[3] Many of the rules are adapted from cricket, but kwik cricket is played with a lightweight plastic bat and ball (for safety reasons), and plastic cones to mark the maximum width of a legally bowled ball.
The rules can be altered so that virtually any number of children can play in the time available, and the game can be made easier or more difficult by changing the physical dimensions of the pitch[4] (changing the width of the wickets, increasing the distance between the wickets, widening or narrowing the crease, pulling in or pushing out the boundary, etc.).
A base set of rules published for the Australian "Kanga Cricket" version in the 1980s was: 8-a-side is a good format to ensure all participants get involved and have fun.
This may also allow batters to face five or six overs per pair within a 60-minute game.
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