Interesting Facts

It is said that cricket originated in England. Since they used to raise sheep, the grass was so short that it was possible to roll a lump of wool on it which they used as a ball. See the facts below for more information about cricket.

The first recorded game was played in 1646, and later fines were handed out for those who missed the church to play.
The longest cricket match took place in 1939 between England and South Africa, after 14 days it ended with a tie.
The two most common causes for pausing or suspending a cricket game is rain and bad light.

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CRICKET SLOGANS

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¹ Cricket is no excuse for ignorance.

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Cricket is the greatest game that the wit of man has yet devised.

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³ Hail Cricket! glorious, manly, British game! First of all Sports! Be first alike in fame!

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⁴ What is human life but a game of Cricket?

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⁵ Things never turn out in Cricket as one expects.

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⁶ Cricket as a passion is distinctly contagious.

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It is far more than a game, this is Cricket.

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A gun is no more dangerous than a Cricket bat in the hands of a madman.

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⁹ Endless cricket, like endless anything else, simply grinds you down.

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¹⁰ Cricket is very simple... you play till you can sustain.

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Interesting quotes about Cricket
Quotes about the game of Cricket:

"Champions never sleep, the eternal spirit keep them alert and awake." -Amit Ray
"The minute you hesitate you are in trouble." -Steve Waugh
"Cricket to us was more than play, It was a worship in the summer sun." -Edmund Blunden
"Part of the art of bowling spin is to make the batsman think something special is happening when it isn't." -Shane Warne
"No cricketer is so dependent on the turf on which the game is played as the spinner; it can make, break, enfang or defang him." -Gideon Haigh