Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

The launch of Australian cricket”s Big Bash League may have served to highlight where the game”s headed at the pointy end. But, at another level, in the view of Revolver Cricket’s creators, it also offered a telling reminder of the role Revolver can play in its grassroots development.

To them, this was starkly illustrated by the inclusion of a game of Diamond Cricket on Brisbane Heat’s fan day program in the run-up to its opening Big Bash match against Sydney Sixers.

“With due respect, while we obviously recognise that games like Diamond Cricket have their place, we believe that, as a multi-tiered development tool, Revolver better represents the sort of future Australian cricket is looking to embrace,”” Revolver Cricket co-inventor Peter Thomson said.

“As such, had the opportunity presented itself, we would have loved to have been able to showcase the Revolver concept at a time when Australian cricket is entering an exciting and challenging new era.”

Thomson said many junior cricket coaches and PE teachers had made the observation that, in its most structured form, Revolver Cricket’s basic layout is very similar to that of Diamond Cricket. “But that, essentially, is where the similarity ends,” he said.

“Across our whole range of games – from fun, ‘freestyle’ schoolyard activities to competitive, scored team games – we would argue that, thanks to the unique dynamics that our revolving stumps create, Revolver Cricket is genuinely far more ‘inclusive'”.

“Also, in terms of developing all the disciplines, batting, bowling and fielding – and not least the running between wickets – Revolver stays absolutely true to cricket.”