Table Cricket
To the able bodied observer, the adapted tasks in Table Cricket will appear quite easy. However to young people with impairments, including co-ordination and perceptual difficulties, it is quite a challenge to strike the ball with control and score runs in a consistent manner.
Table Cricket is a developmental game for young people, traditionally for the age range seven to 19 years, in which the players should be able to take up the sporting challenge and become involved in the spirit of the game by learning different procedures, terminology and basic tactics.
To simulate a game of cricket the game uses:
- a table tennis top (or an equivalent surface area)
- side panels with sliding fielders
- a ball launcher
- a plastic ball
- a wooden bat.
Each team begins with a total score and has runs deducted if a wicket is lost. An individual innings lasts for two overs, and batters have to judge where best to strike the ball to obtain two, four or the optimum six runs.
