What is the game of cricket?

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played

between two teams of eleven players on a
field at the Centre of which is a 22-yard
(20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end,
each comprising two bails balanced on three
stumps. ... When ten batters have been
dismissed, the innings ends and the teams
swap roles.
Basic Rules Of Cricket
• Hitting the ball and running between
the wickets and making it to the
other end before the fielders can hit
the wickets with the ball.
• Hitting the ball to the boundary
along the ground is 4 runs.
• Hitting the ball over the boundary
on the full equals 6 runs.
How to play?
Cricket is played by two teams of 11,
with one side taking a turn to bat a
ball and score runs, while the other
team will bowl and field the ball to
restrict the opposition from scoring. The
main objective in cricket is to score as
many runs as possible against the
opponent.
Prize
The winning team of the 2019
Cricket World Cup in
England and Wales will
receive prize money of
4.8 million U.S. dollars.

History
Early Cricket (Pre 1799)
There is a consensus of expert opinion William Gilbert Grace
that cricket may have been invented “father of cricket”
Virat Kohli 1848-1915
during Saxon or Norman times by
“The king of cricket”
children living in the Weald, an area 1988-now Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II
of dense woodlands and clearings in “father of cricket India”
south-east England. 1872-1933
The British brought cricket to India
in the early 1700s, with the first
cricket match played in 1721.