The world of cricket
By Nathan.C
Where cricket started
Cricket was originated in south west England. It became the nations capital for sport back the 18th century. Then became a worldwide sport in the mid 18th century. International matches have been played since 1844. The other names they could've called cricket were: Creckett, Cricc, Cryce and Criquet(French).
Top five retired test batsmen
- Don Bradman(AUS)
- Sachin Tendulkar(IND)
- Vivian Richards(WIN)
- Rahul Dravid(IND)
- Allan Border(AUS)
Top five retired test bowlers
- Muttiah Maraitharan(SRL)
- Richard Hadlee(NZ)
- Sydney Barnes(ENG)
- Shane Warne(AUS)
- Clarrie Grimmett(AUS)
Top five retired test wicketkeepers
- Adam Gilchrist(AUS)
- Ms Dhoni(IND)
- Mark Boucher(SthAf)
- Kumar Sangakkarra(SL)
- Ian Healy(AUS)
T20 cricket is played in the following places
Australia-T20 Big Bash
India-Indian premier league
West indies-Caribbean cricket leuge
2014 world cup
In 2014 there were was a one day world including the following teams: Aus, Eng, Nz, Sa, Sr and West indies etc. They had two pools in the group stage and fourteen teams in total. Four went through from pool A and four also went through from pool B. The team who won the tournament were Australia by 7 wickets against New Zealand.