Cricket, world's popular sport after football. The story.. By Romeo Nkenyi




Cricket was started in South East
England in the late 16th century.

The game became England's national sport in 18th century and from the 19th and 20th century, it expanded to other European, Asian and American countries.

International confrontations have been existing in cricket since 1884.

The game is made up of different genre. Test cricket was recognized in 1877.

Cricket is governed by the international cricket council (ICC) . The body is comprised of over one hundred countries and territories in membership, yet only twelve of them play test cricket.

The evolution of cricket in almost all parts of the world today as made the sports discipline gain popularity in pragmatism.

Cricket is ranked world's most famous sport after football (soccer).

Apart from the rest of the world, the practice of   cricket is now conspicuous in africa and Cameroon in particular.

The discipline is managed by national federations. 

The Cameroon cricket federation is one of them and it has been able to inculcate values of the game in to many Cameroonian youths,  who before then relied more hopes on football,  the country's king sport.

FECACRICKET is headed by Victor Agbor NSOH.



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