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Blind Cricket

Blind cricket is cricket for blind and visually impaired players with an audible ball, B1/B2/B3 classes, adapted team composition and much stronger communication in bowling, batting and fielding.

LevelAdaptive FamilyBat-and-Ball Family CategoryBall sport

Representative sports image for Blind Cricket — Paul Gillett · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Image source

Classification

Category Ball sport

Family Bat-and-Ball Family

Level Adaptive

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Blind cricket is adaptive cricket with an audible ball.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who want to combine cricket tactics, team communication and acoustic orientation.

Cost Medium: specialist ball and trained group are usually supplied by the club/federation. Club training, travel, protective gear and possible classification/federation costs. Blind-cricket club, cricket club with inclusive offer or blind/visually impaired sport federation. Clarify B1/B2/B3 rules and ball/communication standards before play.

First progress Acoustic ball tracking takes adjustment; simple batting/fielding roles become understandable quickly with coaching.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

audible cricket ball
bat
wickets
protection
marked field
coach
team communication

First steps

find blind-cricket group
learn ball sound
clarify B1/B2/B3 roles
play safe batting/fielding drills
practise short overs

Blind-cricket federation, cricket club with inclusive offer, blind/visually impaired sport club or para-sport day.

Play only with clear calls, protection and field organisation; demonstrate ball and running routes first.

Weitere Angaben

Tags variant, variante, adaptive, blind-sport, team, cricket, blind-cricket, ball-sport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Score more runs than the opponent and take wickets through bowling/fielding.

Teilnehmer

Teams of 11 with B1/B2/B3 classes.

Spielfeld

Cricket field with audible ball and adapted communication logic.

Wertung

Runs, wickets and overs as in cricket, with blind-cricket-specific adaptations.

Ausrüstung

audible ball
bat
wickets
protection

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

World Blind Cricket (WBC)
International Cricket Council (ICC)

International Blind Cricket Rules Blind Cricket England & Wales / World Blind Cricket · official-rules · high
Blind Cricket - A beginner's guide to coaching Blind Sports Australia / Blind Cricket Australia · beginner-guide · medium
Cricket Association for the Blind in India CABI · federation · medium
Blind cricket Wikipedia · reference · medium