About Cricket and it's instrument

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Cricket is a bat and ball team sport that is first documented as being played in Southern England in the 16th century.The national sport of England is cricket. The mid-19th century the first international matches were being held.Today, the game's governing body,the international cricket council(ICC),has 104 member countries.Cricket is widely regarded as the world's 2nd most popular sports. Pitch: The pitch is 22yd(one chain) long between the wickets and is 10 feet(3.0m) wide. It is a flat surface and has very short grass that tends to be worn away as the game progresses. wicket:Each wicket consists of three wooden stumps placed in a straight line and surmounted by two wooden crosspieces called bails; the total height of the wicket including bails is 28.5 inches(720mm) and the combined width of the three stumps is 9 inches(230mm). Bat:The bat is made by wood(usually white willow) and has the shape of a blade topped by a cylindrical handle.The blade must not be more than 4.25 inches(108mm)wide and the total length of the bat not more than 38 inches(970mm). Ball:The ball is a hard leather-seamed spheroid with a circumference of 9inches (230mm). the hardness of the ball,which can be delivered at speed of more than90 miles per hour. Umpires:The game on the field is regulated by two umpires, one of whom stands behind the wicket at the bowler's end,the other in a position called square leg,a position 10-12 metres to the side of the on strike batsman. They take decision like out,waid, no ball,giving sixer and four, etc. Of the field and in televised matches, there is often a third umpire who can make decisions on certain incidents with the aid of video evidence. These matches also have a match referee whose job is to ensure that play is within the laws of cricket and the spirit of the game. you know better about cricket game than me, please known to me.