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4.8 GRICKET WY HISTORY The game of cricket originated in south-eastern part of England. According to an expert of sports from Oxford, the game was played in Kent as early as in 1300, In 1873, the official County Championship began in England. 1. Number of players in cricket team The first official Test match was played between Australia and England in 1877, This game was brough, to India by the British, India played its first official To, match against England in 1932. The Ist ICC Twenty.>» World Cup Cricket was played in Africa in 2007, = 11145 (Extra) = 16 2. Number of umpires ina cricket match = [241 (Third umpire)=3 ~ 3. Weight of the cricket ball = |5% to 5% ounces (156 gm) 4. Circumference of cricket ball = |8” to 9” (22.4 cm to 22.9 cm) 5. Length of the cricket bat = 138” (96.5 cm) 6, The widest part of cricket bat = |4%” (10.8 cm) 2 | 7. The breadth of pitch on both sides from central wicket] = 4 feet 4 inches il Figure 4.17 Cricket Ground 8. Distance of stumps from one side to the other = | 22 yards 9, Breadth of wickets = |9 inches x 10. Colour of ball = |White for Twenty20, One Day and Red for, ‘Test Match 11. Number of scorers = 2 12. Time for changing every innings = |10 minutes | 13. Time for changing the player = |2 minutes 14. Types of matches = |Twenty-Twenty, One-Day, Test 15. Height of wicket from ground = |28 inches 16. Radius of small circle = |274m 17. Radius of boundary = |68.58 m (may vary from 75 to 85 yards) LATEST GENERAL RULES 1, The Players. (2) A match is played between eleven players on each of the two sides. One of the players on each side shall be the captain. If the captain is notavailable, the vice-captain shall act as a captain. (b) Before the toss for innings, players shall be nominated by the captain. . Boundaries. Though no distance of the boundaries from the wicket is fixed but it should be 75 to 85 yards. Due to this the playing grounds vary in size everywhere. 3. Follow On. Follow on term used to describe a situation where the team that bats second is forced to take its second innings immediately after its first, because the team was not able to get close enough to the score achieved by the first team Practical Manual Physical Education-Xl! 
