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Walking Cricket

Walking cricket is a modified version of the sport where participants are required to walk rather than run during the game.

Origins

The Origins of the sport remain somewhat disputed [letter to guardian]. One of the earliest documented mentions of an organised version of cricket which prohibits running, dates from 2014 when taster sessions were set up in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. [Mature Times, 2014]. These were set up by early pioneer, Darren Talbot who records [Cricketer] that he took inspiration from seeing a news segment featuring walking basketball (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuhNkPzgyOk&t=2s)

In 2017 The U3A started offering walking football among to its members [https://www.u3a.org.uk/members-area/subjects/walking-football], where another early proponent, Mac McKechnie, found it too energetic: he was recovering from sepsis. An ex-cricketer himself, he developed a working version of walking cricket and the first U3A session was offered in Barnsley in January 2019. [Guardian]. Subsequently the Yorkshire Cricket Board met with U3A to further promote the sport. [https://www.u3a.org.uk/what-we-do/news/u3a-makes-cricket-history] In 2019 Mac McKechniewas awarded 'The Most Inspiring and Diverse Cricket Offer 2019’ by Yorkshire County Cricket Board.[https://www.u3a.org.uk/what-we-do/news/inspiring-award-for-u3a-walking-cricketer]. In March 2020 a further meeting took place between Yorkshire Cricket Foundation, the U3A, the ECB and several other counties. [rules for walking cricket pdf]

Participation continued to grow across England, in by 2024 all of the counties had walking cricket programs [Guardian Bazball], and the first inter-county tournament took place at Lord's on 20 March 2024. [https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/walking-cricket-comes-to-lords/]

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References

  1. ↑ Smyth, Rob (2024-05-08). "'New lease of life': how walking cricket is giving the over-50s a taste of Bazball" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/may/08/the-spin-walking-cricket-over-50s-new-lease-of-life. 
  2. ↑ "Walking cricket player, 92, on his love for the sport". July 15, 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-south-yorkshire-48993401. 
  3. ↑ "Walking Cricket". https://www.surreycricketfoundation.org/clubs-leagues/walking-cricket/. 
  4. ↑ "Yorkshire Cricket Foundation Rules for “Social” Walking Cricket". https://www.u3a.org.uk/agm-2020/rules-for-walking-cricket-2021. 
  5. ↑ "Walking Cricket – Rules". August 2026. https://www.walkingsports.com/cricket/rules/. 
  6. ↑ Beddington, Emma (Mar 20, 2023). "A new start after 60: Sepsis almost killed me – but I survived to invent a new sport". https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/20/a-new-start-after-60-sepsis-almost-killed-me-but-i-survived-to-invent-a-new-sport. 
  7. ↑ "U3A makes cricket history". https://www.u3a.org.uk/what-we-do/news/u3a-makes-cricket-history. 
  8. ↑ "New research about benefits of Walking Cricket". February 14, 2023. https://yorkshireccc.com/news/new-research-about-benefits-of-walking-cricket/#:~:text=Michael%20Astrop%2C%20lead%20of%20the%20Todmorden%20u3a,group%20has%20been%20going%20and%20the%20response. 
  9. ↑ "Rules for Walking Cricket". https://www.u3a.org.uk/agm-2020/rules-for-walking-cricket-2021. 
  10. ↑ "Surrey Cricket Foundation expands women’s walking cricket provision following success of Old Woking OWLS". May 6, 2026. https://www.walkingsports.com/surrey-cricket-foundation-expands-womens-walking-cricket-provision-following-success-of-old-woking-owls/. 
  11. ↑ "Kent Walking Cricketers represent the county at Lord’s". March 25, 2024. https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/walking-cricket-comes-to-lords/. 
  12. ↑ White, Tom (July 31, 2025). "Old Woking's women’s walking cricket team play in Surrey walking cricket festival at the Kia Oval". https://www.wokingnewsandmail.co.uk/sport/cricket/old-wokings-womens-walking-cricket-team-play-in-surrey-walking-cricket-festival-at-the-kia-oval-817465. 
  13. ↑ "Walking cricket has changed my life". BBC Sussex. Aug 14, 2025. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjmvd0pj74o. 
  14. ↑ "Walking Cricket". https://www.pitchero.com/document-download/44253/370825. 
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  16. ↑ Radermacher, Harriet (2025). "Written Evidence Submitted by Dr Harriet Radermacher at The Third Age Trust (HAP0134)". https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/145447/pdf/#. 
  17. ↑ Radermacher, Harriet (2024). "Written Evidence Submitted by the Third Age Trust (u3a) to the UK Parliament". Parliament of the United Kingdom. https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/145447/pdf/. 
  18. ↑ Lillywhite, Maisie (August 5, 2025). "Walking cricket to be prescribed on NHS". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqxg0ylyypzo. 

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