Cricket

 

Some of the disabilities that participate in this sport are:

 

• Amputees
• Dwarf
• Hearing Impairment
• Learning Disabilities
• Cerebral Palsy
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Spina bifida
• Full use of their upper limbs
• A disability affecting all four limbs
• Limited mobility in their lower limbs
• Visual Impairment
• Severe Disabilities

 

Cricket is a bat and ball game which involves one team hitting the ball to try and score as many runs as possible without being dismissed, while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the other team's batsmen and limit the runs being scored. When the batting team has used all it's available overs or has no remaining batsmen, the roles become reversed and it is now the fielding team's turn to bat and try to outscore the opposition. 

 

Cricket can be played by numerous disabilities and they have made various adaptations to the rules depending on the impairment.

 

 

 

Table Cricket

For severe disabilities there is Table Cricket. This has been designed for people who struggle with some or all of the follwing impairments:

 

• Lack of Strength
• Poor co-ordination
• High or low muscle tone
• Poor perception
• Spasticity
• Athetosis
• Restricted growth
• Associated body movements after hitting
• Lack of power for depth
• Too much uncontrolled power
• Possible limited reaction to the ball
• Poor handgrip
• Restricted reach
• They are likely to miss a swing ball

 

For more information about cricket select one of the links below:

 

Disability Cricket 

 

Blind Cricket

 

Deaf Cricket

 

Learning Disability Cricket

 

Table Cricket

 

Staffordshire Cricket