Evolution of Sports (Cricket)

Anirudh Sachdeva

Currently, cricket is one of the major sports around the world It began in 1611 in English villages. Over the years it has grown rapidly in popularity and established itself as a leading sport in London and the South East of England in 1744 the first laws of cricket were written and amended Cricket was brought to North America through the English colonies in the 17th century, and it came to other countries in the 18th century. Women's cricket played an important role in the development of the sport in the 19th century, with the first women's county match being played in 1811 Bowling was legalized in 1864; in 1864 it was also a significant year for the publication of the first Wisden Cricketers' Almanac, which continues to this day

The Imperial Cricket Conference (as the ICC was originally known) was established in 1909 Cricket became popular with the advent of test cricket and domestic competitions At the International Cricket Conference (then) 1975 England hosted the first-ever Men's Cricket World Cup, featuring all Test nations of the time, with West Indies triumphing in the final at Lord's.

The 21st century has seen some of the fastest-moving changes in the history of the game, arguably none more so than its shortest version, the three-hour spectacle of Twenty20 Cricket in 2007 September. India's victory over Pakistan in the final of the first ICC World Twenty20 held in Johannesburg attracted more than 400 million. There were also innovations on the field with the introduction of Limited Overs Cricket, including Power Plays affecting the pitch restrictions and the use of two new balls in Day Internationals There was also a huge advance in Test Match cricket as the Adelaide Oval hosted the first one-day Test match between Australia and New Zealand with a specially designed pink ball There have also been many technological advances in the game in recent times, such as ball tracking, flashing stumps and braces to make accurate run-out decisions, infrared cameras and edge-sensing technology can be used to see if the mace has hit the ball and Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method used to calculate goals and results in adverse weather conditions in limited overs matches

In 2008 series between India and Sri Lanka debuted a new starting system where players could report certain fielding decisions to the third umpire. This evolved into a formal decision review system.