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Cricket · Level 4

Intermediate

5 sub-levels · 25 tests · 250 facts · updated 6 September 2026

Level 4 is cricket as a professional sport played around a calendar. International structure and the calendar: Full and Associate membership, the World Test Championship cycle and its points, the ICC rankings for the three formats, bilateral series and the Future Tours Programme, how a tour is built and how a side qualifies for a global event. Global events: the ODI World Cup, the T20 World Cup, the Champions Trophy, the World Test Championship final and the Women's and Under-19 World Cups, their formats and how a team wins the title. Domestic and franchise cricket: the County Championship, the Sheffield Shield, the Ranji Trophy and The Hundred, the IPL, BBL, PSL and CPL, first-class against List A against T20 and the draft against the auction. The history of the game: origins and codification, the first Test in 1877, the origin of the Ashes in 1882, the throwing crises, World Series Cricket, the arrival of the ODI and of T20, South Africa's isolation and readmission and the major Law changes over time. Records and statistics: how the averaged measures are computed and the landmark records of the international game.

Sub-levels

Sub-level 4.1International Structure and the CalendarThis sub-level teaches the two tiers of ICC membership and what each allows a men's team to play; the World Test Championship, its two-year cycle, the series each side plays and how the table is decided by percentage…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 4.2Global EventsThis sub-level teaches the men's ODI World Cup and its format and history; the men's T20 World Cup and how it differs from the ODI event; the ICC Champions Trophy and the World Test Championship final as the game's…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 4.3Domestic and Franchise CricketThis sub-level teaches the three domestic playing categories, first-class, List A and Twenty20, and how they relate to a Test, an ODI and a T20I; England's County Championship and its promotion and relegation, and…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 4.4The History of the GameThis sub-level teaches the game's origins and the 1744 codification of the Laws, and the MCC's continuing role as their custodian; the first Test match in 1877 and the origin of the Ashes in 1882; the Bodyline series…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 4.5Records and StatisticsThis sub-level teaches how batting average and strike rate are calculated and what each one rewards; how bowling average, economy rate and bowling strike rate are calculated and what each one rewards; cricket's…5 tests · 50 facts

Written from

ESPNcricinfo and its records section, the ICC's published playing conditions and event formats, and recognised cricket history references (Wisden, the MCC and standard histories of the game) for dates, records and competition structure. Level 4 is the competitive game rather than the Laws or the craft, so facts are datable and checkable and every keyed answer is verified against these sources. Questions are authored from them, not reproduced from them.