricket, also known as white ball cricket, is a version of the sport of cricket in which a match is generally completed in one day. There...

governing body for cricket in Pakistan, which is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Pakistan compete in cricket tours and tournaments...

(T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county...

The history of cricket in Pakistan predates the creation of the country in 1947. The first international cricket match in what is now Pakistan today was...

is a form of 50 overs limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently...

list of captains of Indian cricket team who have led the team in at least one international cricket match. A captain is the appointed leader of the team...

India men's national cricket team represents India in men's international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and...