C ricket Playing any game need strength and vice versa helps in building strength. Cricket also, through the constant running across the field, helps in increasing the stamina, balance, hand-eye coordination, flexibility and ball-handling skills. Cricket includes a lot of throwing and sprinting across the field, which is a good cardiovascular activity. History A reference of a game resembling to cricket is there in the records of King Edward I, in being played at Kent.
Cricket as a game was first recorded in 16th century in England. Researches show that the game evolved from a very old, widespread game to pass time in which one player served a small piece like a ball made up of wood or any other material and another player hit it with a suitable item. The first recorded cricket match took place in Kent in . Cricket was popular and widely documented in England during the 1700s.
After , the game saw the evolution of over arm bowling by replacing under arm bowling. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was formed on 31st May, . After a year, it laid down a code of laws regarding the game. Its laws were adopted throughout the game.
MCC today remains the custodian and arbiter of laws relating to cricket around the world. Thereafter, cricket recognisably became the game that is played today. In the , cricket had reached the West Indies and India and in the 19th century cricket was played in South Africa and New Zealand. The first international cricket game was played between the USA and Canada in .
The match was played at the grounds of St George’s Cricket Club in New York. In , an England touring team in Australia played two matches against full Australian XIs that are now regarded as the inaugural test matches. History of Cricket in India Cricket is undoubtedly one of the most popular games in India since its inception. The first Indian Cricket club, named the Parsee Oriental Cricket Club, was founded in the year and they played their first match in Bombay (Mumbai).