"As playing fields vanish, tapeball puts cricket back in the inner cities. Jamie Jackson reports

A new form of cricket aimed at recruiting the millions of kids who cannot play the sport because they live in areas deprived of clubs and pitches was launched last week in Hackney, east London.

Tapeball cricket is played with bat, stumps and a ball wrapped in adhesive that gives it the heavier feel of the real thing. The game lasts 20 balls a side and can be played just about anywhere, regardless of space or surface."

(Via Guardian Unlimited Sport | Cricket | Cricket: Game gets streetwise to tempt kids: .)

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