The first-ever Test match between Australia and England marks a major milestone in cricket history, now recognized as the birth of Test cricket.
By the mid-19th century, cricket had gained popularity in England, with a well-structured domestic system. The game had also spread across the British Empire, particularly to Australia,...
ODI (One Day International) cricket is a type of limited-overs cricket where each team plays a set number of overs, usually 50. It's a popular form of the game, sitting between Test matches, which can last up to five days, and T20 cricket, where each team plays 20 overs.
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Test match cricket is the longest and most traditional format of the sport. Despite being the most traditional form of cricket, it still holds the same excitement among the players. The first Test match was played between Australia and England in Melbourne in 1877, where Australia won the match.
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In professional cricket, "bye" and "leg bye" refer to scoring runs without the batter making contact with the ball using the bat. Today, we will know these rules in a very detailed way.
Bye
1) Definition: A "bye" occurs when the ball bypasses the batter without touching the bat or body,...
In cricket, a player is said to be "out" when they have been dismissed and must leave the field, ending their turn to bat. In this special segment, we will explore the 11 possible ways in which a batter can get out in a professional game of cricket, applicable...
Once, a phrase was very popular that Cricket is a gentleman's game, but now it is all batter's game. The batters from all along the world have dominated the bowler's, for which the credit also goes to the different T20 leagues happening all around the world. However, it was...
We have always heard of cricket stories of batters changing the game for any team. However, cricket is nothing but an entertaining clash of bat and ball and the players are just the medium, one who juggles the ball and the other one ready to smash it out of...