Backyard Cricket.
Backyard Cricket is an Australian tradition - it's the game to play in summer with both your friends and family!
MATERIALS:
METHOD:
1. Set the stumps up about 6-10 metres apart. It can be the length of your backyard, and if the stumps are against the fence that is okay!
2. Choose your batter and bowler. If you have more than two players, you can have two batters and the rest of the players as fielders.
To make it fair, we suggest that you make sure that everyone gets the chance to both bat and bowl.
** NOTE: Backyard cricket is played just like normal cricket – but there are a few different rules listed below to make it fair.**
THE RULES:
1. Played between two teams of equal players - minimum one player on each side.
2. Whichever team scores the most runs after every player on each team has batted is declared the winner of the match.
3. Batsmen are dismissed if their wickets are dislodged or the ball is caught.
4. A one-hand-catch off a rebound from a wall or roof means the batsman's out.
5. Batsmen can't be declared out on the first ball.
6. Automatic wicket keeper and slips.
7. No Leg Before Wicket (LBW)
8. Kids can bowl underarm.
9. Six and out – over the fence or in the pool!
10. Break the window or damage plants- you're out!
11. One hand, one bounce!
12. If a pet catches the ball- you're out!
13. When a batsman reaches a pre-determined maximum score - retirement is enforced.
MATERIALS:
- 1x cricket bat
- 3 tennis balls, just in case you lose a few!
- 2 sets of cricket stumps, but wheelie bins and upside down buckets are also acceptable stumps for the game
METHOD:
1. Set the stumps up about 6-10 metres apart. It can be the length of your backyard, and if the stumps are against the fence that is okay!
2. Choose your batter and bowler. If you have more than two players, you can have two batters and the rest of the players as fielders.
To make it fair, we suggest that you make sure that everyone gets the chance to both bat and bowl.
** NOTE: Backyard cricket is played just like normal cricket – but there are a few different rules listed below to make it fair.**
THE RULES:
1. Played between two teams of equal players - minimum one player on each side.
2. Whichever team scores the most runs after every player on each team has batted is declared the winner of the match.
3. Batsmen are dismissed if their wickets are dislodged or the ball is caught.
4. A one-hand-catch off a rebound from a wall or roof means the batsman's out.
5. Batsmen can't be declared out on the first ball.
6. Automatic wicket keeper and slips.
7. No Leg Before Wicket (LBW)
8. Kids can bowl underarm.
9. Six and out – over the fence or in the pool!
10. Break the window or damage plants- you're out!
11. One hand, one bounce!
12. If a pet catches the ball- you're out!
13. When a batsman reaches a pre-determined maximum score - retirement is enforced.
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Here's famous Australian cricketer, Michael Clarke, explaining the rules and demonstrating how backyard cricket works! |
Source:
- Milo Australia and New Zealand (2013, June 13). Clarkey’s backyard cricket tips episode 1 - rules & tips Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ7YPgTecgk