cricket
team sport played with a bat and ball
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cricket
Summary
cricket is a type of sport[1]. cricket ranks in the top 0.23% of type_of_sport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52,689 views/month, #1 of 435).[2]
Key Facts
- cricket's instance of is recorded as type of sport[3].
- cricket is a type of team sport[4].
- cricket is a type of ball game[5].
- cricket is a type of bat-and-ball game[6].
- cricket's Commons category is recorded as Cricket[7].
- cricket's Unicode character is recorded as 🏏[8].
- cricket's country of origin is recorded as England[9].
- 1909 marks the founding of cricket[10].
- 1599 marks the founding of cricket[11].
- cricket's authority is recorded as International Cricket Council[12].
- cricket's official website is recorded as http://ICC-Cricket.com[13].
- cricket's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cricket[14].
- cricket's Commons gallery is recorded as Cricket[15].
- cricket's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Cricket[16].
- cricket's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
- cricket's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
- cricket's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
- cricket's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
- cricket's different from is recorded as croquet[21].
- cricket's uses is recorded as cricket ball[22].
- cricket's uses is recorded as cricket bat[23].
- cricket's uses is recorded as wicket[24].
- cricket's practiced by is recorded as cricketer[25].
- cricket's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[26].
- cricket's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27].
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Definition and Type
cricket's instance of is recorded as type of sport[3]. Recorded subclass of include team sport[4], ball game[5], and bat-and-ball game[6].
Origins
Recorded inception include 1909[10] and 1599[11].
Why It Matters
cricket ranks in the top 0.23% of type_of_sport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52,689 views/month, #1 of 435).[2] cricket has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] cricket is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]