UPCOMING MATCHES:

Australia in England

Pakistan in Sri Lanka

New Zealand in Sri Lanka

Tri-series in Sri Lanka

ICC Champions Trophy

Sehwag to announce nominees for ICC awards:The list of nominees shortlisted for the various LG ICC Annual Awards for 2009 would be announced in Mumbai on September 2.Indian opener Virender Sehwag and former cricketer Ravi Shastri would

announce the name.

KNIGT RIDERS TO WRAP UP COACH :

Ganguly will join owners Shah Rukh Khan and Jay Mehta to conduct interviews. ganguly & sharukh is searching for a new coach who can help to win ipl 2010-2011.

INDIA's TRAINING SESSION PICKS UP INTENSITY:

Anil Kumble paid a visit as the players went through the grind.

Dhoni and all teammets did hard practice for upcoming series.

sechwag is injurd,so captain seeks for opening pair.

The game of cricket has a known history spanning from the 16th century to the present day, with international matches played since 1844, although the official history of international Test cricket began in 1877. During this time, the game developed from its origins in England into a game which is now played professionally in most of the Commonwealth of Nations.
DARIVATION OF NAME:
[1]A number of words are thought to be possible sources for the term "cricket". In the earliest known reference to the sport in 1598 (see below), it is called creckett. The name may have been derived from the Middle Dutch krick(-e), meaning a stick; or the Old English cricc or cryce meaning a crutch or staff.
[2] Another possible source is the Middle Dutch word krickstoel, meaning a long low stool used for kneeling in church and which resembled the long low wicket with two stumps used in early cricket.
[3]According to Heiner Gillmeister, a European language expert of Bonn University, "cricket" derives from the Middle Dutch met de (krik ket)sen (i.e., "with the stick chase"), which also suggests a Dutch connection in the game's origin. It is more likely that the terminology of cricket was based on words in use in south east England at the time and, given trade connections with the County of Flanders, especially in the 15th century when it belonged to the Duchy of Burgundy, many Middle Dutch words found their way into southern English dialects.