Cricket was first played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, it had developed to be the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to the game being played overseas and by the mid-19th century the first international match was held. ICC, the game's governing body, has 10 full members. By the end of 21st century, fantasy cricket and gully cricket games became very popular in India.
Gully cricket is an unofficial form of the game originating mainly from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. When the game is played in small lanes, known as 'gully' in Hindi (the language mainly used in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), and the game is called 'gully cricket'. The rules are completely different as compared to fantasy cricket in India: e.g. it may be agreed that fielders can catch the ball with one hand after one bounce and claim a wicket; or if only a few people are available then everyone may field while the players take it in turns to bat and bowl. Tennis balls and homemade bats are often used, and a variety of objects may serve as wickets.
Get a bat, and ball. You could use a cork, tennis, rubber ball, but it is advisable to play with a tennis or rubber ball as it is easier to use and does not hurt as much as a cork ball. Gather a few players to play the game. The game rule officially states that you would need 11 players per side for a game of cricket. But in gully game you can even play with just 3 players a side Form two teams of equal players. Players try to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team. The team that should bat/field first will be decided by a coin toss. Once a team finishes batting, the second team will come to bat and will try to score 1 more run than the other side. It is a fantasy cricket form in its own right.
It is played in a similar regard to outdoor half-court basketball in the United States and backyard rugby in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Often, children improvise on specific rules and use objects found in the environment to serve as tools, such as trash cans and dumpsters for wicket stumps. One famous example of this is the electric-taped tennis ball which was originally improvised by children in the inner-city neighbourhoods of Karachi as a means to make a tennis ball less bouncy and heavier to closely emulate a real cricket ball; the tape can also be used to create a seam on the ball. This method soon spread to other regions of the world.
Gully cricket is an unofficial form of the game originating mainly from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. When the game is played in small lanes, known as 'gully' in Hindi (the language mainly used in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), and the game is called 'gully cricket'. The rules are completely different as compared to fantasy cricket in India: e.g. it may be agreed that fielders can catch the ball with one hand after one bounce and claim a wicket; or if only a few people are available then everyone may field while the players take it in turns to bat and bowl. Tennis balls and homemade bats are often used, and a variety of objects may serve as wickets.
Get a bat, and ball. You could use a cork, tennis, rubber ball, but it is advisable to play with a tennis or rubber ball as it is easier to use and does not hurt as much as a cork ball. Gather a few players to play the game. The game rule officially states that you would need 11 players per side for a game of cricket. But in gully game you can even play with just 3 players a side Form two teams of equal players. Players try to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team. The team that should bat/field first will be decided by a coin toss. Once a team finishes batting, the second team will come to bat and will try to score 1 more run than the other side. It is a fantasy cricket form in its own right.
It is played in a similar regard to outdoor half-court basketball in the United States and backyard rugby in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Often, children improvise on specific rules and use objects found in the environment to serve as tools, such as trash cans and dumpsters for wicket stumps. One famous example of this is the electric-taped tennis ball which was originally improvised by children in the inner-city neighbourhoods of Karachi as a means to make a tennis ball less bouncy and heavier to closely emulate a real cricket ball; the tape can also be used to create a seam on the ball. This method soon spread to other regions of the world.
