seen occasionally. An interesting historical development of the legalisation of overarm was that for many years, 1864 was deemed to mark the start of "first-class cricket" which suggested that earlier cricket was "second-class". The 1864 origin has been strongly challenged: see also First-class cricket. References External sources Laws of cricket The evolution of bowling Further reading Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 7 (1861-1862), Lillywhite, 1863 Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 8 (1863-1864), Lillywhite, 1865 H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962 Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999 Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970 John Major, More Than A Game, HarperCollins, 2007 Cricket terminology Bowling (cricket)