Cricket is my favorite sport which I have played throughout my life and will still play till I can, this is a reason for choosing this topic. My targeted audience will be teenagers who are looking to join or improve their skills in cricket. Cricket is a game played with a bat and a ball, it's the second-highest-watched sport after soccer. Every side has 11 players to play with, there are three formats T20, ODI, and Test. It's played with all the protective gear such as a helmet, pads, gloves, shoes, and a box. The motive of the game is to get as many runs as you can, and another team's motive is to stop them from getting runs. Get them out by hitting the stumps, catch, or run-out. It's growing really fast from time to time, a non-cricket nations such as Korea, China, Canada, and many more are developing the sport in their nation.
History- Cricket was played late in the 16th century. It originated in England it became the national sport of England in the 18th century and was then developed in other countries in the 19th and 20th centuries. Test cricket started in 1877, the first official match was played between England and Australia at Melbourne cricket ground(MCG) where Australia beat England by 45 runs.
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Cricket soon started to spread around the globe in countries such as India, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa, and many more. It was introduced to West Indies by colonists first in the 18th century and to India by British Colony. It arrived in Australia in 1788 and South Africa followed in the early years of the 19th century.
ICC- International Cricket Council body of cricket. ICC was founded in 1909 by Australia, England, and South Africa, it was called Imperial Cricket Conference, later the name was changed to International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989. ICC organizes all the big events such as the ICC T20 world cup, Cricket World Cup, Women's World Cup, ICC Women's T20 world cup, ICC Champion Trophy, and Under-19 World Cup.
The ICC has a total of 104 members, 12 full members who play Test matches, and 92 Associate members. ICC organizes all the tournaments and most importantly the World Cup. Matches are all scheduled and fixed by ICC. It also appoints umpires and referees for all the events Test, ODI, and T20. ICC's headquarter is located in Dubai, from where all events and matches are managed and scheduled.
Rules and Regulation- Many rules developed as the game progressed. Currently, there are 42 rules in the cricket book, some of the common rules are, can't hit the ball twice, bowl over-arm, cricket, hit on the stumps is out, get caught in the air is out, can't step over the crease line when bowling or otherwise called no-ball, which give advance to another team with a free hit or one run penalty to bowling team in test matches.
Ball-tampering
Ball- tampering was not a big problem back in the day, but as the game grows, rules are getting strict, and players get fined and banned for tampering with the ball. One of the most famous ball-tampering
DRS- Decision Review System is used in cricket to take a review if the captain thinks the player is out but not given out or batsman use it when they are not convinced with the umpire's decision or they think they are not out. Umpires use it as well for run-outs or close calls. DRS was invented by August Musger who was an Australian priest in the early 20th century. DRS is a technology that help shows where the ball has landed on the pitch if the impact is outside off-stump or if the player got some bat on it. DRS can be used in many ways such as if a batsman got hit on the pads and the umpire gives it not out, the captain can take a review and check if it's out or not. To able to succeed in the review. The bowl should pitch in the line of the stump, should not impact outside the off stump, should not involve any bat, and should hit the stumps, this way the batsman would be given out. Another way the DRS can be used is when the batsman has edged the ball and the umpire hasn't given it out because he thinks he didn't hear anything. In this situation, the opposite team can take a review from the edge, which tracks if the batsman has hit the ball even slightly, this way the batsman would be given out. These are some of the ways the Decision Review system is used in the game of cricket.
T20 leagues are one of the famous events that are been watched by many cricket fans. IPL is one of them, it's the most-watched T20 league that happens every year in India. IPL is Indian Premier League. IPL is where players from different countries play together to win the IPL trophy. This platform of cricket gives many opportunities to young and upcoming talents. IPL is one of the most watched leagues in cricket.
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