The earliest definite reference to the sport of cricket is dated Monday, 17 January 1597 (i.e., an "Old Style" Julian date which is 27 January 1598 by...

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre; 66-foot) pitch...

The sport of cricket has a known history beginning in the late 16th century England. It became an established sport in the country in the 18th century...

history of women's cricket can be traced back to a report in The Reading Mercury on 26 July 1745 and a match that took place between the villages of Bramley...

First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or...

List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes...

Test Cricket is the longest format of the sport of cricket, considered the game’s most prestigious and traditional form. Often referred to as the "ultimate...

Leagues. History of cricket to 1725 History of cricket (1726–1763) Overview of English cricket (1816–1863) History of English cricket from 1919 to 1939 In...

Cricket is a multi-faceted sport with different formats, depending on the standard of play, the desired level of formality, and the time available. One...

is a form of 50 overs limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently...