Year 9+ Cricket Unit – 6 Fully Planned Lessons

Year 9+ Cricket Unit – 6 Fully Planned Lessons

Game-Based • Tactical • Competitive • Assessment-Ready

A complete 6-lesson cricket unit designed for Year 9 and above, built around structured match play, tactical understanding and real decision-making.

This unit moves beyond basic skills and develops students’ ability to:

Apply batting technique under pressure

Bowl with control and purpose

Anticipate and back up in the field

Understand space and field positioning

Communicate and make tactical decisions

Perform in competitive match conditions

What Makes This Unit Different?

This is not a drills-based cricket scheme.
It is built around small-sided games and structured match play, ensuring high engagement and meaningful learning.

Students progressively move from:

Tactical batting and placement

Bowling accuracy and control

Advanced fielding and anticipation

Batting under pressure scenarios

Simple tactical awareness (using space effectively)

Proper 7-a-side competitive cricket match with assessment focus

By Lesson 6, students are playing a structured 7-a-side cricket match (max 7 per team) with clear roles, overs, scorecards and performance assessment.

What’s Included

✔ 6 fully written lesson plans
✔ Clear teaching points and success criteria
✔ Warm-up games linked directly to lesson focus
✔ Small-sided cricket games (Paired, Diamond, Scenario-based)
✔ Proper 7-a-side match structure
✔ Official-style match scorecards
✔ Teacher assessment grids
✔ Non-participant observation tasks
✔ Reflection sheets

Everything is ready to print and teach.

Designed For

Year 9 and above

Mixed ability classes

Schools wanting more structure than “just play a match”

Departments building towards competitive fixtures

Teachers who want tactical development without over-technical language

Why It Works

Simple organisation

Clear rotation systems

One main game per lesson

Tactical understanding made accessible

Competitive but controlled environment

Assessment built in

This unit works as:

A stand-alone Year 9+ cricket block

A progression from lower year groups

Preparation for GCSE PE practical performance

A structured competitive summer term unit

A high-quality, progressive cricket unit that builds confidence, decision-making and competitive match play – without unnecessary complexity.