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In both soccer and cricket ranking all the teams that exist from best to worst is not important. Rather there are lots of different events/tournaments that teams play in. These events can get countries closer to each other. One example is the Ashes event which is a test match of England vs Australia. This test started when Australia started getting into cricket and there were no other countries besides the two that played it. Australia one the match and someone from the English side said that it was the end of cricket for England as it was invented in England so they should have one. The burned one of the bails from the wickets and put it into an urn and gave it to the Australian side. Now this has become a tradition and has created great connection between the two countries.

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History of Soccer:
The first inhabitants of Australia played ball games some of which involved kicking a possum-skin ball in the air. Those who arrived in the early nineteenth century brought their own ball games with them. Reports of small-sided, predominantly kicking games for money or other prizes are reported long before the first local set of extant rules for the Melbourne Football Club were written in 1859. Those rules were very similar to the Cambridge University rules of 1845, and those of John Hope’s club in Edinburgh of 1824.

History of Cricket:
Cricket has been played in Australia for over 210 years. The first recorded cricket match in Australia took place in Sydney in December 1803 and a report in the Sydney Gazette on 8 January 1804 suggested that cricket was already well established in the infant colony.

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Both sports are team sports. Therefore, people playing represent their countries/ areas and this helps connect people to their country and connect to the people from their country. People may not know each other but they come together to root for their country.

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Both sports originated in England. Cricket was found in England around the 16th century and the earliest form of modern soccer was seen around 1860.

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The main countries in which cricket is played/is most popular are Australia, England, India, West Indies, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, South Africa, and Afghanistan.

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Some countries where soccer is most popular in Brazil, France, England, Argentina, Italy, and Spain. In total, there are 32 countries playing in the FIFA world.