PLAYERS from across the region are coming to Exeter to compete in the specially adapted version of cricket which gives those with severe physical or learning disabilities the opportunity to experience the excitement of sport.
The Sir Christopher Ondaatje Devon Cricket Centre, on the University of Exeter's Streatham Campus, is preparing to welcome 100 children to the South West Table Cricket competition on May 15. Teams of six to eight players compete on a table-tennis table sized playing surface, with the batsman using a smaller wooden bat to hit a plastic ball that is rolled instead of bowled. Runs are scored by the ball hitting special targets on the side wall with the opposition team using "sliding fielders" to prevent this from happening.
Exeter is the last of 10 regional heats that have taken place across the country, prior to the prestigious finals event at Lords in June.
Devon Cricket, who are partners of the University of Exeter Sports Office, are helping to oversee the running of the event and hope that it will inspire a generation of table cricketers.
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