Baseball has long been considered America\u2019s pastime. But another team sport played with a bat and ball is appearing in increasing evidence on playing fields in the United States. Cricket is an older, more universally popular sport, and its growth in the United States can be attributed in large part to the larger numbers of South Asians who have immigrated to this country.<\/p>\n
Cricket can be traced back to 16th century England, where the first reference to the game was made in a 1598 court case, which spoke of a \u201ccreckett\u201d match played in Guildford, Surrey in 1550. The first recorded match took place in Kent in 1646. As the game evolved into a competition of two 11-player, bat-and-ball teams arrayed against each other on a field, attempting to score runs through a series of innings, the sport\u2019s popularity spread to many of England\u2019s colonies, including Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Baseball has long been considered America\u2019s pastime. But another team sport played with a bat and ball is appearing in increasing evidence on playing fields in the United States. Cricket is an older, more universally popular sport, and its growth…<\/span><\/p>\n