Where can I get the history of cricket in association with contemporary period?
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The origins of cricket lie somewhere in the Dark Ages – probably after the Roman Empire, almost certainly before the Normans invaded England, and almost certainly somewhere in Northern Europe. All research concedes that the game derived from a very old, widespread and uncomplicated pastime by which one player served up an object, be it a small piece of wood or a ball, and another hit it with a suitably fashioned club. \n\nHow and when this club–ball game developed into one where the hitter defended a target against the thrower is simply not known. Nor is there any evidence as to when points were awarded dependent upon how far the hitter was able to despatch the missile; nor when helpers joined the two-player contest, thus beginning the evolution into a team game; nor when the defining concept of placing wickets at either end of the pitch was adopted. What is agreed is that by Tudor times cricket had evolved far enough from club–ball to be recognisable as the game played today; that it was well established in many parts of Kent, Sussex and Surrey; that within a few years it had become a feature of leisure time at a significant number of schools; and – a sure sign of the wide acceptance of any game – that it had become popular enough among young men to earn the disapproval of local magistrates. \n\n\nHistory\nOn June 15, 1909 representatives from England, Australia and the South Africa met at Lord's and founded the Imperial Cricket Conference. Membership was confined to the governing bodies of cricket within the British Empire where Test cricket was played. India, New Zealand and West Indies were elected as Full Members in 1926, doubling the number of Test-playing nations to six. After the formation of Pakistan in 1947, it was given Test status in 1953, becoming the seventh Test-playing nation. South Africa resigned from the ICC in 1961 due to apartheid.\n\nIn 1965, the Imperial Cricket Conference was renamed the International Cricket Conference and new rules adopted to permit the election of countries from outside the Commonwealth. This led to the expansion of the Conference, with the admission of Associate Members. Associates were each entitled to one vote, while the Foundation and Full Members were entitled to two votes on ICC resolutions. Foundation Members retained a right of veto.\n\nSri Lanka was admitted as a Full Member in 1981, returning the number of Test-playing nations to seven. In 1989, new rules were adopted and International Cricket Conference changed its name to the current name, the International Cricket Council. South Africa was re-elected as a Full Member of the ICC in 1991, after the downfall of the apartheid regime; this was followed in 1992 by the admission of Zimbabwe as the ninth Test-playing nation. Bangladesh was admitted as the tenth Test-playing nation in 2000.\n\n \nThe ICC's offices in Dubai.In 2001, the ICC established an office in Monaco to ensure that its commercial income would remain free of tax. After 96 years of being based at Lord's Cricket Ground, the ICC moved its main administrative offices to Dubai, United Arab Emirates in August 2005. This move enabled the ICC to bring together its staff from London and Monaco into the same new Dubai office, whilst continuing to allow their commercial activities to be in a tax-free environment (as they had been in Monaco).\n\n\nCommercial focus\nThe ICC has a strong commercial focus and it has a duty to its members to maximise the value to them of its primary "property" the Cricket World Cup. Sponsorship of the World Cup brought in US$550m between 2000 and 2007, by far the ICC’s main source of income. The ICC has no income streams from other international cricket matches (Test matches and One-day Internationals) so it has sought to create other new events to augment its World Cup revenues. These include the ICC Champions Trophy and the so-called ICC Super Series played in Australia in 2005. However this expansion has n
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you can visit.....\n\nhttp://www.cricinfo.com/\nhttp://www.espnstar.com/
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Checkout http://www.bharatadesam.com - Lots of Info about History of India
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i know a website might it help u"www.icc.com"r u interested in cricket iam really interested willu be my friend
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/default.stm
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/skills/newsid_3267000/3267391.stm
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wikipedia OR google OR askjeeves OR bbc.com
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if that gives you any information about cricket
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The following websites give complete information about cricket,\nlaws of cricket etc.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket\n\nhttp://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ABOUT_CRICKET/EXPLANATION/EXPLANATION_OF_CRICKET.html#extras
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pls chk http://www.icc-cricket.com/
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try now at: http://www.pedalinghistory.com/
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The answer is NONE\n\nchecked out www.cricinfo.com it has a neat filter program.\n\nBangladesh:\nTest Matches - played 40, lost 35, won 1, drawn 4\nODI matches - played 118, lost 105, won 11, no result 2\n\nThis includes all the matches played to 27th Feb 2006
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Not enough room here.\n\nGo to http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Cricket to get the lowdown.
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Please go to www.cricinfo.com and look it up.
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That depends on the factors you're looking for; best all around score, fastest cricket bowler, highest cricket innings score?  Check out this website for all of them!\n\nhttp://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record_subcategory.asp?subcategoryid=83
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There are quite afew places where you can get these. However, I don't think there isn't a free database where you can run customised queries. Do have a look at:\n\nhttp://www.howstat.com/\nhttp://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/\nhttp://www.cricmania.com/cricket/DB/index/user/in01\nhttp://www.channel4.com/sport/cricket/stats/\n\nDo a web search for "cricket stats" and you can find many sites. Would love to have a "downloadable databse" that statiscians use where I can run my own queries.
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Not sure which championship you are looking for or which of the several papers in the area would help....so here is a couple links to baseball championships for that era and a full listing of newspapers in the area.\n\nGood Luck