Cricket

Cricket is the game played with a bat and ball which was discovered by England in 16th century. But by the late of 18th century it had become the national game of England. On mid-19's the first international game was played. Till now cricket has bound 104 member countries. Cricket is the second most popular sports after Football.
The game cricket is played under the lawThese are maintained by the ICC and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which holds the copyright. A cricket match is played on a cricket field at the centre of which is a pitch. The match is contested between two teams of eleven players each. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible without being dismissed ("out") while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the other team’s batsmen and limit the runs being scored. When the batting team has used all its available overs or has no remaining batsmen, the roles become reversed and it is now the fielding team’s turn to bat and try to outscore the opposition.
There are several variations played withh 20 overs (Twenty20) to a game played over 5 days (Test cricket) and also of 50overs called One day match.