CBSE Notes for Social Science History and Sport: The Story of Cricket – Chapter 7
- About 500 years ago in England, cricket grew out of many stick and ball games played. The word ‘bat’ is an old English word that simply means a stick or club. By 17th century cricket had evolved to be recognized as a district game.
- Cricket has its unique nature amongst all of the other modern games. For e.g. test cricket is a match which can go for 5 days and still can end in a draw. Even a football match can get over in an hour and a half of playing time. Cricket has been a very lengthy game as compared to others. Please refer History and Sport: The Story of Cricket Class 9 Notes for more revision notes.
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