SAGA OF CRICKET Saga means a prose narrative

SAGA OF CRICKET: Saga means a prose narrative usually written in Iceland between 1120 and 1400, dealing with the families that first settled Iceland their descendants, with the histories of the kings of Norway, and with the myths and legends of early Germanic gods and heroes. Or a modern prose narrative that resembles a saga.

• THE FIRST WRITTEN LAWS OF CRICKET WERE INTRODUCED IN 1744 • MCC PUBLISHED ITS FIRST REVISION OF LAWS IN 1788 AND BECAME THE GUARDIANS OF CRICKETS REGULATIONS • PARSIS WERE THE FIRST INDIAN COMMUNITY STARTED PLAYING CRICKET. • CK NAIDU BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN TEST CRICKET CAPTAIN. • LENGTH OF THE PITCH IS 22 YARDS

• SHAPE AND SIZE OF GROUND MAY VARY. • HIGHT OF THE STUMPS IS 22 INCHES. • BAILS ACROSS THEM ARE OF 6 INCHES • BALLS WEIGHT IS BETWEEN 5 & 6 OUNCES. • KERRY PACKER SIGNED UP 51 OF THE WORLDS LEADING CRICKETERS TO PLAY UN OFFICIAL TESTS & ODI UNDER ‘WORLD SERIES CRICKET. • PAKISTHAN PIONEERED TWO GREAT • ADVANCES- DOOSRA AND REVERSE SWING.

1760 - THE FIRST CRICKET CLUB FORMED 1774 - THE LAW OF THE 1 ST LEG FORMED 1780 - LENGTH OF THE MATCH BECAME 3 DAYS 1787 - MCC WAS FORMED 1848 - PROTECTIVE PADS & GLOVES INTRODUCED 1848 - 1 ST NON-WHITE CRICKET CLUB STARTED BY PARSIS IN BOMBAY 1930 - 1 ST TIME CAPTAIN WAS A PROFESSIONAL 1932 - A NATION TEAM WAS AUTHORISED TO REPRESENT INDIA IN A TEST MATCH