Vision Impaired Cricket ACT

If you have a vision impairment and you want to be part of a great team sport on a social or competitive level then

 

VISION IMPAIRED CRICKET MAY BE FOR YOU!

 

Vision Impaired Cricket is an outdoor sport slightly modified from the conventional game of cricket.

 

Teams consist of eleven players, including Partially (B3), Poor Partially (B2) and Totally Blind (B1) categories.

 

The ball used is made of plastic and coloured white. Inside the ball there are metal washers to give the ball an audible sound when bowled. All bowling is underarm. The bat used is the same as in sighted cricket.

 

You can check out their website at www.visact.org.au/sports/cricket/index.html

 

Contacts

Enquiries please click here to contact Stephen Fagg of VISACT Cricket.

 

History

Blind Cricket was first played in Melbourne in 1922. The game was then introduced to the other states of Australia. In 1951 the Australian Blind Cricket Council was formed following a visit by teams from Victoria and NSW.

 

In 1953 the 1st National Championships were held in Melbourne with Victoria, NSW, Queensland and Tasmania competing. The National Championships have been held every two years since that time. In 1971 South Australia joined followed by Western Australia in 1973 and the ACT in 2003.

 

In 1996 Australia joined the ranks of the World Blind Cricket Council which administers international blind cricket with the World Cup held every 4 years.

 

Coaching

VISACT Cricket provides coaching clinics throughout the year. Coaching clinics are held throughout the ACT, Monaro and Far South Coast region.

Blind and visually impaired children and adults are more than welcome to attend these clinics.

 

Contact VISACT Cricket or the Canberra office of Vision Australia for more details.

 

Local Competition

Currently there are approximately 16 playing members of VISACT Cricket.

YES! We are looking for new players from the ACT, Monaro area (Braidwood, Bungendore, Cooma, Cootamundra, Goulburn, Harden, Jindabyne, Taralaga, Yass) and Far South Coast (Batesman Bay to Eden including Bega).

 

So get in touch with us!

 

Cricket is played from October through to April at Kippax Playing fields (Holt) with bus trips to Albury, Goulburn, Sydney & Wollongong,

We play matches against NSW & Victoria as well as a series of social games.

 

Throughout the winter, cricket is played at the National Indoor Cricket Centre (Lyneham) on Sunday mornings.

 

National and International Competition

Vision Impaired cricket provides an opportunity for blind and visually impaired persons to represent their State and Country.

 

Vision Impaired cricket is played throughout Australia with the ACT joining the ranks in 2003.

 

Every two years the States meet to contest the National Championships.

 

International Blind Cricket is being played in the countries of Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka South Africa and the West Indies.

 

International matches including the World Cups have been conducted and continue to be planned and run on a regular basis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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