The origins of cricket are debatable, but it probably derived from numerous games and sports involving hitting a ball with a bat or club (see History of cricket).
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The entire history of cricket in India and the sub-continent as a whole is based on the existence and development of the British Raj via the East India Company.
H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1926
It was described as "the most disgusting incident I can recall in the history of cricket" by then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Rob Muldoon.