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Grant Thornton Indoor Cricket

Indoor Cricket Guernsey - find out about usIndoor cricket is an extreme version of the traditional game of cricket.

The game is fast & action packed and as a player, you are always totally involved in all aspects of the game. There are mens, womens, mixed, corporate and youth leagues which depending on the league, involve either 6 or 8 players per side.

Everyone bats and everyone bowls, which means everyone takes part! Whatever your skill level and motivation, youll find every action packed match to be enjoyable and challenging.

Indoor Cricket is play usually in a warehouse. The size of indoor cricket court is 30 meters x 10 meters with nets surrounding the court. The ground is concert with astro turf on top. The cricket pitch is the same length as normal cricket. We don’t use a real cricket ball, we use a tennis ball with a cricket ball casing.

BASIC RULES

Indoor cricket has the same basic rules as normal cricket except:

  • The game is played over 12 or 16 overs.
  • Bowlers can only bowl only 2 overs.
  • Batmans can only bat for 4 overs.
  • You can get caught out off the net.
  • When you get out you lose 5 runs (The batman stays in until he has completed his 4 overs).
  • You get runs by hitting the ball and running, hitting to different sections of the court (4 & 6 runs possible). Also by the bowler bowling a no ball or a wide (it cost 2 runs).