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| First played | First half of the 19th century |
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| Contact | No |
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| Olympic | No |
| Paralympic | No |
| World Games | No |
Ice cricket is a variant of the English summer game of cricket but played in harsh, wintry conditions. Early forms of ice cricket were played outdoors and on skates. The difference between the forms of ice cricket is that some are played directly on the ice, with no mat laid down [citation needed]. In modern forms the players don't wear skates.[citation needed]
In the modern game the ball is the same as an indoor cricket ball, a composite plastic red ball which makes it relatively easy to find if it gets hit into a snowdrift.
The Ice Cricket World Championship is held annually in the Estonian city of Tallinn. With winter temperatures of minus 10 to minus 25 degree Celsius, the tournaments are played on Harku Lake, which freezes over rapidly in early January.[1]
- ^ "Ice Cricket". www.icecricket.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2021.