A Flash Outside the Off Stump

A Flash Outside The Off Stump

The true origins of cricket are lost in the mists of time but it probably began sometime in the Middle Ages, most likely in the hills of Kent, Sussex and Surrey. This episode looks at how an obscure rustic pastime was adopted by the aristocracy and transformed into the basis for fashionable social events involving enormous wagers.

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