Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Backyard cricket
A cursory search shows a large number of reputable sources mentioning backyard cricket (see here: https://www.google.com/search?q=backyard+cricket&es_sm=93&biw=1920&bih=955&tbm=nws&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=1kCWVbvNComvggTa6oH4BQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoBA&dpr=1#tbm=nws&q=%22backyard+cricket%22 ). The references located at Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series satisfy  for beach cricket, which is just backyard cricket played on a beach. Between the casual mentions in a huge number of sources and the notability of beach cricket, which is essentially the same thing as backyard cricket, I'd say this is certainly notable. The edits by {{U|Shankar Sivarajan}} definitely make this article more encyclopedic than it was, and further cleanup can better this article
— User:BU, 08:04, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)