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.
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