Informal variations of cricket played outside of organized leagues
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Example of beach cricket being played at Cottesloe Beach in Perth, Australia. The bowler bowls to batter, while the rest field.
Backyard cricket, also known as bat ball, street cricket, beach cricket, corridor cricket, garden cricket, gully cricket (on the Indian subcontinent) and box cricket (in instances of shorter grounds), is an informal variant of cricket. It is typically played in various non-traditional venues such as gardens, backyards, streets, parks, carparks, beaches, and any area not specifically designed for the sport. Backyard cricket is commonly played in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Backyard cricket has connections to the pastimes of Australian, South African and New Zealand and English children who frequently lived on properties with large backyards, providing the facility to play this informal game of sport often with friends, family and neighbors.[1] In the South Asian region, backyard cricket is very popular.[2]
^McGrath, Steve. Bringing back a piece of the Aussie backyard (online). Australasian Parks and Leisure, Vol. 15, No. 1, Autumn 2012: 27–28. ISSN 1446-5604. [cited 14 Aug 14]. (subscription required)
^"The intensity of Gully Cricket Competition". Red Bull. 16 October 2016. The Indian subcontinent is crazy for cricket. It is by far the most popular sport here and everyone wants to play it. But given the high population density and lack of cricket grounds, one has to make do with whatever space they get. An improvised variant of the sport developed into what we now know as Gully (Street) Cricket.
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sister. He would frequently engage with his older brother in fierce backyardcricket matches, and by the age of 12 was already playing for Tamworth against...
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