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| | *A [[Cricket bat|bat]]; usually wooden, [[plastic]], or hand-made from a piece of fence paling or other suitable scraps being saved for the next [[barbecue]]. | | *A [[Cricket bat|bat]]; usually wooden, [[plastic]], or hand-made from a piece of fence paling or other suitable scraps being saved for the next [[barbecue]]. |
| | *A ball; usually a semi-bald (although sometimes new) [[tennis ball]] is used. Balls may also be improvised from round objects made of plastic, foam, rubber, garbage or a cat. | | *A ball; usually a semi-bald (although sometimes new) [[tennis ball]] is used. Balls may also be improvised from round objects made of plastic, foam, rubber, garbage or a cat. |
| − | *At least one set of [[Cricket stumps|stumps]]; there are popular versions made from metal but, again, stumps may be improvised from objects like garbage bins, a tree, empty esky, box from slab of beer, empty tinnies (duct tape optional), outdoor chairs or grandma. The stumps can also be drawn onto a suitable wall or fence, or can be an appropriately size sheet of something leant on something. | + | *At least one set of [[Cricket stumps|stumps]]; there are popular versions made from metal but, again, stumps may be improvised from objects like garbage bins, a tree, box from slab of beer, empty tinnies (duct tape optional), outdoor chairs or grandma. The stumps can also be drawn onto a suitable wall or fence, or can be an appropriately size sheet of something leant on something. |
| | *Some kind of object to mark the crease, e.g a straight stick, a [[hat]], a drawn line (commonly with [[chalk]]) | | *Some kind of object to mark the crease, e.g a straight stick, a [[hat]], a drawn line (commonly with [[chalk]]) |
| | *"Fieldsmen". These are any objects that can be placed in suitable positions to act as fielders - the garbage bin, barbecue, peg basket, wheelbarrow, baby sister, anything that if hit on the full means the hitter is out. | | *"Fieldsmen". These are any objects that can be placed in suitable positions to act as fielders - the garbage bin, barbecue, peg basket, wheelbarrow, baby sister, anything that if hit on the full means the hitter is out. |