Back Yard Cricket

What is the best type of backyard cricket ball in your opinion

Get one of those "swingking" type balls as they are a bit heavier and you can practice against a swinging ball etc

A tennis ball is just fine.

tennis ball works for me. You get almost as much spin but no swing for fast bowling

gm swing ball

A very soft tennis ball

Tennis balls are useless. I grew up playing tennis ball cricket over a 17 yard pitch, meaning that the first time I played with a real cricket ball, at school, aged about 13, I was entirely unprepared for the speed of the ball. You can't learn to bowl with a tennis ball because it's too light and doesn't carry properly over the distance of 20+ yards and takes spin far too well, meaning the bowler is unprepared for the size of the extra tweak needed to get a real cricket ball to grip and turn. I would urge anyone playing in the back yard with their own kids to use something heavier and harder than a tennis ball as soon as the kids are old enough unless you are playing for nothing but pure fun.

There are things like swingballs and heavy tennis balls you can get if if a cricket ball isn't practical where you live.

Fair enough. My local sports shop stocks them and you can order them from plenty of online stores.

argos have them for flips sake

I guess there's no such thing as Argos stores in Oz. I wouldn't know the AUS $ price, but they're cheap enough - a swing king was under a fiver last time I looked.

for pure fun u cnt beat a tennis ball some stumps 15yrds pitch made of concrete or wood ie. decking and a couple of old tables or old pieces of boarding behind the stumps as slips and a keeper. 1 hand 1 bounce, 3 misses/leaves and your out. bowl as fast as you like if you want makes da game alot more fun!!!

incrediball

Swing balls are great to play in the back yard. Tennis ball really destroys your game, so never go near to this thing if you really want to be a cricketer.

Originally posted by shan Swing balls are great to play in the back yard. Tennis ball really destroys your game, so never go near to this thing if you really want to be a cricketer.

You have made my life worse.