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Cricket can claim a longer history than any other team game.

Historians have attempted to trace its origin in various ball games played by ancient races and, even if some of these derivations are a little far fetched, we can at least say that 250 years ago the game was being played in a form not so very dissimilar from that of today.

Hampshire, particularly the village of Hambledon, Surrey and Kent really pioneered this game that was later to be taken so seriously at the other end of England, though the great days of the Hambledon cricketers were somewhat later than our late 17th century starting point.

Cricket, like Hockey, was brought to the Indian sub-continent by the British.

There are references to cricket having being played in India in the early parts of the 18th century.

In 1912-13, the tournament became quadrangular with the entry of Muslims in the field.

With the efforts of several Princes, H E Grant-Gloven and A S de Mellow, the national championship, the Ranji Trophy began in 1935.

India played its first official Test against England in 1932.

Cricket is a team sport for two teams of eleven players each. A formal game of cricket can last anything from an afternoon to several days.

Although the game play and rules are very different, the basic concept of cricket is similar to that of baseball. Teams bat in successive innings and attempt to score runs, while the opposing team fields and attempts to bring an end to the batting team's innings.

After each team has batted an equal number of innings (either one or two, depending on conditions chosen before the game), the team with the most runs wins.

(Note: In cricket-speak, the word ``innings'' is used for both the plural and the singular. ``Inning'' is a term used only in baseball.)

Cricket is played with two teams of eleven players , with two umpires (referees) on an oval shaped field. The size of the field varies, but generally has a diameter of around 350 yards. A cricket bat is oblong shaped with a narrow handle.

A full-sized bat is around 3 feet in length. A cricket ball is made of cork and covered with leather, and is then stitched up. A ball weighs around 5 ounces.

In the middle of the field is what is known as a pitch. A pitch is a hard, flat strip of dry ground around 22 yards long. 22 yards is an
old imperial measure called a chain.

Two batsman are at the pitch at a time, both at different ends, with one facing the delivery of the ball from the bowler.

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