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The T20 World Cup has been played every two years since its inauguration in 2007. There is also the Champions Trophy, which is played every four years, and was initially conceived to raise funds and increase the popularity of the sport in non-Test-playing countries. The biggest cricket tournament is the World Cup, played every four years in the ODI format. A series usually consists of several Test matches followed by ODIs and T20s. International Test matches are played during tours when one country’s team visits another country. South African cricketer AB DeVilliers wearing pink, AFP via. Although team uniforms change regularly in terms of design, South Africa started a trend in 2013 of ditching their traditional color scheme and playing in pink once a year to raise awareness for breast cancer.

ODIs and Twenty20 matches are played with the teams wearing their team colors. It is the shortest version of the game and takes about three hours to play. The most recent form of the game is the Twenty20 (T20) format, which was introduced in 2003.

The second officially-recognized format of the game is the One-Day-International (ODI), which was introduced in 1971. Test matches are played with both teams wearing white. Twelve countries are officially recognized as Test-playing nations. The oldest and most prestigious form of cricket is Test cricket, which is played over the course of five days. Cricket For the Uninitiated… England and Australia at the 2019 World Cup, via via Getty Images (Clive Mason)