ENGLAND STARTED FIRST MATCH OF CRICKET



Having begun in south-east England, it turned into the country's public game in the eighteenth century and has grown internationally in the nineteenth and twentieth hundreds of years. Global matches have been played since 1844 and Test cricket started, reflectively perceived, in 1877.

The starting points of cricket lie some place in the Dark Ages - presumably after the Roman Empire, more likely than not before the Normans attacked England, and in all likelihood some place in Northern Europe. All exploration yields that the game got from an old, inescapable and simple diversion by which one player presented an article, be it a little piece of wood or a ball, and another hit it with a reasonably designed club. 


How and when this club-ball game formed into one where the hitter protected an objective against the hurler is essentially not known. Nor is there any proof with regards to when focuses were granted ward upon how far the hitter had the option to despatch the rocket; nor when partners joined the two-player challenge, hence starting the development into a group game; nor when the characterizing idea of putting wickets at one or the flip side of the pitch was received. 


Etymological grant has differently positioned the game in the Celtic, Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon, Dutch and Norman-French customs; sociological antiquarians have differently credited its middle age improvement to high-conceived country landowners, emigré Flemish material laborers, shepherds on the short and tidy downland of south-east England and the affectionate networks of iron-and glass-laborers somewhere down in the Kentish Weald. A large portion of these speculations have a strong scholarly premise, yet none is supported with sufficient proof to build up a watertight case. The exploration goes on. 


What is concurred is that by Tudor occasions cricket had advanced far enough from club-ball to be conspicuous as the game played today; that it was grounded in numerous pieces of Kent, Sussex and Surrey; that inside a couple of years it had become an element of recreation time at countless schools; and - a definite indication of the wide acknowledgment of any game - that it had gotten mainstream enough among youngsters to procure the dissatisfaction with regards to neighborhood officers. 


Dates in cricket history 


1550 (approx) Evidence of cricket being played in Guildford, Surrey. 


1598 Cricket referenced in Florio's Italian-English word reference. 


1610 Reference to "cricketing" among Weald and Upland close to Chevening, Kent. 1611 Randle Cotgrave's French-English word reference deciphers the French word "crosse" as a cricket staff. 


Two adolescents fined for playing cricket at Sidlesham, Sussex. 


1624 Jasper Vinall turns out to be first man known to be slaughtered playing cricket: hit by a bat while attempting to get the ball - at Horsted Green, Sussex. 


1676 First reference to cricket being played abroad, by British occupants in Aleppo, Syria. 


1694 Two shillings and sixpence paid for a "rear end" (bet) about a cricket match at Lewes. 


1697 First reference to "an incredible match" with 11 players a side for fifty guineas, in Sussex. 


1700 Cricket match declared on Clapham Common. 


1709 First recorded between region match: Kent v Surrey. 


1710 First reference to cricket at Cambridge University. 


1727 Articles of Agreement composed administering the lead of matches between the groups of the Duke of Richmond and Mr Brodrick of Peperharow, Surrey. 


1729 Date of most punctual enduring bat, having a place with John Chitty, presently in the structure at The Oval. 


1730 First recorded match at the Artillery Ground, off City Road, focal London, still the cricketing home of the Honorable Artillery Company. 


1744 Kent beat All England by one wicket at the Artillery Ground. 


First known adaptation of the Laws of Cricket, given by the London Club, formalizing the pitch as 22 yards in length. 


1767 (approx) Foundation of the Hambledon Club in Hampshire, the main club in England for the following 30 years. 


1769 First recorded century, by John Minshull for Duke of Dorset's XI v Wrotham. 


1771 Width of bat restricted to 4 1/4 inches, where it has remained from that point forward. 


1774 LBW law formulated. 


1776 Earliest known scorecards, at the Vine Club, Sevenoaks, Kent. 


1780 The initial six-seamed cricket ball, made by Dukes of Penshurst, Kent. 


1787 First match at Thomas Lord's first ground, Dorset Square, Marylebone - White Conduit Club v Middlesex. 


Development of Marylebone Cricket Club by individuals from the White Conduit Club. 


1788 First modification of the Laws of Cricket by MCC. 


1794 First recorded between schools match: Charterhouse v Westminster. 


1795 First recorded instance of an excusal "leg before wicket". 


1806 First Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's. 


1807 First notice of "straight-equipped" (for example round-arm) bowling: by John Willes of Kent. 


1809 Thomas Lord's subsequent ground opened at North Bank, St John's Wood. 


1811 First recorded ladies' district match: Surrey v Hampshire at Ball's Pond, London. 


1814 Lord's third ground opened on its current site, likewise in St John's Wood. 


1827 First Oxford v Cambridge match, at Lord's. A draw. 


1828 MCC approve the bowler to lift his hand level with the elbow. 


1833 John Nyren distributes his exemplary Young Cricketer's Tutor and The Cricketers of My Time. 


1836 First North v South match, for a long time viewed as the primary installation of the period. 


1836 (approx) Batting cushions concocted. 


