Indoor Cricket

Indoor Cricket

The Norfolk Cricket Foundation (NCF) provide a winter cricket offering for all adult players both male and female. The NCF run and oversee a total of eleven Indoor Winter Leagues covering all corners of Norfolk.

Indoor cricket is a fast-paced, action-packed version of the game suitable for all levels, with easy-to-follow rules and an emphasis on fun and fitness.

Indoor cricket in Norfolk

Rules to get you started:

• Twelve overs per side
• Each pair bats for four overs
• Every player must bowl one over
• Every wicket is a deduction of five runs from the score
• Scores begin on 100 runs
• The non-striker’s crease is 3/4 length down the wicket
• Played using a specially adapted leather ball

Benefits: 

• Fast, fun and open to all
• The sports hall environment ensures a faster game and the softer ball makes it more appealing for people with little or no cricket experience to get involved
• Minimal kit is needed, just bat and gloves. (Full Kit is advised)
• There are no weather or light restrictions
• A game only takes about 60 minutes

Who is it aimed at?

Absolutely anyone can play this form of indoor cricket but they would need to be members of one of the Clubs that compete in the leagues.

For more information regarding the NCB Winter Indoor Cricket Leagues please contact Andy Boocock  (NCF Club & Community Officer).