Cricket game Emoji

Activities

A wooden cricket bat placed behind a set of three vertical cricket stumps, known as wickets, with a small red ball sitting in front. This icon depicts the core equipment required for the sport of cricket.

Usage Context

Widely used to discuss cricket matches, professional leagues like the IPL, or recreational games played in the backyard. It is the go-to emoji for fans celebrating a wicket or a high-scoring innings. It is frequently seen alongside other sports gear like ⚾ or ⚽.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2015 as part of Emoji 1.0, this icon was introduced to satisfy the massive international demand for representation from cricket-loving nations in South Asia, the UK, and Australia, where the sport holds deep cultural significance.

Details

Glyph

🏏

Unicode

U+1F3CF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3cf:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFCF;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Activities

Subcategory sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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