Cricket In England
Cricket is known to have been played in England since the 16th century. The Marylebone Cricket Club, based at Lords, came up with the modern rules of play and conduct.
Read more about Cricket In England: History, Domestic Competitions, Recreational Club Competitions, Cricket Grounds, Governing Body, National Team, Popularity
Famous quotes containing the words cricket and/or england:
“All cries are thin and terse;
The field has droned the summer’s final mass;
A cricket like a dwindled hearse
Crawls from the dry grass.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)
“In England and America a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable than virile; on the continent of Europe it often means that its owner makes a special claim to virility.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)