PRIMARY SCHOOL CRICKET LESSON PLAN – MODIFIED CRICKET GAMES 2. KWIK CRICKET

EQUIPMENT/RESOURCES• Stumps• Cones• Balls• Bats

TIMINGS5mins-WarmUp40–50mins–AgameofKwikCrickettakesapproximately40-50minutes.Timecanbesavedbyreducingthelengthofanoverfrom6to4or5balls.

OBJECTIVES• Playersgaininganunderstandingof cricketmatches.• Applicationofcricketskills

PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES• IunderstandtherulesofKwikCricket• Iunderstandwheremystrengthsand areasfordevelopmentare.Batting bowling,fielding.

QUESTIONSQ – How can you change where you fielders are placed to reduce number of runs scored by the opposition?A – Wecouldhavethemoutintheboundaryforpowerfulhitterstopreventboundariesorincloserforbattersthatarehittingitmoresoftly.

OBSERVATIONSObserveallcricketskillsandrevisitpreviouslessonswhereapplicableHowaretacticsdeveloped?Getplayerstothinkabouttacticstheycouldemployduringthegameintimeoutsorwhilstwaitingtobat.

VOCABCricket•Over•Boundary

CRICKET SKILLS

•Batting

•Bowling

•Fielding

•Leadership

•Playingthegame

GAMERULES FOR KWIK CRICKET• Pitch-Twosetsofstumps16yardsapart• Team-8inateam• TheGame-Oneinningsperteam,eachinningstobe8overs long(6ballsinanover)

BATTING & SCORING• Battingteambatinpairswhoeachface2overs.Eachteam startswith200runs.• Eachtimeabatterisout,5runsaredeductedandtheother batterfacesthenextball.• Abattermaybeoutbowled,caught,runout,stumpedandhit wicket.(Thebatterwhoisoutdoesnotfacethefollowing ball)• ThereisnoLBWunlessthebatterdeliberatelyblockstheball withalegorfoot.• Runswillbescoredinthenormalway(boundariestobe decided)• 3runsawardedtothebattingteamforeachno-ballandwide bowledbutnoextraballunlessit’sthelast(8th)overwhenthe extraballhas• tobebowledagain.• Thebatterthatfacesthelastballofanoverdoesnotfacethe firstballofthefollowingover.

BOWLING & FIELDING • Eachplayeronthefieldingsidemustbowl1over.• Bowlingtakesplacefromoneend.• Playersonthefieldingsiderotatefieldingpositionsaftereach over.• Bowlingshouldbeoverarmwherepossible(theballmay bouncemorethanoncesolongasitdoesn’treachthebatter rolling)• Underarmdeliveriesmustonlybounceonce.• Apartfromthewicketkeeper,nofielderisallowedwithin10 yardsofthebatteruntiltheballishit.

THE RESULTTheteamwiththehigherscorewins

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