CRICKET UNIT PLAN

Time ACTIVITY Modifications

WEEK 1

Catching and Relay with tennis ball - put ball down

throwing halfway and next person underarm
throw
Warm Up
Tag ball with tennis ball

SKILLS Caterpillar catch

- Throw in a zig zag and run to
end after last ball

SKILLS Target practice

- Students to try and hit the
target

GAME Continuous Cricket in pairs

Split class Students bowls underarm and

into 4 groups batters hit then run - as soon as ball
and have two is back you can bowl again.
groups play Runners need to time running so
eachother they dont get bowled out
2 TEAMS - pairs within team

GAME Team Rapid Fire pairs

Split class |||

into 4 groups XX X ^ ^ XXX
and have two XX X ^ ^ XXX
groups play XXX ^ ^ XXX
eachother XXX ^ ^ XXX
|||

WEEK 2 Beat the ball

Long ball Cricket KG version
BOWLING - 2 teams
- Three cones with ball on top
WARM UP of each
- Three batters step up and hit
into playing field
- Run to safe zone at the end
of the court
- Can choose to run back or
wait
- Fielding team get every ball
back on cones before runners
 get back over the line
- No more than 5 people over
the line
- 3 and out
- Considered out if youre still
in the playing field when the
balls are all back on the
cones

Rock n Practice rock and bowl to wickets in

Bowl pairs

Bowling to wickets - Line and

Line and Length
Length

Games
Three tee hit

Where to
run

Paired Set up 2 games of max 12 people

Cricket Each batter should face 6 bowls each
SCORING (SHEET IN DRIVE)
 - Batting runs + bonus runs
Bowling - 4 runs for a wicket bowled and caught
Fielding - 4 runs for a catch or throw to stumps for
run out

OVERS 1&2 3&4 5&6 7&8 9&10 11&12

Batters 6 5 4 3 2 1
Bowler/Wicketke 5 6 3 4 1 2
eper

Umpires 1 2 5 6 3 4

Fielders 2,3,4 1,3,4 1,2,6 1,2,5 4,5,6 3,5,6

Quick Teams of 8
Cricket Batting and bowling team stay
in for 10 minutes
2 members of batting team
become umpires
Batters rotate after 3 balls
Batter moves to back of line and
umpire becomes batter

WEEK 3 Long Ball

Skill Continue bowling practice

Batting technique
Block and cover drive
Groups of 6 or so rotating around

Game Pairs Cricket

Quick Cricket