CRICKET COACHING

I get the bat from the batter before me.
 “Its my turn’, I say to myself.
I step in front of the wickets ready to hit the cricket ball.
“Are you ready?” says our coach.
 “Yes,” I say.
“Are you sure?” he says.
“Positive,” I reassure him.
I hit the ball and start to run .
It is  the next batters turn.
I go to the back of the line.
‘Swap’ calls the coach.
The batters are now the the fielders and the fielders  are now the batters.
 It is Te Wai’s turn at batting and she misses the ball.
‘Bat down,” says the coach.
 Te Wai  puts the bat next to the wicket. It is time to swap again.
I don't get a turn this time, but it is OK because I had a turn  last time.
“Bat down‘  calls the coach. It is the next batter's turn.
After two  bats, it is another ‘bat down’.
The next time, I don't hit the ball as far as I did before but at least it is not a bat down.
“Time to go to you classes,” says our coach.
Cricket  was fun!
By Catherine

  Summer hit the ball so hard it floated in the air. Bang!  It hit the green grass.

On Thursday my classroom played cricket at school.

The man said to me, “It is your turn now. Are you ready?”

” Yes,” I said.                                          

When I was the batter I had such  fun. When I was fielder it was not as much fun as batting.

Some people were very good, and some not bad, but pretty good. I was really good. I bet everyone had so so much fun playing speed cricket. The whole senior syndicate did it at the same time. All the other classes enjoyed it too.

When the man said, “Time to go back to your own classroom now”, I was sad.

By Kiara.