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1. Cricket originated in England and wherever the English colonized countries, they brought their game. Have your students find out in which countries around the world cricket is played. How many countries are members of the ICC?. The following link will take you to a page that lists countries that are full members, associate members and affiliate members. (This page has a large number of cricket-related links. You will need to scroll about halfway down the page to find countries that play cricket. http://www-uk5.cricket.org/link_to_database/MEDIA/INTERNET/VL/index.html

2. Take a poll to find out which students in your class play cricket. See whether these the majority of these students fall into any particular group - eg mainly anglo, mainly male etc. Take another poll to find out which students in your class have never played in a cricket match. Again see whether these students fall into a particular grouping. Chat with your students about their reasons for having or not having an interest in cricket.

3. Create a cricket 'panel of experts' from those in your class who frequently play the game. The panel should sit at the front of the class. Have each member of this panel give a 2 minute talk explaining a different aspect of the game. (It's a good idea to allow the panel some time to confer and decide what each will say.) The class can then ask the panel questions about the game. Any questions the panel can't answer are written up on the board.

Have your students use a cricket search engine to try to find the answers to the questions that were written on the board. http://www.CricketSearchEngine.com/ is one search engine they could use.

4. Take your class outside for a game of cricket. On returning to the classroom, have a discussion about the game. Which positions did people prefer - batter, fielder, bowler, wicket keeper etc and why? What were some of the fun things about the game? What were some of the difficult and scary things?

5. Read Nips XI to your class as a daily serial, discussing the characters, their families and the issues that arise as you progress. These might incude issues such as multiculturalism. What is the aim of multiculturalism? Rule 3 columns on the board. Hold a class brainstorm of the kinds of activities that are run to promote multiculturalism. List them in the first column. Head the 2nd column 'Advantages' and the 3rd column 'Disadvantages'. Now discuss and list beside each activity the potential advantages and disadvantages of running it.

6. There was a time when the game of cricket was more than just a sport. It embodied the values of 'the English gentleman'. Brainstorm with the class what they think these values might have been. (Eg curtesy towards competitors [shaking hands before and after the match and applauding a good shot by the opposition] gracious acceptance of the umpire's decision, display of good grace when confronted by both good and bad fortune  [being neither gloating winners nor tantrum throwing losers] etc.) Discuss with the class the saying, 'It's not cricket'. What does the saying mean? When do you think the saying originated? Why do you think that saying is not heard much these days? Have your class debate the statement: 'Sledging is an acceptable part of sport.'

7. Feel free to also expand upon and any of the Student Challenges in the Nips XI Quest, and tackle them as whole class projects.

 

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