🏏 Cricket Championship
Welcome to the Cricket Championship Retrospective! Let’s bat, bowl, and field through our sprint—highlighting new plays, stopping the no-balls, and keeping our winning shots strong. Let’s ensure our team delivers like true champions!
Template Columns
🏏 New Opening Shots
Suggest fresh strategies and practices we should introduce to strengthen our innings.
Base column: Start🚫 No Balls & Wide Outs
Share what hasn't worked or distracted us, so we can stop those missteps in our next play.
Base column: Stop🏆 Power Plays to Continue
Celebrate the moves and habits that are driving our success, and keep them in the game!
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The Cricket Championship retrospective uses cricket themes to spark creative team reflection on new strategies, obstacles, and consistent wins from the last sprint.
When to use this template
Choose this format when your team needs a fresh, engaging way to celebrate successes, identify challenges, and experiment with new approaches, especially after complex or competitive sprints.
How to facilitate
Welcome the team and introduce the cricket championship theme, explaining each column's metaphor to set a playful, collaborative tone.
Ask everyone to silently add reflections under the three columns: New Opening Shots for fresh ideas, No Balls & Wide Outs for blockers or distractions, Power Plays to Continue for existing strengths.
Invite team members to read through the board and group similar thoughts together, encouraging discussion to build shared understanding.
Facilitate a focused conversation by cycling through each column: brainstorm how to trial suggested 'New Opening Shots', agree on stopping identified 'No Balls & Wide Outs', and call out the most valued 'Power Plays'.
Prioritize action items collaboratively, assigning ownership where necessary.
Close with a quick round where each person shares their 'champion move' for the next sprint.
Pro Tips
Use cricket-themed icebreakers to energize the group before starting.
Encourage quieter team members by inviting them to share at least one play per column.
Reference actual cricket strategies (like rotating strike or field positions) to spark creative analogies for team improvement.
Be ready with examples for each column in case participants feel stuck, especially if cricket metaphors are new to them.
FAQ
What if my team isn’t familiar with cricket?
Briefly explain the cricket analogies for each column and focus on the spirit of play. The themed approach is just a prompt for creative thinking.
How do we turn 'New Opening Shots' ideas into actionable experiments?
Discuss which ideas have the most potential and assign owners to turn top suggestions into specific, sprint-ready actions.
What if we have more items in 'No Balls & Wide Outs' than 'Power Plays'?
This indicates blockers may need extra attention. Prioritize top pain points and brainstorm solutions together to regain team momentum.
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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