Team sport
Cricket
Bat, ball and twenty-two yards — for five days or three hours.
- Origin
- England, 16th century
- Players
- 11 per side
- Governing body
- ICC
- Formats
- Test, ODI, T20
- Pitch
- 22 yards (20.12 m)
- Olympic
- Returning in 2028
Three ways in
Option one
Rules & how to play
Everything you need to follow a game of cricket: the objective, the field, the fouls and the officials.
7 sections
Option two
History & origins
Where cricket came from and how it grew, told as a timeline of the moments that changed it.
11 milestones
Option three
Players
Search the greats by name, country or honour — or scroll the list to find someone you've never heard of.
12 profiles