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Cricket · Level 6

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5 sub-levels · 25 tests · 250 facts · updated 12 October 2026

Level 6 steps outside the men's international first XI to the wider world of cricket. How the game evolved: eras and turning points from Bodyline and the resulting Law change through uncovered to covered pitches, the eight-ball over, World Series Cricket and coloured clothing, the rise of the ODI, helmets, professional umpiring, the front-foot no-ball, the T20 revolution and its effect on Test batting, day-night Tests and The Hundred. The women's game as its own story: the 1973 World Cup, the road to professional contracts, the ICC's 2005 takeover, the WBBL and WPL, and where the women's and men's games differ and converge. The global game below the Full Members: ICC membership tiers, Ireland and Afghanistan reaching Test status in 2017, the T20 World Cup qualifying pathway, emerging sides and the ICC's development role. Governance and integrity: the members-run ICC, the Future Tours Programme, the Anti-Corruption Unit and the fixing cases, ball-tampering sanctions, the Code of Conduct and demerit points, the elite umpire panel. Cricket's culture and memory: Wisden and the game's record-keeping, the commentary and writing tradition, iconic grounds, honours boards and the Test cap, touring crowd cultures.

Sub-levels

Sub-level 6.1How Cricket EvolvedThis sub-level teaches the turning points that shaped the modern game — Bodyline in 1932-33 and the leg-side field restriction that followed; pitches moving from uncovered to fully covered and what that did to…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 6.2The Women's GameThis sub-level teaches women's cricket as a story with its own timeline — the first Women's World Cup in 1973, staged two years before the men's; the long amateur era and the shift to central contracts and full…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 6.3The Global Game Below the Full MembersThis sub-level teaches how cricket is organised beyond the twelve Full Members — the ICC's membership tiers and what Full Member status confers (Test cricket, a full vote, a larger revenue share) against Associate…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 6.4Governance and IntegrityThis sub-level teaches how the sport governs and polices itself — the ICC as a members-owned body run by its board and council rather than an independent regulator, and what that means for decision-making; the Future…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 6.5Cricket's Culture and MemoryThis sub-level teaches the culture and record-keeping that carry cricket's history — Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, published every year since 1864, and the game's unusually deep statistical record; the radio and…5 tests · 50 facts

Written from

ESPNcricinfo and its records, history and analysis sections; the Wisden Almanack for historical and cultural facts; the ICC's published material for membership tiers, the FTP, the Code of Conduct and the Anti-Corruption Code; official board and ground statements for institutional detail. Level 6 covers datable, named history and institutions, so every keyed answer is verified against these sources. Questions are authored from them, not reproduced from them.