| Cricket, the 'wonder sport', is one of the fastest | | | | · South Africa. |
| evolving games in the world today. It's custodians, | | | | · Australia. |
| namely the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the | | | | · New Zealand. |
| Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), set the laws for this | | | | · India: Before India's partition of 1947, the Indian |
| ever evolving sport which has the support of close | | | | team comprised of players also from the now |
| to 3 billion fans all over the world. Today, it is played | | | | Pakistan and Bangladesh. |
| in various formats ranging from Test Cricket, One | | | | · West Indies: This team comprises of players from |
| Day Cricket (ODI), Twenty20 (T20), Inter Cricket, | | | | the Caribbean nations and its dependencies. |
| Indoor Cricket, and the Kwik Cricket. | | | | · Pakistan: Prior to Bangladesh's independence in |
| Of these, Test cricket is the longest form of the | | | | 1971, the Pakistan team consisted of some |
| game played between Test playing teams. The ICC | | | | Bangladesh players too. |
| has conferred the 'Test Status' upon a cricket playing | | | | · Zimbabwe: This team was suspended from playing |
| country or a group of cricket playing countries. The | | | | Test cricket between the 10th of June 2004 and the |
| teams not conferred with the test status are allowed | | | | 6th of January 2005 and has been currently |
| to play only a shortened version of cricket. | | | | suspended since 18th January 2006. |
| Today, there are 10 Test playing teams of which a | | | | · Srilanka. |
| majority is individual nation. The 10 Test playing | | | | · Bangladesh. |
| teams eligible to play test cricket are: | | | | Kenya, a probable candidate for Test status in 2003, |
| · England: This team comprises of players from | | | | has the likelihood of being replaced by Ireland in the |
| England and the Wales. | | | | near future. |