Differences between Cricket and Rounders:
Compiled by David Bulfin
Cricket:
1. Two teams of 11 players
2. All of one team on field at one
time--and 2 batters from the other
team
3. Playing area called the pitch
4. The bowler throws the ball and
must throw the ball over arm
5. Ball is thrown at speeds of up to
100 mph
6. A batter will have as many balls
thrown at him/her until he/she is
bowled out
7. A bowler can only throw one 'over'
(6 balls) in a row. Another bowler
then throws the next 'over'
8. The batter hits the ball from the
crease
9. To score a 'run' the batter has to
either hit the ball and run 22 yards
to swap positions with the other
batter, or hit the ball so that it
bounces over the perimeter rope of
the pitch = 4 runs ,or over the
perimeter rope without bouncing =
6 runs
10. Pitch:
Rounders:
1. Two teams of up to 15 players- max of 9
on the field at a time
2. All 9 of one team on field at one time-
and one batter from the other team
3. Playing area called the diamond or field
4. The pitcher throws the ball and must
throw the ball underarm
5. The pitcher does not throw the ball
quickly—a ball must be thrown to an
area between head height and knee
height--otherwise it's a ' no-ball'.
6. Each batter has to have at least one good
or 'fair' ball thrown at him/her
7. n/a
8. The batter hits the ball from home plate
9. To score a run the batter must either hit
the ball out of the diamond and run
around the bases back to home base (a
'homerun' = 1 run) or hit the ball and
attempt to run around the bases but stop
at one base before being tagged out
(if/when the next batter hits the ball, the
runner can continue running and attempt
to reach home base and thus score a
'run').
10. Pitch:
11. The person who tries to catch the
bowler's throws is called the
11. The person who tries to catch the
wicketkeeper
pitcher's throw is called the catcher
12. Cricket bats are usually made from
12. Rounders bats are made from willow
willow wood
but some made from @@@@
13. The batting team attempts to get as
13. The batters try to get as many runs as
many runs as they can before all
they can in 5 or 7 innings. An innings
ten batters are out or they run out
ends when the pitching team get 3 of the
of 'overs' (50 in One-Day Cricket
batters out. The n the batting team
or 20 overs in 20/20 Cricket)
becomes the pitching team & vice-versa
14. The Irish Cricket Union (ICU) –
14. GAA Rounders was included in the original
the governing body of Irish
GAA charter back in 1884, along with Gaelic
cricket – was officially founded Football, Hurling and Handball. Until 1958
in 1923, although its predecessor nothing was done to promote rounders in

had been active since 1890.
15. Cricket not part of the Community
games
16. There are around 90 cricket clubs
in Ireland (North+south) including
Ireland- since then competitions have been
arranged throughout Ireland.
15. Rounders is played at the Community
Games
16. There are 15 rounders clubs in Ireland-
none in Limerick

Limerick Cricket Club who play in 17. Well known Irish Rounders players are P,J
Kelly
the University of Limerick
17. Famous Irish Cricketers are – 18. Daniel Clerkin, Sean Hughes.
19. * Just like Hurling, Football, Ladies
Kevin and Niall O Brien, Trent
football and camogie rounders have
Johnson, Ed Joyce and Eoin
their own annual All-Stars awards
Morgan(who played for England
in the World Cup