When did cricket start?
Origin of CricketCricket's origin is obscure. Evidence suggests it was
played in England in the 12th–13th cent.,and it was popular there by the end of the 17th cent. By the mid-18th cent. the aristocracy had adopted the game. In 1744 the London Cricket Club produced what are recognizably the rules of modern cricket. The Marylebone Cricket Club, one of the oldest (1787) cricket organizations, is the game's international governing body.When did cricket players start wearing protective gear?
I'm pretty sure Dennis Amiss was the first test player to wear a helmet (a police motorcyclist helmet at that),in the early to mid 70's, to protect himself against the quick bowlers from West Indies and Australia.
Having followed CRICKET, as a sport, for MANY YEARS, now, - let me say THIS!
The first Englishman, that I remember, seeing, in any form of VISIBLE "PROTECTIVE" gear, - apart from BATTING GLOVES, and LEG PADS, -was the former England skipper, MIKE BREARLEY, - who wore an unobtrusive, - hard PLASTIC, or POLYURETHANE, - SKULL CAP, with weird-looking "PROTRUSIONS", to offer some protection, to the TEMPLES, - UNDER his normal, CLOTH cap! That, would have been around 1978, or 1979! And, YES, - there WERE some REALLY FAST bowlers, around!
There were, - by way of a couple of EXAMPLES, -West Indians, like the LATE, lamented MALCOLM MARSHALL, - ANDY ROBERTS, and, the man, known across the CRICKET World, as "WHISPERING DEATH", - HIS name, was MICHAEL HOLDING!
And, - for Australia, - there were the likes of JEFF THOMPSON, and the "KING OF THE QUICKIES", himself, - the legendary DENNIS KEITH LILLEE!
ENGLAND'S best "EXAMPLES" of the day, were the likes of the former England SKIPPER, - BOB WILLIS, of WARWICKSHIRE, - the ESSEX left-armer, JON LEVER, - and YORKSHIRE quickie, CHRIS OLD!
HOW DO I PUT CRICKET BAT HANDLE GRIPS BACK ON THE BAT?
If it’s still mostly on you try to roll it up like a doughnut and just roll it to the bottom of the handle and then unroll it. Bingo. If it has come right off you roll it up on a broomstick or similar and then holding the bat handle and broomstick end to end you roll the “doughnut” from the broom handle to the bat handle. If this fails your local sports shop will have a special stick for such occasions.
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