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EDUCATION
INVESTIGATORY
PROJECT
CRICKE
T
ROLL NO :
CLASS : XII
2 Definition 7
7 Values of Game 20
8 Injuries 21
9 Bibliography 22
HISTORY
Cricket is the most coveted sport which
has the rare distinction of being called as
Gentleman’s game. Cricket is the world's
second most popular spectator sport
after football and tops the list when it
comes to favourite sports of India.
Cricket is a global passion, played
everywhere from Test match arenas to
village greens.
Having originated in south-east
England in the last 16th century , cricket
became England’s national sport in the
18th century and has developed globally
in the 19th and 20th centuries.
HISTORY
In 1744, the Laws of
Cricket were codified for the
first time and MCC(Marylebone
cricket club) was custodian of
the Laws till the formation of
Imperial Cricket Conference in
1909 . It was renamed as
International Cricket Council
(ICC) which is the governing
body of cricket now. Its
headquarters is in Dubai with
105 member nations, twelve of
which hold full membership and
can play Test Cricket.
definition
Cricket is an outdoor bat-and-ball
game played between two teams of
eleven players on a field at the centre
of which is a 20-metre (22-
yard) pitch with a wicket at each end,
each comprising two bails balanced
on three stumps. The batting side
scores runs by striking
the ball bowled at the wicket with the
bat, while
the bowling and fielding side tries to
prevent this and dismiss each player.
rules and regulations
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