1841 General Lord Hill, president of the British Army, arranges that a cricket ground be made an assistant of each military sleeping shelter. 


1844 First authority global match: Canada v United States. 


1845 First match played at The Oval. 


1846 The All-England XI, coordinated by William Clarke, starts playing matches, regularly against chances, all through the country. 


1849 First Yorkshire v Lancashire match. 


1850 Wicket-keeping gloves previously utilized. 


1850 John Wisden bowls each of the ten batsmen in an innings for North v South. 


1853 First notice of a top dog province: Nottinghamshire. 


1858 First recorded case of a cap being granted to a bowler taking three wickets with continuous balls. 


1859 First visiting group to leave England, captained by George Parr, attracts eager groups the US and Canada. 


1864 Overhand bowling approved by MCC. 


John Wisden's The Cricketer's Almanac originally distributed. 


1868 Team of Australian natives visit England. 



1873 WG Grace turns into the primary player to record 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in a season. 


First guidelines confining province capabilities, regularly viewed as the authority beginning of the County Championship. 


1877 First Test match: Australia beat England by 45 runs in Melbourne. 


1880 First Test in England: a five-wicket win against Australia at The Oval. 


1882 Following England's first loss by Australia in England, an "eulogy notice" to English cricket in the Sporting Times prompts the custom of The Ashes. 


1889 South Africa's first Test match. 


Presentations initially approved, however just on the third day, or in a one-day match. 


1890 County Championship authoritatively comprised. 


Present Lord's structure opened. 


1895 WG Grace scores 1,000 runs in May, and arrives at his 100th hundred. 


1899 AEJ Collins scores 628 not out in a lesser house match at Clifton College, the most elevated individual score in any match. 


Selectors pick England group for home Tests, rather than have club giving solicitations. 


1900 Six-ball over turns into the standard, rather than five. 


1909 Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC - presently the International Cricket Council) set up, with England, Australia and South Africa the first individuals. 


1910 Six runs given for any hit over the limit, rather than just for a hit out of the ground. 


1912 First and just three-sided Test arrangement played in England, including England, Australia and South Africa. 


1915 WG Grace passes on, matured 67. 


1926 Victoria score 1,107 v New South Wales at Melbourne, the record all out for a five star innings. 


1928 West Indies' first Test match. 


AP "Tich" Freeman of Kent and England turns into the lone player to take in excess of 300 top notch wickets in a season: 304. 


1930 New Zealand's first Test match. 


Donald Bradman's first visit through England: he scores 974 runs in the five Ashes Tests, still a record for any Test arrangement. 


1931 Stumps made higher (28 inches not 27) and more extensive (nine inches not eight - this was discretionary until 1947). 


1932 India's first Test match. 


Hedley Verity of Yorkshire takes ten wickets for ten runs v Nottinghamshire, the best innings examination in five star cricket. 


1932-33 The Bodyline visit through Australia in which England bowl at batsmen's bodies with a stuffed leg-side field to kill Bradman's scoring. 


1934 Jack Hobbs resigns, with 197 centuries and 61,237 runs, the two records. First ladies' Test: Australia v England at Brisbane. 


1935 MCC denounce and ban Bodyline. 


1947 Denis Compton of Middlesex and England scores a record 3,816 runs in an English season. 


1948 First five-day Tests in England. 


Bradman closes Test vocation with a second-ball duck at The Oval and a batting normal of 99.94 - four runs low on 100. 


1952 Pakistan's first Test match. 


1953 England recapture the Ashes following a 19-year hole, the longest ever. 


1956 Jim Laker of England takes 19 wickets for 90 v Australia at Manchester, the best match investigation in top notch cricket. 


1957 Declarations approved whenever. 


1960 First tied Test, Australia v West Indies at Brisbane. 


1963 Distinction among beginner and expert cricketers annulled in English cricket. 


The primary significant one-day competition starts in England: the Gillette Cup. 


1969 Limited-over Sunday group introduced for top of the line regions. 


1970 Proposed South African visit through England dropped: South Africa avoided from worldwide cricket in view of their administration's politically-sanctioned racial segregation approaches. 


1971 First one-day global: Australia v England at Melbourne. 


1975 First World Cup: West Indies beat Australia in last at Lord's. 


1976 First ladies' match at Lord's, England v Australia. 


1977 Centenary Test at Melbourne, with indistinguishable outcome to the main match: Australia beat England by 45 runs. 


Australian media mogul Kerry Packer, signs 51 of the world's driving parts in rebellion of the cricketing specialists. 


1978 Graham Yallop of Australia wears a defensive cap to bat in a Test match, the primary player to do as such. 


1979 Packer and official cricket concur harmony d


WRITER : TASEER ABBAS