Christiana Willes (later Hodges), the supposed bowler, inspired her brother John to adopt round-arm bowling during their ...

Source: AFP / Emmanuel Dunand, Getty Images A woman invented overarm bowling in cricket and the first ever world cup was played by women. Ironically though, cricket was always called a ...

The other team must get them out by bowling the ball overarm at the stumps, which are at either end of a 22-yard area called a wicket. Once the batting team is all out, the teams swap over and they ...

Cricket is basically a simple game - score more than the opposition. Two teams, both with 11 players, take it in turns to bat and bowl. When one team is batting, they try and score as many runs as ...