Anti Backyard Cricket

Thanks to India many people see cricket as fireworks, Indian dancers, 20 overs and aggressive shots. What happened to the good old days when cricket went for five days and one attacking shot was played every five overs? 20/20 is demolishing cricket. This is how Anti-Backyard Cricket was formed, as a form of rebellion against the terrors of 20/20. The rules are quite simple, pretty much the opposite of backyard cricket;

• Hitting a four is out, Hitting a six is not but you do have to go and get the ball.
  
• Any park objects such as swings, trees or bins act as fielders, if they catch you your out.
• If your dismissed first ball, too bad.
  
• You HAVE to bowl right after you bat
• Lunch and Tea will consist of two beers at least, in true blue Aussie fashion.
• Each batter has two innings.
• The person who get's a batter out is in, unless that person has already batted
  
• In the event of a catch, the catcher bats not the bowler.
  
• It is not tip and run
• Benefit of the doubt goes to the batter, not the bowler.
• Bowlers can bowl a maximum of 30 balls in a row before having to be replaced.
• No Autowicky.
• No way in hell is it one hand one bounce.

The aim is simple, to produce a long, high pressure game with quality stroke play and careful bowling as opposed to the slogging tip and run crap that is backyard cricket.

So now fellow Australians next time your playing cricket with a group of mates, don't play backyard cricket, play Anti-Backyard cricket.

*Rules are subject to a brief period of change*