Patent ID: 8926456
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a cricket derived game by a plurality of players, comprising the steps of: designating a playing area that includes a batting crease, a bowling crease, a bowling pitch and a plurality of predefined fielding zones; further defining the playing area by equipping the playing area with two substantially upright opposing side walls arranged substantially parallel to said bowling pitch and two substantially upright opposing end walls arranged substantially perpendicular to said bowling pitch, one of said end walls being located behind said batters crease, the other of said end walls being located behind said bowlers crease, each of said side walls and said end walls being marked with a plurality of scoring zones; equipping the players with a bat having a handle and a head, the head having a hitting surface; equipping the players with a ball; equipping the players with a target article, the target article being located behind the batting crease; and providing a set of rules including the requirements that at any one time a first of said plurality of players is a batter, a second of said plurality of players is a bowler and a remainder of said plurality of players are fielders each occupying a separate one of said plurality of predefined fielding zones and wherein points are awarded to each player as follows: wherein each of said plurality of players is exposed to an equal amount of balls bowled and wherein each of said plurality of players spends an equal amount of time batting, bowling and occupying each of said plurality of predefined fielding zones; actively playing the cricket-derived game on the defined playing area within the walls, wherein the plurality of players comprises n players, and the rules establish a rotation sequence for the players, the rules including the requirements that each of said plurality of players is assigned an ordinal number from 1 to n, and the game comprises n−1 numbered plays, each play comprising n numbered overs wherein: in each over of each play, the player assigned the ordinal number matching the number of the over is the player who bats; in the first over of each play, the player assigned the ordinal number equal to the number of the play plus one bowls and in subsequent overs in each play the player assigned the next successive ordinal number bowls, one being considered to be the next successive ordinal number after n; and each player not batting or bowling in the first over of each play is allocated to a particular fielding position and in successive overs each said fielding position is occupied by the player assigned the next successive ordinal number, one being considered to be the next successive ordinal number after n.