Week 1 - Fielding Week 2 - Batting
Skills Warm up – Classic catches
Groups of 4. Students throwing the ball
to each other
diagonally/randomly/clockwise. Then
pairs throw the ball and partner is
facing away from them – turns to catch
the ball on cue. Throwing diagonally,
trying to hit the other ball and then
catch the ricochet - “classic catches”.
Drill 1 – Ss1.2 MP061 – Stage 1
Students in partners, trying to hit the
cone. Receiving partner must create a
‘long barrier’ with their leg when
fielding the ball.
Week 3 - Bowling
Warm up – Bat relay Warm up – Beanbag Toss
Students in lines. Students have a beanbag each and do
Pick up the bat, play a shot, run with the as the teacher says – various throws,
bat. catches etc.
Place it down.
Tag next person.
Drill 1 – Ss1.1 MP061 – Stage 2
Students in partners. Bowl the ball at
the stumps and step back if they’re
hit. Partners take turns.
Drill 1 – Ss2.1 MP061 – Stage 1
Students are in groups of 3 (4 if
necessary).
Batter hits the ball off the tee and
fielders stop it and throw it back.
One fielder can wicket keep if students
struggle to receive ball as a batter.
Students rotate.
Drill 2 – Ss2.2 MP065 – Stage 2
Students in groups of 3. Bowler,
wicket keeper, fielder. Bowler aims to
hit the stumps, wicket keeper catches
it, passes it to the fielder who passes

Drill 2 – Ss1.2 MP063 – Stage 2
Students are in groups of 3-4. Thrower
rolls the ball. Fielder picks it up and
has a shot at the stumps. Wicket
keeper catches/stops the ball and
passes it to the thrower. 4th student
can be an extra fielder. All students
rotate after each ball.
Rules, T&S –
it back to the bowler. Bowler gets 6
balls, then rotate.
Drill 2 – Ss2.1 MP065 - Stage 2
Students remain in groups of three.
Batters aim to hit the ball between the
cones.
Fielders stop the ball once it has passed
cones.
T&S – T&S –
Tactics & Ss3.2 MP068 - Assessing and refining
Strategy strategies to persist and successfully
perform new and challenging
movement skills and sequences
 Working as a team to field the
ball
 Trying different ways of fielding
the ball effectively
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Law 38 – Run out
Law 27 – The wicket keeper
Game Ss3.2 MP068 – Stage 4
Two teams of 4 per game. Bowler is on
the batting team. Pairs face 12 balls
each and then declare. Ball must be hit
within the ‘V’. Teams swap over and
batting team scores their own runs.
Ss1.2 MP063 - Proposing and applying
movement concepts and strategies to
perform movement sequences at
different levels using different types of
equipment
 Hitting the ball off the tee
 Running with a bat
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Law 17 – The over
Law 5 – The bat
Ss3.2 MP068 – Stage 4
Batting team takes turns to hit 6 balls off
the cones.
4 runs scored if ball rolls past last cone,
6 runs if it is on the full.
Batter runs around wickets for runs.
No fielding until balls have all been hit.
Ss3.3 MP069 - Proposing changes to
the rules and/or conditions to create
a more inclusive game or to allow for
a fairer contest
 Batters can only bat to 20 runs
 Every student gets to bat and
bowl
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Law 13 – The innings
Law 18 – Scoring runs
Ss3.3 MP069 Stage - 4
Continuous cricket – batter keeps
batting and running until bowled out
or 20 runs are scored. Bowler can
bowl as soon as ball is received. Each
batter gets a turn before change of
innings. 4 runs scored if ball rolls past
last cone, 6 runs if it is on the full.
New bowler every time a batter is
dismissed.
 Week 4
Skills Warm up – Gang-up dodge
One player is ‘it’ and tags other by
tossing a beanbag at them (below the
waist). Each person who gets it gets a
beanbag and is also it.
Week 5 Week 6
Warm up – Ball toss No Class
In partners, students toss the ball to
each other (underarm) and take a step
out each time it is caught. Come back to
the beginning once it is dropped.
Drill 1 – Ss1.1 MP061 – Stage 2
Groups of four. Wicket keeper, batter, 2
fielders. Batter aims for the gap in the
field and scores 4runs between the
black cones and 6 runs between the
orange cones.
Drill 2 – Ss3.2 MP068 – Stage 3
Teacher gives a scenario (left hand
batsman, very good at hitting
boundaries off bouncers). Students
place marker where they think they
should bowl the ball and aim to hit that
target off 6 balls. Wicket keeper
returns ball each time.
Drill 1 – Ss2.2 MP065 – Stage 2
Student ‘A’ hits the ball high with a
tennis racket and Student ‘B’ gets under
it and catches it. Student ‘A’ should warn
partner if they are in danger of a
collision.
Drill 2 – Ss1.1 MP061 - Stage 3
Groups of 4, one fielder stands behind
cones, one in front. Batsman aims to hit
the ball through the cones before the
fielders can stop it. 6 runs is scored if the
ball passes between the cones.
Rules, T&S –
Tactics & Ss3.2 MP068 – Applying movement
Strategy skills and strategies from other
contexts to generate a solution to an
unfamiliar movement challenge
 Scoring runs with a partner to
increase a team score
 Working together as a team to
field a long ball and get it all the
way back to the bowler
R–
Law 28 – The fielder
Law 33 – Caught out
Game Mini Cricket – Ss3.2 MP068 – Stage
4 Stage 4
3 teams of 4. One team is in fielders,
one is out fielders and the other is
T&S –
Ss3.1 MP067 – Understanding the
contribution of different roles and
responsibilities in physical activities that
promote enjoyment, safety and positive
outcomes for participants
 Playing in different position
 Maximum participation
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Law 1 – The Players
Law 7 – The Creases
Dual Pitch Cricket – Ss3.1 MP067
Two ovals, each team has up to 15
players (can have extra fielders or
batting. Each partnership faces 12 balls scorers if there is more students than
then swaps. After whole team has that). 11 fielders, 2 batsmen and 2
batted, all 3 teams rotate. batsmen padded up ready to go. Each
pair faces 2-4 overs depending on time
restraints. 3 run team penalty for
wickets. This game can run over two
lessons if need be.