What year was cricket considered a sport?

Answer 1

First Class cricket has been around for around 150 years, possibly longer. This is what formed the basis of the English and Australian cricket teams (the first in international cricket), who's first international match was 1877. This could be the year you are after. (Note - Australia won this match by 45 runs)

Cricket was first played at the Olympics in 1900, between Great Britain and France (although the French team were short on players and henceforth some English players competed in the opposing team to make a contest). Great Britain won this match by 158 runs.

Since then many forms of cricket have been developed and tested, but the other two international formats - barring a few minor tournaments such as the Hong Kong Sixes - of ODI (One Day International) and T20I (Twenty 20 International) were adopted in 1971 and 2005 respectively.

it is worth noting that all initial matches in each format were played and won by Australia, with England loosing in two (Test and ODI) and New Zealand in one (T20I).