Home / English / When was cricket started in England? English When was cricket started in England? Posted on02/04/202105/04/2021 Updated on05/04/2021 500 years ago. Related posts: How is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick? Name some stick and ball games that you have witnessed or heard of. The Parsis were the first Indian community to play cricket. Why? The rivalry between the Parsis and the Bombay Gymkhana had a happy ending for the former. What does “a happy ending ” refer to?