Countries playing cricket at an international level

The teams with the status "test" (entitled to play test matches) are, in order of seniority, Australia, England, South Africa, the West Indies, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and, since 2000, Bangladesh. Kenya has the international one-day status. Although Kenya is not allowed to play test matches, just like the "test" countries, it does not have to play in the World Cup qualifiers PSL Live Cricket 2018. Other cricket nations are Argentina, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Israel, Namibia, the Netherlands, Scotland, Singapore, and the United States.

The governing bodies of cricket

It is at the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) that the historic role of cricket legislator comes back. At present, the International Cricket Council (ICC) governs international cricket. Each cricket nation also has sports institutions, responsible for selecting the national team and governing national competitions. These institutions are:

 • in England: the English and Welsh Cricket Board (ECB)

• in Australia: Cricket Australia (CA) • in South Africa: the United Cricket Bureau of South Africa ( United Cricket Board of South Africa, UCBSA)

 • in the Caribbean: the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)

 • in New Zealand: New Zealand Cricket (NZC)

• in India: the Office of Cricket Watch in India (Board of Control for Cricket in India)

Famous Cricket Players

• Geoffrey Boycott (England) • Sir Donald Bradman (Australia) • Kapil Dev (India) • Sunil Gavaskar (India) • WG Grace (England) • Sir Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) • Imran Khan (Pakistan) • Brian Lara (West Indies) • Harold Larwood (England) • Sir Garfield Sobers (West Indies) • Sachin Tendulkar (India)