Cricket
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Cricket is one of the two semesterised sports that I play at Newington. The season begins in term 4 and finishes half-way through term 1 of the next year. In Open's cricket, we train every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, as well as a strength and conditioning session on Wednesday morning. In terms of matches, we have a T20 competition at the beginning of the year competed between the AAGPS teams, as well as a one off T20 match against Trinity for the AJ Rae shield. After that, there are several trial matches, including games played during the school holidays, and then the competition season begins. The season is comprised of a mixture of 50-over one day matches and two-day matches. It's a huge committment, with our Saturday's being taken up from about 9am till 6pm, but it's certainly worth it, as there's no other sport like it. The sportsmanship, character and friendships it can build and improve are rivalled by nearly no other sport.
Cricket Experience Details
Planning Details:
There isn’t a great onus on the boys playing cricket to organise activities, but we do have to attend trainings on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, as well as games on Saturday. Please see the CAS calendar for details.
CAS Learning Outcomes:
Learning outcome 1: Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth
I would consider cricket in general to be a strength of mine and is something that I enjoy playing, but within the game, there are some aspects that I can improve. When I’m batting, I have a weakness playing balls on my leg-side, and so that is an area in which I can grow.
Learning outcome 2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process
What was challenging about this year’s cricket was that we were moving up a grade level from last year, with stronger competition and more competitive players, who were all wanting to win a premiership. This increase in difficulty of play would directly result in an improved proficiency across the game of cricket as a whole.
Learning outcome 3: Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience
This outcome is not relevant to this experience.
Learning outcome 4: Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences
Cricket is a game that requires a huge amount of dedication, with three training sessions a week and a game that goes from 9am-6pm. By just attending all the training sessions and the matches requires a large amount of commitment and perseverance to the CAS experience.
Learning outcome 5: Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively
You need to work collaboratively as a team to be successful in cricket. If there’s no team-work there is no way that you’ll achieve anything in the season.
Learning outcome 6: Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance
This outcome is not relevant to this experience.
Learning outcome 7: Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions
This outcome is not relevant to this experience.