Striking & Fielding Games are played between a fielding team and a batting team. The batters objective is to hit/strike the object, and then running to a designated areas to score runs, whilst the fielders retrieve the object and return it to a specified area to stop opponents scoring and to get them out. These games can be classed as either a wicket game or a base-running game, some examples are;
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Towns, J. (2002). Game Sense; Game Categories. Retrieved from http://www.activehealth.uow.edu.au/gamesense/page_2.htm
Image used; Tourism Australia. (2013). Summer of Cricket. Retrieved from http://www.australia.com/explore/events/summer-cricket.aspx
Image used; Tourism Australia. (2013). Summer of Cricket. Retrieved from http://www.australia.com/explore/events/summer-cricket.aspx