Cricket culture has experienced many changes over the years, from bats and balls to changes of styles of leisure wear.

Cricket crazy young people from the sub-continent have managed to culturally adapt cricket to suit their playing conditions.

In major urban locations, where playing areas are sparse, it’s very rare that you won’t see cricket being intensely competed amongst friends in gullies (Side Street) and even on roads!

Protective gear is abandoned, with specially made tape ball bats, sticks, bricks or rocks as wickets and finally a tennis ball wrapped in insulation or electric tape.

Playing cricket in the gullies is now years old but the introduction of tape ball cricket started just over two decades ago.

Wrapping a tennis ball in insulation tape allows an increase in weight, swing, bounce and slippery speed.

Many professional cricketers can be seen joining in the fun challenge.

“Tape ball cricket has contributed towards the development of the game and many test players are its products”.” It has always been fun for me”. “ Every young person in the Sub-continent has to pass through this phase” “Now its impossible for a cricketer not to play tape ball cricket” , “ Its like beach football, in my view its playing an important role in promoting cricket” “ Many of the young and promising cricketers have been spotted through tape-ball cricket”. – Rashid Latif (Former Pakistan wicket keeper and chairman of Rashid Latif Cricket Academy)

Tape ball cricket has promoted the game through its passionate spirit, fun and enthusiasm; major competitions are arranged around the year. Along with the drum beats carnival atmosphere, healthy foods and streetlights, tape ball cricket will continue to promote the game to the international cricketing families around the world.