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Pairs Cricket

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Let's Play

  • 10 children in each garden (pitch), divided into five pairs, to play 2v2v2v2v2
  • Each pair carries out the following activities in rotation: batting, leg-side fielding, off-side fielding, bowler and wicket keeper, umpire/scorer and coach – agree a fair way to rotate pairs
  • Each pair starts with 20 runs – lose 3 runs each time you are out
  • Score runs by batting and running between the wickets
  • Play for two overs – six bowls for each over, then rotate pairs
  • Score as a pair

Safety & Organisation

Ensure: 

  • surface is safe and free from obstructions
  • ‘gardens’ have large runoff areas between them
  • children keep the ball in their own ‘garden’, with batters hitting away from other ‘gardens’

Opportunities to

  • develop accuracy, control, balance, co-ordination
  • develop spatial awareness
  • co-operate with others and observe the conventions of fair play, equality and appropriate conduct
  • adopt and understand alternative roles – batter, fielder, bowler, wicket keeper, scorer/umpire and coach

Questions

  • How well did you work as a pair?
  • How did you help your partner?
  • What are you going to do to improve your teamwork next time?
  • Which activity were you most/least successful at?
  • What skills are you going to practise to be more successful at this activity next time?
  • How did you show fair play and good sporting attitudes?

Changes to the activity

Change the:

  • Space

    • boundaries
    • distance between the wickets

  • Task

    • way the ball is bowled
    • way the ball is hit, e.g. use a batting tee
    • rules in relation to hitting, e.g. if you hit the ball you must run
    • rules in relation to scoring – introduce fours and sixes, specific scoring zones, etc.

  • Equipment

    • different balls, bats, rackets, etc.

  • People

    • numbers playing e.g. have another pair of fielders