No, we played cricket as well but this was Rounders. Maybe rounders is British - it's a game arranged around points shaped like an envelope (four bases at the corners, a bowler in the middle, and a batsman on what would be the pointy bit of the envelope that you'd lick). You hit the ball with a baseball bat shaped bat and then run around the four bases. Rules vary slightly from school to school, but generally you only get one shot at hitting the ball each time - anywhere forwards is a valid hit (there's no V shape that you have to hit in), hitting backwards means you can only run to first base until the ball comes in front of the batting point, same with missing the ball entirely. You must run whether or not you hit the ball, unless it's a no-ball (the bowler must send the balls at a height between shoulder and knee), in which case you get another ball.

Players can be out if the ball touches a base before they run to it, but they can choose to stop at a previous one and be safe, so long as it hasn't already been touched by the ball. Players can also be caught out, or run out - if a player behind you runs for your base, forcing you to run to a tagged base. Mean kids sometimes do this accidentally on purpose. Some schools include a variant - hitting the ball into an inaccessible place constitutes Out.

You score one Rounder for getting all the way around in one go, regardless of how well you hit the ball. Some schools let you have half a rounder for getting half the way round in one go. Getting around in multiple goes does not, if I recall correctly, earn you anything - but since the game usually continues until there are no players able to bat there is a need to get back safely.

So actually not at all like cricket! Or certainly not the way I remember it.