The full name of each club is the name of the county followed by the words County Cricket Club, often abbreviated as CCC. Other teams with first-class status MCC. The opening first-class game of an English county cricket season has traditionally been played at Lord's between the MCC and the Champion County (the club that won the County Championship the previous year).

French cricket is a form of cricket that creates a game similar to catch. The game can be played socially at picnics and parties or on parks and beaches. It is a form of cricket that can include children of varied ages. Not all participants need to be fully involved, and spectators can make a catch and have a bat (informally).

A cricket team representing England toured Australia in the 1932–33 season. The tour was organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name. The tour included five Test matches in Australia, and England won The Ashes by four games to one. The tour was highly controversial because of the bodyline bowling tactics used …

This is a list of current first-class cricket teams, organised first by country and then alphabetically. For a clear explanation of first ... 1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup or when playing against Ireland or English first-class county teams. United Arab Emirates. National team: United Arab Emirates national ...

In junior cricket the items have lesser dimensions. Each stump is referred to by a specific name: Off stump is the stump on the off side of the wicket (the same side as the batsman's bat). Middle stump is the centre stump, the middle of the three stumps. Leg stump is the stump on the on side of the wicket (the same side as the batsman's legs).

Sachin Tendulkar is a retired Indian cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsman of all time, he is the most prolific run-scorer in international cricket. Tendulkar has scored the highest number of centuries (100 or more runs) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches organised by the International Cricket Council.His total of 51 …

One hundred and twenty-one grounds have hosted Test cricket since the first officially recognised Test match between Australia and England in Melbourne in March 1877. The grounds are listed in the order in which they were first used as a venue for Test cricket. The list excludes World Series Cricket and South African rebel tours venues.. On 8 July 2009, Sophia Gardens in Cardiff …

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India became a full member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (now the International Cricket Council) on 31 May 1926.On 25 June 1932 it became the sixth Test nation after England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies and New Zealand.The Indian team was first led by C. K. Nayudu against England at the Lord's.They played only seven tests, which were all against …

The International Cricket Council (ICC) was founded at Lord's on 15 June 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference, with Australia, England, and South Africa as its founding members.. In the beginning, only countries within the Commonwealth could join. India, New Zealand and the West Indies joined in 1926, and Pakistan joined in 1953. In 1961, South Africa resigned from the …