The Cricket Universe makes cinematic films about cricket history — not highlight reels, but the machinery underneath: the court cases, the money, the empire, the myths, and the paper trail that proves all of it.
Every claim is verified against primary sources before a single frame is designed. When counts differ between sources, the film says whose count it is, on screen. When a document can't be photographed, we set its verified text as designed type and say so. When an image is a reconstruction, the caption discloses it.
Social feeds forget. This site doesn't. Every film we release is entered into the Archive with its date, its series, and a full written account of what the film establishes and where the evidence comes from. Entries never come down.
THE ORIGIN — five films on how cricket came into the world: the 1598 court case that is the game's first written record; the gamblers whose bets produced the Laws; the 1844 USA–Canada match, the first international in any modern sport; W.G. Grace, the empire and the first Test; and the 1882 fake obituary that named the Ashes.