Cricket World
The earliest reference to cricket is in South East England in the mid-16th century. It unfold globally with the expansion of the British Empire, with the first worldwide matches in the second half of the 19th century. The game's governing physique is the International Cricket Council , which has over 100 members, twelve of which are full members who play Test matches. The sport's guidelines, the Laws of Cricket, are maintained by Marylebone Cricket Club in London. The sport is adopted primarily in South Asia, Australasia, the United Kingdom, southern Africa and the West Indies. Along with prizefighting, horse racing and blood sports activities, cricket was perceived to be a gambling sport. Rich patrons made matches for prime stakes, forming groups during which they engaged the primary professional gamers. By the top of the century, cricket had developed into a serious sport that was spreading throughout England and was already being taken abroad by English mariners and colon