Cricket is among the 10 most popular sports in the world, with approximately 125 countries playing the sport. Originating in England, the game of cricket spread throughout the British Empire and remains incredibly popular in England, South Africa, the Caribbean, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand.

Test cricket, the original form of cricket, is played over five days and can often end in a draw. The most famous and important Test series is undoubtedly The Ashes, a five-match series between England and Australia that began in 1882.

Limited overs cricket with 50 overs per side began in 1963, with the first international played in 1971 and the first Cricket World Cup taking place in England in 1975. A new form of limited overs has had an immediate impact in recent years, with the rise of Twenty20 increasing the popularity and growth of cricket across the world.

Many famous cricketers have become part of the psyche of a nation. Australia's Don Bradman is widely considered the greatest player of all time, but every cricketing nation has a host of heroes. Wasim Akram of Pakistan, Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, Brian Lara of the West Indies, Ian Botham of England and the Little Master himself, Sachin Tendulkar of India, just to name a few.

At Freetips.com, we provide regular cricket tips including head-to-head, run-scorer, most runs, innings/matches and total 6 matches for major cricket competitions.

We cover Test matches, limited-overs international tournaments like the Cricket World Cup and T20 World Cup, not to mention the Indian Premier League, with cricket in India bigger than anywhere else on the planet.

We have one mission at FreeTips.com: to provide expert-researched cricket tips that you can use to consistently win your cricket bets.