Modified Games PDF
Modified Games PDF
Modified Games
- Batting team bowls, must give batters a fair chance to hit the ball
- Fielders stand out in the field; at least one must be inside the
triangle of cones and one must be wicket keeper
- Bowler bowls the ball, batter must hit the ball within the two
widest cones to be able to run
Scoring
LEST Learners
- Teacher to get students into even teams, sick/injured students can
be umpire/keep score
Equipment
- each game with need 1 wicket, 1 bat, 1 ball, 3 cones
Space
- Large playing area required
- If two games are running, set pitches up so that wicket keepers are
back to back and batters are hitting away from each other, this will
minimise interference.
Time
- 15-20min, multiple innings can be played
Organisation
(blue=batter,
red= wicket keeper,
green= fielders,
white= teacher)
play.
Fielding team stands in the field inside the area marked out by the
black cones.
Batter hits all 6 balls off the cones before the fielders are allowed to
field them.
Once all balls have been hit the batsman must run from the furthest
cone (cone on the right for right handers; cone on the left for left
handers) around the stumps and back to the same cone as many
times as possible, before the fielding team has placed all of the balls
Each lap around the stumps is one run, if the ball is hit through
bigger gaps
LEST Learners
- Teams should be even, roughly 6-8 on each team. Large classes
can have 2 games running at once
Equipment
- 2 sets of wickets, 6 balls, 6 kanga cricket cones/tees, 2 bats, 2
cones of one colour, 4 cones of one colour, 6 cones of one colour
Space
- Large playing area required
- If two games are running, set them up back to back so balls are
being hit way from each other
Time
- 15-20min, multiple innings can be played
Organisation
(blue=batter,
red= balls on tees
green= fielders)
- Batter hits within the outer blue cones and runs around the white
cone (once count for one run) as many times as is possible before
the bowler bowls again.
- Struggling batters can hit the ball off a tee.
Variations
LEST Learners
- Teams should be even, roughly 6-8 on each team. Large classes
can have 2 games running at once
Equipment
- 1 ball, 3 cones of one colour, 1 cone of another colour, 1 set of
stumps, 1 bat, set of wicket keeper gloves if desired.
Space
- Large playing area required
- If two games are running, set them up back to back so balls are
being hit way from each other
Time
- 15-20min, multiple innings can be played
Organisation
(blue=batter,
red= balls on tees
green= fielders)
KTP’s - Batting
- Step, stop, swing
- Fielding
- Get low, cup hands, fingers brush grass, eyes on ball
- Bowling
- “step, reach, roll, release”
4. Mini Cricket (Stage 4)
Instructions 3 teams
Team 3= Outfielders
keeper.
Batter is out if they are bowled, run out or caught (no lbw)
about whether or not to run once they have hit the ball
Extensions - Batters who struggle can hit the ball off the tee.
Variations
- Can add in the rule of ‘tip and run’ for more advanced
students.
LEST Learners
- Students are in even teams of 4 or 5, 3 teams per pitch/field
Equipment
- 2 set of stumps, 2 bats, 1 ball, per pitch
Space
- Large playing area required
- If two games are running, set them up back to back so balls are
being hit way from each other
Time
- 15-20min, multiple innings can be played, each team should have a
go at each role
Organisation
blue=outfielders
Green = Infielders,
bowler, wicket
keeper
Yellow= batters,
scorers