Cricket is an evolving sport that, as of right now, is only played in countries in Asia and Europe. It is very popular in India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

Cricket is a bat and ball game played between two teams. The teams are made up of 11 players; substitutes are only permitted for certain circumstances. The game is played on a cricket field, with a rectangular pitch in the center and a target at each end called the wicket, which is a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit.

This is a male-dominated sport, but the International Cricket Council (ICC) is trying to bring more women’s teams into the professional game. During each inning, one team bats and attempts to score as many runs as possible, while the opponents bowl and field attempting to minimize the number of runs scored. The roles of players and the play itself is like a different version of the American game of baseball.

The most common forms of dismissing a batsman are the following: “bowled,” when the bowler hits the stumps directly with the balls and dislodges the bails; “leg before wicket,” when the batsman prevents the ball from hitting the stumps with his body instead of his bat; and “caught,” when the batsman hits the ball into the air and it is intercepted by a fielder before touching the ground.

Although cricket is not in the Olympics, teams did compete in the 1900 Olympics. Most international matches are part of ‘“tours,” during which one country travels to another for weeks or months at a time and plays several matches. The ICC also organizes competitions for multiple countries at once, including the Cricket World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy and ICC World Twenty20. Professional players earn hundreds to thousands of dollars a year. This may not be much compared to professional American sports, but is great considering that cricket is still evolving.

The world’s earliest known cricket match was a village cricket meeting in Kent, South England. At the grassroots level, local club cricket is essentially an amateur pastime for those involved. Teams still competed during weekends or in the evenings.

The longest cricket match in history was played in 1939 between South Africa and England and lasted for a total of nine days.