Backyard cricket, also known as bat ball, street cricket, beach cricket, corridor cricket, garden cricket, gully cricket and box cricket, is an informal variant of cricket. It is typically played in various non-traditional venues such as gardens, backyards, streets, parks, carparks, beaches, and any area not specifically designed for the sport.
In backyard cricket, gully cricket is an informal form of cricket played in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Example of beach cricket being played at Cottesloe Beach in Perth, Australia. The bowler bowls to batter, while the rest field.
Backyard cricket—an informal variant of cricket played the Hyderabad city almost by all age groups.
Gully cricket in a remote Himalayan village of Himachal Pradesh, India; rocks and sticks are often used as wickets
In this example the tide is out and so the field of play is greatly increased.
Tennis ball cricket (Softball Cricket) is a variant of cricket played using a tennis ball. It is popular in the Indian subcontinent and is also played in Middle-East, United States, Canada, Australia and Europe. A tennis ball is easier to play with compared to a conventional hard cricket ball and is also less likely to cause injury. There is no definite record as to when this originated in the Indian subcontinent.
A training tennis ball
Tennis ball cricket is often played without protective gear and other make shift items such as using stones for stumps
Tennis ball cricket is often played on streets
