Target Cricket
Given the ongoing success of Table Cricket it is envisaged that this version could be just as successful by making the game accessible to the larger population of youngsters with a learning disability.
Target Cricket has now been adopted as the official England and Wales Cricket Board version of the game in appropriate contests for those youngsters with a learning disability who require ongoing support. Other more able youngsters (MLD) should of course participate in modified Kwik Cricket.
The game uses the traditional table tennis table and the established equipment for Table Cricket. In this version there are 'sliding targets' which indicate the value of the gaps in between the larger sliding fielders on the respective panels and, to give a focus for the batter, also act as targets. The following is a brief outline of the aim of the game.
- The batter must aim to strike the ball into a fielding gap or actually strike the target in the gap.
- The target is then reversed on the side panel and that area is no longer a 'live' scoring option.
- The fielders, in turn, bowl only one ball each to the batter and then they rotate one place so the next fielder bowls the next ball. This is so the participant's motivation level and focus can be constantly maintained.
