TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – locust is one of the UK’s national summer sporting events that are also frequently played around the world, particularly in Australia, India, Pakistan, the West Indies and the British Isles. Cricket is a sport played using a stick and a ball. This sport must involve two opposing teams, with each team having 11 players. Each of these teams must score to win the game.

Cricket matches are played on an oval-shaped pitch with a square area in the middle or known as the ground. Ground has a length of 20.12 meters and a width of 3.04 meters. Cricket matches are played in such a way that one person on the team must hit the ball until it crosses a predetermined boundary. Then it runs between two sets of three small wooden poles or what is called a goal which sits at each end ground.

Based on historicity, the origin of the birth of cricket is not known with certainty. Cricket comes from a game called create known after the Roman Empire. In the past, this game was played by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, English. Moreover, there are also those who say that cricket comes from a sport called creckett which was played in 1598. It was two centuries after its first appearance that cricket came to public attention.

Quote from the book titled A History of Cricket Volume I, the first country to start a cricket match was England in the mid-16th century. Then cricket spread all over the world to the British colonies in the middle of the 19th century. Cricket began to be widely played around the world by soldiers on military bases, especially those guarding British colonies. Naturally, if cricket is increasingly popular in the former British colonies, namely Malaysia, Singapore, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. From there, the sport of cricket is included in the international match which has been officially developed by England.

Cricket reached its golden age two decades before the First World War. During this golden age, cricket gave birth to the finest players who are remembered to this day, such as William Gilbert Grace and Sir Donald George Bradman.

Launch of Cricket: a story of its growth and development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, in 1909 an International Cricket Council or governing body was formed called the International Cricket Council (ICC). The cricket board has over 100 member states and 12 of them are full members playing test matches. The rules of the game of cricket itself are contained in the Code of Cricket Laws which is owned and operated by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in London. Currently, ICC is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The ICC has the task of organizing and coordinating the event of the International Cricket Championship or the Cricket World Cup.

The birth of cricket in Indonesia

Cricket is almost the same as baseball which is already popular in Indonesian society. However, both have differences. In a baseball game, the bat has to go around the playing area, while the cricket bat only has to go back and forth within the area. ground.

Cricket first appeared in Indonesia in the 1880s when it was played in Jakarta, specifically in the National Monument (Monas) area.monas). It was not until 1992 that cricket became increasingly popular in Indonesian society, so an association called Jakarta Cricket Association (JCA) was formed. Along with the formation of the JCA, the cricket league competition in Indonesia was born.

RACHEL FARAHDIBA R

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