Question

In cricket , who were amateurs and professionals?

Answer 1

Professionals get paid for playing their sport and for them it is their full-time job

Amateurs don 't get paid for playing, they do it when they are not working and because they enjoy it

Money is the basic difference between professionals and amateurs.

The history of professional and amateur sports people comes down to class. Usually professional athletes were from the lower classes because they competed for money, often bets! Amateurs tended to be those who didn 't need the money and could afford to play just for fun.