Circle Cricket

Learning Outcomes

Develop skills the batting by hitting in specified directions & running between the wickets

Description Of Activity

There is one batter at a time with the remaining players acting as fielders and evenly spread outside the circle.

• The batter hits each ball from the batting tees in any direction and attempts to complete as many runs as possible between the stumps before both balls are returned to the tees by the fielders.
• The fielding side is not able to begin chasing the balls until the second ball has been hit from the tee. After each batter has had a turn the fielders rotate.
• The batter must wait until the fielders resume their position before they can hit the ball. No fielders are allowed in the area between the batter and the tees. Move through the batting order twice to ensure each battery has 2 turns at batting.

Variations

1. Shorten or widen the play area to increase batting & fielding complexities.
2. Include hitting a particular target as part of batting to get an additional run
3. Have a bowler bowl to the batsman instead of using a tee

Equipment/Material Required

• 2 Saucer cone/tees
• 2 stumps
• Marker cone
• 1 bat & 2 balls per game (8 10 players)
• Set-Up

1. Form a circle with markers around the playing pitch.
2. Have two tees/saucer cones on the batting crease on either side of the stumps.