I am from Kenya and my first time here. What is cricket? i don't know anything?

[nissan_altima]

i just get to know yesterday there is world cup and that my country is taking part in it. i have never heard of this sport. What is it and how its played? Also where can i find information on how kenya doing so far in this new sport? i don't know anything at all
they dont show cricket on tv here and they dont tell in news anything about the world cup