The historical development of cricket as a game in england

The social and economic history of England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , cricket 's early ,shaped the game and gave cricket its unique nature

For example, one of the peculiarities of Test cricket is that a match can go on for five days and still and in a draw . No other modern team sport takes even half as uch time to complete . A football match is generally over in an hour -and- ball game by the standards of modern sport,completes nine innings in less than half the time that it takes to play a limited -overs match ,the shortened version of modern cricket !

Another curious characteristic of cricket is that the length of the pitch is specified --22 yards but the size or the ground is not. Most other