Cricket in the World has been an established team sport for hundreds of years. It originated in its modern form in England and is most popular in the present and former members of the Commonwealth. More than a hundred cricket-playing nations are recognized by the International Cricket Council. The South Asian countries include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It is also a major sport in England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean. There are also well-established amateur club competitions in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Kenya, Nepal and Argentina. The sport is played with passion in many different parts of the world.

In the last 20 years,a tremendous change has taken place About Cricket. Cricket in the World also grew in popularity among "minor" countries which now have their own world tournament. Altogether,some 100 cricket-playing countries are now listed on the rosters of the new ICC. Cricket in the World is a major sport, the second-most popular sport in the world after soccer with all that is implied in terms of money, TV coverage, politics and chicanery.

The team of Australia happens to be strongest among Cricket in the World. While Indian team is also not far behind. It has some best of players in its team and never loses its team spirit. Cricket is internationally governed by International Cricket Council (ICC), which has its headquarter in Dubai. Cricket is a ball game played by two teams consisting of eleven players on a pitch with two sets of three stumps commonly known as wickets. The bowler bowls the ball down the pitch to the batsman of the opposing team, who must defend the wicket in front of which he stands. Runs can be scored individually by running the length of the playing strip, or by hitting a ball which lands outside the boundary or inside the boundary. The opposing team has to make more number of runs. Cricket in the World is the most loved and unique sport.
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