MISSION: CRICKET BLAST
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AN INTERVIEW WITH ALAN CURR In a country where most fields are reserved for baseball, another ball game has been growing strong. A sport called cricket, familiar to many from countries from the Commonwealth. We sat down to interview the man behind growing the sport to make Japan the land of the rising bat through an organisation called Cricket Blast. Connect: What is cricket and what is Cricket Blast? Alan: OK, well, cricket in essence is a game between two teams of 11 players where one team tries to score more runs (points) than the other. A simplified explanation can be found here. There are also three different formats of the game, lasting at least three hours, one day or five days respectively. There is a widely held view that it is an incredibly confusing sport (perhaps best illustrated by this deliberately complex explanation, but once you grasp the basics it is
quite easy to pick up. The key thing to remember is that it is better than baseball! Cricket Blast is a version of the game that has been simplified even further. We only play six-per-side and the format is incredibly flexible, the shortest version being completed in around 45 minutes. We are also making it totally inclusive, so all 12 players will have a chance to bat, bowl and catch the ball in the field. There can be a lot of standing around in a game of cricket, so in Cricket Blast we have tried to get rid of that and make the format as fast and fun as possible.
Although our target audience is 8-12 year olds, there is no reason adults couldn’t place this type of the game too. Check out Cricket blast!
Interested in reading more about Alan and Cricket Blast? Check out the full exclusive interview on AJET.net here.
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