Cricket has always been a game with a distinct English connection. Most of the Popular Cricket Clubs are represent English counties such as Yorkshire, Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Essex, Derbyshire, Somerset, Glamorgan, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire and so on. In fact there are 18 Popular Cricket Clubs in the United kingdom only, constituting the kernel of English Domestic Cricket.

Cricket clubs in England and other parts of the world are noted for their rich historic backdrop. Many legendary cricketers of yesteryears played for English county sides and for other clubs in countries such as Australia, India and South Africa. This culture of club Cricket was initially perceived as a leisurely sporting activity where teams would be playing each other at weekends. But with increasing amount of money flowing into the game these days, this amateur outlook has been replaced by an intense professionalism. The games are played competitively, following the prescribed format laid down by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Almost all the test playing nations have sound infrastructure for club Cricket. Sometimes players from other countries travel overseas to sign a contact with Popular Cricket Clubs.

The best thing about club Cricket is that it provides the opportunity to get accustomed to different playing conditions including weather, crowd and pitches. Popular Cricket Clubs organize tournaments which are basically played in cup or league format. This type of format allows the competition to go on for months together with each team playing others at least for once.

Cricket clubs often hire professional coaching staffs to train their players. Even amateur clubs have adopted this policy of recruiting former test cricketers as team manager or coach.

Cricket is not lagging far behind in times of globalization. As per ICC's policy of spreading the game, Cricket clubs have been set up in the United States of America and Canada as well. Both these nations have a huge number of immigrants from test playing nations.

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Popular Cricket Clubs

Melbourne Cricket Club	Parnell Cricket Club
Nightcliff Cricket Club	Queenspark Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club

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