Cricket Cricket is a team sport that originated in England and is popular mainly in the countries of the Commonwealth. The game is played between two competing teams of eleven players on each side, on a large expanse of (usually grassy), oval-shaped or circular ground. In the centre of the ground is a length area, called the pitch. Play centres around this area. At each end of the pitch are placed three sticks adjacent to each other with on top a smaller stick, forming what is known as a wicket. The match is divided into innings. In each innings one team bats and the other fields. The object for the batting side is to score the highest number of runs (points) before the fielding side have dismissed them. The object for the fielding side is to dismiss the batsmen for as low a score as possible. To get the batting team all out, the fielding team need only dismiss ten batsmen (who must operate as a pair), the remaining batsman is not out. The International Cricket Council was founded in 1909 (as Imperial CricketConference). World Cup: Men Women Men: Champions Trophy Twenty20 World Championships: Men Women Men: World Cricket League Men: Asia Cup European Championships: Men Women Indoor World Cup: Men Women Men: European Indoor Championships Men: Ashes Series Men: International Club Competitions: Champions League Twenty20 Men: National Competitions: Australia: Sheffield Shield One Day Cup Twenty20 Cup Bangladesh: National League One-Day League England: County Championship National League ECB Trophy Twenty20 Cup India: Ranji Trophy IPL Netherlands: Hoofdklasse New Zealand: State Championship State Shield Pakistan: Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National One-day Championship Scotland: National League South Africa: SuperSport Series Domestic Championship Sri Lanka: Premier Trophy West Indies: West Indies Cup Defunct: England: Benson & Hedges Cup Youth: Men: U19 World Cup Defunct Events: Men: Olympic Games Men: Commonwealth Games Men: ICC Trophy