Backyard cricket

Improvised family and street cricket with house rules such as tip-and-run and one-hand-one-bounce.

How it is played

Improvised family and street cricket with house rules such as tip-and-run and one-hand-one-bounce. A summer-holiday tradition.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Australia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Age of Contact and Craft (about 1500 to 1800), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Pacific and Oceania.