Cricket
A cricket match in progress
A cricket match in progress

Cricket is a team sport involving a bat and ball played between two teams of eleven players each. The objective is to score more runs than the opposing team. A match is divided into innings during which one team bats, two batsmen at a time, and the other team bowls.

Cricket originated in its modern form in England, and is popular mainly in the countries of the Commonwealth. In the countries of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, cricket is by far the most popular participatory and spectator sport, and it is also a major sport in places such as England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Bermuda and the English-speaking Caribbean (called the West Indies); it is played in over 100 countries. (more...)

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Origins · Competitions · Players · Umpires · Laws · Countries · Limited Overs · Venues · Records · Teams · Writers · Other 

Test match nations

Australia · Bangladesh · England · India · New Zealand · Pakistan · South Africa · Sri Lanka · West Indies · Zimbabwe 

One Day International (ODI) nations

Bermuda · Canada · Ireland · Kenya · Scotland · The Netherlands 

History of cricket

The early years of the game · The "Hambledon Era" · Gentlemen v Players · The Ashes · History of Test cricket (1890 to 1900) · Bodyline

Famous venues

Adelaide Oval · Artillery Ground · Basin Reserve · Brisbane Cricket Ground · Broadhalfpenny Down · Carisbrook · Eden Gardens · Headingley Stadium · Lord's Cricket Ground · Melbourne Cricket Ground · The Oval · Sydney Cricket Ground · Trent Bridge · WACA Ground

Iconic cricketers

Wasim Akram · Ian Botham · Don Bradman · Bhagwat Chandrasekhar · Denis Compton · Kapil Dev · Andrew Flintoff · C B Fry · Sourav Ganguly · Sanath Jayasuriya · W G Grace · Richard Hadlee · Walter Hammond · Jack Hobbs · Len Hutton · Imran Khan · Brian Lara · Malcolm Marshall · Muttiah Muralitharan · Graeme Pollock · EAS Prasanna · K S Ranjitsinhji · Wilfred Rhodes · Garfield Sobers · Fred Spofforth · Sachin Tendulkar · Victor Trumper · Gundappa Vishwanath · Shane Warne

Glossary

Dismissal · Extra · Fast bowling · International structure of cricket · Laws of cricket · One-Day International · Over · Result · Roundarm bowling · Scoring · Spin bowling · Test · Wicket

Quiz

A quiz to test and improve your general knowledge of cricket is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Quiz. Feel free to join in.

Paul Collingwood

Paul David Collingwood MBE (born 26 May 1976, Shotley Bridge, Durham), is an English cricketer. He is vice-captain of Durham County Cricket Club and plays Test and One-day International cricket for England.

Collingwood is an all-rounder, combining natural strokeplay with reliable medium-pace bowling. Described as a "natural athlete", he is also a highly skilled fielder and is regarded as one of the finest of his contemporaries. In 2005, Collingwood made the best all-round performance in a One-day International, with 112* and 6/31 against Bangladesh. (more...)

Featured articles

The Ashes · Bodyline · Brian Close · Paul Collingwood · A. E. J. Collins · Cricket · Cricket World Cup · Adam Gilchrist · History of Test cricket (to 1883) · History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889) · Bart King · Harbhajan Singh · West Indian cricket team in England in 1988

Featured lists

2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads · Asian XI ODI cricketers · Australian captains · Australian Twenty20 International cricketers · Bangladeshi captains · Cricket terms · English captains · English Twenty20 International cricketers · Hong Kong ODI cricketers · Indian captains · Namibian ODI  cricketers · New Zealand captains · ODI records · Scottish ODI cricketers · Test cricket grounds by date · Test records · Test hat-tricks · Test triple centuries · World XI ODI cricketers · Wisden Cricketers of the Year · Zimbabwean captains

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Tournaments and trophies

Cricket World Cup · Twenty20 World Championship · ICC Champions Trophy · Asia Cup · ICC ODI Championship · ICC Test Championship · Border-Gavaskar Trophy · Chappell-Hadlee Trophy · County Championship · National League · Pura Cup · Ford Ranger One Day Cup · Ranji Trophy · Twenty20 · World Cricket Tsunami Appeal · World Series Cricket

International cricket in 2006-07

England in Australia · Sri Lanka in New Zealand · India in South Africa · Pakistan in South Africa · 2007 Cricket World Cup 

2006 and 2006–07 domestic seasons

England 2006 ·Australia 2006–07 ·South Africa 2006–07