Aim 

Practice the batting skills to score runs as a team

Equipment Required

• 4 Bats
• 4 balls
• 2 tees/saucer cone and 4 stumps 

Play Area Set-Up

1. Divide players into 3 teams of 4 (ideally 12 per game, however, fewer / greater numbers can be accommodated
2. Team 1 bats, team 2 bowls/wicket keeps & team 3 fields (if only 2 teams one bat the other bowls)
3. Where numbers allow and a helper coach is present, have the next 4 to bowl as follows: 2 in the field, 2 practicing bowling to the side (rotate after 12 balls)
4. Use a marker as an additional base if teams have more than 4 players
5. Place 2 tees either side of the pitch and just forward of the batter

Activity Description

1. The bowling team bowls from X to the stumps at Y at all times.
2. Each bowler bowls 6 balls and then the bowling team rotate to bring a new bowler to the crease
3. If a ‘bowled’ ball is missed (& doesn’t hit the stumps) or can’t be reached, batter hits the ball from a tee of their choice
4. Only the hit ball is in play
5. Batters can be ‘out’ Bowled at Y, Caught or Run Out at any set of stumps
6. Batters rotate to next base if out, no runs are scored on delivery if a run-out occurs
7. When the batter hits the ball, all 4 batters must run in an anticlockwise direction to the next base.
8. Batters may run more than one base at a time
9. One run is scored for each successful run to the next base by all 4 batters
10. After all bowling team members have bowled 6 balls each team changes roles
11. The game continues until each team has batted & bowled and the highest-scoring team wins

Grade Level Progression 

1. Beginner bowlers should stand at the crease and bowl.
2. Advanced players may use a run-up