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The equipment usually used in a game of backyard cricket are:
The equipment usually used in a game of backyard cricket are:
*Two [[Cricket bat|bat]]s, usually [[plastic]]
*Two [[Cricket bat|bat]]s, usually [[plastic]], or hand-made from a piece of fence paling, or other suitable scrabe being saved for the next barbecue.
*A [[tennis ball]]
*A [[tennis ball]], usually semi-bald, though sometimes new - see "Six and Out" below.
*Two sets of [[Cricket stumps|stumps]] (If bails are not included with the stumps, a stick is usually placed on the top of the stumps instead)
*Two sets of [[Cricket stumps|stumps]] (If bails are not included with the stumps, a stick is usually placed on the top of the stumps instead). 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, wheelbarrow, baby sister, anything that if hit on the full means the hitter is out.
== Rules ==
== Rules ==
*'''One hand one bounce''' is where a fielder has the opportunity to catch the batsman out if it has only bounced once, however they must catch the ball with one hand.
*'''One hand one bounce''' is where a fielder has the opportunity to catch the batsman out if it has only bounced once, however they must catch the ball with one hand.
*'''Tip and run''', also '''tippity''' and other names, is a rule when players must run every time they hit, no matter what the circumstances.
*'''Tip and run''', also '''tippity''' and other names, is a rule when players must run every time they hit, no matter what the circumstances.
*'''Six and Out''', a rule that "goes back to the ark", where a hit over the fence, or through the bathroom window, onto the roof, down the gullet of an unfriendly dog; or anywhere else where ball retrieval can be difficult, is given the score of 6 runs, but the hitter is "out".
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