Kilikiti

Originating in Samoa (English missionaries introduced their game of cricket in the early 19th century), it spread throughout Polynesia and can now be found around the world in areas with strong Polynesian populations.

Kilikiti is the Samoan and Tongan term for the sport of cricket and derived from English.

The sennit-wrapped wooden bat is modeled on the three-sided Samoan war club called the "lapalapa," which are based on the stalk of coconut fronds.

Bats are shaped to individual players' likings and can be over a meter long; because the striking surface of the bat is angled (just as the "lapalapa" club and the coconut frond stalk), the path of a hit ball is extremely hard to predict.

A kilikiti game is a multi-day community event full of singing, dancing, and feasting.

According to one source, the only universal rule is that the host team forfeits if it cannot provide enough food.

[11] The Counties Manakau Kilikiti Association is the main league for the sport in New Zealand.