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The traditional sport of cricket has been modified on numerous occasions
over recent years, catering for all kinds of skills and abilities.
One such modification is physically impaired cricket which will
be on display at Waitakere Cricket Club’s, “Have a Go
Day.” This will take place on Sunday, 9th October, between
the hours of 10 am to 1 pm at Waitakere Cricket Club, Te Atatu Peninsula
Park Neil Avenue, Te Atatu.
On this day everyone has the opportunity to have a go at some form
of the game including Table Cricket, Blind Cricket and Modified
Kiwi Cricket.
Modified action cricket games are simply versions of the conventional
game altered to suit the needs, interests, and/or abilities of the
players, and the time, space and equipment available with which
to play.
This can be done by simplifying the rules and/or applying various
conditions, altering the playing time by reducing the number of
overs and reducing the number of players in a team.
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Table Cricket is an intriguing adaptation played by
athletes with restricted movements. The game uses a table tennis top
(or an equivalent surface area), side panels with sliding fielders,
a ball launcher, a plastic ball and a wooden bat to simulate a game
of cricket.
The bowler uses the ball launcher and the fielders are in control
of the sliding side panels whose job it is to restrict the runs of
the batsman. Runs are scored when the ball is hit in-between the fielders
within the allocated two, four or six run gaps or either side of the
launcher for two runs. A batter, like in traditional cricket, can
be given out in various ways, including striking the ball over the
side or rear panels of the table, the ball hitting any part of the
batters fingers, hand, arm or body – which is Table Cricket’s
version of leg before wicket and if the ball touches any part of the
'caught out’ zone of a side panel the batters will be given
their marching orders.
Each team has six players and two reserves (substitutes). Teams can
be of either gender with an upper age limit of 19 years.
Table cricket has become a SportsAbility project and has developed
throughout Auckland, with interschool competitions. Attendance at
overseas tournaments is on the horizon including world championships.
All this is made possible by the continued support of Disability Cricket
by the Halberg Trust.
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