When you have decided that you are going to play cricket then it is important that you decide in advance what are the cricket equipment that you need to get, if you are going to take the advice of a storekeeper then it is important to note that they consider that each and every cricket equipment is very much essential although the fact remains intact that there are some equipments that can be purchased at a later stage.
Some of the cricket equipments that are needed have been listed below along with their purpose:

• Cricket whites include the cricket trousers and the cricket shirt; ensure that you get a proper pair of cricket trousers and even a good white cricket shirt along with jumper.
• A cricket bat is a must buy component if you are intending to score runs and it is important that you spend some extra time to choose a good piece of bat.
• A cricket box is essential to provide you protection in the groin region, as beginners it is always important that you go in for this equipment
• The batting pads are important as they will protect your legs and these pads will make you feel much comfortable in the pitch. Ensure that the pads are easy to wear while you are purchasing them.
• The other piece of equipment that ensures that your hands are well protected when you are batting is the batting gloves. They are very much useful for the protection of your fingers also as a single hard hit can just rip your fingers and lead to a fracture.

Baseball gloves form a necessity in the baseball gear; there is no chance that you can play the baseball without the gloves. The first baseball gloves were worn by Doug Allison of the Cincinnati Red Socks in the year of 1870. His fingers and the hands were sore and achy so he wore a pair of the buckskin mittens so as to protect them from soaring and aching. This was the first instance in the baseball history initially it was not accepted properly and they made fun of him by saying baseball to be a man’s game but as time passed they realized the fact that they this was one of the basic necessity.

Baseball gloves first came as buckskin mittens that were half fingered, then came the gloves that were slightly padded. Finally there came the gloves that were in the form of specialized mitts for the catcher, first basemen and other positions. In the inception the gloves that came into were smaller in size, but in 1890s the gloves were made larger in size. The first gloves that were designed with the holes so that the player’s fingers could go inside, they did not look like the ones that we use present day.

It is known fact that cricket is considered as a religion in many countries, however thinking about the history of cricket is really long and it is played from time immemorial. The history of cricket dates back to the thirteenth century. It is important to note that the game of cricket was initially played by the children of the farmers and the metal workers near a small place called as Sussex and Kent. However it is important to remember the fact that the game of cricket was called differently by the name of krekett. It was from this time that the game of cricket became very popular. After this the game was played as tournaments like the “great cricket match” in the year 1697. In the eighteenth century the game of cricket was declared as an official sport.

It was one of the most popular leisure time activities for the elite crowd of the people. In the year 1859 the game of cricket was taken internationally. After eighteen year the English team traveled to Australia for playing the matches in Melbourne and here it gained immense popularity. However the popularity of the game increased tremendously with the introduction of the famous one day internationals in the year 1971. It was widely played in countries like Pakistan, Kenya, and Sri Lanka and of course not to forget in the list India. However the game hasn’t gained enough popularity in United States and still it is not declared as an official sport in United States of America.

Cricket is one of the most exciting and world renowned games and this article will inform about the multiple ways in which the fielding team can get the batsman out:

• Catch the ball after the ball is touched by the bat.
• Clean bold is another way in which the batsman can be out, after the bowler bowls and after that the ball hits and knocks the bails down.
• Another way in which they can hit leg before wicket in this case the ball hits the leg before it hits the stumps or in other words incase the batsman leg comes into the way before hitting the stumps.
• Stumped is another way wherein the batsman steps forward to hit the ball, he is out of the crease, and the wicket keeper hits the stumps.
• Run out is an interesting mode of becoming out wherein the batsman runs for scoring and he doesn’t reach the crease in such case he is declared out.
• Hit wicket this is an interesting wherein the batsman attempts to hit the ball but he hits the wickets before.
• Retired: in this case the batsman will voluntarily decide to end the innings inspite of the fact that he is not out but due to injury.