Mark your space
Mark it once. Every card in cricket starts from this space and adds what it needs.
The space
A strip about 10 m long and 2 m wide (a pitch length for young children is shorter than a full 20.12 m). A wall or a bucket as stumps at one end; a bowling mark at the other; a throwing zone kept empty; a marked scoring zone for the batter (1 run near, 4 runs far).
Where it fits: lane, terrace, park, school ground, village ground.
Mark in this order
- The stumps (bucket, bottle or a set of stumps)
- The batting crease 1 m in front
- The bowling mark
- Two cones as a "gate" a bat's width in front of the stumps
Chalk or tape is enough. Tick each mark as you make it.
Practice kit first
A tennis ball, a sponge or soft cricket ball; a plastic or wooden bat; a tee, stacked cones or a paper cup with sand in it.
A hard ball only with a helmet and a coach.
Safety
Tennis balls or softer balls for young players; helmets for batters facing a hard ball; nobody stands behind a swinging batter; the throwing lane empty.
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