Street cricket facts for kids

Street cricket in India

Street cricket or backyard cricket is an informal version of the game of cricket.

It is played in many countries by people of all types and ages. It is played in gardens, back yards, on the street, in parks, car parks, beaches and other places. The rules get adapted to local conditions.They play with bat or bat like wood and use any kind of ball like plastic, sponge, paper and others.

Overview

Street cricket sometimes uses rules from similar games, like baseball. For example, a batter who is not in a batsman's ground can be touched by an opponent holding the ball to be tagged out, or the opponent might put a foot on the wicket while holding the ball to run out a batter, which is similar to a force out.

South American versions

Bete-ombro

Bete-ombro is a Brazilian bat-and-ball game very similar to cricket. The main differences are that there are no 4s or 6s, and only the bat can be used to avoid runouts and stumpings. The wickets are often bottles.

Plaquita

"La plaquita" or "la placa" is a similar game from the Dominican Republic, which traditionally used license plates as wickets.

Bat-en-bal

Bat-en-bal is played in Suriname, with only one set of stumps.

Images for kids

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  Backyard cricket—an informal variant of cricket played in the bylanes of the Hyderabad city almost by all age groups.

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  In this example the tide is out and so the field of play is greatly increased.

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  Example of beach cricket being played at Cottesloe Beach in Perth, Australia. The bowler bowls to batsman, while the rest field.

See also

In Spanish: Críquet callejero para niños