An Introduction to Cricket PRESENTED BY: SHAH ZAFAR & Derek Perera Cricket Ontario OFSAA CONFERENCE May 11, 2018 Humber College, Etobicoke

Outline Brief History Rules Demo! Advanced Techniques

A Gentleman’s Game… Marylebone Cricket Club formed in London in 1787 The ‘Home of Cricket’

And A ‘Religion’ Fanatic levels of support India Pakistan Sri Lanka South Asia

BASIC RULES Similar to baseball ( ) 2 Teams: 11 players each Batting Team – bats an innings and scores runs Fielding Team – bowls and gets batting team out Reverse roles after an innings Team with most runs wins

EQUIPMENT BALL Protective Gear Helmet, Gloves, Pads,… BAT Wickets ≈ ‘Plate’ Stumps Bails Protective Gear Helmet, Gloves, Pads,…

FIELD Oval Field ≈ ‘Diamond’ Pitch in center ≈ ‘Inside Baselines’ No size restrictions, 100-160 yards across Pitch in center ≈ ‘Inside Baselines’ PITCH

BATTING & BOWLING CREASE

Players (Batting Team) Players (Fielding Team) Batsman (2) ≈ ‘Batter’ Striker ≈ ‘Home Base’ Non-striker ≈ ‘Other Base’ Bowler (1) ≈ ‘Pitcher’ Wicketkeeper = Catcher

WICKETKEEPER & FIELDERS & UMPIRE

Play: Scoring & Getting Out The Play: One ‘Ball’ Bowler bowls the ball to striker Striker tries to hit ball with bat Runs scored No runs scored Gets out

SCORING RUNS Running’ runs Ball remains inside the field Batsmen run across the pitch Striker ↔ Nonstriker Each crossing of pitch = 1 run Score 1, 2, 3 or 4 runs Boundary: 4 runs Ball rolls outside the field Batsmen do not run across Boundary: 6 runs ≈ ‘Home Run’ Ball flies outside the field Batsmen do not run across

Getting Out Bowled ‘Strike Out’ Ball hits stumps ‘Caught Out’ Fielder catches ball before it touches the ground Run out ‘Thrown Out’ Batsmen run across Fielder hits stumps with ball before batsman reaches batting crease Leg Before Wicket (LBW)- Striker does not hit ball with bat, Ball hits striker, Ball was going to hit stumps, Fielders Appeal to Umpire -“Howzatt !!”

OTHER WAYS Stumped Hit-Wicket Handled Ball Double Hit Timed Out Obstructing the field Only ONE batsman can get out / ball

Teaching & Organizational Skills 1. Selecting the Activity 2. Organization 3. Planning a session – The Start 4. Running a session – Communication 5. Running a session – The End 6.Manner and Appearance 7. Managing the Parents Breakdown of cycle to follow under next few slides.

Advance Techniques References MCC: http://www.lords.org/cricket/laws.asp BBC Sports Academy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/bsp/hi/Antony Hosking: http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking