How was cricket 🏏 born??
Experts agree that children living in the Weald, an area of dense woodlands and clearings in south-east England, during the Saxon or Norman eras may have originated cricket. In 1611, the first time that cricket was mentioned as an adult sport, a dictionary also referred to the game as a boy's game. There is also the theory that cricket may have evolved from bowls as a result of a batsman's attempt to deflect the ball away from its intended aim.
By the middle of the 17th century, village cricket had advanced, and in the second half of the century, the first English "county teams" were established, with "local specialists" from village cricket serving as the sport's first professionals. 1709 is the first game in which sides are recorded using county names.
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